QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE for the
2007-08 GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (GEC)
(formerly the "GEC Black Book")

Key Academic Senate Information

• Link to Senate Homepage

• Constitution and Bylaws of the University Faculty and the Academic Senate
  (last revised 5/1/08)

• Academic Senate Meeting Schedule for 2007-08

•  Academic Senate Senators and Standing Committee Assignments for 2007-08

Governing Regulations and Executive Orders:

• Title 5 Regulations Concerning General Education:

Select “Title 5 (Education)”

      Select Division 5 (Board of Trustees of the California State Universities)

            Select Chapter 1 (California State University)

                  Select Subchapter 2 (Educational Program)

                        Select Article 5 (General Requirements for Graduation)

• Executive Order 595: General Education-Breadth Requirements

• Executive Order 665: Determination of Competence in English and Mathematics

• Executive Order 405: Graduation Requirements in United States History,
  Constitution and American Ideals

• Executive Order 365: Systemwide Credit by Evaluation

CSUSM General Education Program:

• General Education Webpage

• CSUSM General Education Program Philosophy Statement, Area Distribution,
  and Criteria for Lower-Division General Education Courses

• List of Approved UDGE Courses

• GEC Resolution on Syllabus Standards [approved May 23, 2005]

• GE Assessment Information

• General Education Program in the CSUSM 2006-08 General Catalog 
  (scroll to page 85 in the catalog)

• General Education Updates in the Fall 2007 Catalog Addendum
  (scroll to page 2 in the addendum)

• All Catalogs and Addenda since 2000-2001

Curriculum Approval Information:

• Academic Programs Webpage

• Curriculum Process and Deadlines Webpage

• Curriculum Forms Webpage

• Curriculum Tracker Webpage

• 2007-08 Curriculum Review Webpage

Decisions and Policies Governing Upper-Division General Education:

• GEC Minutes from December 2, 2002

• GEC Resolution  on Upper Division General Education Requirement
  (approved by Academic Senate on February 5, 2003)

• GEC 261-03 Resolution on Definition of Upper Division [General] Education

• GEC Resolutions ~ Satisfaction of the BB Requirement for Natural Science
  Majors and Satisfaction of the DD Requirement for Social Science Majors

Area E Recertification:

• 2006-07 Area E Recertification Report

General Education Credit by Examination:

•  Advanced Placement Website

• Chancellor's Office memo on Inclusion of AP Exams in GE (September 1997)

General Graduation Requirements:

Computer Competency Information

• Computer Competency Requirement (CCR) Website

• 2001 CCR Resolution

• 2006-07 CCR Implementation Resolution

Language Other Than English Requirement

• Language Other Than English Requirement (LOTER) Website

All-University Writing Requirement Information

•  2002 CSU System Review of the Graduation Writing Assessment
  Requirement (GWAR)

• Report of the 2003-04 GEC Writing Subcommittee

 University Initiatives Related to General Education:

• Campus WASC Proposal  (see Assessing Common Learning Themes on pages 8 and 9)

• Facilitating Graduation Report (December 2002)

• Facilitating Graduation Memorandum (August 2, 2005)

Annual Reports of the General Education Committee:

• 2006-2007

• 2005-2006

• 2004-2005