Meeting of the Faculty Senate
General Education Committee
325 Graff Main Hall
April 28, 2014
2013-2014 Members: Sam Cocks
Nabamita Dutta
Kenny Hunt
Lisa Kobs
Bryan Kopp
Marti Lybeck
Heather Mathison
Meredith Thomsen, Chair
Mary Tollefson
Philosophy
Economics
Computer Science
Biology
English
History
Mathematics
Biology
Music
Present: Cocks, Dutta, Hunt, Kopp, Lybeck, Mathison, Thomsen, Tollefson
Consultants & Guests: Patrick Barlow, Georges Cravins, Amelia Dittman, Jennifer Docktor, Shelley Hay,
Sue Knudson, Leslee Poulton, Tim Walls
1. The meeting commenced at 3:30pm. Minutes from the previous meeting were unanimously
approved.
2. Shelley Hay and Leslee Poulton proposed a new general education course, GER 398: German
Thinkers and Popular Culture. This proposal will be revisited at the next meeting.
3. Georges Cravins and Jennifer Docktor from GEAC provided updates from GEAC on assessment
compliance. Discussion continued on General Education Assessment.
4.
Informational Items:
 The College of Science and Health substituted HUM 1555, Adventures in the Human
Spirit from Vermillion Community College for a course in Arts: The Aesthetic
Experience in the General Education program.
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5.
The College of Liberal Studies substituted two courses (Core111 and Core115 from
Valparaiso University) for an English literature course in the Humanistic Studies
category of the General Education Program.
The meeting adjourned at 4:41pm.
Respectfully submitted by Heather Mathison