General Education Committee

Overview

Last Updated:   9/23/2024

Contact Name

Rhonda Todd, Administrative Coordinator for the Dean of Undergraduate Studies
rtodd@clemson.edu

Description

The General Education Committee responsibilities include:

1. Providing cohesion, communication, and collaboration in discussions and decisions related to courses functioning as Clemson University's general education curriculum, ensuring faculty ownership of general education;
2. Recommending undergraduate general education student learning outcomes, including revisions when necessary, to the University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee;
3. Ensuring that the Office of the Registrar maintains accurate general education curricular information;
4. Coordinating faculty development for implementing general education student learning outcomes and focusing on student learning, including mentoring colleagues, arranging workshops, and employing OTEI resources;
5. Coordinating faculty assessment of general education student learning outcomes.

Subcommittees are chartered by the Committee as needed, concerning topics such as developing student learning outcomes or approving and reviewing courses for inclusion in the general education curriculum. Each of these subcommittees will have at least one member selected from the voting membership of the Committee.

This committee is authorized and described in the Clemson University Faculty Manual. Changes to its description or composition should be initiated with the current President of the Faculty Senate.