Background Materials

Comparison Curricula

Curricular Renewal Discussion Papers and Reports

EPAG Interim Report

Electronic Discussion

Macalester's Comparison Colleges

Macalester Surveys

Notes from Open Meetings

Relevant CST Reports




Center for Scholarship and Teaching

Educational Policy and Governance Cmte. (EPAG)

Macalester College Curricular Renewal

Drawing from the Curricular Renewal Reports of the Summer Working Groups, and the response that followed (on-line feedback, lunch sessions, Committee of the Whole), EPAG proposed a set of Curricular Motions for endorsement by the Faculty.

The following requirements and recommendations were formally endorsed by the faculty on Nov. 9 and 16:

• First Year Course Requirement
• Capstone Experience Requirement
• Writing Requirement
• Quantitative Thinking Requirement
• Internationalism Requirement
• U.S. Multiculturalism Requirement
• General Education Requirements Implementation Recommendations



• Combined document (includes all seven listed above)

Documents and Reports

Faculty Feedback on the New Graduation Requirements (Oct. 2005)

Curricular Renewal Working Group Reports (Aug. 2005)

Faculty Survey Results and Comments
(Feb. 2005)

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