Committee on General Education
The Committee on General Education is composed of seven elected regular faculty members. Each academic school shall be represented on the committee. The committee includes one voting student member selected by the Student Government Association. The Associate Vice President for the Academic Experience (or other administrator designated by the Provost) and the Director of Assessment (or other administrator designated by the Provost) are ex-officio, non-voting members.
The committee’s responsibilities include monitoring and reviewing the General Education Program and initiating or reviewing all General Education Program revision proposals, prior to their consideration by the Faculty Senate. The committee initiates actions, devises procedures, and makes recommendations to the Provost and to the Faculty Senate on any and all aspects of General Education Program administration and program features. Such recommendations can be the modification or termination of courses fulfilling General Education program requirements. The committee consults with the Committee on Assessment of Institutional Effectiveness and the Office for Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Planning when conducting periodic assessments of the General Education program.
(Description adapted from the Faculty/Administration Manual, August 2017: Article V, Section 3.B.19)
Important Information
Accessing Curriculog
Access to the system is only available to active CofC faculty members. You can reach it through MyCharleston (my.cofc.edu). After logging in, select the Faculty tab and the Curriculog access link will be available in the middle column, along with additional helpful resources. Or you can go directly to the site at cofc.curriculog.com. Please contact CurriculogHelp@cofc.edu if you have trouble logging in, or experience any other technical issues.
Resources for General Education Curriculum Proposals
- Approval Criteria for General Education Courses by Distribution Area (PDF)
- Language for syllabus compliance
- General Education course mapping
- Student learning outcomes (SLOs) and rubrics by area
In order for a course to be listed in the academic catalog as fulfilling a general education requirement, it must be passed by the General Education Committee and the Faculty Senate. In order to be voted on by the last Senate meeting of the year, proposals must make it to the General Education Committee by their final meeting before the last Senate meeting in the spring semester. Proposals begun in the fall semester have a better chance of making it through the Curriculog process to provide time for any questions or edits that might be needed. But the committee will endeavor to act on any proposal that reaches them before the agenda is finalized for the final Senate meeting.
Meeting Schedule
All meetings are via Zoom
August 31
September 17
September 28
Committee Roster
Chair: Suanne Ansari - Accounting and Legal Studies
Craig, Jacob - English
Ferguson, Brigit - Art and Architectural History
Grace, Carmen - Hispanic Studies
McCorkle, William - Teacher Education
Owens, Kate - Mathematics
Williams, Gabriel - Physics and Astronomy
Student member: TBA
Ex-officio non-voting members: Associate Vice President for the Academic Experience (or other administrator designated by the Provost), Director of Assessment (or other administrator designated by the Provost)
To view the online archive of records for this committee, please view the Faculty Senate Online Archives.
Have more questions? Please contact the committee chair, Suanne Ansari.