General Education Board (09.04.2025)

General Education – Full Board Meeting
Thursday, September 4, 2025
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Zoom

AGENDA

1. Call to Order (1 minute)
   Chadly Stern, Chair
2. Approval of Minutes (2 minutes)
   May 8, 2025
3. Consent Agenda (2 minutes)
   • Certification
   • Recertification
   • Recertification & Revision
4. Course Discussions
5. Administrative Approvals (1 Minute) Melissa Steinkoenig
   • Decertification
     • HIST 245, HIST 256, HIST 272, HIST 287, MATH 285, YGSH 220, GER 260, ENGL 330
   • Revisions
6. In-Progress Reviews
   • Revise / Resubmit to Sponsor – Waiting for Sponsor to Return
   • Group Reviews In-Progress
7. Items for Discussion
8. Adjournment

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Additional Items:

Gen Ed Course Updates

• (Re)Certification & Decertification Updates: https://gened.illinois.edu/faculty-staff/recertification-status/course-updates/
  Completed courses viewable by public

Gen Ed Board Meeting Course Forms (Restricted Audiences)

• Gen Ed Board Member Course View: https://go.illinois.edu/GenEdBoardMemberCourseView
  (Gen Ed Board Member view only; Includes all courses in all phases and reviewer information and due dates)
• Gen Ed Board Full Board Meeting and (Re)Certification Wing Agenda: https://go.illinois.edu/GenEdBoardMeetingCourses
  (Gen Ed Board Member view only; Only includes courses on the agenda)
• Gen Ed Board (Re)Certification Wing Reviewers Course View: https://go.illinois.edu/GenEdReviewersCourseView
  (Gen Ed (Re)Certification Wing Members view of courses in the Individual and Lead Review queue with progress)
• Gen Ed Course Review Tracking for Sponsors: https://go.illinois.edu/GenEdCourseReviewTracking (Sponsors/College Administrators may use this view to check on progress of Gen Ed courses under review)

Future Full Gen Ed Board Meetings (Open to University Community)

• October 9, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Full Board Meeting | Zoom
• November 6, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Full Board Meeting | Zoom
• December 11, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Full Board Meeting | Zoom

Future Gen Ed Board Wing Meetings (Wing Members Only)

• September 4, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | (Re)Certification Wing Meeting | Zoom
• October 23, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | (Re)Certification Wing  | Zoom (Wing Members Only)
• November 20, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | (Re)Certification Wing  | Zoom (Wing Members Only)
• December 4, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | (Re)Certification Wing  | Zoom (Wing Members Only)

Gen Ed Category Key

• Composition
  • 1CLL: Advanced Composition 
• Cultural Studies
  • 1 NW: Non-Western 
  • 1US: U.S. Minority Cultures 
  • 1WCC: Western/Comparative Cultures 
• Humanities and the Arts
  • 1HP: Historical & Philosophical Perspectives 
  • 1LA: Literature & the Arts 
• Natural Sciences
  • 1LS: Life Sciences 
  • 1PS: Physical Sciences 
• Quantitative Reasoning
  • 1QR1: Quantitative Reasoning I 
  • 1QR2: Quantitative Reasoning II 
• Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • 1BSC: Behavioral Sciences 
  • 1SS: Social Sciences