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THE
MONTGOMERY
COLLEGE
GENERAL EDUCATION ISSUES VOTE
FOR FULL-TIME FACULTY MEMBERS, MARCH 19 OR 20, 2008
SAMPLE BALLOT Version
3.0 3/7/08
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GENERAL
EDUCATION ISSUES
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Issue 1 Speech
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>>Link
to Discussion Page on the Gen Ed Web Page
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1.A
___ Speech Yes: Keep a Speech course as a General
Education Requirement
This maintains
the current general education requirement that states that all
students will complete one speech course (3 credits) in order
to earn an associate’s degree.
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1.B ___
Speech No: A Speech course will become an option under the
General Education Humanities Distribution List.
Effect
on Overall Program – adds 3 credits back into the Program,
students may take 3 credits of any General Education Distribution
Category, including Humanities
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Issue
2 Health / IE Category
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>>Link
to Discussion Page on the Gen Ed Web Page
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2.A
___ Health Yes: Keep a Health Course. 1 – 3 credits,
as a General Education Requirement
This maintains the current general education requirement
that states that all students will complete one health course (1-3
credits) in order to earn an associate’s degree.
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2.B ___
Health No: A Health Course is not a General Education Requirement.
This creates an Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues (IE)
Distribution category under which health courses become an option. Other courses may apply to be part of the
IE Distribution, 1 - 3 credits.
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Issue
3 Transferability of Courses
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>> Link
to Discussion Page on the Gen Ed Web Page
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3.A ___
Transferability of courses into General Education categories at
other institutions should be a factor, but not the driving factor for a course to be accepted as a
General Education course .
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3.B ___
Courses that do not have demonstrated evidence of transferability
into Gen Ed categories at five of the top ten transfer destination
institutions for MC students (Maryland and DC schools) would not
be accepted as a General Education course.
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END
OF SAMPLE BALLOT
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What Happens with the
Results of Voting?
The General Education Committee will take the results of the faculty
vote and incorporate them into a proposal for the General
Education Program based on the first Draft Proposal and general updates to
the criteria for selecting General Education courses. In
May 2008, faculty will vote to:
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1)
Accept the Modified
General Education Revision Proposal incorporating the results of the
March 2008 Faculty Votes on Issues Above and Friendly Amendments
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or
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2)
Elect to retain the Current Structure of the General Education
Program (maintaining current Foundation Courses and Distribution
course requirements). See details of this option on the
General Education Web Page.
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- The
Gen Ed Committee will begin the task of reviewing all courses using
the updated Course Application Forms
Samples: www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/genedcomm/ProposedSampleCourseApplication.doc
- A
revised General Education program becomes effective for the 2010-11
print catalog.
- If
the May Vote is 2) above, the General Education Committee will still
review courses with representatives from disciplines in each
Distribution Area as part of a review cycle for general education
courses (disciplines will be asked to provide information describing
which MD State General Education Competencies are addressed in each
course).
READ
MORE ABOUT THE ISSUES VOTE HERE: The
General Education Committee Webpage: www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/genedcomm/
VOTING TIMES:
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, MARCH 19 & 20, 2008; 9 AM – 6:30 PM
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GERMANTOWN
Science SA Room 175
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ROCKVILLE
– Faculty Dining Room, Campus
Center CC 51
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TAKOMA
PARK/SILVER SPRING - TBA
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