About the General Education Committee (GEC)
The General Education Committee monitors and supports the development and periodic review of the Modesto Junior College general education breadth curriculum.
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GE Timelines for Spring 2024
March 5 - GEC Meeting - MJC-GE "2.0" in Fall 2025
March 13 - GEC Meeting - MJC-GE "2.0" in Fall 2025
March 20 - GEC Meeting - MJC-GE "2.0" in Fall 2025
March 28 - Senate-Hosted, Campus-Wide Discussion of Proposed MJC-GE "2.0" Models
March 29 - Special GEC Meeting to Finalize MJC-GE 2.0 Model for Academic Senate
April 5 - Academic Senate "First Read" of Final MJC-GE GE Model for Fall 2025
April 10 - GEC Meeting to Draft Area 7 Standard
April 11 - GEC Meeting to Draft Area 7 Standard
April 17 - Academic Senate "First Read" of drafted Area 7 Standard
April 25 - Academic Senate "Second Reads" of Proposed Area 7 and drafted Area 7 Standard
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Summer 2024 GEC Meeting Schedules
All meetings to take place on Zoom, 10am - 12pm PST.
The GEC may choose not to utilize all scheduled meetings depending on existing workload.
- May 13, 2024 | Monday
- May 14, 2024 | Tuesday
- May 20, 2024 | Monday
- May 21, 2024 | Tuesday
- June 10, 2024 | Monday
- June 24, 2024 | Monday
- July 1, 2024 | Monday
- July 22, 2024 | Monday
- August 5, 2024 | Monday
- August 12, 2024 | Monday
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Fall 2024 GEC Meeting Schedules and Dean Submission Deadlines
Location & Time: All meetings will take place in Founders Hall 176 & Zoom, 3:00pm - 5:00pm. Any changes to this schedule will be indicated below and notified to committee members via email.
Note: September 23rd is the last dean deadline for courses and programs to be reviewed for Fall 2025.
Reviewing courses and programs for Fall 2025
- August 20, 2024 | Deans must submit course or program in eLumen by August 12 for this agenda
- September 3, 2024 | Deans must submit course or program in eLumen by August 26 for this agenda
- September 17, 2024 | Deans must submit course or program in eLumen by September 9 for this agenda
- October 1, 2024 | Deans must submit course or program in eLumen by September 23 for this agenda
Reviewing courses and programs for Fall 2026
- October 15, 2024 | Deans must submit course or program in eLumen by October 7 for this agenda
- November 5, 2024 | Deans must submit course or program in eLumen by October 28 for this agenda
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What is General Education?
"General Education breadth" or "GE" is a core requirement of the associate degree and baccalaureate degree and is regarded as being central to a college education. GE breadth, in itself, is a learning experience with its own targeted learning outcomes.
Unlike a student's chosen major, where coursework tends to fall in the same discipline
or subject allowing the student to focus on a particular interest area, GE breadth
strives for "breadth" of academic understanding. Thus, the GE-educated student has
been exposed to a wealth of subjects helping the student understand the role and application
of the various academic disciplines with regards to self, one's community, and the
world.
Because of this, in addition to one General and one Special Programs counselor* and a representative for Health (pending as of 3/10/24), the GE committee is representative of each Cal-GETC subject area standard , and members are selected from disciplines that appear for each area.
Incoming! Changes to General Education - Spring 2024 Presentation
MJC Philosophy of General Education
Modesto Junior College requires all associate degree candidates to complete a comprehensive general education experience. On completion, Modesto Junior College graduates will have expanded their cross-cultural literacy, along with their creative, analytical, and critical thinking skills. Graduates will be civic-minded and engaged in their communities. Likewise, they will be self-aware, socially responsible, and life-long learners.
Philosophy of the General Education Committee (GEC)
The General Education Committee (GEC), a committee of the Curriculum Committee in cooperation with the Academic Senate, provides oversight and makes appropriate recommendations concerning the development, implementation, and periodic review of local and transferable general education curriculum courses and pathways to the Curriculum Committee with the intent of providing support to faculty in the development of relevant, quality general education curriculum for MJC students
Charge of the General Education Committee
The MJC General Education Committee, an advisory committee to the MJC Curriculum Committee, is responsible for:
- Establishing and recommending definitions, criteria, and area standards for each MJC general education (MJC-GE) area, ensuring alignment with any/all established GE policies*
- Review of proposed General Education CORs against all available general education technical requirements, standards, and criteria in order and provide support and feedback to course author(s), curriculum representatives and deans
- Making official course-by-course recommendations to the MJC curriculum committee as to which course proposals meet or exceed MJC-GE and Cal-GETC general education standards; and, when appropriate, providing rationales for the recommendations
- Facilitating and supporting the ongoing review, assessment, and modification of the MJC general education curriculum.
- When appropriate, and in accordance with Academic Senate 10+1 purview, ensure that any institutional policies pertaining to General Education be approved by the Curriculum Committee and forwarded the Academic Senate for final approval
* In its Spring 2024 convenings, the GE Committee will prioritize drafting final recommendations regarding the implementation of local graduation requirements, local General Education curriculum, and any applicable standards for those areas
General Education Committee Membership
2023-2024 GEC Members
GEC Members are in place to review and support GE development. If you are looking to request GE approval for a course either locally or at the state level, contact the rep for the area in which you hope for GE placement.
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Cal-GETC |
Discipline Rep from Area | Representative | Voting | Term end | Extension |
| -- | Chairperson (ex-officio)/Articulation Officer | Letitia Senechal | No | -- | 6713 |
| 1A/B | English Composition and Critical Thinking | Nita Gopal | Yes | TBD | |
| 1C | Oral Communication | Kyle Stubbs | Yes | TBD | |
| 2 | Mathematical Concepts & Quantitative Reasoning |
Ross McKenzie | Yes | TBD | |
| 3A | Arts/MJC Activities Requirement | Noah Wilson | Yes | TBD | |
| 3B/LOTE | Humanities/ UC Language other than English Req. |
Bill Anelli | Yes | TBD | |
| 4 (AI) | Social and Behavioral Science/ CSU US Constitution and American Ideals Req. |
Vacant | Yes | TBD | |
| 4 (SBS) | Social and Behavioral Science (any Area 4 discipline not approved for AI) | Shelly Fichtenkort | Yes | TBD | |
| 5A/C | Physical Sciences/Lab | Daniel Chase | Yes | TBD | |
| 5B/C | Biological Sciences/Lab | Vacant | Yes | TBD | |
| 6 | Ethnic Studies | Theresa Rojas | Yes | TBD | |
| -- | CSU Lifelong Learning and Self Development Requirement | Kathleen Ennis | Yes | TBD | |
| -- | MJC Health/Activities Requirement | Mary Shea | Yes | TBD | |
| -- | Counseling (General) MJC Guidance Requirement |
Tina Giron | Yes | TBD | |
| -- | Counseling (Special Programs) MJC Guidance Requirement |
Liz Camboia | Yes | TBD | |
| -- | Vice President, Instruction | Patrick Bettencourt | No | -- | |
| -- | Articulation Support | Ellen Corbin | No | -- | 6464 |
| -- | Evaluations | Julie Hughes | No | -- | |
*In 2023-2025, while the GE Committee addresses changes resulting from Title 5 changes
and AB 928, we have included reps from additional "local" or CSU requirements.
**Rep role was added following the Curriculum Committee adoption of the GE Committee
and its roster. These roles will be proposed for addition at the March 26, 2024 Curriculum
Committee meeting as voting representative roles.