General Education Board (11.06.2025)

General Education – Full Board Meeting
Thursday, January 29, 2026
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Zoom

AGENDA

1. Call to Order (1 minute)
   Chadly Stern, Chair
2. Approval of Minutes (2 minutes)
   October 9, 2025  
3. Consent Agenda (2 minutes)
   • Certification
     • CPSC 140: Foundation of Quantitative Pr  1QR1 Compiled Form (Vlad Dolgopolov*, Luc Paquette, Yilan Xu) 
     • PS 248: Comp Pol in Rich Democracies 1SS, 1WCC Compiled Form (Josh Heuman*, Eman Saadah, Renee Hendricks) 
   • Recertification
     • AGCM 220: Communicating Agriculture 1CLL Compiled Form (Carol Wilson-Smith*, Michael Nowak, Margaret Ng) 
     • BCS 115: South Slavic Cultures 1NW, 1SS Compiled Form (Bryan Dunne*, Dora Watkins, Jacob Henschen) 
     • DANC 200: Explore through Dance 1LA Compiled Form (Joe Hinchliffe*, Eric Chitambar, Yannick Kluch) 
     • ENGL 116: Intro to American Literature 1LA, 1WCC Compiled Form (Jessie Choate*, Laurie Andrews, Heejin Kim) 
     • ENGL 117: Shakespeare on Film 1LA Compiled Form (Josh Heuman*, Eman Saadah, Renee Hendricks) 
     • ENGL 206: Enlightenment Lit and Culture 1LA, 1WCC Compiled Form (Kevin Richards*, Crystall Allen, Nicole Riemer) 
     • GER 201: German Popular Culture  1WCC, 1LA Compiled Form (Vlad Dolgopolov*, Luc Paquette, Yilan Xu) 
     • GER 270: Sexuality and Literature 1LA Compiled Form (Carol Wilson-Smith*, Michael Nowak, Margaret Ng) 
     • HK 250: Moter Development and Control 1BSC Compiled Form (Cory Suski*, Katie Ansell, Jennifer Johnson) 
     • HK 270: Leadership in Health 1SS Compiled Form (Jessie Choate*, Laurie Andrews, Heejin Kim) 
     • HK 271: Health Disparities in the U.S. 1US Compiled Form (Cory Suski*, Katie Ansell, Jennifer Johnson) 
     • LA 222: Islamic Gardens & Architecture 1NW, 1HP Compiled Form (Carol Wilson-Smith*, Michael Nowak, Margaret Ng) 
     • LA 250: Environmental Site Analysis 1PS Compiled Form (Cory Suski*, Katie Ansell, Jennifer Johnson) 
     • LER 100: Introduction to Labor Studies 1SS Compiled Form (Bryan Dunne*, Dora Watkins, Jacob Henschen) 
     • LLS 100: Intro Latina/Latino Studies 1US, 1SS Compiled Form (Jessie Choate*, Laurie Andrews, Heejin Kim)
     •  LLS 242: Intro to Latina/o Literature 1LA, 1US Compiled Form (Kevin Richards*, Crystal Allen, Nicole Riemer) 
     • MATH 234 : Calculus for Business I 1QR1 Compiled Form (Cory Suski*, Katie Ansell, Jennifer Johnson) 
     • REL 214: Introduction to Islam 1NW, 1HP Compiled Form (Cory Suski*, Katie Ansell, Jennifer Johnson) 
     • REL 260: Mystics and Saints in Islam 1LA, 1NW Compiled Form (Bryan Dunne*, Dora Watkins, Jacob Henschen) 
     • SCAN 252: Viking Sagas in Translation 1WCC, 1LA Compiled Form (Jessie Choate*, Laurie Andrews, Heejin Kim) 
   • Recertification & Revision
     • CPSC 140: Foundation of Quantitative Pr  1QR1 Compiled Form (Vlad Dolgopolov*, Luc Paquette, Yilan Xu) 
     • DANC 246: Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology 1LS Compiled Form (Kevin Richards*, Crystal Allen, Nicole Riemer) 
     • PS 248: Comp Pol in Rich Democracies 1SS, 1WCC Compiled Form (Josh Heuman*, Eman Saadah, Renee Hendricks) 
     • REL 231: Happiness and a Good Life 1HP Compiled Form (Josh Heuman*, Eman Saadah, Renee Hendricks) 
     • RHET 233: Adv Rhetoric & Composition 1CLL Compiled Form (Jessie Choate*, Laurie Andrews, Heejin Kim) 
4. Course Discussions
   • ENGL 122: The Middle Ages in Pop Culture 1LA Compiled Form (Vlad Dolgopolov*, Luc Paquette, Yilan Xu) 
   • EPOL 280: Education & Climate Hope 1US, 1SS Compiled Form (Bryan Dunne*, Dora Watkins, Jacob Henschen) 
   • SCAN 251: Viking Mythology 1HP, 1WCC Compiled Form (Kevin Richards*, Crystal Allen, Nicole Riemer) 
5. Administrative Approvals (1 Minute) Melissa Steinkoenig
   • Decertification
     • ADV 376: Global Advertising 1SS, 1WCC (Decertification) Effective: Fall 2026  
     • CWL 320: Responses to the Holocaust 1WCC, 1LA (Decertification) Effective: Fall 2026  
     • HIST 203: Reacting to the Past 1HP (Decertification) Effective: Fall 2026
     • LLS 360: Contemporary US Latina/o Lit 1LA, 1US (Decertification) Effective: Spring 2026 
   • Revisions
6. 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/
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Gen Ed Board Meeting Course Forms (Restricted Audiences)

• Gen Ed Board Member Course View: https://go.illinois.edu/GenEdBoardMemberCourseView
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• Gen Ed Board Full Board Meeting and (Re)Certification Wing Agenda: https://go.illinois.edu/GenEdBoardMeetingCourses
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• 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)

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

Future Gen Ed Board Wing Meetings (Wing Members Only)

• November 20, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | (Re)Certification Wing 
• December 4, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | (Re)Certification Wing 

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