General Education Proposal

General Education Proposal
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Name

First NameLast Name
Email
example@albany.edu
College/School
Department
Course subject & catalog number
Course title
Is the course cross-listed?
Cross listed course subject & catalog number
Is the same syllabus used for each course?
Are both departments in agreement for adding a General Education attribute with shared student learning objectives?
Is there an Honors College T version of this course?
Honors College course subject & catalog number
T
Please upload Honors College course syllabus or submit separate JotForm proposal for the Honors College version.
Is this a new course?
You must submit a course action form for the new course BEFORE you submit this form. Please provide the submission number you received in your course action form confirmation email below.
CAF Submission ID #
Please select one or more categories:
Please upload a copy of the syllabus. The syllabus must contain the following information: 1) the category or categories of General Education that the course fulfills; 2) the general characteristics relevant to the proposed category or categories; 3) the specific learning objectives of the category or categories that the course will fulfill.

Please note that the course must fulfill ALL the learning objectives listed for the selected General Education category or categories.
Syllabus (If there is a cross-listed course with a different syllabus and/or an Honors College T course syllabus, please attached as well)

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- The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:
- Offers explicit understandings of the procedures and practices of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields;
- Provides multiple perspectives on the subject matter, reflecting the intellectual and cultural diversity within and beyond the university;
- Emphasizes active learning in an engaged environment that enables students to be producers as well as consumers of knowledge;
- Promotes critical inquiry about the assumptions, goals, and methods of various fields of academic study and the interpretive, analytic, and evaluative competencies central to intellectual development;
- Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of Writing and Critical Inquiry, which specify that courses enable students to:
- Make sustained efforts to revise and improve this oral and written communication;
- Clearly describe an issue or problem, gather relevant data and research, and develop well-reasoned analysis, arguments, and conclusions;
- Identify, analyze, and evaluate ideas, arguments, and information in their own or others’ work, demonstrating an awareness of authority, perspective, bias, and intended effect;
- Demonstrate an understanding of the ethical dimensions of information use, creation, and dissemination;
- Communicate effectively in college-level forms, orally and in writing, in ways that engage relevant audiences;
- The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:
- Offers explicit understandings of the procedures and practices of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields;
- Provides multiple perspectives on the subject matter, reflecting the intellectual and cultural diversity within and beyond the university;
- Emphasizes active learning in an engaged environment that enables students to be producers as well as consumers of knowledge;
- Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, which specify that courses enable students to:
- Promotes critical inquiry about the assumptions, goals, and methods of various fields of academic study and the interpretive, analytic, and evaluative competencies central to intellectual development;
- Describe the historical and contemporary societal factors that shape the development of individual and group identity involving, at minimum, race, class, and gender;
- Analyze the role that social structures and systems play in the creation and perpetuation of the dynamics of power, privilege, oppression, and opportunity;
- Apply the principles of rights, access, equity, and autonomous participation to past, current, or future social justice action;
- The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:
- Offers explicit understandings of the procedures and practices of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields;
- Provides multiple perspectives on the subject matter, reflecting the intellectual and cultural diversity within and beyond the university;
- Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning, which specify that courses enable students to:
- Emphasizes active learning in an engaged environment that enables students to be producers as well as consumers of knowledge;
- Decipher, interpret, and draw conclusions from formal mathematical models such as formulas, graphs, tables, or schematics;
- Represent mathematical information symbolically, visually, numerically, or verbally as appropriate to mathematical, statistical, or logical analysis;
- Demonstrate the ability to employ appropriate mathematical computations, statistical techniques, or logical methods to solve problems and/or draw conclusions from data;
- The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:
- Offers explicit understandings of the procedures and practices of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields;
- Provides multiple perspectives on the subject matter, reflecting the intellectual and cultural diversity within and beyond the university;
- Emphasizes active learning in an engaged environment that enables students to be producers as well as consumers of knowledge;
- Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of Natural Sciences and Scientific Reasoning, which specify that courses enable students to demonstrate:
- Promotes critical inquiry about the assumptions, goals, and methods of various fields of academic study and the interpretive, analytic, and evaluative competencies central to intellectual development;
- An understanding of the methods scientists use to explore natural phenomena, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and employment of data analysis or mathematical modeling;
- Application of scientific data, concepts, and models in one or more of the natural sciences;
- An understanding of the major principles and concepts that form the basis of the knowledge covered in the course and a command of the relevant terminology appropriate for basic discourse in the discipline or disciplines of the course;
- The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:
- Offers explicit understandings of the procedures and practices of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields;
- Provides multiple perspectives on the subject matter, reflecting the intellectual and cultural diversity within and beyond the university;
- Emphasizes active learning in an engaged environment that enables students to be producers as well as consumers of knowledge;
- Promotes critical inquiry about the assumptions, goals, and methods of various fields of academic study and the interpretive, analytic, and evaluative competencies central to intellectual development;
- Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of Humanities, which specify that courses enable students to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the conventions and methods of at least one of the humanities;
- Recognize and analyze nuance and complexity of meaning through critical reflections on text, visual images, or artifacts;
- Demonstrate an understanding of the objects of study as expressions of the cultural contexts of the people who created them;
- Understand the continuing relevance of the objects of study to the present and to the world outside the university;
- The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:
- Offers explicit understandings of the procedures and practices of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields;
- Provides multiple perspectives on the subject matter, reflecting the intellectual and cultural diversity within and beyond the university;
- Emphasizes active learning in an engaged environment that enables students to be producers as well as consumers of knowledge;
- Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of Social Sciences, which specify that courses enable students to:
- Promotes critical inquiry about the assumptions, goals, and methods of various fields of academic study and the interpretive, analytic, and evaluative competencies central to intellectual development;
- Describe major concepts and theories of at least one discipline in the social sciences;
- Demonstrate an understanding of the methods social scientists use to explore questions about social phenomena, such as observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, employment of mathematical analysis, employment of interpretive analysis;
- Understand human conduct and behavior as subject to rigorous and systematic scientific inquiry, as opposed to uncritical thinking about social phenomena;
- The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:
- Offers explicit understandings of the procedures and practices of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields;
- Provides multiple perspectives on the subject matter, reflecting the intellectual and cultural diversity within and beyond the university;
- Emphasizes active learning in an engaged environment that enables students to be producers as well as consumers of knowledge;
- Promotes critical inquiry about the assumptions, goals, and methods of various fields of academic study and the interpretive, analytic, and evaluative competencies central to intellectual development;
- Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of The Arts, which specify that courses enable students to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the history and/or practice of at least one principal form of artistic expression and the creative process inherent therein;
- Understand the function and meaning of form;
- Acquire the vocabulary necessary to continue to learn about how art is made and interpreted;
- The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:
- Offers explicit understandings of the procedures and practices of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields;
- Provides multiple perspectives on the subject matter, reflecting the intellectual and cultural diversity within and beyond the university;
- Emphasizes active learning in an engaged environment that enables students to be producers as well as consumers of knowledge;
- Promotes critical inquiry about the assumptions, goals, and methods of various fields of academic study and the interpretive, analytic, and evaluative competencies central to intellectual development;
- Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of U.S. History and Civic Engagement, which specify that courses enable students to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the history and society of the United States, including the diversity of individuals and communities that have shaped the nation;
- Understand the role of individual participation in US communities and government;
- Understand of the relationships between the United States and other parts of the world;
- Apply historical and contemporary evidence to draw, support, or verify conclusions;
- The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:
- Offers explicit understandings of the procedures and practices of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields;
- Provides multiple perspectives on the subject matter, reflecting the intellectual and cultural diversity within and beyond the university;
- Emphasizes active learning in an engaged environment that enables students to be producers as well as consumers of knowledge;
- Promotes critical inquiry about the assumptions, goals, and methods of various fields of academic study and the interpretive, analytic, and evaluative competencies central to intellectual development;
- Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of World History and International Perspectives, which specify that courses enable students to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of a broad outline of world history and/or the development of the distinctive features of at least one civilization or culture, other than that of the United States, in relation to other regions of the world;
- Demonstrate an understanding of the structures and systems of, and interrelationships among civilizations and cultures within historical and/or contemporary contexts, and their impact on wellbeing and sustainability[1];
- [1] SUNY explains the reference to sustainability in this way: “Sustainability is meant to be interpreted broadly as in the sustainability of a culture, civilization, nation, etc. as in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (https://sdgs.un.org/goals) which include access to education, economic vitality, etc. The goal was not to restrict narrowly the type of impact on wellbeing and sustainability. Instead, we wanted faculty to be able to select an impact in these broad areas appropriate to the content of their courses. For example, the environment quickly comes to mind when thinking about sustainability. However, an investment and finance course might consider the impact of the world bank [sic] on sustaining economies and reducing poverty.”
- The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:
- Offers explicit understandings of the procedures and practices of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields;
- Provides multiple perspectives on the subject matter, reflecting the intellectual and cultural diversity within and beyond the university;
- Emphasizes active learning in an engaged environment that enables students to be producers as well as consumers of knowledge;
- Promotes critical inquiry about the assumptions, goals, and methods of various fields of academic study and the interpretive, analytic, and evaluative competencies central to intellectual development;
- Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of Languages Other Than English, which specify that courses enable students to:
- Exhibit basic proficiency in the understanding and use of a language other than English;
- Demonstrate knowledge of the distinctive features of culture(s) associated with the language they are studying;
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General Education Proposal

The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:

Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of Writing and Critical Inquiry, which specify that courses enable students to:

The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:

Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, which specify that courses enable students to:

The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:

Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning, which specify that courses enable students to:

The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:

Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of Natural Sciences and Scientific Reasoning, which specify that courses enable students to demonstrate:

The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:

Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of Humanities, which specify that courses enable students to:

The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:

Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of Social Sciences, which specify that courses enable students to:

The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:

Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of The Arts, which specify that courses enable students to:

The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:

Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of U.S. History and Civic Engagement, which specify that courses enable students to:

The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:

Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of World History and International Perspectives, which specify that courses enable students to:

The following general characteristics apply to all General Education courses at UAlbany. Please briefly indicate how the course fulfills each of the following characteristics:

Please indicate how the course is designed to meet the specific learning objectives of courses in the area of Languages Other Than English, which specify that courses enable students to: