General Education: Area E Legislation

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General EducationArea E Legislation

• By Harold Marcuse, historyCUAPP chair
• What is the proposal before us?(with overview of
  GE program)
• Why do we need this change?
• Will it create any problems?(Data analysis)

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Current GE General Special

• General Area Requirements (B.A. 13 courses C-G)
• AREA A - English Reading Composition (2)
• AREA B - Foreign Language (AP/3yrs 3rd q., exam)
• AREA C - Science, Mathematics, Technology (3)
• AREA D - Social Science (3)
• AREA E - Civilization and Thought (3 2 WCiv 1
  World)
• AREA F - Arts (2)
• AREA G - Literature (2)
• Special Subject Requirements
• QNT Quantitative Relationships Requirement (1)
  
• WRT Writing Requirement (6 courses)
  
• ETH Ethnicity Requirement (1)
  
• NWC Non-Western Culture Requirement (1)
  

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Proposed Change to Area E

• General Area Requirements (B.A.)
• AREA A - English Reading Composition (2)
• AREA B - Foreign Language (AP/3yrs 3rd q., exam)
• AREA C - Science, Mathematics, Technology (3)
• AREA D - Social Science (3)
• AREA E - Culture and Thought (3 2 WCiv 1
  World)
• AREA F - Arts (2)
• AREA G - Literature (2)
• Special Subject Requirements
• QNT Quantitative Relationships Requirement (1)
  
• WRT Writing Requirement (6 courses)
  
• ETH Ethnicity Requirement (1)
  
• NWC Non-Western World Cultures (1)
  

5. EurT European Traditions (1)

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GE Subject Areas
Engl. Read Cmp. Area A For. Lang. Area B Science,Math Technol. Area C Social Science Area D Civilizat. Thought Area E Arts Area F Lit. Area G
The subdivision disappears, that's all.
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GE Subject Areas
Engl. Read Cmp. Area A For. Lang. Area B Science,Math Technol. Area C Social Science Area D Culture Thought Area E Arts Area F Lit. Area G
The subdivision disappears, that's all.
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Text of Proposed Change

• Area E Culture and ThoughtObjective To provide
  a perspective on world cultures through the study
  of human history and thought. change
  "civilization" to "cultures"
• European TraditionsAt least one course that
  focuses on European culture or the cultures in
  the European tradition.
• World CulturesAt least one course that focuses
  on a culture outside of the European tradition.

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Why do we need this?

• 3 Problems (name, students, admin.)
• Bias towards "Western" (21, civ. vs. culture)
• "Lock in" effect students take one, must take
  the second in the same sequence
• They may have a bad experience(heavy use of
  teaching associates in E1 courses)
• Extremely limited time slots available
• no "buy in" effect (when students are allowed to
  choose the course themselves)
• Administrative reason Distortion of GE program
  specific content requirement as a disciplinary
  category (see text in main catalog for transfers)

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Why not?

• Only argument we've heard Students won't get
  "depth" of sustained treatment
• They don't get it anyway since order is usually
  random (AB, BC vs. AC, CA, CB, BA)
• not even taken in successive quarters
• usually taught by different instructors with
  widely varying approaches (little continuity)
• They can be required to get depth by making the
  "A" course a prerequisite of the "B" course
• They can also get depth by two approaches to same
  time period (e.g. Hist 4A and Phil 4A)
• Departments can consider developing/ modifying
  sequences to 2-quarter sequences

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Implication Enrollment shift?

• Will there be a massive movement of students out
  of E-1 courses into E-2 courses?
• 3 courses total still required
• Short answer no, there can't be, because
  realistically no more than 5 (4-11 at 100
  capacity) could possibly shift from E1 to E2
• Most likely scenario students will "shop around"
  more in E1. Statistically, students moving out of
  a sequence will be balanced by students moving in
  (over time more into better-rated courses)

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Enrollment capacity data

• actual enrollments room size F03W04S04

E1
E2 top 199128 total seats
4395 total 8091
enrolled89 -405092
full
345 can shift (4)
(or total E2
91311)
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Why now?

• Main reason Benefit to students
• Consultation to date
• GE Task Force Minority report, May 2001
• Senate Forum on GE, Oct. 2001
• 2nd round of comments, Feb. 2002
• 2nd GE Task Force report, May 2002
• GE work group discussion document, Oct.
  2003(detailed responses from 8 HFA depts, also
  explicitly on this issue discussed in depth in 2
  more)
• Need for more departmental consultations?
• Each department offering GE courses will be
  consulted this summer fall

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E1, 15 courses n8500
HIST 24 3650 ARTHI 6 2295 RGST 80
1172 PHIL 20 813 C LIT 30
571 total 8501
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E2, top 19 n4000
PHIL 4 605PHIL 3
603PHIL 1 446RG ST 135
332BL ST 7 316ENV S 3
262RG ST 12 236PHIL 100A 233BL ST
5 232HIST 8
211PHIL 100DBC 200POL S 189188 176CLASS
100BA 142 3995 2nd
chart grouped by dept.
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new E, top 37 n12,500
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Amended wording for Proposed Change

• Area E Culture and ThoughtObjective To provide
  a perspective on world cultures through the study
  of human history and thought. no change
• European TraditionsAt least one course that
  focuses provides a broad historical and
  intellectual perspective on European culture or
  the cultures in the European tradition.