General Education Committee

Purpose

The purpose of the General Education Committee shall be to oversee the assessment of the core curriculum.

Composition

Dean of the School of Business & Professional Studies
Assistant Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness
One faculty member with at least one year of full-time teaching experience from each of the following academic units: Natural Sciences; Business and Public Service; History and Political Science; Humanities; Fine Arts; Mathematics, Computer Science, and Engineering
Faculty Senator (1)
Dean of Nursing, Health, and STEM
Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness (non-voting)

Members will serve two-year terms.

Duties

The General Education Committee shall work with the Faculty Senate Assessment Committee in achieving Gordon State College academic assessment and review processes in accordance with established timelines.

2025-2026 Members

Faculty Senate Representative: Ed Whitelock
Dean of Business and Professional Studies: Charles M. Smith
Dean of the School of Nursing, Health, and STEM: Victor Vilchiz
Dean of Education, Arts, and Humanities: Stephen Raynie
Director of Institutional Research & Effectiveness (non-voting):
One faculty member with at least one year of full-time teaching experience from each of the following IMPACTS disciplines:
- I - Institutional Options (Institution) - Fire Coordinator or Colloquia Coordinator
- M - Mathematics Area A and Quantitative Skills (Mathematics) - MATH 1XXX Teaching Faculty Member: Bernard Anderson
- P - Political Science and US History (Citizenship) - each Discipline proposes a Representative and FUll Senate Selects GA member: Jeremy Richards
- A - Arts, Humanties and Ethics (Humanities):
- C - Communication in writing (Writing) - ENGL1101 and/or 1102 Teaching Faculty member: Ed Whitelock
- T - Technology, Mathematics and Sciences (STEM) - Natural Sciences Faculty member: Thomas Hancock
- S - Social Sciences (Social Science) - Not to include discipline represented on "P" above: Christy Flatt