Section 13. Global Education Curriculum Committee
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For procedures, policies, and the names of current members, refer to Global Education Curriculum Committee Section.
Membership
- Dean of Global Studies, the Director of Study Abroad, and the Director of Domestic Programs, ex-officio, without vote
- Assistant Dean of Global Education, ex-officio, without vote
- Members of the teaching faculty elected for staggered three-year terms with three members elected each year as follows:
Year One
- One member from Mathematics and Natural Sciences
- One member from Fine Arts and Humanities
- One member from Social Sciences
Year Two
- One member from the School of Business
- One member from the School of Communications
- One member at-large from the teaching faculty or support staff with faculty rank (The two at-large members must represent different divisions/schools)
Year Three
- One member from the School of Education
- One member from the School of Health Sciences
- One member at-large from Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences (The two at-large members must represent different divisions/schools)
All members will have experience teaching a study abroad or Study USA course at Elon. Each May the committee will elect a chair from among the nine teaching faculty members.
- Director of the Elon Core Curriculum, ex officio, with vote
- Two student members, with study abroad experience or Study USA, elected annually by the Student Government Association
- Faculty of the Law School are excluded from service on this committee.
Duties
- To promote the goals of global education
- To develop and apply criteria and procedures for reviewing and approving global education program proposals by Elon faculty
- To work in consultation with faculty and departments on the development of global education courses
- To review periodically and to make recommendations to the University Curriculum Committee for general curricular changes in the Elon global education program
- To promote the integration of global education experiences with other components of the academic programs of Elon University
- To work in collaboration with the Isabella Cannon Global Education Center on developing and conducting assessments to evaluate credit-earning Elon global education courses and programs, including both academic and the development of intercultural competence
- To work in collaboration with the Isabella Cannon Global Education Center on reviewing and evaluating relevant programmatic aspects of the Elon University global education program
- To consult with the Dean of Global Studies on the implementation of the Elon global education program