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Undergraduate Education, Council on -Reports - 2007-2008
- General Education Program (GEP) Implementation Updates
- Update: The Final General Education Plan (GEP) prepared by the GERTF was submitted to the Provost's Office, June 2007, and was approved by the Provost on February 1, 2008, to be effective Summer II 2009. For a copy of the GEP Plan: (Approved GEP Plan -pdf)
- General Education Program (GEP) 2008 General Guidelines - confirmed by CUE. (added 5-12-08).
Council on Undergraduate Education (CUE) deliberations for Implementation of GEP:
Beginning with the CUE meeting on October 19, 2007, the committee was charged with evaluating the rationale and objectives for proposed categories of the GEP. In an effort to make the process more transparent to the campus community, implementation details are provided below. Please refer to the CUE minutes for additional information.
Please send comments to acadprog@ncsu.edu.
General Education Program Details:
- Physical Education
- Natural Sciences
- Mathematical Sciences
- Humanities
- Social Sciences
- Communication in the Major (Advanced Communication) (current GER)
- Foreign Language Requirement
- ENG 101 (Introduction to Writing)
- Interdisciplinary Perspectives as new category in GEP ( formerly STS category in Current GEP)
- U.S. Diversity as a new category in GEP
- Global Knowledge as new category in GEP
- Additional Breadth as new category in GEP
- Visual and Performing Arts
- Technology Fluency
- Thematic Tracks as new optional category in GEP
Please click on a category to link to implementation detail.
The chart below provides an overview of the GEP categories and a comparison with the current requirements.
Current GER |
Proposed GEP |
|
Credit Hours |
50 - 53 |
39 - 40 |
Portability |
Some limits |
GEP as a program is completely portable |
Double-counting |
Allowed |
Allowed |
Categories |
||
(a) English 101 |
4 |
4 |
(b) Humanities/Soc Sci |
21 |
12 |
(c) Math/Nat Sci |
20 |
13 |
(d) Add’l Breadth |
NA |
3 |
(e) Interdisciplinary Persp |
NA |
5 - 6 |
(f) Science, Technology & Society (STS) |
3 |
0 Moved to Interdisciplinary Perspectives (IP) |
(g) PE |
2 |
2 (called PE/Healthy Living) |
(h) Non-English culture “Global Knowledge” |
Co-requisite |
Co-requisite re-titled and refocused as Global Knowledge |
(i) U.S. Diversity |
NA |
Co-requisite |
(j) Advanced Comm (Writing, Speaking & Info) |
3 |
0 (College Responsibility) |
(k) Foreign Language |
Proficiency |
Proficiency |
(l) Computer Literacy |
Proficiency |
College Responsibility |
Thematic Tracks |
NA |
Optional |