Global Education Curriculum Committee

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Membership List

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 13)

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 Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education
• One member from the School of Health Sciences
• One member at-large from the teaching faculty or support staff with faculty rank (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.

Faculty from the School of Law are excluded from service on this committee.

• 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

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Areas of Committee Concern

The committee is concerned with promoting, evaluating, and refining a strong global education component of the curriculum (Study Abroad and Study USA).

Policies and Procedures

• Committee members will be convened by the Chair, at the convenience of the members, to meet the responsibility of the committee.
• The committee meets regularly to discuss proposals for global education programs, revisions to current requirements, and other relevant programmatic issues of concern to the Dean or committee.
• The committee recommends to the University Curriculum Committee changes requiring faculty action.

Methods of Reporting To the Campus Community

The Chair of the Global Education Curriculum Committee will submit a written annual report to Academic Council and, on matters the committee deems to be of general concern, will request to report directly to the faculty.