General Education Committee (GEC)

The ICC shall call upon the Senate to initiate college elections to fill positions on subcommittees it may form to oversee general education and university writing. The college representation on the General Education or University Writing subcommittees shall reflect the college representation on the ICC.

The membership of the subcommittee for General Education (GEC) shall include representation from the same units as ICC [one faculty member per college which offers an undergraduate program, each to be elected by their collegial faculty; one representative elected at large by the Faculty Senate and who is a member of a college offering an undergraduate program; one representative from the academic deans or designee; one representative from Student Government; and the provost or their delegate (ex-officio, voting)] and will also include the director of the Office of Educational Effectiveness Assessment, Academic Affairs or designee (ex-officio, non-voting).

The chairs of GEC and UWC, or their designee, shall serve as an ex-officio non-voting member of the ICC. The chair of ICC, or designee, shall serve as an ex-officio non-voting member on each of the ICC subcommittees.

Charges for AY 2025

Standing Charge

The General Education Committee shall study the general education curriculum and general education course proposals from a university-wide perspective and maintain appropriate inter-college relationships with regard to general education matters. The committee will: assure that there is on-going monitoring and assessment of the general education curriculum; assure that there is an on-going review of the general education curriculum to determine any need for modification; consult with the ICC regarding procedures needed to initiate, review and approve a curriculum modification proposal; review proposed courses for inclusion in the general education curriculum; assure the maintenance and up-keep of a data base of courses that are included as general education. . 

• Per D1.0, review general education (GE) courses learning outcomes and assessment.
• Audit/review of GE student learning outcomes and courses.
• Request that GEC review the results from the General Education Course Audit and make recommendations if appropriate.

New Charges

1. Contribute to the implementation of a course management system within the new CourseLeaf system for GEC approvals and records. Related: Update course outline forms and suggest more detailed instructions for filling out the form.
2. Continue the work with Educational Effectiveness Assessment (EEA) Office on the GEC Framework.

General Education Committee reports can be found on RIT’s Repository

Recent reports can also be found on the Faculty Senate Google Drive