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Committee Composition and Function(from the Faculty By-Laws, appendix A, article X) |
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| 16. General Education Committee | |
| A. Composition: | |
| The Associate Vice President for Undergraduate Studies, the Dean of the Academic Experience, two students selected by the Student Senate, the Director of Curriculum Support, and six elected faculty members. All elected faculty members must be from different departments; none may be a department chair. | |
| Selection: To fill yearly vacancies, each department not represented or losing representation will present the name of one nominee to the Nominating
and Balloting Committee. Election is by majority vote of the faculty of all
those present and voting. Replacement members are chosen as needed by the
same procedure to serve out unexpired terms. Temporary replacement for individuals on sabbatical leave is done jointly through appointment by the Chair of the Committee and the Faculty Speaker. Regular elections are held in the spring according to established faculty procedures. |
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| Term of Service: Elected faculty members serve three year terms and are considered representative of the whole faculty. Two faculty will be elected every year. | |
| In addition, the Faculty Speaker shall appoint a faculty member to be a non-voting participant on the committee for a one-year, non-renewable term.
This member shall be selected from a pool of faculty with not more than five years service at PSU. |
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Chair: The Chair of the Committee, who shall be a faculty member, is selected annually by the members. |
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| B. Function: | |
| (1) To work with the faculty to determine criteria for general education courses. | |
| (2) To evaluate, and approve or reject, course proposals and status renewal requests. | |
| (3) To encourage and coordinate the whole program; to produce a comprehensive program from diverse elements; to encourage innovation in course design and instruction. | |
| (4) To evaluate, and approve or reject, departmental petitions for exceptions to prescribed requirements. | |
| (5) To establish procedures by which general education courses and the program as a whole will be regularly assessed. | |
| (6) To review regularly assessments of the program and make recommendations for improvement to the faculty. | |
| (7) To implement the program. | |
| [amended 9-20-91, 4-2-97, 12-3-03, 4-7-04, 4-6-05 and 4-2-07]
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