GE VI. Program Administration and Implementation
A. The General Education Council (GEC) Charge, Membership, Terms of Service, and Chair. 1. GEC Charge: The General Education Council (GEC) will be responsible for developing, reviewing, approving, and disseminating the policies, principles, procedures, and guidelines that govern SFSUs General Education program. An academic review of the program will be conducted every five years in accordance with the guidelines established by the CSU Trustees for academic program review and with SFSUs GE Assessment Plan, Roles, and Responsibilities (see Appendix G). The GEC will respond to, and initiate adjustments in, program principles, course expectations, student learning outcomes, and the program curriculum as changing times and needs indicate. The GEC will submit its decisions and recommendations to the Educational Policies Council, the Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Dean of Undergraduate Studies. Upon final approval, the Dean of Undergraduate Studies, in cooperation with the GEC, will facilitate the implementation of program policies, procedures, guidelines, and agreed upon curricular adjustments and will assure that all areas within Segments I, II, and III of the GE program are responsibly and adequately represented. The GEC will: Oversee all GE policy development, program review, course review and approval, and the implementation and dissemination of GE polices and procedures. Recommend GE policies to the Educational Policies Committee. Monitor and review recommendations and reports made by the established GE sub-committees. Act as a board of appeals on all GE policy and procedural matters. Act as the final faculty GE curriculum committee for review of GE course and cluster proposals and make its recommendations through the Dean of Undergraduate Studies to the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs, and to the Educational Policies Committee. Request data, reports, and information from the Dean of Undergraduate Studies regarding all aspects of GE program implementation. Review recommendations and reports submitted by the college General Education Advising Coordinators.
2. General Education Council (GEC) Membership: The General Education Council shall be composed of thirteen voting members and six nonvoting members: Voting Members Eight faculty representatives: one from each the eight colleges: Behavioral and Social Sciences, Business, Creative Arts, Education, Ethnic Studies, Health and Human Services, Humanities, and Science and Engineering. One faculty representative from the Library. One representative from the Advising Center. One representative from the Student Affairs area. 1
One Student Representative. One representative appointed by the Educational Policies Council.
Nonvoting Members The Dean of Undergraduate Studies, or the Deans designee. Undergraduate Studies, General Education Program Coordinator One representative from Enrollment Planning and Management. One representative from the GE Segment I Committee. One representative from the GE Segment II Committee. One representative from the GE Segment III Committee.
The Chair of GEC will notify the Academic Senate of any vacancies for voting members of GEC. The Academic Senate shall notify College Deans, the University Librarian, the Director of the Advising Center, the Vice President of Student Affairs, Associated Students Incorporated and the Educational Policies Committee when there is a GEC vacancy in their units. Faculty members in their colleges and library will nominate and elect their representatives to the GEC. The Advising Center, Student Affairs, Associated Students Incorporated, the Educational Policies Committee, the Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Enrollment Planning and Management, and GE Segment Committees choose shall their representatives by their usual procedures. The Chair of GEC will notify the GE Segment Committees of any vacancies in their nonvoting representatives. A quorum shall consist of seven voting members. 3. GEC Terms of Service: All terms are for three years, except for the AS student representative and the EPC representative who shall serve for one year. 4. GEC and the Academic Senate. GEC may approve additions and deletion of courses and clusters, in consultation with the Segment Committees, but recommendations for policy changes require the approval of the Academic Senate and President. When GEC wishes to recommend policy changes, the Chair of GEC forwards those recommendations to the Senate Executive Committee with a recommendation that it be forwarded to a Senate standing committee or the Senate as a whole. B. General Education Councils Roles and Responsibilities in the Assessment of GE Courses/Clusters and Overall Program Effectiveness The GEC is responsible for: 1. Reviewing the written GE assessment reports, recommendations, and analyses of the established GE sub-committees. 2. Assessing the adequacy of institutional program support. 3. Requesting additional information to assist in the program evaluation process. 4. Making recommendations to the Dean of Undergraduate Studies and to the Academic Senate and on GE assessment activities and results.
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5. Working with the established GE sub-committees to provide feedback to all departments and colleges. 6. Acknowledging successful programs. 7. Initiating discussions with departments to facilitate any curricular improvements if necessary. In cases of the persistent failure to meet GE course expectations or GE student learning outcomes, or to respond to GEC and/or GE sub-committee requests for information, the GEC may delete specific courses and/or clusters from the GE program. The GEC will encourage the faculty to use the results of the GE assessment process to make curricular changes that foster the improvement, currency, and effectiveness of student learning at SFSU through its general education program. The GEC will recommend the deletion from GE of any course or cluster that consistently fails to meet GE cluster expectations, course expectations or student learning outcomes. C. GE Appe...