General Education Board (12.11.2025)

General Education – Full Board Meeting
Thursday, December 11, 2026
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Zoom

AGENDA

1. Call to Order (1 minute)
   Chadly Stern, Chair
2. Approval of Minutes (2 minutes)
   November 6, 2025 
3. Consent Agenda (2 minutes)
   • Certification
     • ENGL 121: Introduction to Comics 1LA (Round 1, Group 1)  Compiled Form (Vlad Dolgopolov*, Luc Paquette, Yilan Xu)
   • Recertification
     • ACES 102: Intro Sustainable Food Systems 1LS (Round 2, Group 5) Compiled Form (Josh Heuman*, Eman Saadah, Renee Hendricks) 
     • ACES 179: History of Ag In IL Since 1860 1US, 1HP (Round 2, Group 6) Compiled Form (Bryan Dunne*, Dora Watkins, Jacob Henschen)
     • ART 140: Introduction to Art 1LA (Round 1, Group 2) Compiled Form (Carol Wilson-Smith*, Michael Nowak, Margaret Ng) 
     • BIOC 460: Biochemistry Senior Seminar 1CLL (Round 2, Group 8) Compiled Form (Kevin Richards*, Crystal Allen, Nicole Riemer) 
     • CHEM 204: Accelerated Chemistry II 1PS (Round 1, Group 2) Compiled Form (Carol Wilson-Smith*, Michael Nowak, Margaret Ng)
     • CWL 201: Comparative Lit Studies 1LA (Round 2, Group 1) Compiled Form (Vlad Dolgopolov*, Luc Paquette, Yilan Xu) 
     • CWL 207: Indian Cinema in Context 1LA, 1NW (Round 2, Group 7) Compiled Form (Jessie Choate*, Laurie Andrews, Heejin Kim) 
     • EALC 122: History East Asian Religions 1HP, 1NW (Round 2, Group 3) Compiled Form (Joe Hinchliffe*, Eric Chitambar, Yannick Kluch)
     • EALC 222: Chinese Thought and Culture 1HP, 1NW (Round 2, Group 6) Compiled Form (Bryan Dunne*, Dora Watkins, Jacob Henschen)
     • ENGL 350: Writing about Lit Text Culture 1CLL (Round 1, Group 7) Compiled Form (Jessie Choate*, Laurie Andrews, Kim Heejin)
     • EPSY 201: Educational Psychology 1BSC (Round 1, Group 2) Compiled Form (Carol Wilson-Smith*, Michael Nowak, Margaret Ng)
     • EPSY 220: Career Development 1BSC (Round 1, Group 4) Compiled Form (Cory Suski*, Katie Ansell, Jennifer Johnson)
     • HIST 205: Lived Experience Latin America 1HP, 1NW (Round 2, Group 2) Compiled Form (Carol Wilson-Smith*, Michael Nowak, Margaret Ng)
     • HIST 259: 20thC World from Midcentury 1HP, 1WCC (Round 2, Group 1) Compiled Form (Vlad Dolgopolov*, Luc Paquette, Yilan Xu)
     • HIST 260 History of Russia 1WCC, 1HP (Round 1, Group 7) Compiled Form (Jessie Choate*, Laurie Andrews, Heejin Kim) 
     • IS 145: Mapping Inequalities 1US, 1QR2, 1SS (Round 1, Group 4) Compiled Form (Cory Suski*, Katie Ansell, Jennifer Johnson)
     • LING 115: Language and Culture in India 1NW (Round 2, Group 8) Compiled Form (Kevin Richards*, Crystal Allen, Nicole Riemer)
     • LING 222: Language in Globalization 1NW (Round 2, Group 1) Compiled Form (Vlad Dolgopolov*, Luc Paquette, Yilan Xu)
     • LING 250: Linguistic Diversity in the 1US, 1SS (Round 1, Group 1) Compiled Form (Vlad Dolgopolov*, Luc Paquette, Yilan Xu) 
     • LLS 279: Mexican-American History 1HP, 1US (Round 2, Group 2) Compiled Form (Carol Wilson-Smith*, Michael Nowak, Margaret Ng)
     • PHIL 100: Intro to Philosophy-ACP 1HP, 1CLL (Round 2, Group 2) Compiled Form (Carol Wilson-Smith*, Michael Nowak, Margaret Ng)
     • SCAN 215: Madness, Myth, and Murder 1LA (Round 2, Group 4) Compiled Form (Cory Suski*, Katie Ansell, Jennifer Johnson)
     • SCAN 251 Viking Mythology 1WCC, 1HP (Round 2, Group 8) Compiled Form (Kevin Richards*, Crystall Allen, Nicole Riemer)
     • SOCW 240: Death & Dying 1SS (Round 1, Group 5) Compiled Form (Josh Heuman*, Eman Saadah, Renee Hendricks)
     • SOCW 297: Asian Families in America 1SS, 1US (Round 1, Group 7) Compiled Form (Jessie Choate*, Laurie Andrews, Kim Heejin)
   • Recertification & Revision
     • EPSY 202: Exploring Cultural Pluralism 1US (Round 1, Group 4) Compiled Form (Cory Suski*, Katie Ansell, Jennifer Johnson)
     • SOCW 296: Diversity: Identities & Issues 1CLL, 1US (Round 1, Group 5) Compiled Form (Josh Heuman, Eman Saadah, Renee Hendricks)
4. Course Discussions
   • ENGL 200: Intro to Lit and Culture 1LA (Recertification, Round 1, Group 6) Compiled Form (Bryan Dunne*, Dora Watkins, Jacob Henschen) 
   • ARTS 220: Introduction to Fashion 1LA (Recertification, Round 1, Group 3) Compiled Form (Joe Hinchliffe*, Eric Chitambar, Yannick Kluch) 
   • MATH 103: Theory of Arithmetic 1QR1 (Recertification, Round 3 – Final, Group 3) Compiled Form (Joe Hinchliffe*, Eric Chitambar, Yannick Kluch) 
5. Administrative Approvals (1 Minute) Melissa Steinkoenig
   • Decertification
     • AAS 105: Intro to Arab AM Studies 1US (Effective: Spring 2026) Inactive
     • AFRO 103: Black women in the Diaspora 1US (Effective: Spring 2026) Inactive 
     • AFRO 261: Intro to the African Diaspora 1HP, 1US (Effective: Fall 2026) Inactive 
     • ANTH 414: Writing Ethnography 1CLL (Effective: Spring 2026) Inactive 
     • CS 125: Intro to Computer Science 1QR1 (Effective: Fall 2026) Inactive 
     • CS 429: Software Engineering II, ACP 1CLL (Effective: Spring 2026) Inactive 
     • CWL 204: US Border Lit and Cultures 1US (Effective: Spring 2026) Inactive 
     • EALC 305: Japan Lit in Translation I 1LA, 1NW (Effective: Fall 2026) Not Recertified 
     • ECON 451: Program Eval in Dev Econ 1CLL (Effective: Spring 2026) Inactive 
     • GWS 382: Black Women & Pop. Culture 1US (Effective: Fall 2026) Not Recertified 
     • GWS 380: Black Women Hist & Cultures 1NW (Effective: Fall 2026) Not Recertified 
     • IB 105: Environmental Biology 1LS (Effective: Fall 2026) Deactivated 
     • LA 221: History of the Prison 1HP, 1WCC (Effective: Fall 2026) Not Recertified 
     • PHIL 203: Ancient Philosophy 1HP (Effective: Fall 2026) Not Recertified 
     • PHIL 230: Philosophy in Religion Intro 1HP (Effective: Spring 2026) Inactive 
     • PHIL 454: Advanced Symbolic Logic 1QR2 (Effective: Fall 2026) Not Recertified 
     • SOC 265: Central Asian Societies 1NW, 1SS (Effective: Spring 2026) Deactivated 
   • Revisions
     • ADV 205: AdTech and the Digital World 1SS (Effective: Spring 2026)
     • CHEM 108: Chemistry, Everyday Phenomena 1PS (Effective: Spring 2026)
     • LING 413: Computational Corpus Ling. 1CLL (Effective: Fall 2026)
     • PSYC 100: Intro Psych 1BSC (Effective: Spring 2026)
     • PSYC 201: Intro to Social Psych 1BSC (Effective: Spring 2026)
     • PSYC 235: Intro to Statistics 1QR1 (Effective: Spring 2026)
     • PSYC 239: Community Psych 1QR1 (Effective: Spring 2026)
6. In-Progress Reviews
   • Revise / Resubmit to Sponsor – Waiting for Sponsor to Return
     • CHBE 431: Process Design 1CLL (Round 1, Group 5) 
     • PHIL 101: Introduction to Philosophy 1HP (Round 2, Group 3) 
   • Group Reviews In-Progress
     • ART 100: Understanding Visual Culture 1LA (Round 2, Group 1) 
     • CHBE 101: Hidden World of Engineering 1PS (Round 2, Group 3) 
     • CHEM 317: Inorganic Chemistry Lab 1CLL (Round 1, Group 6) 
     • GLBL 340: Global Health: Policy & Govern 1CLL (Round 2, Group 8) 
     • HIST 283: Asian American History 1HP, 1US (Round 1, Group 8) 
     • LA 214: History of World Landscapes 1CLL, 1WCC, 1HP (Round 1, Group 3) 
     • LING 270: Language, Tech & Society 1WCC, 1BSC (Round 2, Group 8) 
     • LLS 385: Theory and Methods in 1LLS 1CLL (Round 2, Group 3) 
     • MILS 120: Intro to US Armed Forces 1HP (Round 2, Group 3) 
     • REL 286: Introduction to Hinduism 1HP, 1NW (Round 2, Group 6) 
7. Items for Discussion
   • Writing & Advanced Composition (Rachel Adler, Donna Gallo, Patrick Holt, Peter Mortensen*, Eunjung Grace Oh, Carolyn Wisniewski)  
   • Gen Ed Board Guidelines/Norms (Fiona Campbell, Chadly Stern*, Nicole Turner, Mike Yao)  
   • Instructional Format/Instruction (Stefan Djordejevic, Obinna Egbuchiri, Holly Golecki, Daniel Maroun*, Manny Rodriguez)  
   • Learning Outcomes, Assessment, & Evaluation (Ann Abbott*, Justin Aronoff, Jennifer Jones Barbour)  
8. Adjournment

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

• January 29, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Full Board Meeting  | Zoom
• February 19, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Full Board Meeting | Zoom
• March 12, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Full Board Meeting | Zoom
• April 23, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Full Board Meeting | Zoom
• May 14, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Full Board Meeting | Zoom

Future Gen Ed Board Wing Meetings (Wing Members Only)

• January 22, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | (Re)Certification Wing Meeting | Zoom (Wing Members Only)
• February 12, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm  | (Re)Certification Wing Meeting | Zoom (Wing Members Only)
• March 5, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm  | (Re)Certification Wing Meeting | Zoom (Wing Members Only)
• April 9, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm  | (Re)Certification Wing Meeting | Zoom (Wing Members Only)
• April 30, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Policy Wing Meeting Wrap-Up| Zoom (Wing Members Only)
• May 7, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm  | (Re)Certification Wing Meeting | 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