Request to Add a Course to the JC General Education (GEO) 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. Indicate the GEO assessed for by this course and attach the completed rubric form: _ADO #s
4. To which Associate Degree(s) should this course be added (Arts, General Studies, Science)? _text
5. Is an Applied Science 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 the program director).
6. Does the course discipline/prefix meet the Michigan Transfer Agreement and GEO criteria? ☐Yes ☐No (as outlined in the “Historical Process…” document) Explain if the agreement might not seem obvious. _text
Indicate how the course transfers (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?
SAU
SHU
EMU
MSU
CMU
WMU
UM-Flint
Concordia
Other
(Transfer information can be found at www.michigantransfernetwork.org)
Explain any transfer problems. text
IV. Describe the rationale for/benefit of adding this course to the requested Associate Degree(s). In addition, consider whether this course duplicates and/or would directly compete with or replace an existing general education course. text
Lead Faculty/Initiator Date / Department Chair DateSupervising Dean Date
Curriculum Committee Evaluation: ______
____ Approved ____ Rejected Curriculum Comm. Chair Date
2016