General Education: Call for GE CLAS Core Proposals in Diversity and Inclusion

To: Departmental Executive Officers
From: Helena Dettmer, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Curriculum and the Humanities
RE: General Education: Call for GE CLAS Core Proposals in Diversity and Inclusion

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Background Information
CLAS undergraduate students who entered UI during Summer 2017 and after are held to the new General Education (GE) CLAS Core requirement of Diversity and Inclusion (DI, 3 s.h).

This DI requirement adds 3 s.h. to the CLAS GE Program for newly admitted students. CLAS needs additional seats in Diversity and Inclusion so that students may fulfill this requirement.

  • Courses may be offered by any department or program, regardless of discipline, as long as the proposed course 1) meets the GE comprehensive and DI outcomes and 2) uses the required GE course attributes.
  • Transfer credit is not accepted for the DI requirement.

Call for GE Proposals: Diversity and Inclusion

  • Courses do not need to be previously taught since this involves a new GE area.
  • All proposals must give evidence that students have ample opportunities to fulfill the GE CLAS Core comprehensive and DI learning outcomes.
  • All proposals must give evidence that the required course attributes are used.
  • All GE courses must be numbered below 3000 and are only approved for ONE GE area.
  • A course already having GE status and proposed as a course with DI status must be renumbered and given a new title to reflect the changes made in the course to meet the Diversity and Inclusion outcomes because of related transfer issues.
  • Proposals for the next academic year are due on September 3, 2018 or on January 16, 2019.

More information on creating a GE proposal for DI status is at this link. Additional General Education policies may be found at this link.

I encourage you to consult with Kathryn Hall in my office while drafting the proposal for GECC. I would also like to encourage you to seek support from the Center for Teaching and the Office of Teaching, Learning, & Technology by applying for inclusion in one of these activities at this link and also copied below https://teach.its.uiowa.edu/audience/faculty.

Faculty Learning Communities
A faculty learning community is a cross-disciplinary faculty group of 5 or more members engaging in an active, collaborative, year-long program with a curriculum focus on specific topics about pedagogy in higher education.

Center for Teaching Institutes
Multi-day intensive workshops that explore teaching practices around a specific topic.

Center for Teaching Consultation
The Center for Teaching offers teaching consultations on a variety of topics from presentation skills, student engagement, and incorporating technology into coursework. This includes individual consultation, SITA consultation, and departmental consultation and workshop requests.

Thank you for your help and for your interest in General Education.