If you teach a course that meets any of the General Education Requirements, then you will be required to include the corresponding Gen Ed Objective(s) as each is written and appears in the new academic catalog. Word for word. Verbatim. Exactly. Not paraphrased. And include the goal and objective number(s) in your statement(s). The reason you should state verbatim the corresponding general education objective(s) in your syllabus for a course that meets the general education requirements, is to document that your course is aligned with the institutional general education requirements as they have been written. Keep in mind that the general education objectives are objectives that have already been written for you by your fellow faculty members in 1999.
Here is an example: If a course is
supposed to meet the knowledge: science and math requirement of the general
education requirements, then that course should have the goal and objective(s)
stated:
· Goal 4: The student will utilize intellectual inquiry and concepts in the physical and/or natural sciences (Note, this goal is not an objective!!)
o Objective 1: The student will be able to demonstrate an understanding of concepts, processes and applications related to problem solving and critical thinking utilizing the scientific method.
o Objective 2: The student will be able to describe the interrelationships between humanity and the rest of the natural world.
Furthermore, because this course is a general education course, and we as an institution must assess student learning in general education, the syllabus will also need a specific statement as to how the fulfillment of this objective will be measured through assessment in your courses. Using multiple measures, that is, different ways the student can demonstrate learning, allows for different learning styles and ways of knowing.
HLC has articulated what is a shared value in higher education: that a degree program should have a centrality of general education taken by all students in their degree programs. A general education program should include depth and breadth of learning at the collegiate level. LCOOCC’s general education program meets that expectation, but we need to continue to document student learning within the general education courses in a formalized way. We have begun to take steps in the right direction through the faculty mini-portfolio’s, but in the future, documentation should be more systematized. To this end, I will be requiring you to deliver to me a copy of each syllabus so that I can begin to organize the data collection in this realm.