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Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on November 7, 2025

The Council on General Education met on November 7, 2025. The meeting minutes for October 17, 2025, were approved at this meeting. Below is the agenda, and the meeting minutes have now been posted on the General Education website.

  1. Approval of the Agenda for November 7, 2025, Council on General Education meeting.
  2. Approval of Minutes for October 17, 2025, Council on General Education meeting.
  3. New Course & Experience Proposals (Peter)
    1. ANTH 3345 (Introduction to Ethnographic Methods)-SBS
    2. SOCI 2377 (Introduction to Markets and Culture)- SBS
    3. ANTH 3326 (Regulating Reproduction: Morality, Politics, and (In)justice)-PREI
    4. MUAS 1111 (Healing Through Song: Introduction to Therapeutic Music Entertainment)- PREX-CE
    5. PERB 2213 (World Rhythms and Cultures I)-PREX-CE
    6. ARHS 3308 (Seven Wonders of the World) – PREX-CIE
    7. CEE 1301 (Environment and Technology: Ecology and Ethics) – PREX-CIE
    8. CS 3377 (Ethical Issues in Computing) – PREX-CIE
    9. APSM 4380 (Technology and Sport) – TAS
    10. HIST 3308 (Technologies and Our Societies) – TAS
    11. APSM 4311 (Principles of Exercise is Medicine) – PREX-QA
    12. WL 3341/HRTS 3341 (Failure of Humanity in Rwanda) – LAI
    13. UNIV 3308 (Advanced Trial Advocacy) – LAI, PREX-OC
    14. UHP 3304 (Great Books) – LAI, PREX-W
    15. ALEC – PREX-OC (Activity)
    16. ARHS 1305 (Introduction to African Arts) – CA
    17. ARHS 3308 (Seven Wonders of the World) – HC, PREX-GPS
    18. WL 3382 (Texas-Mexico Borderlands) – PREX-GPS
    19. MDVL 3351 (The Pilgrimage: Medieval) – PREX-GPS
    20. SOCI 3345 (Chinese Markets and Culture) – PREX-GPS
    21. MUHI 1302 (Intro to Music in World Societies) – PREX-GPS
  4. Office Updates
    1. Updated Course Proposal Templates (Dustin)

Please contact the Office of General Education for questions or proposal development support.

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Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on September 26, 2025

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The Council on General Education met on September, 26, 2025. The meeting minutes for September 5, 2025, were approved at this meeting. Below is the agenda, and the meeting minutes have now been posted on the General Education website.

  1. Approval of the Agenda for September 26, 2025, Council on General Education meeting.
  2. Approval of Minutes for September 5, 2025, Council on General Education meeting.
  3. Course & Experience Proposals
    1. Revised Proposals
      1. HIST 1333 (Ethical and Political Thought in Ancient China)-HC, PREX-CIE, PREX-GPS
    2. New Proposals
      1. FILM 3335 (Film Exhibition and Distribution) – TAS
      2. UNIV 2302 (Mixed Media Technology Applications)-TAS
      3. HIST 2316 (Flight Culture in Global History)-TAS
      4. ANTH 4325 (Introduction to Comparative Osteology)-PREX-QA
      5. UHP 3301 (Cities in Mind: Dublin)- LAI & PREX-W
      6. UHP 3304 (Great Books)- LAI & PREX-W
      7. FILM 1301 (Art of Film & Media)- LAI
      8. ARHS 3313 (Pompeii: Art and Life in a Roman City)- CA
      9. UNIV 3307 (Change Makers: Exploring Social Justice in Civic Leadership)- PREX-GPS
      10. HIST 2316 (Flight Culture in Global History)- PREX-GPS
      11. UNIV 3307 (Change Makers: Exploring Social Justice in Civic Leadership)- PREX-CE & PREX-CIE
      12. UNIV 1103 (Building Bridges: The Ethics of Service)- PREX-CE
      13. Alternative Breaks- PREX-CIE (Activity)
      14. Fraternity & Sorority Life Greek Council Leadership-PREX-CE (Activity)
  1. Office Updates
    1. Writing Board: Triauna Carey (Chair)
    2. SAES Blog Newsletter (blog.smu.edu/saes)
    3. Common Curriculum Assessment Design Assistant

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Office of General Education and Maguire Ethics Center utilized AI to identify and solicit ethics-related course proposals

The Office of General Education, in partnership with the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility, is embracing innovation to help students complete their Common Curriculum (CC) requirements more efficiently, by using artificial intelligence to analyze 6,807 active SMU courses and identify those that may align with the Philosophical, Religious, and Ethical Inquiry (PREI) or Civic and Individual Ethics (CIE) requirements.

Using the National Ethics Project’s Ethics Course ID Tool, we uploaded SMU’s course catalog data, which included titles and descriptions.

As described on their website, “The Ethics Course ID Tool is a valuable resource for colleges and universities seeking to identify ethics-related courses. With just a simple upload of course catalogs, users receive scored outputs that indicate the likelihood of a course being ethics-related. Developed through a combination of expert knowledge and advanced natural language processing techniques, the ECIT has been rigorously validated through empirical studies involving experts in ethics education. By utilizing the ECIT, institutions interested in enhancing ethics education can facilitate integration of ethics across the curriculum.”

This AI tool generated applicability scores, helping us pinpoint 80 SMU courses that naturally fit these areas but don’t yet carry a CC designation.

Our Course Outreach list indicates which course instructors and departments we have reached out to. Academic departments can find detailed instructions on our Course & Experience Proposal webpage. Please refer to the Council on General Education website for any upcoming proposal deadlines.

Together, we can make it easier for students to meet general education requirements while recognizing the excellent learning experiences already taking place in SMU courses.

For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office.

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Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on September 5, 2025

The Council on General Education met on September 5, 2025. The meeting minutes for April 25, 2025, were approved at this meeting. Below is the agenda, and the meeting minutes have now been posted on the General Education website.

  1. Approval of the Agenda for September 5, 2025, Council on General Education meeting.
  2. Approval of Minutes for April 25, 2025, Council on General Education meeting.
  3. Welcome and Introductions
  4. CC Human Diversity Requirement Task Force Update
  5. Graduating Students Community Engagement Update
  6. Simple Syllabi and SACSCOC Audit
  7. Course and Experience Outreach Campaign
  8. General Education Updates
    1. Place-based Symposium 11/5-11/6
    2. Common Curriculum Reading
      1. Fall Book-Infectious Generosity
    3. Archived University Curriculum (UC)
    4. Course Removals
    5. Course Proposals-Summer
    6. Writing Board Update
    7. CoGE 2025-2026 Meeting Dates
    8. New CoGE Member Training Scheduling

Please contact the Office of General Education for questions or proposal development support.

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Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on April 25, 2025

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The Council on General Education met on April 25, 2025. The meeting minutes for April 4, 2025, were approved at this meeting. Below is the agenda, and the meeting minutes have now been posted on the General Education website.

  1. Approval of the Agenda for April 25, 2025, Council on General Education meeting.
  2. Approval of Minutes for the April 4, 2025, Council on General Education meeting.
  3. Course & Experience Proposals
    1. Revised Proposals
      1. CEE 4380 (Civil and Enviro Engr Design I)-PREX-CIE
      2. Student Senate -PREX-CIE
      3. HIST 1333 (Ethical and Political Thought in Ancient China) – HC
    2. New Proposals
      1. HIST 1333 (Ethical and Political Thought in Ancient China) – PREX-CIE, PREX-GPS
      2. BL 3335 (Business Law) – PREX-CIE
  4. CC HD Requirement Task Force Recommendation and Discussion
  5. TCCNs CC Proposed Tags Table
  6. Writing Board Annual Report
  7. Member Recognition of Service/Update
  8. 2025-2026 CoGE meeting dates

Please contact the Office of General Education for questions or proposal development support.

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Council on General Education 2025-2026 meeting schedule and proposal deadlines posted

The Office of General Education has announced the Council on General Education’s 2025- 2026 meeting dates. Meetings will be held from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm on the following dates:

Fall 2025

  • September 5, 2025 (in-person; Blanton 110/112)
  • September 26, 2025 (proposal meeting)
    • Submit course proposals by 9/5 
  • October 17, 2025
  • November 7, 2025 (proposal meeting)
    • Submit course proposals by 10/17
  • December 5, 2025

Spring 2026

  • January 30, 2026
  • February 20, 2026 (proposal meeting)
    • Submit course proposals by 1/30
  • March 13, 2026
  • April 10, 2026 (proposal meeting)
    • Submit course proposals by 3/20
  • May 1, 2026 (in-person; Blanton 110/112)

Please contact the Office of General Education for questions or proposal development support.

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Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on April 4, 2025

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The Council on General Education met on April 4, 2025. The meeting minutes for March 14, 2025, were approved at this meeting. Below is the agenda, and the meeting minutes have now been posted on the General Education website.

  1. Approval of the Agenda for April 4, 2025, Council on General Education meeting.
  2. Approval of Minutes for March 14, 2025, Council on General Education meeting.
  3. Course & Experience Proposals
    1. ARHS 1380 (African American Art) – CAA
    2. ARHS 3310 / HRTS 3320 (War, Looting, and Collecting of Ancient Art) – PREX-OC
    3. UNIV 3306 (Community Partnerships) – PREX-CE
    4. Stampede Guides (Stampede Guides) – PREX-OC
    5. ENGL 2303 (Ethical Leadership and the Language of Influence) – PREX-CIE
    6. FILM 2363 (Media Production Ethics and Representation) – PREX-CIE
    7. Student Senate (Student Senate) – PREX-CIE
    8. The Common Curriculum Reading – PREX-CIE
    9. BIOL 4133 / BIOL 4133 H (Bioethics Seminar) – PREX-CIE
    10. CEE 4380 (Civil and Environmental Engineering Design I) – PREX-CIE
    11. ECON 4330 (Economics of Human Rights) – PREX-CIE
    12. PSYC 3372 (Ethics in Psychology) – PREX-CIE
    13. MNO 30XX (AI and Business Insights) – PREX-QA
    14. SPAN 2421 (Intermediate Spanish I for Heritage Speakers) – LAI and PREX-GPS
    15. UNIV 2303 (From IM to AI: How People Learn with Technology) – TAS
  4. CC Human Diversity Graduation Requirement Task Force Update
  5. TCCNS Working Group Volunteers

Please contact the Office of General Education for questions or proposal development support.

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Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on February 28, 2025

The Council on General Education met on February 28, 2025. The meeting minutes for January 31, 2025, were approved at this meeting. Below is the agenda, and the meeting minutes have now been posted on the General Education website.

  1. Approval of the Agenda for February 28, 2025, Council on General Education meeting.
  2. Approval of Minutes for January 31, 2025, Council on General Education meeting.
  3. Course & Experience Proposals
    1. Revised Proposals
      1. UNIV 1270 (Personal Finance and Branding) – PREX-QA
    2. New Proposals
      1. ASAG 1310 (Word and Image) – CAC
      2. PHIL 3385 (Lifespan Ethics) – PREI
      3. PSYC 2351 (Psychopathology) – SBS
      4. HIST 1333 (Ethical and Political Thought in Ancient China) – HC; PREX-CIE
      5. WL 3308 (Introduction to General Linguistics) – PREX-CIE
      6. JOUR 3380 (Global Media Projects) – PREX-GPS
  4. SMU Transfer Summit Recap
    1. TCCNS Working Group
    2. Student Experience Working Group
    3. Policies Working Group
  5. DOE OCR February 14 Dear Colleague Letter Discussion

Please contact the Office of General Education for questions or proposal development support.

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Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on December 6, 2024

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The Council on General Education met on December 6, 2024. The meeting minutes for November 8, 2024 were approved at this meeting. Below is the agenda, and the meeting minutes have now been posted on the General Education website.

  1. Approval of the Agenda for December 6, 2024, Council on General Education meeting.
  2. Approval of Minutes for the November 8, 2024, Council on General Education meeting.
  3. Course Proposals (revisions)
    1. ANTH 3352-TAS
    2. ANTH 3343-TAS
    3. BIOL 1303-ES
  4. Literary Analysis and Interpretation (non-English) Rubric Update (Dayna)
  5. Course and Experience Proposal Review Process Discussion
    1. Sub-Committees
    2. Voting Proposals
  6. Spring Meeting Schedule
    1. January 31, 2025
    2. February 28, 2025 (proposal meeting)
    3. March 14, 2025
    4. April 4, 2025 (proposal meeting)
    5. April 25, 2025 (in-person)
  7. General Education Office Updates (Dustin)
    1. Fall 2024 Tag Removals
      1. SOCI 3370-W
      2. WL 3341/HRTS 3341-HC
      3. ENGL 1380-CA
      4. FILM 3304-OC
      5. FILM 2362-HC
    2. CIE Course Proposals (Selected 5)

Please contact the Office of General Education for questions or proposal development support.

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Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on October 18, 2024

The Council on General Education met on October 18, 2024. The meeting minutes for September 27, 2024 were approved at this meeting. Below is the agenda, and the meeting minutes have now been posted on the General Education website.

  1. Approval of Agenda for October 18, 2024, Council on General Education meeting.
  2. Approval of Minutes for the September 27, 2024, Council on General Education meeting.
  3. Common Curriculum SLO Assessment Report
  4. Course Proposals
    1. Revised Proposals
      1. ARHS 3305 (Arts of the American Southwest) – PREX-HD
      2. UNIV 2301 (formerly 1301) (Information Systems and Society) – TAS; PREX-W
    2. New Proposals
      1. ENGL 1380 (Introduction to Literature: Monsters and Magic) – LAI
      2. AMAE 3387 (Principles of Creative Entrepreneurship) – CA
  5. General Education Office Updates
    1. SMU-in-Four PREX-CIE Course Proposals
    2. Coherent Rationale Audit Progress

Please contact the Office of General Education for questions or proposal development support.