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Presented to the M膩noa Faculty Senate by the General Education Committee (GEC) for a vote of the full senate on May 8, 2019.聽 A motion to simplify 鈥渄ouble-dipping鈥漴ules for General Education courses.聽 Approved by the M膩noa Faculty Senate on May 8, 2019 with 43 votes in support; 4 votes opposed; and 3 abstentions.

MOTION TO SIMPLIFY 鈥淒OUBLE-DIPPING鈥� RULES FOR GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES

WHEREAS, establishing breadth and foundational skills for our students鈥� liberal education is the primary goal of our Diversification and Foundations requirements, and a partial goal of H/SL requirements, and

WHEREAS, at the present time, students who attain one or more components of that breadth within their Major requirements (including Multiple Majors) are allowed to count those same courses toward satisfaction of their Diversification and Foundations requirements, and

WHEREAS, at the present time, students who attain one or more components of that breadth within their Minor/Certificate requirements are NOT allowed to count those same courses toward satisfaction of their Diversification and Foundations requirements, and

WHEREAS, this creates an arbitrary difference in the way students are able to utilize Gen Ed courses for their Major and Minor/Certificate courses, and

WHEREAS, this asymmetry can be corrected without reducing the breadth of our students鈥� liberal education or the development of their intellectual breadth and foundational-level skills while being more student-friendly, and

WHEREAS, the General Education H/SL requirement has been delegated to the Colleges, some of which can be fulfilled by culture substitution courses (to which this motion does not apply), and

WHEREAS, the Council of Academic Advisors supports the following proposal, therefore,

BE IT MOVED, that the University of Hawaii M膩noa Faculty Senate supports, starting AY2019-20, that General Education policies should permit:

• Diversification courses to also fulfill Minor/Certificate requirements
• Foundations courses to also fulfill Minor/Certificate requirements
• Hawaiian/Second Language courses (does not address the issue of culture substitution courses) to also fulfill Minor/Certificate requirements
• Hawaiian/Second Language courses (does not address the issue of culture substitution courses)聽 to also fulfill Major requirements

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