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The general education curriculum is central to South 啵啵直播秀 State University鈥檚 mission to help students develop the competencies, principles and modes of thinking crucial for advanced study in their major and for meeting the obligations of an informed and engaged citizenship. These foundational courses promote scientific inquiry; quantitative reasoning; written and oral communication; an awareness of the historical, psychological, social, economic and political structures that inform our present moment; and an understanding of the contributions cultures make to our common humanity.
General Education Course Review and Assessment Process
The General Education Subcommittee is charged with managing the general education curriculum and review process at SDSU. This group is a subcommittee of the SDSU Academic Affairs Committee. In order to support the assessment rotation, the General Education Subcommittee has developed a plan for peer-review of all general education courses, to be carried out in a rotation so that each System General Education Requirement course is peer-reviewed the year before the planned assessment for that System General Education Requirement.
Course Review Rotation
| SGR | Year of Course Peer Review | Year of Assessment Review |
|---|---|---|
| No. 2 and No. 4 | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 |
| No. 1 and No. 5 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 |
| No. 3 and No. 6 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 |
To ensure clearly defined educational pathways for students a 鈥渓imited鈥 set of General Education courses will be maintained in system Academic Affairs Council guidelines. Department heads, school directors and/or associate deans should contact the Office of Academic Affairs if their department, school or college has a course they want to propose for addition to the approved course list. All proposed General Education curriculum requests must be routed to the Office of Academic Affairs with college level approval no later than Aug. 1 for potential implementation during the following academic year.
