General Education Governance Board

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Overview | Current Year (AY 2025-2026) | Resolutions | Archives

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Overview

Responsibilities:

Cal Poly's general education (GE) program is the administrative responsibility of the General Education Governance Board (GEGB), and the GEGB should function like a department with a deep sense of interest and responsibility for overseeing and implementing the GE program. The GEGB is responsible for leading and developing a visionary, high quality GE program that enriches the specialized knowledge acquired in a major program with foundational and integrative understanding of its scientific, humanistic, artistic, and technological contexts.
 

Duties:

1. Review and approve GE course proposals.
2. Place GE curriculum proposals on the Academic Senate consent agenda after consultation with the Academic Senate Curriculum Committee.
3. Engage in appropriate assessment activities. Be proactive and responsive to the results of assessment activities.
4. Conduct a GE academic program review on the same cycle as other programs. Findings will be presented to the college deans and the Academic Senate. The GEGB needs to be proactive and responsive to the recommendations that result from academic program review.
   
    

GEGB Procedures:

GE Governing Board Procedures Approved 02.07.12 (pdf)

 

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Current Year (AY 2025-2026)

Charges:

TBD

Meetings:

TBD
 

Membership:

Two faculty members from each CLA and CSM, one faculty member from each of the remaining colleges including PCS, one student, and a GEGB Chair. All are voting members, with the exception of the GEGB Chair, who has a tie breaking vote only). Ex Officio, non-voting members include one representative from the Office of the Registrar and one representative from Academic Programs and Planning.

 

New: Click here to submit your statement of interest if you would like to serve on the GEGB.

2025-2026 Membership

Name	Department	College/Unit	Office Phone	Email	Exp. Term
Bailey, Helen	Evaluations	Admin	(805) 756-6313	hbailey@calpoly.edu	EO (Office of the Registrar)
Conway, Bethany	Communication Studies	CLA	(805) 756-2045	baconway@calpoly.edu	2027
Frame, Samuel (Chair)	Statistics	BCSM	(805) 756-5802	sframe@calpoly.edu	2026
Johnston, Scott	Physics	BCSM	(805) 756-1650	scjohnst@calpoly.edu	2028
Marijuan, Silvia	WL&C	CLA	(805) 756-1212	smarijua@calpoly.edu	2026
Mehiel, Eric	Aero	CENG	(805) 756-7537	emehiel@calpoly.edu	2028
Morris, Andrew	Academic Programs and Planning	Admin	(805) 756-2761	admorris@calpoly.edu	EO
Senk, Sarah	English	Solano Campus	-	ssenk@csum.edu	2026
VACANT		ASI			EO
VACANT		BCSM			2026
VACANT		CAED			2027
VACANT		CAFES			2028
VACANT		OCOB			2026
VACANT		PCS			2028

 

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Resolutions

AS-986-25 Resolution on Template for General Education 2026

AS-974-24 Resolution on Consolidation of GE Area C Subject Guidelines and Modification of GE Aera C2: Humanities Prerequisites - President Armstrong supported August 28, 2024

AS-941-22 Resolution on AB 928 and CSU GE Golden Four - President Armstrong acknowledged July 19, 2022

AS-938-22 Resolution on AB 928 and Common GE Pathway - President Armstrong acknowledge July 19, 2022

AS-936-22 Resolution on Educational Objectives and Criteria for Study Abroad Courses in Languages other than English

AS-930-22 Resolution on Temporary Adoption of a 3-Year Catalog During Quarter-to-Semester Conversion - President Armstrong acknowledged and approved February 15, 2022

AS-926-21 Resolution on General Education and Languages other than English

AS-914-21 Resolution on Subject Area Guidelines for General Education Area F: Ethnic Studies - President Armstrong approved March 12, 2021

AS-913-21 Resolution to Establish Area F in the General Education 2020 Template - President Armstrong approved on March 12, 2021

AS-889-20 Resolution on Subject Area Guidelines (II) for General Education 2020 - President Armstrong supported on April 22, 2020

AS-883-19 Resolution on Updating the United States Cultural Pluralism (USCP) Criteria - President Armstrong endorsed resolution on January 16, 2020

AS-882-19 Resolution on Updating the Diversity Learning Objectives - President Armstrong acknowledged receipt and support on July 3, 2019

AS-879-19 Resolution on Subject Area Guidelines (I) For General Education 2020 - President Armstrong acknowledged receipt and support on July 3, 2019

AS-873-19 Resolution on Template for General Education 2020 - President Armstrong acknowledged receipt and support on May 6, 2019

AS-858-18 Resolution on Course Criteria for GWR-Certified Upper-Division Courses Across the Curriculum - President Armstrong acknowledged receipt and approval on December 6, 2018

AS-851-18 Resolution on Migration of Current Area D4 Classes to Area E - President Armstrong acknowledged receipt and approval on July 20, 2018

AS-850-18 Resolution on Creation of Area B7 and Migration of Current Area F Classes - President Armstrong acknowledged receipt and approval on July 20, 2018

AS-787-14 Resolution on Sustainability - President Armstrong acknowledged receipt on August 18, 2014

AS-742-12 Resolution on General Education C5 Elective - President Armstrong acknowledged receipt and approval on February 28, 2012

AS-740-12 Resolution on Changes to the Academic Senate General Education (GE) Governing Board Policy - President Armstrong acknowledged receipt and approval on February 28, 2012

AS-713-10 Resolution on the Establishment of an Academic Senate General Education Governance Board - President Baker acknowledged receipt and approval on June 18, 2010

 

ARCHIVES

 

 

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