Academic Senate Office

Committee On Educational Policy
General Education Reform

CEP will submit legislation this winter quarter to reform UCSC's General
Education Program.

• Proposal for General Education Reform (March 2009), click here.
  
• General Education Handouts, March 2009, click here
• Frequently Asked Questions - Disciplinary Communication Legislation, click here.
• General Education Handout - February 18, 2009 Senate Meeting, click here.
• To see the forum presentation from Wednesday, October 29, click here.
  
• CEP hosted the following Brown Bag General Education Workshop
  • Friday, November 14
    "Reconceiving the Current E (Ethnic Minorities / Non - Western Society) requirement"
    
  • Friday, November 21
    "Breadth in general education: subject areas or methodologies?"
    
  • Monday, November 24
    "General education and interdisciplinary Topical Clusters"

If you would like more information about these topics please get in touch with the committee.

Educational Objectives

Arts	Engineering
Humanities	Physical and Biological Sciences
Social Sciences

CEP asked departments to propose educational goals for writing and other forms of communication in the major.

American Studies	Anthropology
Art	Biology (EE)
Biology (MCD)	Biomolecular Engineering
Chemistry & Biochemistry	Community Studies
Computer Engineering	Computer Science
Earth & Planetary Sciences	Economics
Electrical Engineering	Environmental Studies
Feminist Studies	Film & Digital Media
History	History of Consciousness
History of Art & Visual Culture	Latin American / Latino Studies
Linguistics	Literature
Mathematics	Music
Philosophy	Physics
Politics	Psychology
Sociology	Theatre Arts

Responses by Major

 

CEP invites comments from faculty about any aspect of general education reform. If you would like to post comments here, contact roxannem at ucsc.edu.
Other Responses to the Pre- Proposal

Additional Reading:
GE Presentation to Reform General Education at UCSC (May, 2008) (pdf)
GE Presentation For Departments (Winter, 2008) (pdf)
Report on the Writing-Intensive Requirement (May, 2007) (pdf)
CEP Resolution on Writing-Intensive Requirement (February, 2007) (pdf)
CEP slides on Writing-Intensive Requirement (March, 2007) (pdf)
CEP slides from Oral Report on General Education,(November, 2006) (pdf)