Campus-wide General Education (GenEd) went into effect at IU Bloomington beginning with the 2011-2012 Academic Year. The GenEd program is administered the Office of Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education.
While the GenEd is similar to the College of Arts and Science Education (CASE) requirements, they are distinct requirements.
Early in the academic year, the campus will issue a call to the College and professional schools for General Education course proposals. The College, in turn, will issue a call for proposals. GenEd proposals are only accepted from the College; College schools, departments, and programs cannot apply directly to the campus.
All GenEd proposals are reviewed by the College's Committee for Undergraduate Education and must have the committee's approval before being referred to the campus General Education Committee.
General Education proposals are only considered once each year. Courses must be fully approved and active in the University Course Catalog. For this reason, any new course a unit wishes to have considered for GenEd credit for the next academic year should appear on the September Remonstrance List at the latest.
See the GenEd website for more information about course eligibility criteria, learning outcomes, and proposal forms.
All sections of courses that have been approved for the GenEd curriculum must participate in the assessment of at least one GenEd Learning Outcome each semester the course is taught. While not a particularly arduous process, it does require some planning.
The College expects the administration of each unit to:
The LOR is where instructors complete the GenEd assessment process and where unit administrators and assessment coordinators can track whether unit instructors have completed their assessment reporting.
If you are a unit administrator and need access to the LOR, please complete a LOR help request.
Below are templates that units may modify and send to GenEd instructors each semester.
Additional information about General Education Assessment can be found on the General Education website.
Requests to count a "transfer" course—usually an "undistributed" course or one taught at another IU campus—by special exception toward a General Education requirement are considered on a case-by-case basis. The request must come from a unit administrator (usually the Director of Undergraduate Studies) for the content area of the course. Requests should be sent to the Office of Undergraduate Curriculum, Policy, and Records at and include the following:
If the College agrees with the unit's assessment, the College will forward the request to the General Education Committee for their consideration. If the General Education Committee approves, an exception will be applied to the student's record.
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