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GEOC meetings for Spring 2019 will be:

Tues, Jan. 29 – 2:00pm-3:30pm
Tues, Feb. 12 – 2:00pm-3:30pm
Mon, Feb. 25 – 1:00pm-2:30pm
Tues, March 12 – 2:00pm-3:30pm
Mon, April 1 – 1:00pm-2:30pm
Tues, April 16 – 2:00pm-3:30pm
Mon, April 29 – 1:00pm-2:30pm

Deadlines to submit:

Proposals to offer a Gen Ed course in the May 2020 Intersession should be submitted to GEOC by November 1, 2019.

Proposals to offer a Gen Ed course in the January 2020 Intersession should be submitted to GEOC by March 1, 2019.

The deadline for courses/revisions to be included in the 2020-21 Catalog is the February 4, 2019 Senate meeting. In order for Gen Ed courses to make this deadline, proposals should be received by GEOC before the end of September 2018 (with all department and college approvals).

The General Education Oversight Committee (GEOC) is a subcommittee of the University Senate's Curricula and Courses Standing Committee.
Its primary (but not exhaustive) responsibilities are as follows:

• Setting the criteria for content area and competency requirements that General Education courses must satisfy
• Setting the criteria for entrance and exit requirements for the competency areas
• Reviewing and approving all course proposals for meeting general education requirements
• Developing policy for delivering the General Education program; determining the resources necessary to deliver the new General Education Requirements
• Reviewing General Education courses to ensure that they continue to meet the criteria adopted by the Senate
• Reviewing the University-wide General Education program to ensure that its goals are being met and recommending changes to the Senate Curricula and Course Committee when appropriate.

Use this form to submit a proposal for a new course, a course revision, or a course deletion: Curricular Action Request Form

Please consult the Registrar's website for catalog and PeopleSoft deadlines as well as other course request guidelines:
Course Approval Process
Course Effective Dates

Interested in General Education? Want to know more about why you "have to" take Gen Ed courses? Watch these videos to learn more about the diverse and fascinating Gen Ed options available to students at UConn:

NURS 1175W - The End of Life: A Multicultural Interdisciplinary Experience

GSCI 1050 - Earth’s Dynamic Environment

DRAM 1501 - Introduction to World Puppetry

Quantitative (Q) MATH Sequence Courses

Click here for more information about:
University Senate
Senate Curricula and Courses Committee
University Interdisciplinary Courses Committee (UICC)
UConn Writing Center
Quantitative Learning Center

General Education Task Force's Draft Report to the Senate 2015-16