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GEOC meetings for Spring 2020 will be:

Monday, January 27 – 1:30pm-3:00pm
Wednesday, February 12 – 10:30am-12:00pm
Monday, February 24 – 1:30pm-3:00pm
Wednesday, March 11 – 10:30am-12:00pm
Wednesday, April 1 – 10:30am-12:00pm
Monday, April 13 – 1:30pm-3:00pm
Monday, April 27 – 1:30pm-3:00pm

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 2021 Intersession should be submitted to GEOC by March 1, 2020.

The deadline for courses/revisions to be included in the 2020-21 Catalog is the February 5, 2020 Senate meeting. In order for Gen Ed courses to make this deadline, proposals should be received by GEOC before the end of September 2019 (with all department and college approvals).

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

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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