Fall 2025 assessment: Schedule and New Step Assessment this fall will contain the usual elements, with two important updates: Syllabus collection (via new method to minimize faculty steps) Applies to all courses meeting a General Education requirement. (See the Bulletin page for an overview of Gen Ed and the specific categories and components and approved… Read more »
Info for Instructors
CC-AAC: ENG-A 399 / Art, Aesthetics, & Creativity / VT: Art of Imitation
Proposing faculty member: Rowenna Miller Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: 6.13.2025 (provisional) Category: Common Core Component: Art, Aesthetics, & Creativity Note: Course (ENG- A 399) previously approved. VT previously approved at A190 level and now provisionally approved for A399; need full Gen Ed committee approval in fall 2025.
FYS and IL: COAS-Q 294 / College to Career in the Age of AI: Exploring Your Options
Proposing faculty member: Susan Thomas Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: provisional approval June 2025 and then full approval Sept 2025. Category: Additional Requirements Components: First-Year Seminar and Information Literacy Description: Course explores how artificial intelligence and information systems shape knowledge, equity, and different field of studies. Students will develop core information literacy skills,… Read more »
FYS: THTR-A 190 / Art, Aesthetics, & Creativity / VT: Intro to Theatre
Proposing faculty member: Aimee Cole Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: 6.09.2025 Categories: Common Core and Additional Requirements Component: Art, Aesthetics, & Creativity and First-Year Seminar Note: Course and VT already previously approved. Now provisionally approved as FYS; need full committee approval in fall 2025.
CC-HBSI: NURS-B 399: Human Behavior & Social Institutions // VT: Death and Dying (approved 4.2.2025)
Proposing faculty member: Myra Swintz Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: 4.2.2025 Category: Common Core Component: Human Behavior & Social Institutions Description: Course Description: In this course, we will discuss the universal experience of mortality and loss. Topics will include attitudes toward death and those who are dying; the process of dying; palliative care… Read more »
CC-AAC: EDUC-A 390: Art, Aesthetics, & Creativity. Teaching About the Arts Methods. (approved 3.26.2025)
Proposing faculty member: Sydney Beauchamp Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: 3.26.2025 Category: Common Core Component: Art, Aesthetics, & Creativity Note: As of 8.11.25: Not yet fully through Carmin. EDUC-A 399 is a new course, and this is a new VT.
FL-CT: SUST-S 150: The Ethics of Sustainability (approved 3.11.2025)
Proposing faculty member: Matt Shockey Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: 3.11.2025 Category: Fundamental Literacies Component: Critical Thinking Description (abbreviated): At the heart of “sustainability studies” – the academic discipline that focuses on sustainability – are questions about what we value and what we ought to do in order to live up to our… Read more »
CC-HBSI: SOC-B 399: Human Behavior & Social Institutions. New VT approved: Consumer Society and the Environment. (Approved 2.26.25)
Proposing faculty member: Zach Schrank Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: 2.26.25 Category: Common Core Component: Human Behavior & Social Institutions Description (abbreviated): A critical examination of consumerism as a defining feature of modern societies and its profound impact on the environment. Students will analyze the mutually reinforcing dynamics of production and consumption, examining… Read more »
FL-CT: MIT-R 416 Trends and Issues in Medical Technology I (originally approved 2.26.25)
Proposing faculty member: Maryann Oake Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: 2.26.2025 Category: Fundamental Literacies Component: Critical Thinking Note: As of 8.11.25: Not yet fully through Carmin. MIT-R 416 is the new course prefix; course previously was AHLT-R 416.
FL-OC: EDUC-F201/F202: Exploring the Personal Demands of Teaching (Approved as of 2.17.25)
Proposing faculty member: Tony Randles Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: 2.17.2025 Category: Fundamental Literacies Component: Oral Communication Description: This course emphasizes the development of interpersonal communication skills within a small group context, where students will practice observation, active listening, self-disclosure, and feedback, particularly in relation to teaching. Students are assigned to public school… Read more »