Chair: Maggie Bohm-Jordan, 2026-2027, GEC membership
Scope and Authority: The committee shall have the authority to make recommendations on matters and policies including:
- The General Education Program, in accordance with the educational aims of the university and the criteria to meet these aims.
- Designating courses as meeting general education learning outcomes and establishing the procedures for assessing those outcomes. No course may become part of the General Education Program curriculum without the approval of the General Education Committee.
- Policies pertaining to test-out procedures for the General Education Program curriculum.
- The assessment of the General Education Program.
- Evaluating assessment data and making recommendations to improve the General Education Program to the Common Council and appropriate administrative units.
- The General Education Committee is authorized to develop, in conjunction with the Associate Dean of General Education and Honors, criteria for the removal of General Education designations from specific courses. The Associate Dean will apply the criteria determining whether a General Education designation should be removed from any specific course.
For information on the GEP course proposal process and the role of shared governance, please see the Faculty/Staff Resources page on the General Education Program website.
Applications for course designations under the Core General Education Requirements (CGER) must be made through the Coursedog curriculum management program. Please contact the Chair of GEC before beginning the process.
Approvals are required according to the UWSP Academic Approval Chart.
Deadline: All curriculum proposals are due to General Education Committee (**meaning they must be past the Review stage in Coursedog) by the Friday of the 9th Week to be considered for the catalog for the following year.
For example, changes for a fall semester need to be submitted by the 9th week of the previous fall semester. Changes for a spring semester need to be submitted by the 9th week of the previous spring semester.
| Type of Proposals | Submission Deadline | Earliest Effective Catalog Term |
| All | Friday of 9th Week (10/30/2026) | Fall 2027 |
| All | Friday of 9th Week (4/2/2027) | Spring 2028 |