The University-Level Advisory Committee for General Education (ULAC)

University-Level Advisory Committee for General Education (ULAC-GE)

The University-Level Advisory Committee for General Education (GE) is a subcommittee of the Council on Academic Affairs.  The committee monitors general education university-wide, provides annual reports to the Council on the status of general education, and advises the Council on proposals to revise the general education curriculum. It oversees the implementation of the university-wide GE.

Its duties include analyzing trends in general education courses, reviewing actions on course proposals, studying the use of exceptions and substitutions, identifying advising issues, monitoring the national dialogue, assessing the efficacy of general education outcomes, and identifying whether changes are needed.  The committee shares information with related committees including the College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee.

Membership

College of Engineering, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Bibyk.1@osu.edu

Steve Bibyk

College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology (Marion)

Donna Bobbitt-Zeher

Ex-officio Program Director, Ohio State Academy

Michele Brown

Ex-officio Assistant Registrar

Lisa Delaney

College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences, Department of Food Science & Technology

Monica Giusti

Glenn College of Public Affairs

Neal Hooker

Ex-officio Chair, Arts and Sciences Faculty Senate

Judson Jeffries

Assistant Executive Dean for Advising and Academic Services

Mary Ellen Jenkins

College of Social Work

Michelle Kaiser

Ex-officio Assistant Vice Provost, Undergraduate Education

Alan Kalish

College of Public Health

Gail L. Kaye

Undergraduate Student Government

Alek Kundla

College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History

Thomas McDow

College of Pharmacy

Leslie Newman

Fisher College of Business, Department of Management Sciences

Andrea Prudhomme

College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Molecular Genetics

Mark Seeger

Ex-officio Advising, Marion

Shellie Shirk

Ex-officio Director of Learning Programs, Office of Distance Education and eLearning

Cory Tressler

College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Sarah Varekojis

University-Level Advisory Committee Charge

The University Senate’s Council on Academic Affairs establishes a University-Level Advisory Committee for the General Education (GE) program. The Council on Academic Affairs will evaluate the effectiveness of the Committee annually.

Membership

ULAC has 26 voting members, with representation specified in the GE Implementation report.  Members serve 2-year terms.

  • Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education serves as chair
  • 9 faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences, with one of these being the chair of ASCC and including at least two members each from each of the three divisions
  • 2 faculty from the regional campuses
  • 2 faculty from the College of Engineering, with one from the Knowlton School of Architecture
  • 2 faculty from the College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences
  • 2 faculty from the College of Education and Human Ecology
  • 1 faculty from the Fisher College of Business
  • 1 faculty from the College of Social Work
  • 1 faculty from the College of Public Health
  • 1 faculty from the College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • 1 faculty from the College of Dentistry
  • 1 faculty from the College of Pharmacy
  • 1 faculty from the College of Nursing
  • 1 faculty from the John Glenn College of Public Affairs
  • 2 undergraduate students

Charge

The Committee will:

 

  • provide an annual report and recommendations to the Council on the status of the General Education program:  analyze and summarize annual trends in GE offerings and enrollments; monitor and evaluate options for meeting GE requirements; review actions taken on GE course submission/approval; study the use of exceptions and substitutions for GE; and identify and monitor advising issues related to GE,
  • advise the Council on the General Education program: monitor the national dialogue/literature on general education; assess the efficacy of curricular and GE learning goals and expected outcomes on student learning, and identify whether and how they need to be changed,
  • undertake special reviews and projects related to the GE program and outcomes as warranted, and
  • share information with related committees.