General Education Certification
Procedures for Submitting Courses for Continuing Certification
in General Education
(based on assessment materials)
effective Fall 2005
(Model Coordinator Summaries may found
on the GE
Assesment page)
Please be sure to download and read the 2005
GE Guidelines (pdf)
Submit an original plus 12 copies (18 copies
for English 1A/B and 100W courses) of the complete course
assessment/continuing certification packet including:.
1. Continuing Certification Request Form (rtf) for General
Education Courses.
2. If an approved course has been modified (i.e. title,
course description, etc.) since approval, include an approved Minor Course Change Form (doc).
3. Course Outlines/Syllabi/Greensheets
Submit course outlines/syllabi for the current semester and the two
most recent semesters the course has been offered (one for EACH
instructor who has taught or is teaching the course). Student
Learning Objectives must be on all greensheets for General
Education courses. SJSU Studies course greensheets must state, “
Courses to meet Areas R, S, and V of SJSU Studies must be taken
from three different departments”.
4. Assessment Use the Coordinator
Summary for General Education Assessment (Available online at www.sjsu.edu/ugs/assessment/ge/materials)
to document your assessment findings.
5. For Multi-Section General Education Courses Please send
to Undergraduate Studies (0030) a copy of the report format or
form(s) you used to collect data from instructors teaching this
course.
If there are any questions, please call the
Associate Dean (Curriculum), Office of Undergraduate Studies
(4-2447).
Approval Process
- Department submits a continuing General Education
assessment/certification packet (see above) to the Board of
General Studies via its College Dean (see guidelines
above). Designation of a department Course Coordinator is required (e.g.,
instructor, curriculum committee representative, department chair).
- College Curriculum Committee reviews requests and
forwards to College Dean for recommendation.
- College Dean forwards one original and 12 copies (18
copies for English 1A/1B and 100W courses) of all submitted
packets to the Board of General Studies by the published
submittal deadline.
- Core and American Institutions courses (except for HUM 1A/B,
2A/B and AmSt 1A/B): Board of General Studies refers
proposals to the appropriate Advisory Panel for review and
recommendation back to the Board.
- The Panel reviews the complete packet. If there are
concerns about the course, one or more of the Panel members is designated to meet with the Course
Coordinator/Department representative to express the Panel’s concerns. Once
the concerns have been addressed, the Panel forwards its recommendations to
approve, deny, or modify/clarify the course to the Board.
- The Board reviews and acts on all courses. No proposals
are rejected or modified/clarified without consultation with the
Department. After a final vote of the Board has been taken,
the AVP for Undergraduate Studies writes a letter to the Department
Chair stating the Board’s action. If the course requires
modification/clarification or has been denied, the Board’s
concerns are detailed in the letter. Although the Provost reserves
the right to act on any General Education courses, that authority
has been delegated to the AVP for Undergraduate Studies as
Chair of the Board.
- Undergraduate Studies
records all actions in office files, and posts certifications to the official
University Curriculum File.
- Courses approved by February 1 may be scheduled for the
following Fall term. Courses approved by September 1 may be scheduled for the following Spring
term.
- Continuing certification normally will be for a period of 4
years.
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