Download Application for American Institutions Credit for Semester Conversion

Application for American Institutions Credit for Semester Conversion
GE Overlay - American Institutions
This application must be submitted as an attachment to the GE Course Approval Request in Curriculog in order for the course to
be considered for GE credit.
1.
COURSE INFORMATION
Department Name:
Course Title:
Course Number:
Course Pre-Requisites:
Course Capacity:
Catalog Description:
Number of Units:
Course Learning Outcomes:
2. GE Approval Requirements
In order to qualify for General Education credit, a course must thoroughly embed the required outcomes for that area.
Sample student work as described in GE area proposals will be used to assess GE program level outcomes.
Post semester conversion, 13-14 CIC 4, Renewal of General Education Courses will require a sample syllabus.
For Background EO 1061
A. Any course or examination that addresses the historical development of American institutions and ideals must include all of the
subject matter elements identified in the following subparagraphs of this paragraph I.A. Nothing contained herein is intended to
prescribe the total content or structure of any course.
 Significant events covering a minimum time span of approximately one hundred years and occurring in the entire area now
included in the United States of America, including the relationships of regions within that area and with external regions and
powers as appropriate to the understanding of those events within the United States during the period under study.
 The role of major ethnic and social groups in such events and the contexts in which the events have occurred.
 The events presented within a framework that illustrates the continuity of the American experience and its derivation from
other cultures, including consideration of three or more of the following: politics, economics, social movements, and
geography.
B. Any course or examination that addresses the Constitution of the United States, the operation of representative democratic
government under that Constitution, and the process of California state and local government must address all of the subject matter
elements identified in the following subparagraphs of this paragraph I.B. Nothing contained herein is intended to prescribe the total
content or structure of any course.
 The political philosophies of the framers of the Constitution and the nature and operation of United States political
institutions and processes under that Constitution as amended and interpreted.
 The rights and obligations of citizens in the political system established under the Constitution.
 The Constitution of the state of California within the framework of evolution of federal-state relations and the nature and
processes of state and local government under that Constitution.
 Contemporary relationships of state and local government with the federal government, the resolution of conflicts and the
establishment of cooperative processes under the constitutions of both the state and nation, and the political processes
involved.
2a. American Institutions Learning Outcomes US 1 (US HISTORY). Complete the table below for all learning
outcomes. Evidence must include specific activities and assignments.
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to:
Explain the significance or
interpretation of major historical
events in a period of at least a
hundred years of American
history
Describe the contributions of
major ethnic and social groups in
period of at least a hundred years
of American history
Explain the role of at least three
of the following in the
development of American
culture: politics, economics,
social movements, and/ or
geography
Describe specific course activities via which
students will develop this outcome. E.g.
lectures, discussions, group activities, reading
assignments.
Describe specific course assignments via which
students will demonstrate this outcome. E.g.
writing assignments, oral presentations, group
projects, performances, exams.
2b. American Institutions Learning Outcomes US 2 (US CONSTITUTION). Complete the table below for all learning
outcomes. Evidence must include specific activities and assignments.
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to:
Describe the development of the
Constitution from the political
philosophies of its framers to its
later interpretation and
amendment
Explain how the Constitution
influenced the development of
American political institutions
and government
Explain citizen rights and
responsibilities under the
Constitution
Describe specific course activities via which
students will develop this outcome. E.g.
lectures, discussions, group activities, reading
assignments.
Describe specific course assignments via which
students will demonstrate this outcome. E.g.
writing assignments, oral presentations, group
projects, performances, exams.
2c. American Institutions Learning Outcomes US 3 (CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT). Complete the table below for all
learning outcomes. Evidence must include specific activities and assignments.
Learning Outcome
Students will be able to:
Describe the role of California’s
Constitution in state and local
government
Explain the place of California’s
Constitution in the evolution of
federal-state relations
Describe the political processes
that enable cooperation and
conflict resolution between state
and/or local governments and the
federal government
Describe specific course activities via which
students will develop this outcome. E.g.
lectures, discussions, group activities, reading
assignments.
Describe specific course assignments via which
students will demonstrate this outcome. E.g.
writing assignments, oral presentations, group
projects, performances, exams.