General Education Subcommittee

Meeting Schedule

Requirements for General Education Courses

A General Education course will:

1. Ask students to demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental concepts, theories, primary works, skills, or ideas within the specific category discipline area.
2. Ask students to interpret and apply introductory methods of inquiry and analysis in the discipline category.
3. Have as its main objective, and 2/3 of its focus, the category content and/or skills.
4. Be vetted in only one General Education category [limited to vetted course designators; see categories on p. 1 of the Policy below].
5. Be vetted and approved by an appropriate discipline group [i.e., the CT State General Education Committee].

1.21 Policy on General Education Core (Updated May 2020)

The Gen Ed Committee oversees applications for new or modified courses to become part of the General Education Core, and oversees applications for courses to be added to the TAP Creativity category or TAP Global Knowledge category. Forms are available in the Proposal Forms Hub:

Course-Proposal-Forms.aspx

All applications go through the full Shared Governance Process for Curriculum:
Curriculum Process Flowchart 2025.docx

For more information, please contact the co-chairs:

Christopher M. Paulin, Ph.D., Co-Chair for the Gen Ed Core
Professor of History
Chair, Global Studies Department
Director, Institute of Local History
Co-chair, CT State General Education
CT State, Manchester
(860) 512-2770
Christopher.paulin@ctstate.edu
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Becky DeVito, Ed.D., Co-Chair for Gen Ed Assessment
Professor of Psychology
Connecticut State Community College
Capital Campus
950 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
860-906-5231
becky.devito@ctstate.edu
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