Tag: GPS

Categories
Office of General Education

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.

Categories
Office of General Education

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

SMU display

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

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

Categories
Office of General Education

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

SMU display

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.

Categories
Office of General Education

Common Curriculum Course Search updated on May 27, 2025

Office of General Education logo

The Office of General Education has updated the Common Curriculum course search with added breadth and graduation requirement tags.

The May 27, 2025, update reflects the following tag additions and removals:

Added:

ARHS 1380 – Creativity & Aesthetics: Analysis (CAA) ARHS 3310 – Oral Communication (OC) ASAG 1310 – Creativity & Aesthetics: Creation (CAC)
BIOL 1303 – Exploring Science (ES) BIOL 4133 – Civic & Individual Ethics (CIE) BL 3335 – Civic & Individual Ethics (CIE)
CEE 4380 – Civic & Individual Ethics (CIE) ECO 4330 – Civic & Individual Ethics (CIE) ENGL 2303 – Civic & Individual Ethics (CIE)
FILM 2363 – Civic & Individual Ethics (CIE) FILM 3352 – Historical Contexts (HC) HRTS 3320 – Oral Communication (OC)
JOUR 3314 – Community Engagement (CE) JOUR 3380 – Global Perspectives (GPS) PHIL 3385 – Philosophical, Religious & Ethical Inquiry (PREI)
PSYC 2351 – Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBS) PSYC 3372 – Civic & Individual Ethics (CIE) SPAN 2421 – Global Perspectives (GPS)
SPAN 2421 – Literary Analysis & Interpretation (LAI) UNIV 1270 – Quantitative Applications (QA) UNIV 2303 – Technological Advances and Society (TAS)
WL 3308 – Civic & Individual Ethics (CIE)

Removed:

CS 5351 – Oral Communication (OC) DSIN 5303 – Community Engagement (CE) EDU 5348 – Human Diversity (HD)
FILM 2362 – Historical Contexts (HC) FILM 3304 – Oral Communication (OC) PSYC 4380 – Historical Contexts (HC)

Any questions or concerns about the Common Curriculum course search can be directed to the Office of General Education.

Categories
Office of General Education

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

Three faculty members standing by a building

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.

Categories
Office of General Education

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.

Categories
Office of General Education

Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on April 5, 2024

Office of General Education logo

The Council on General Education met on April 5, 2024. The meeting minutes for March 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 Agenda for April 5, 2024, Council on General Education meeting.
  2. Approval of Minutes for the March 8, 2024, Council on General Education meeting.
  3. External Test Credit Review (AP, IB, CLEP) Working Group (Melina)
    1. Field specialists have been reviewing External Test Credit for AP, IB, and CLEP exams. They reviewed exam syllabi, compared them to SMU’s Common Curriculum rubrics, and assigned/maintained tags where applicable. This is still an ongoing review, and we are currently seeking volunteers to assist in reviewing the remaining exams.
    2. Recommendations and Vote (see below after agenda)
  4. Rubric Review (Dayna)
    1. Global Perspectives-Update
    2. SL- American Sign Language
  5. CC Proposals (Peter)
    1. Course Proposals
      1. MUHI 1313 (Introduction to Critical Music Studies)- Critical Reasoning
      2. ASCE 1310 (Ceramic Technology)- Technological Advances & Society (revised)
      3. BUSE 2311 (Perspectives of Business: Automobile)- Technological Advances & Society
      4. ARHS 3376 (Latin American Art)- Creativity & Aesthetics
      5. ASAG 1310 (Word and Image: 1900-present)- Creativity & Aesthetics
      6. ASAG 1350 (On Beauty)- Creativity & Aesthetics
      7. FM 1300 (Fashion Communication)- Social & Behavioral Sciences
      8. PHIL 3384 (Capitalism and Its Critics)- Philosophical, Religious, & Ethical Inquiry
      9. RELI 3392 (World Films, World Religions)-Philosophical, Religious, & Ethical Inquiry and Global Perspectives
      10. WL 3307 (Perspectives on French Identity)- Global Perspectives and Civics & Individual Ethics
      11. UNIV 1270 (Personal Finance and Branding)- Quantitative Applications
      12. FM 1350 (Fashion & Diversity)- Human Diversity
    2. Activity Proposals
      1. Lavender Leaders- Human Diversity
      2. CORE- Human Diversity
      3. Dr. Dennis Simon Civil Rights Pilgrimage- Civics & Individual Ethics
  6. General Education Office Updates (Dustin)
    1. Catalog Updates Finalized
    2. Peruna Passport Updated
    3. Degree Planner Pre-Approved and Individual Activities in the Co-curricular
    4. Critical Reasoning Fulfillment Requirements Vote Results

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

Categories
Office of General Education

Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on March 8, 2024

The Council on General Education met on March 8, 2024. The meeting minutes for February 23, 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 March 8, 2024, Council on General Education meeting.
  2. Approval of Minutes for the February 23, 2024, Council on General Education meeting.
  3. CC Tag Proposals (Peter)
    1. Course Proposals
      1. HRTS 4399 (Human Rights Research) REVISED-Civics and Individual Ethics; Human Diversity; Global Perspectives
      2. AMAE 3387 (Principles of Creative Entrepreneurship) – REVISED-Oral Communication
    2. Activity Proposals
      1. Honor Council – Civics and Individual Ethics
      2. SMU Outdoor Adventures – Community Engagement; Oral Communication
  4. CC Rubric Update (Dayna)
    1. Approved pending revisions.
      1. Social and Behavioral Sciences
      2. Technological Advances and Society
    2. Tabled
      1. Exploring Science
      2. Global Perspectives
  5. Student Progress Toward Degree and Throughout (Sheri)
    1. Role of the Schools in satisfying CIE/CE
  6. Proposals (Peter)
    1. Critical Reasoning Fulfillment Requirements
      1. CR proposals-voting ballot will be sent out with a 3/21 deadline.
      2. In Development – WIM to W Progress; Modification to Course Content Criteria (4000-level)
  7. General Education Office Updates (Dustin)
    1. Catalog Review

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

Categories
Office of General Education

Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on February 23, 2024

The Council on General Education met on February 23, 2024. The meeting minutes for February 2, 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 February 23, 2024, Council on General Education meeting.
  2. Approval of Minutes for the February 2, 2024, Council on General Education meeting.
  3. Proposals (Peter)
    1. Course Proposals
      1. ARHS 3398 (Introduction to Museum Studies) – Creativity & Aesthetics
      2. BIOL 1310 (Aquatic Biology of the American Southwest)- Exploring Science
      3. PHYS 1320 (Music & Physics) – Quantitative Applications
      4. AMAE 3387 (Principles of Creative Entrepreneurship) – Technological Advances & Society; Oral Communication
      5. ARHS 3326 (How It’s Made: Approaches to the Art Object) – Technological Advances & Society
      6. JOUR 2303 (Media Literacy and Democracy) – Literary Analysis & Interpretation; Civics and Individual Ethics
      7. ANTH 3313 (South America: Culture, Environment, History) – Historical Contexts; Global Perspectives
      8. HIST 3381 (The First World War and Its Impact)- Global Perspectives
      9. RELI 1304 (Intro to Western Religions)- Human Diversity
      10. HRTS 4399 (Human Rights Research) REVISED-Civics and Individual Ethics; Human Diversity; Global Perspectives
    2. Activity Proposals
      1. Honor Council – Civics and Individual Ethics
      2. SMU Outdoor Adventures – Community Engagement; Oral Communication
  4. Student Progress Toward Degree and Throughout (Sheri)
    1. Role of the Schools in satisfying CIE/CE
  5. Proposals (Peter)
    1. Critical Reasoning Fulfillment Requirements
    2. In Development – WIM to W Progress; Modification to Course Content Criteria (4000-level)
  6. General Education Office Updates (Dustin)
    1. CC Overview workshop attendance
    2. CC Course Proposal workshop attendance
    3. Catalog review
    4. Success Fest 2/28/24
    5. Undergraduate Degree Planner deadline 3/1/24

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

Categories
Office of General Education

Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on February 2, 2024

Three faculty members standing by a building

The Council on General Education met on February 2, 2024. The meeting minutes for December 1, 2023, 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 February 2, 2024, Council on General Education meeting.
  2. Approval of Minutes for the December 1, 2023, Council on General Education meeting.
  3. Update on Spring 2024 Meeting Schedule (Peter)
    1. 2/2/24
    2. 2/23/24-proposals due 2/12
    3. 3/8/24
    4. 4/5/24-proposals due 3/25
    5. 4/26/24 (EOY sendoff)
  4. Welcome new/returning members (Peter)
    1. Elena Borzova 2024-2027 (replacing Scott Douglas)
    2. Karisa Cloward returning from Fall 2023 leave (Luigi Manzetti only served Fall 2023)
  5. Rubric Updates (Dayna)
    1. Exploring Science
    2. Social and Behavioral Sciences
    3. Technological Advances and Society
    4. Global Perspectives
    5. Human Diversity
  6. Critical Reasoning Redesign Update (Sheri/Dustin)
    1. Fulfillment Requirement
    2. Grade Repeat
    3. Course Registration
  7. CoGE Working Group Timelines (Dustin/Melina)
    1. Re-Evaluation of Transfer Credit on Texas Common Course Numbering System
      1. Volunteer Members: Chris Logan, Stephanie Amsel, Dayna Oscherwitz
    2. External Test Credit Review (AP, IB, CLEP)
      1. Volunteer Members: Dayna Oscherwitz
  8. General Education Office Updates (Dustin)
    1. Communications shared related to Fall CoGE business
      1. Council on General Education approved updates to the Common Curriculum Critical Reasoning rubric
      2. New External Breadth Swap Petition now available for Common Curriculum students on the Fall 2023 Catalog or later
      3. The Council on General Education approves changes to Common Curriculum Critical Reasoning fulfillment requirements
      4. Modifications made to Common Curriculum Global Perspectives rubric, permitting all SMU Abroad programs to satisfy
      5. The Office of General Education archives General Education Curriculum website
      6. Council on General Education – Spring 2024 Meetings
      7. Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on September 01, 2023
      8. Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on September 29, 2023
      9. Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on October 20, 2023
      10. Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on November 10, 2023
      11. Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on December 1, 2023

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