General Education Course Designation

Graduation requirements include completing courses with specific learning outcomes in Internationalism, Quantitative Thinking, U.S. Identities and Differences, and Writing; click on the GER below for its rationale and learning outcomes:

All courses designated as satisfying one or more of these general education requirements need to be approved by the General Education Requirement Committee (GERC).

Applications are reviewed by GERC on a rolling basis, roughly every two weeks, (Sept. – May).

General Education Course Designations will be made on a per faculty per section basis, so each instructor of each section of a course should complete a request form. For courses previously approved that will be offered by the same instructor, the Registrar will contact the department chair and same instructor for recertification.

Instructions

Thank you for your interest in offering a course that will satisfy a general education requirement.

1. To submit a request, select the link for the appropriate course designation form below. There you will find posted the rationale, learning outcomes, and course approval criteria for the requirement.
2. Before preparing your submission, we strongly encourage you to take a look at the Sample Form provided for the General Education Requirement designation you are requesting. The sample form is a Google Doc template of all the information and questions included on the Google Form along with example answers. You may want to copy the sample form and use it to prepare the answers you will submit using the Google Form.
3. After your course designation request is considered by GERC you will be notified by the Registrar of its status.
4. The Registrar will contact the department chair and same instructor of a course with a previously approved GER designation for recertification.

Gen Ed Course Designation Forms

• Request for Internationalism (INTL) Course Designation Form
  • INTL Sample Form
• Request for Quantitative Thinking (QT) Course Designation Form
  • QT Sample Form
• Request for U.S. Identities and Differences (USID) Course Designation Form
  • USID Sample Form
• Request for Writing (WA, WC, or WP) Course Designation Form
  • Sample Form for Argumentative Writing (WA) Course
  • Sample Form for Writing as Craft (WC) Course
  • Sample Form for Writing as Practice (WP) Course

If you have any questions, please contact the 2025-26 committee member assigned to the particular GER:

• Cari Gillen-O’Neel – Chair
• Amy Damon – Internationalism fellow (application reviews in Fall ‘25)
• Beth Severy-Hoven – Internationalism fellow (application reviews in Spring ‘26)
• Christina Esposito – Quantitative Thinking fellow (application reviews in Fall ‘25)
• Felix Friedt – Quantitative Thinking fellow (application reviews in Spring ‘26)
• Myrl Beam – US Identities & Differences fellow (application reviews in Fall ‘25)
• Duchess Harris – US Identities & Differences fellow (application reviews in Spring ‘26)
• Brigetta Abel – Director of Writing and Associate Dean of Academic Success (year-round application reviews)
• Bethany Miller – Interim Registrar
• Nancy Bostrom – Director of Assessment