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Approved meeting minutes from the Council on General Education on November 10, 2023

The Council on General Education met on November 10, 2023. The meeting minutes for October 20, 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 the November 10, 2023 Council on General Education meeting.
  2. Approval of Minutes for the October 20, 2023 Council on General Education meeting.
  3. Courses tabled- Revisions needed
    1. APSM 3360 (Nutrition and Population Health)- CE and CIE
    2. ASCE 1310 (Ceramic Technology)- TAS
    3. ENGL 1363 (The Myth of the West)-HD
  4. New Course Proposal
    1. GEOL 1311 (Climate Change Science) – ES
    2. PHYS 1337 (Nuclear Physics and Society)- TAS
    3. PSYC 3362 (Psychology & the Challenges of Life) – SBS and HD
    4. PSYC 3363 (Psychology of Conflict Resolution) – SBS and OC
    5. PSYC 4301 (Advanced Quantitative Methods in Psychology)-QA
    6. WL 3379 (Modern German Culture from the Enlightenment to the Present) – GPS
    7. GERM 3379 (Modern German Culture from the Enlightenment to the Present)- GPS
    8. HRTS 4399 (Human Rights Research)- CIE,HD, and GPS
  5. Activity Proposal
    1. SMU Abroad Programs – GPS
  6. General Education Office Updates

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

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Common Curriculum Course Search updated

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

The February 27, 2023 update reflects the following tag additions and removals:

Added:

  • ANTH 3314- Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBS); Global Perspectives (GPS)
  • ARHS 3333- Oral Communication (OC)
  • ARHS 3373- Creativity & Aesthetics (CA)
  • CCPA 3309- Historical Contexts (HC)
  • CEE 1326- Global Perspectives (GPS)
  • GEOL 2308-Exploring Science (ES)
  • HIST 2314- Historical Contexts (HC)
  • HIST 3336- Historical Contexts (HC)
  • RELI 3365- Philosophical, Religious and Ethical Inquiry (PREI)
  • WGST 3340- Literary Analysis and Interpretation (LAI); Human Diversity (HD); Writing (W)
  • WL 3326- Writing (W)
  • WL 3336- Literary Analysis and Interpretation (LAI); Human Diversity (HD); Writing (W)

Removed:

  • PLSC 1360- Philosophical, Religious and Ethical Inquiry (PREI)
  • RELI 3348-Philosophical, Religious and Ethical Inquiry (PREI); Human Diversity (HD)
  • WL 3309- Writing (W)

In addition to the above, SMU Intercessions and SMU Abroad regularly-offered courses (e.g., offered consistently for over three years) were added to encourage students to consider these academic opportunities.

Questions or concerns about the course search update can be directed to theccmail@smu.edu.

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Common Curriculum course search updated with new tags

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

The August 29, 2022 update reflects the following tag additions by course:

  • ADV 3305- Writing in the Major (WIM)
  • ANTH 3361- Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS)
  • ARHS 3363- Creativity and Aesthetics (CA)
  • BIOL 3170- Writing in the Major (WIM)
  • BIOL 4110- Writing in the Major (WIM)
  • BIOL 4380- Writing in the Major (WIM)
  • CHEM 4110- Writing in the Major (WIM)
  • CHEM 4398- Writing in the Major (WIM)
  • ENGL 2313- Literary Analysis and Interpretation (LAI); Writing (W)
  • ENGL 3340- Literary Analysis and Interpretation (LAI)
  • ENGL 3355- Literary Analysis and Interpretation (LAI); Writing (W)
  • ENGL 3362- Literary Analysis and Interpretation (LAI)
  • ENGL 3364- Literary Analysis and Interpretation (LAI)
  • ENGL 3367- Literary Analysis and Interpretation (LAI)
  • ENGL 3379-Literary Analysis and Interpretation (LAI)
  • ENGL 3385- Literary Analysis and Interpretation (LAI)
  • WGST 3370- Historical Contexts (HC); Oral Communication (OC)

Questions or concerns related to the course search update can be directed to theccmail@smu.edu.