General Education and University Requirements Committee

3.3.3.14 General Education and University Requirements Committee [FS 03/04 #17], [FS 07/08 #20]

1. Purpose: to supervise the General Education Program at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
2. Membership: proportional representation of the faculty by college (determination to be based on FTE) not to exceed 10 faculty members appointed by the Faculty Senate for three-year terms, plus two student members appointed by the Student Senate. Each academic college must have at least one representative. Non-voting representatives will include the Assessment Coordinator and representatives from the Registrar’s Office and the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. [FS 07/08#13]
3. Term of Office: Three years for faculty
4. Duties [FS 07/08 #20]:
   1. to promote and support the General Education program on the UWRF campus
   2. to define and review the policies for the General Education course submission procedure
   3. to approve/disapprove courses for the General Education program and communicate these decisions to the campus community
   4. to approve/disapprove courses for the American Cultural Diversity and Global Perspectives requirements and communicate these decisions to the campus community
   5. to carry out a review of General Education, American Cultural Diversity, and Global Perspectives courses on a 5-year cycle; the committee reserves the right to shorten or extend the period of review.
   6. to evaluate all assessment results and provide feedback to all relevant parties
   7. to recommend changes in the General Education structure to the Faculty Senate [FS 06/07 #27]
   8. to promote opportunities for faculty development related to General Education
   9. to develop processes and procedures for removal of General Education courses from the curriculum
   10. to determine whether or not the course offerings for each General Education goal are sufficient to meet student needs
   11. to coordinate implementation of the General Education and Undergraduate Requirements (GEUR) program level assessment process, coordinate the collection of and review of data needed for reviews, tabulate results for the report, and submit the report to the Assessment Committee for review.