GENERAL EDUCATION

At

California State UniversityLong Beach

Major,Unchanged aspects

ofCurrent

GE Policy (PS 00-00)

Categories from EO 595• Sections 5 & 7 of the policy • A – Communication in the English Language

and Critical Thinking – 9 units• B – Natural Sciences and Mathematics

– (New title and change in units)

• C – Humanities and the Arts (change in units)• D – Citizenship and Social and Behavioral

Sciences and History– (New title and change in units)

• E – Self-Integration – 3 units

Additional Requirements• Required separately from GE

– Section 40404 in Title 5 and EO 405

• United States History– 3 units

• Constitution and American Ideals– 3 units

• But, EO 338 (=595) allowed inclusion in 48 units since 1980

• Now considered part of Category D

At CSULB, GE consists of3 sequential phases

• Section 3 of policy • Foundation – all of “A” and Mathematics (B.2.)• Explorations – rest of “B” and all of “C”, “D”, & “E”

– Global Issues– Human Diversity in the U.S. (new title)

• Capstone– Final three courses– Double count within Explorations– Advanced Skills– Service Learning– Interdisciplinary (I)

MajorChanges

fromCurrent

GE Policy(PS 00-00)

Required Outcomes and Assessment

• Learning Outcomes are provided (Sec. 2)

• All courses must– address at least one learning outcome

• All departments must– provide evidence of assessment of– learning outcomes– for course re-approval for GE

• The entire program must be assessed by the GEGC (Section 13.4.1.)

Policy Clarification/Organization

• Sections numbered using 1.1.1 convention

• Sections moved and/or combined to clarify requirements

• Combined all general requirements into one single section

• Eliminated section on composition of GEGC;– Will be in new committee charge

Reduction in Units• Currently – 51, Proposed – 48, Why?

• Title 5 (EO 338/595) required 48 in 1980

• Since 1980 CSULB has required 51 – Would count only 3 of 6 units associated with

• United States History and • Constitution and American Ideals

– So, General Education required 51 units

• CO has requested that campuses use 48– CSULB will count all 6 units– Thus, only 48 total

Reduced units in “B”, “C”, & “D”• Currently

– 11 in “B” (reduced by senate from 12)– 12 in “C”– 15 in “D”– Total = 38

• Proposed – 9 in “B”, 9 in “C”, 12 in “D”– 6 “floater” units among the three– Total = 36

Counting units from major department toward GE

• Currently– courses in major department may not be

double counted as GE, EXCEPT– for certain special cases.– Their number keeps growing, and – result is much confusion.

• Proposed (Section 4.3)– allow up to 10 units– in the major department– to count as General Education

How many current patterns?• pre-1981 – based on earlier requirements• 1981 – based on PS 81-11

– introduced Categories A-E– 9 UD units required, 6 of which are in “I” courses

• 1985 – based on PS 81-11 amended 1985– required course in World Societies & Cultures in D

• 1993 – based on PS 91-00– HD required

• 1999 – based on PS 98-00– all 9 UD units must be in Capstone courses– Global Issues separated from D– “C” or better required in Foundation courses

Returning students – New Requirements (Sec. 6.1.)

• Returning students– those who left with no more than one

remaining course may graduate under earlier pattern

– reduced mainly for pre-1981 pattern in 00-00

• All returning students– must complete 9 upper division GE units– 6 of which must be capstone (same as 00-00)

Transfer Students –New Requirements (Sec. 6.2)

• Currently all CCC transfer students with full GE certification must complete only– Capstone - here (relatively easy) or elsewhere (relatively difficult)

• Currently all other transfer students must complete– Capstone, Human Diversity in the U.S. and Global Issues– As well as all remaining requirements in Categories A-E

• Proposed – all transfers must complete– Capstone, Human Diversity in the U. S., and Global Issues – here (relatively easy) or elsewhere (relatively difficult)– As well as all remaining requirements in Categories A-E

• Of 165 Interdisciplinary (I) courses– 53 (32%) are Global Issues (G)– 20 (12%) are Human Diversity in the U.S. (HD)

• CCC transfers– May have already completed HD and/or G– but not Capstone (Must be completed at CSULB)

Changes to titles of categories

• EO 595– long, descriptive statements– not shorter titles for categories

• CSULB utilizes shorter titles

• Titles stated 3 times in document– Sections 3, 5, & 7– sometimes different titles are used

• Current titles may confuse naïve readers

Category A

• EO 595 – communication in the English language, to include both oral communication and written communication, and in critical thinking, to include consideration of common fallacies in reasoning.

• 00-00 - Communication in the English language and Critical Thinking

• Proposed title - Communication in the English Language and Critical Thinking

Category A.1.

• CSULB designation

• 00-00 - written composition in English or written English

• Proposed - Written Communication in English

Category A.2.

• CSULB designation

• 00-00 - oral communication(s)

• Proposed - Oral Communication in English

Category A.3.

• CSULB designation

• 00-00 - critical thinking

• Proposed - Critical Thinking

Category B

• EO 595 - inquiry into the physical universe and its life forms, with some immediate participation in laboratory activity, and into mathematical concepts and quantitative reasoning and their applications.

• 00-00 - Physical Universe

• Proposed – Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Category B.1

• CSULB designation

• Not given specific title in 00-00

• Proposed – Natural Sciences

Category B.1.a. & B.1.b.• CSULB designation

• 00-00 – Life sciences or biological sciences (B.1.a.) and physical sciences (B.1.b.)

• Proposed – Biological Sciences (B.1.a.) and Physical Sciences (B.1.b.)

Category B.2.

• CSULB designation

• 00-00 - Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning

• Proposed - Mathematics

Category B.3.• CSULB designation

• 00-00 – no specific title

• Proposed – Additional Natural Sciences and Mathematics courses

• necessary primarily for natural science courses lacking a laboratory component, many of which are capstone

Category C

• EO 595 – arts, literature, philosophy and foreign languages.

• 00-00 - Humanities and the Arts

• Proposed - Humanities and the Arts

Category C.1.

• CSULB designation

• 00-00 – Fine Arts

• Proposed – Fine Arts

Category C.2.• CSULB designation

• 00-00 – not given title – C.2.a. – literature; C.2.b. – philosophy; C.2.c. – foreign language(s)

• Proposed – use same designations for C.2.a, b, and c, with plural for languages

• Write in Humanities as title for C.2.?

Category C.3.

• CSULB designation

• 00-00 – no specific title

• Proposed – Additional Humanities and the Arts

• necessary for humanities courses that do not easily fit into literature, philosopy, or foreign language

Category D

• EO 595 – human social, political, and economic institutions and behavior and their historical background

• 00-00 – either Social and Behavioral Sciences and History or Social and Behavioral Sciences and their Historical Background

• Proposed – Citizenship and Social and Behavioral Sciences and History

Category D.1.

• CSULB designation; EO 405 – United States History, Constitution and American Ideals

• 00-00 – either U.S. History and the Constitution and American Political Institutions and Processes or Citizenship

• Proposed – Citizenship

Categories D.1.a. & D.1.b.

• CSULB designation

• 00-00 – U.S. History (D.1.a.); U.S. Constitution and Ideals (D.1.b.)

• Proposed – U.S. History (D.1.a.) and the Constitution and American Ideals (D.1.b.)

Category D.2.

• CSULB designation

• 00-00 – Social and Behavioral Science or Other Social and Behavioral Sciences

• Proposed – Social and Behavioral Sciences and History

Category E

• EO 595 – study designed to equip human beings for lifelong understanding and development of themselves as integrated physiological and psychological entities.

• 00-00 – Self-Integration or The Integrated Self

• Proposed – Self-Integration

Summary of 48 required units

• Category A – 9 units• Category B – minimum of 9 units• Category C – minimum of 9 units• Category D – minimum of 12 units• Category E – 3 units• Six units to “float” among B, C, and D• Overlapping requirements for

– Global Issues– Human Diversity in the U.S.– Capstone

I am done!Thank you!!

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