General Education Application for Course Certification
Date Submitted:
Department Name:
Department Mail Code:
Course Title, Number, & Number of
Credits (also include all related cross
listed courses):
Catalog Course Description:
Does the current course description
adequately reflect the course content?
Pre and or Co-requisite Course(s)
(Course # and Title(s)), if any:
General Education Category(ies)
Requested:
(Complete additional outcomes information
on the category application.)
Is course required for any majors? If
yes, which majors?
Has the course been approved by the
Curriculum Committee?
Semester and Year of Proposed
Course Offering:
Planned Frequency of Course Offering:
Yes
No: Explain any discrepancies:
The Fine Arts & Humanities
I or II
Math
Statistics
Natural Sciences
Behavioral/Social Sciences
Non-Western Culture
Historical Understanding
Literature
Thought, Values & Beliefs
Visual & Performing Arts
Yes: List the majors:
No
Yes Approximate date approved:
No (Please submit the course for approval to the
Curriculum Committee before requesting General Education
approval.)
Every Fall Semester
Number of sections planned:
Every Spring Semester
Number of sections planned:
Every Summer Semester
Number of sections planned:
Other:
If multiple sections of the course will be
offered, how will the department
ensure the consistency of student
learning outcomes and assessment
across all sections?
By typing my name in the field below, I indicate agreement that this course meets institutional standards for general education
and this proposal has my support for the course for use in the general education curricula.
Dept. Head/Director Name:
Date Approved:
Dean Name:
Date Approved:
The following action was taken by the General Education Committee:
 Certified
Date:
 Recertified for 5 years
 Returned for revisions/more information
DATE additional material/information is due:
 Decertified
Vote:
___ For
___ Against
___ Abstain
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General Education Application for Course Certification
Signature of Chair
Date:
General Education
Course Certification Specific for Fine Arts & Humanities
Course Department, Course #, Name, CRN:
A separate document is required for each section/CRN unless the course is coordinated and has a common
syllabus and assessments across all sections. If available, sample assignments (3-5, planned or completed
[student work]) should also be submitted. Syllabi will be pulled from institutional files and DO NOT need to be
submitted. Courses can qualify in more than one category/subcategory.
Fine Arts & Humanities: OVERALL CATEGORY OUTCOMES
Students will:
Describe the forms and limits of knowledge in the arts and the humanities.
Identify the relationships among ideas, text, and artistic works and their cultural and historical contexts.
Recognize and evaluate competing interpretations of texts broadly defined.
Compare the differences and commonalities among the various disciplines in the Fine Arts and Humanities.
Apply the techniques of interpretation and analysis characteristic of disciplines in the Fine Arts and Humanities to
explore significant issues, texts, and artistic works.
Communicate the results of their inquiries and analyses in writing,
Fine Arts & Humanities: HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING Subcategory
Describe how this course meets each outcome. Provide specific
examples of course assignments, activities, etc., that assure students
learn these outcomes.
Students will:
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Explain concepts such as cause and
effect, change over time, context, and
contingency.
Explain the varieties of historical
evidence and assess their strengths
and limitations.
Analyze and interpret primary and
secondary source material, distinguish
between them, and place them in
context.
Evaluate multiple perspectives that
emerge from differing narratives and
sources.
Follow and construct logical and
coherent historical arguments.
Articulate the relationship between the
past and the present.
If the course has been offered before, include 3-5 student samples of the completed assessments, if available.
By typing my name in the field below, I indicate agreement that this course meets institutional
standards for general education and this proposal has my support for the course for use in the general
education curricula.
Dept. Head/Director Name:
Date Approved:
Dean Name:
Date Approved:
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General Education Application for Course Certification
Document1• 2/8/2016 1:25:00 AM
General Education Application for Course Certification
General Education
Course Certification Specific for Fine Arts & Humanities
Course Department, Course #, Name, CRN:
A separate document is required for each section/CRN unless the course is coordinated and has a common
syllabus and assessments across all sections. If available, sample assignments (3-5, planned or completed
[student work]) should also be submitted. Syllabi will be pulled from institutional files and DO NOT need to be
submitted. Courses can qualify in more than one category/subcategory.
Fine Arts & Humanities: OVERALL CATEGORY OUTCOMES
Students will:
Describe the forms and limits of knowledge in the arts and the humanities.
Identify the relationships among ideas, text, and artistic works and their cultural and historical contexts.
Recognize and evaluate competing interpretations of texts broadly defined.
Compare the differences and commonalities among the various disciplines in the Fine Arts and Humanities.
Apply the techniques of interpretation and analysis characteristic of disciplines in the Fine Arts and Humanities to
explore significant issues, texts, and artistic works.
Communicate the results of their inquiries and analyses in writing,
Fine Arts & Humanities: LITERATURE Subcategory
Describe how this course meets each outcome. Provide specific
examples of course assignments, activities, etc., that assure students
learn these outcomes.
Students will:
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Read and comprehend college-level
literature.
Identify and discuss multiple levels of
meaning.
Recognize and analyze figurative
language.
Construct theses and logical
arguments related to the meaning or
contexts of texts.
Articulate differences in genre (e.g.
fiction, poetry, drama, etc.) and subgenre (e.g. short story, essay, epic,
sonnet, etc.).
Address the influence of cultural and
historical contexts on literary texts.
Arbitrate competing interpretations.
If the course has been offered before, include 3-5 student samples of the completed assessments, if available.
By typing my name in the field below, I indicate agreement that this course meets institutional
standards for general education and this proposal has my support for the course for use in the general
education curricula.
Dept. Head/Director Name:
Date Approved:
Dean Name:
Date Approved:
Document1• 2/8/2016 1:25:00 AM
General Education Application for Course Certification
General Education
Course Certification Specific for Fine Arts & Humanities
Course Department, Course #, Name, CRN:
A separate document is required for each section/CRN unless the course is coordinated and has a common
syllabus and assessments across all sections. If available, sample assignments (3-5, planned or completed
[student work]) should also be submitted. Syllabi will be pulled from institutional files and DO NOT need to be
submitted. Courses can qualify in more than one category/subcategory.
Fine Arts & Humanities: OVERALL CATEGORY OUTCOMES
Students will:
Describe the forms and limits of knowledge in the arts and the humanities.
Identify the relationships among ideas, text, and artistic works and their cultural and historical contexts.
Recognize and evaluate competing interpretations of texts broadly defined.
Compare the differences and commonalities among the various disciplines in the Fine Arts and Humanities.
Apply the techniques of interpretation and analysis characteristic of disciplines in the Fine Arts and Humanities to
explore significant issues, texts, and artistic works.
Communicate the results of their inquiries and analyses in writing,
Fine Arts & Humanities: THOUGHT, VALUES & BELIEFS Subcategory
Describe how this course meets each outcome. Provide specific
examples of course assignments, activities, etc., that assure students
learn these outcomes.
Students will:
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Identify the key components of at least
one body of thought.
Explain and analyze a body of thought.
Apply the unique perspective of the
body of thought to a specific problem
or question.
Effectively articulate in writing their
individual perspective in relation to the
body of thought.
If the course has been offered before, include 3-5 student samples of the completed assessments, if available.
By typing my name in the field below, I indicate agreement that this course meets institutional
standards for general education and this proposal has my support for the course for use in the general
education curricula.
Dept. Head/Director Name:
Date Approved:
Dean Name:
Date Approved:
Document1• 2/8/2016 1:25:00 AM
General Education Application for Course Certification
General Education
Course Certification Specific for Fine Arts & Humanities
Course Department, Course #, Name, CRN:
A separate document is required for each section/CRN unless the course is coordinated and has a common
syllabus and assessments across all sections. If available, sample assignments (3-5, planned or completed
[student work]) should also be submitted. Syllabi will be pulled from institutional files and DO NOT need to be
submitted. Courses can qualify in more than one category/subcategory.
Fine Arts & Humanities: OVERALL CATEGORY OUTCOMES
Students will:
Describe the forms and limits of knowledge in the arts and the humanities.
Identify the relationships among ideas, text, and artistic works and their cultural and historical contexts.
Recognize and evaluate competing interpretations of texts broadly defined.
Compare the differences and commonalities among the various disciplines in the Fine Arts and Humanities.
Apply the techniques of interpretation and analysis characteristic of disciplines in the Fine Arts and Humanities to
explore significant issues, texts, and artistic works.
Communicate the results of their inquiries and analyses in writing,
Fine Arts & Humanities: VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS Subcategory
Describe how this course meets each outcome. Provide specific
examples of course assignments, activities, etc., that assure students
learn these outcomes.
Students will:
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Describe, interpret, and analyze
creative modes of expression
Offer multiple solutions to specific
creative problems.
Form and defend judgments about
creative modes of expression.
Compare ideas, issues, or themes in
human civilizations’ achievements.
If the course has been offered before, include 3-5 student samples of the completed assessments, if available.
By typing my name in the field below, I indicate agreement that this course meets institutional
standards for general education and this proposal has my support for the course for use in the general
education curricula.
Dept. Head/Director Name:
Date Approved:
Dean Name:
Date Approved:
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