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Proposed Review Process for General Education Courses

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Review Committees

There will be four committees to review GE course proposals: the Basic Requirements committee, the Area Requirements committee, the Hawai'i-Asia-Pacific committee, and the Writing Intensive committee. Each committee will include one GE committee member and faculty representatives appointed by the congress on the basis of recommendations from the college senates. The basis for appointment to a subcommittee will be scholarly and pedagogical expertise in the fields reviewed by that subcommittee.

Department Approval

The review committees will review proposals for GE designations for individual courses submitted by departments or submitted by individual faculty with the approval of the originating department. Departments are encouraged to submit "master syllabi" for multiple-section courses; these will state the core learning objectives shared by all sections, with individual instructors free to add other objectives. In either case, the department will attest that the course proposal is consistent with the student learning goals of that department. The review committees will review the proposal for assessable student learning outcomes that are consistent with GE goals and GE category hallmarks. The committees will either recommend acceptance or will return the proposals with suggestions for revision.

Course Proposals

Each proposal will include the proposal form (next page)and the current or proposed course syllabus or course master syllabus. The syllabus will indicate clearly how the course meets GE goals and the GE category hallmarks and will state student learning outcomes in assessable terms.

Examples of statements of assessable student learning outcomes are posted at the faculty GE webpage: http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/uhh/genedfac/

Courses recommended for approval by the review committees will be submitted to the GE committee, which will forward these to the Congress for final acceptance. The deadlines have been set so as to ensure proper review by the committees and by the Congress. Once approved, a course is reviewed every five years, the renewal process being initiated by a new proposal and updated syllabus.

Announcement of Approved Courses

A list of approved courses will be posted on the UH Hilo website before early registration begins--by April 15 and November 1 of each calendar year--beginning April 15, 2005,.

The proposal form will be available on the faculty General Education information webpage.

Submission deadlines and posting dates for course proposals

For Fall semester: January 15, Approved courses posted April 15

For Spring semester: September 15, Approved courses posted November 1

DRAFT Proposal Form for GE Courses

GE course proposals will be submitted electronically to the GE committee. 

Check GE category or categories for which this course is proposed
   __ Written Communication 
   __ Quantitative Reasoning
   __ World Cultures
   __ Humanities
   __ Social Sciences
   __ Natural Sciences
   __ Hawai'i, Asia or Pacific
   __ Writing Intensive

Course alpha, number, title ________________________________________________

Instructor _________________________________________________________________

This course syllabus is consistent with the student learning goals of the
department and the proposal is endorsed by the department.

   ______________________________   _________________________   ____________
   Signature of Department Chair    Department                  Date

Date of proposal ___________________________________________________________

Be sure the syllabus clearly indicates how the course meets hallmarks for the
GE category/categories for which it is being proposed and that the student
learning objectives are clearly stated and assessable.

Attach a copy of the course syllabus in Word, WordPerfect, PDF, or HTML.