GENERAL EDUCATION

Syllabus Guidelines for General Education Electives

The General Education Review Committee expects that the syllabi for all elective courses in the General Education Program will:

1. Identify the course as an elective within the General Education program.
2. Explain which elective category that the course fulfills. Instructors are urged to use the descriptions of the elective categories as the basis for explanation.
3. Identify which of the General Education learning goals and associated learning outcomes are emphasized in the course.
4. Briefly explain how students will be assessed and given feedback on their achievement of those outcomes.

These samples are posted to provide examples of course syllabi that meet GERC expectations for general education electives:

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Introduced: Students are not expected to be familiar with the content or skills at the collegiate level. Instruction and learning activities focus on basic knowledge/skills and entry-level complexity.

Reinforced: Students are expected to possess a basic level of knowledge and familiarity with the content or skills at a collegiate level. Instruction and learning activities build on existing competencies with expanded complexity and integrative contexts.