General Education Committee
University General Education Outcomes
Adopted 2012
Upon completion of the general education curriculum at Chicago State University, students will:
A detailed description of the General Education Outcomes can be found here.
University General Education Requirements
Effective Fall 2017
Core Requirements (18 credits)
General Requirements (21 credits)
Embedded Requirements (no additional credits)
(Gen Ed courses must come from a list of approved courses. Total of 39 credits)
Approved General Education Courses
Effective Fall 2017
Core Requirement Courses (18 total credit hours)
General Requirement Courses (21 credit hours required)
Humanities and Fine Arts Courses (6 total credit hours; 3 from Humanities and 3 from Fine Arts)
Humanities Courses
Fine Arts Courses
Natural Sciences Courses (6 credit hours required; 1 lab course required)
Social Sciences Courses (9 credit hours required; 2 separate disciplines)
Embedded Requirements Courses (no additional credit hours required)
Diversity Courses
Meeting Schedule/Frequency
The GEC meets every fourth Tuesday of the month for the months of August, Sept, Oct, Nov, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr. Any other meetings are called as needed.
Agenda of Meetings
Meeting agenda are emailed to committee members approximately one week in advance of the meeting.
Minutes of Meetings
Composition of the Committee
The GEC is a university-wide committee that is composed of voting members who are tenured/tenure-track faculty and ex-officio members representing specific administrative and faculty positions that have responsibilities for the general education curriculum (see bylaws for exact composition). The GEC's voting members are chosen by an election, and voting members serve a three-year term (see bylaws for election procedures).
Members
Voting Members
A. By 3-Year Term
Fall 2014 – Spring 2017
Christine Ohale (CAS – Humanities (English))
Sarah Buck (COE)
**vacant (CHSc) Open
**vacant (COB) Open
Joanna Kolendo (Library)
Fall 2015 – Spring 2018
**vacant (CAS – Math/Nat. Sci.) Open
Arthur Redman (CAS – Social Sciences)
**vacant (CHSc) Open
Evelyne Delgado-Norris (Foreign Languages)
Joni Jackson (COB)
Fall 2016 – Spring 2019
Mark Smith (CAS – Humanities)
Douglas Lia (COE) (interim appointment; election in September 2017)
Tiffany Davis (CAS – Soc Sci) (interim appointment; election in September 2017)
J. Archibald Peters (CAS – Natural Sciences)
** Seat open for SPRING 2017 Nominations and Elections
B. By Area of Representation
Name | Affiliation | Term | |
Mark Smith | msmith23@csu.edu | CAS - Humanities | 2016 - 2019 |
Christine Ohale | cohale@csu.edu | CAS - Humanities (English) | 2014 - 2017 |
Vacant | CAS - Math/Nat. Sci. (Math) | 2015 - 2018 | |
J. Archibald Peters | jpeter24@csu.edu | CAS - Math/Nat. Sci. | 2016 - 2019 |
Arthur Redman | aredman@csu.edu | CAS - Social Sciences | 2015 - 2018 |
Tiffany Davis (interim) | tdavis46@csu.edu | CAS – Social Sciences | 2016 - 2019 |
Douglas Lia (interim) | dlia@csu.edu | COE | 2016 - 2019 |
Sarah Buck | sbuck@csu.edu | COE | 2014 - 2017 |
Vacant | CHSc | 2015 - 2018 | |
Vacant | CHSc | 2014 - 2017 | |
Vacant | COB | 2014 - 2017 | |
Joni Jackson | jjacks78@csu.edu | COB | 2015 - 2018 |
Evelyne Delgado-Norris | enorris@csu.edu | Foreign Languages | 2015 - 2018 |
Joanna Kolendo (1yr temp) | jkolendo@csu.edu | Library | 2014 - 2017 |
Ex-Officio Members
Name | Affiliation | |
Angela Henderson | provost@csu.edu | Interim Provost |
Satasha Green | sgreen34@csu.edu | Academic Affairs |
Leroy Jones | ljones27@csu.edu | Interim Dean of CAS |
Aida Abraha | aabraha@csu.eduu | Interim Associate Dean of CAS |
Omar Headen | oheaden@csu.edu | Interim Dean of the Honors College |
Barbara Belisle | bbelisle@csu.edu | Director of Teacher Certification |
vacant | Director of Evaluations | |
Nellie Maynard | nmaynard@csu.edu | Interim Dean of Continuing Education & Non-Traditional Degree Programs |
Mark Sudeith | msudeith@csu.edu | Chair of the GEAC |
Philip Cronce | pcronce@csu.edu | Chair of the UCCC |
vacant | Faculty Senate Representative | |
Shaila Christofferson | schristo@csu.edu | Former Chair of the UGECC |
Officers for 2016-2017 (Elected at Meeting on September, 2016)
Chair: Art Redman
Vice-Chair: vacant
Secretary: Sarah Buck
Mission/Purpose
The purpose of the University General Education Committee [GEC] is to monitor the University General Education requirements including the approval or disapproval of all proposed curricular modifications affecting these requirements and to coordinate and maintain relationship with other bodies that oversee the curriculum including the University Curriculum Coordinating Committee [UCCC], the General Education Assessment Committee [GEAC], and the Chair of each individual College Curriculum Committee. Curriculum modifications to be considered by the committee include proposed changes to the general education requirements as listed in the University catalogue as well as any changes that may potentially impact these requirements.