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Meetings and Deadlines

GEOC meetings for Fall 2020 will be (online):

September 2, 2020 – 10:00am-11:30am
September 14, 2020 – 11:00am-12:30pm
September 30, 2020 – 10:00am-11:30am
October 12, 2020 – 11:00am-12:30pm
October 28, 2020 – 10:00am-11:30am
November 9, 2020 – 11:00am-12:30pm
December 2, 2020 – 10:00am-11:30am

Deadlines to submit:

Proposals to offer a Gen Ed course in the May 2021 Intersession should be submitted to GEOC  by November 1, 2020.

Proposals to offer a Gen Ed course in the January 2021 Intersession should be submitted to GEOC IMMEDIATELY.

The deadline for courses/revisions to be included in the 2021-22 Catalog is the February 5, 2021 Senate meeting. In order for Gen Ed courses to make this deadline, proposals should be received by GEOC before the end of September 2020 (with all department and college approvals).

STUDENT CORNER

Wondering what to take for Gen Eds next semester? Check out the winners of our General Education Student Essay Contest.

Grand Prize

Alyson Tomaszewski – STAT 1100Q Elementary Concepts of Statistics (Q)

Honorable Mentions

Sophia Pellegrino – PHIL 1104 Philosophy and Social Ethics (CA1)

Stephanie Santillo – “A way around mono no aware”; CLCS 1101 Classics of World Literature I (CA1, CA4-INT)

Joshua Lovett-Graff – “Tears for Academia”; ENGL 3613 Introduction to LGBT Literature (CA4)

Prabhas KC – ANTH 1000 Other People’s Worlds (CA2, CA4-INT)

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

Resources

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

Read the 2019-2020 GEOC Annual Report here.

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

Announcements

The 2019-20 Provost’s Office General Education Course Enhancement Grant winners have been posted. Please see the “Provost’s Competition” tab for details. Information about the 2020-21 competition will be posted in early fall.

The following departments are up for Alignment next year (2020-21). Department Heads will be contacted in early fall about how to proceed.

Anthropology (ANTH)
American Sign Language (ASLN)
Biology (BIOL)
Civil Engineering (CE)
Chemical Engineering (CHEG)
Diagnostic Genetic Sciences (DGS)
Dietetics (DIET)
Dramatic Arts (DRAM)
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB)
Education Curriculum & Instruction (EDCI)
Education (EGEN)
Molecular & Cell Biology (MCB)
Geoscience (GSCI)
Hebrew & Judaic Studies (HEJS)
Marketing (MKTG)
Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLSC)
Molecular & Cell Biology (MCB)
Pharmacy (PHAR, PHRM, PHRX)
Philosophy (PHIL)
Physiology & Neurobiology (PNB)
Science (SCI)
Speech, Language, & Hearing Science (SLHS)
Urban Studies (URBN)

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