General Education Program Council (GEPC)
General Education Program Council (GEPC) - a Joint Sub-committee of the Assessment Committee and Curriculum Committee
Charge: The charge of the General Education Program Council (GEPC) is to serve as steward for the general education program through guiding faculty and the Curriculum Committee regarding matters related to general education curriculum and leading faculty in assessment of the General Education program under the Assessment Committee guidance regarding institutional and program assessment.
Upcoming Meeting Agendas and Approved Meeting Minutes (AY 2024-25)Meetings are held the 4th/Last Thursday of the month at 2:00 pm, unless otherwise specified. Meetings are held in ASI 239 and Google Meet meet.google.com/rng-rqey-hun or Join by phone +1 484-641-8393‬ PIN: ‪653 986 491‬#. If not a member of the GEPC, email LBUCK@jeffco.edu to be added to a Google Meet calendar event or use the above meet.google.com url or phone number to join any meeting.
General Education Program Assessment Plan through AY 2028-29 | |
Reports
| Meeting Minutes Archive(to be archived annually into a single .pdf after last meeting minutes are approved the following year) |
General Education Academic Skill Competency Development (ASCD) Assessment cycles:
Academic Year (AY) | Cycle & Institutional Goal | General Education Program Academic Skill Competencies and Rubrics used to assess | Primary Knowledge Area assessing |
2024-2025 & 2018-2019 | I: Valuing |
| Humanities and Fine Arts (ART, COM, ENG, FRN, GRM, HST, MSC, PHL, SPN, THT); |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (COM, CRJ, ECO, GEO, HST, PSC, PSY, SOC) | ||
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2025-2026 & 2019-2021 | II: Managing Information |
| Written & Oral Communication (ENG101, ENG102, COM); Natural Sciences (BIO, CHM, PHY); Interdisciplinary GenEd Elective (HPE138) |
Not specifically tied to Institutional Goals | |||
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2026-2027 & 2021-2022 | III: Communicating | Written & Oral Communication (ENG101, ENG102, COM); Humanities and Fine Arts (ART, COM, ENG, FRN, GRM, HST, MSC, PHL, SPN, THT) | |
2027-2028 & 2022-2023 | IV: Higher Order Thinking | Social and Behavioral Sciences & Civics (COM, CRJ, ECO, GEO, HST, PSC, PSY SOC); Natural Sciences (BIO, CHM, PHY); Interdisciplinary GenEd Elective (HPE138) | |
| Humanities and Fine Arts (ART, COM, ENG, FRN, GRM, HST, MSC, PHL, SPN, THT) | ||
2028-2029 & 2023-2024 | V | General Education Program Institutional Assessment (IA) Report – comprehensive review of the evidence and actions from the previous ASCD assessment cycles with update of goals and assessment plan for next 5-year assessment cycle | |
Report due by Nov 1 following AY.
