Two Common First Year Seminar (FYS) Questions: 1. What if students fail to take an FYS course in either the fall or Spring of their first year? The system is set up to block students from registering for FYS if they have 30 credits or more. When students don’t complete FYS within the first year,… Read more »
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Historical Listing of Approved Gen-Ed Courses
Approved courses in the following general-education areas can be found in the Bulletin: Fundamental Literacies Contemporary Social Values Extended Literacies Common Core courses, however, are approved not just for the four areas, as listed below, but with specialized Variable Titles (VTs) with unique class descriptions. Although some VTs are offered repeatedly, others might only be… Read more »
Using iGPS for Common Core Courses
There are four areas within the Common Core (CC): Arts, Aesthetics & Creativity (A) Human Behaviors & Social Institutions (B) Literary & Intellectual Traditions (T) Natural World (N) Offerings within the CC can be at either the 100-level (typically 190 or 191) or 300-level (typically 390 or 399); students are required to take one course… Read more »
Using Attributes to Find Gen-Ed Courses in iGPS
“Attributes” can be assigned to courses so that they can be used to filter class searches within iGPS for specific offerings within General Education. The following are currently in active use: Campuswide Extended Literacies Common Core Common Core-Art, Aesthetics, and Creativity Common Core-Human Behavior and Social Institutions Common Core-Literary and Intellectual Traditions Common Core-Natural Word… Read more »