Request to Add a Course to the JC General Education Program

I. Read the document “Historical Process for Placing Courses in General Education for Associate Degrees Granted by Jackson Community College (JCC)” to obtain the background knowledge to determine whether the course is appropriate for inclusion in the General Education Program.

II. Meet with the appropriate Academic Dean to discuss the appropriateness of adding your course to the General Education Program

III. Complete the following:

1. Course (prefix/number/name): _text

2. Course description: text

3. GEO assessed for by this course (Attach completed rubric form): _

(Note: all General Education courses must assess for 2 ADOs)

4. ADO category the course is be added to: _

5. Associate Degree(s) the course is to be added to (Arts, General Studies, Science: _text

6. Is an Applied Arts degree program interested in adding this course to their GEO requirements? Y/N If yes, list the program(s). text (The course will not automatically be added to that program; a Change of Program request must be submitted by that program director).

7. Does the course discipline/prefix meet the Michigan Transfer Agreement criteria? ☐Yes ☐No (as outlined in the “Historical Process…” document)

8. Does the discipline (prefix) of the course meet JC’s GEO criteria? ☐Yes ☐No

How does the course transfer? (There should only be 1 entry per school/line)

Institution / Equivalent Course?
(List course prefix, number and name) / General Credit only?
(List category fulfilled) / No Credit? / Unknown?
CMU
EMU
MSU
SAU
SHU
WMU
UM
Other

(https://www.jccmi.edu/transfer/course-equivalencies/)

Explain any transfer problem and the attempts made to rectify it. text

IV. Give the rationale/benefit of adding this course to the General Education program. Also consider whether this course duplicates and/or would directly compete with or replace an existing general education course. text

Sig. date / Sig. date
Lead Faculty/Initiator Date / Department Chair Date
Sig. date
Supervising Dean Date

Curriculum Committee Evaluation: ______

____ Approved ____ Rejected Curriculum Comm. Chair Date

9/2016