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1 5/13/2014 CSULB College of Critical Thinking Lynn Mahoney, Interim Vice Provost and Dean, Undergraduate Studies Cecile Lindsay, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean, Graduate Studies Dhushy Sathianathan Associate Dean, College of Sharlene Sayegh, Director, Program Review & Assessment Mary McPherson, Coordinator, GE Program WASC Senior College & University Commission (WSCUC) 2013 Handbook of Accreditation 1

2 5/13/2014 WASC Senior Commission s Core Competencies 5 core competencies: Oral communication Written communication Information literacy Quantitative reasoning Critical thinking Core competencies are embedded in CFRs 2.2 and 2.4 It is expected that these competencies are achieved both at the program and institutional level CSULB s Institutional Learning Outcomes Graduates will be: Well-prepared with communication, numeracy and critical thinking skills to successfully join the workforce of California and the world or to pursue advanced study; Critically and ethically engaged in global and local issues; Knowledgeable and respectful of the diversity of individuals, groups, and cultures; Accomplished at integrating the skills of a liberal education with disciplinary or professional competency; Skilled in collaborative problem-solving, research, and creative activity. 2

3 5/13/2014 California State University, Long Beach Student Learning Outcomes Class Program GE - Institutional University Mission Statement: California State University Long Beach is a diverse, student-centered, globally-engaged public university committed to providing highly-valued undergraduate and graduate educational opportunities through superior teaching, research, creative activity and service for the people of California and the world. WASC Core Competencies (written / oral communication, critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, information literacy Institutional Learning Objectives Foundational & General ( LEAP Learning outcomes Both for GE courses and "regular" courses Builds on ILOs ( & ( Program-level Outcomes Builds on LEAP and ILOs Specific to each program / department Should be posted at: Class-level learning outcomes Most specific of the learning outcomes; specific to course Should relate to all learning outcomes and specific course assessments General Education 3

4 5/13/2014 EO Each CSU campus shall define its GE student learning outcomes, to fit within the framework of the four Essential Learning Outcomes drawn from the Liberal Education and American Promise (LEAP) campaign, an initiative of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Critical Thinking and AAC&U According to the AAC&U: Critical thinking is a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion. 4

5 5/13/2014 Critical Thinking Learning Outcomes from AAC&U Explanation of issues Evidence selecting and using information to investigate a point of view Influence of context and assumptions Student's position (perspective, thesis/hypothesis) Conclusions and related outcomes (implications and consequences) Critical thinking A necessary skill for engineering graduates 5

6 5/13/2014 Critical Thinking in Problem Solving Problem Solving Scientific Thinking Define a question Gather information and resources Form an explanatory hypothesis Test the hypothesis by performing an experiment and collecting data in a reproducible manner Analyze the data Interpret the data and draw conclusions that serve as a starting point for new hypothesis Document the results/solution in a written report Repeat the various processes as needed to converge to a optimal solution 6

7 5/13/2014 Accreditation Requirements General Criterion - Student Outcomes The program must have documented student outcomes that prepare graduates to attain the program educational objectives. (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems Authorized Exceptions to Admission & GE-Breadth Requirements Critical Thinking () is integrated primarily in the upper division curriculum and need not be completed before transfer at the following CSU campuses: Chico all programs Fresno all programs Humboldt Environmental Resources Los Angeles all programs Northridge all and Computer Science programs Sacramento all programs San Francisco all programs San José all, Biological Science, Chemistry, Earth Science, Geology San Luis Obispo all and Computer Science programs 7

8 Academic Affairs 401 Golden Shore, 6th Floor Long Beach, CA Ephraim P. Smith Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer / Fax esmith@calstate.edu April 22, 2014 M E M O R A N D U M TO: FROM: SUBJECT: Dr. Mark Van Selst Chair, Chancellor s General Education Advisory Committee Ephraim P. Smith Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer Request for Review and Comment California State University, Long Beach has requested the Chancellor s exception to the CSU General Education-Breadth Area A-3 Critical Thinking requirement for engineering majors. The proposal was approved by the CSULB Curriculum and Educational Policies Council on March 12, With this memorandum, I am providing copies of the related CSULB documents and request review and comment from the Chancellor s General Education Advisory Committee. The committee s feedback is much appreciated and will be shared with Chancellor White. Vice Provost Cecile Lindsay has requested the opportunity to present the CSULB proposal to GEAC, and we hope the campus team will be invited to meet with the Chancellor s advisory committee to explain their proposal. We seek the committee s written comments by Monday, May 19, Enclosures c: Dr. Diana Guerin, Chair, Academic Senate, CSU Dr. David Dowell, Interim Provost and Vice President, Academic Affairs, CSULB Dr. Cecile Lindsay, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean of Graduate Studies, CSULB Dr. Lynn Mahoney, Interim Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies Dr. Ronald E. Vogel, Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs Dr. Lars, Walton, Chief of Staff Mr. Ken O Donnell, Senior Director, Student Engagement and Academic Initiatives and Partnerships CSU Campuses Bakersfield Channel Islands Chico Dominguez Hills East Bay Fresno Fullerton Humboldt Long Beach Los Angeles Maritime Academy Monterey Bay Northridge Pomona Sacramento San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San José San Luis Obispo San Marcos Sonoma Stanislaus

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12 Campus Year Degree Type Degree Title Degree Code if specified GE Area Waived Channel Islands 2003 BA Liberal Studies B4/ Chico 1988 BS Construction Management Chico 1988 BS Civil Chico 1988 BS Computer Chico 1988 BS Electrical and Electronic Chico 1988 BS Mechanical Chico 1988 BS Mechatronic Chico 1988 BS Manufacturing Technology Fresno 1999 BS Civil Fresno 1999 BS Computer Fresno 1999 BS Electrical Fresno 1999 BS Geomatics Fresno 1999 BS Industrial Fresno 1999 BS Mechanical Fullerton 1998 BS required to complete Fullerton 1998 BS Civil required to complete Fullerton 1998 BS Electrical required to complete Fullerton 1998 BS Mechanical required to complete Fullerton 1998 BS Chemistry required to complete Humboldt 1998 BS Environmental Resources required to complete Long Beach Long Beach 2008 Technology Los Angeles 1998 BS Los Angeles 1998 BS Civil Los Angeles 1998 BS Electrical 09091

13 Campus Year Degree Type Degree Title Degree Code if specified GE Area Waived Los Angeles 1998 BS Mechanical Los Angeles 1998 BS Nursing required to complete Los Angeles 1998 BS Nutritional Science required to complete Northridge 1998 BS Northridge 1998 BS Computer Science Pomona 1998 BS Aerospace required to complete Pomona 1998 BS Chemical required to complete Pomona 1998 BS Civil required to complete Pomona 1998 BS Construction Technology required to complete Pomona 1998 BS Electrical required to complete Pomona 1998 BS Electronics and Computer Technology required to complete Pomona 1998 BS Technology required to complete Pomona 1998 BS Industrial required to complete Pomona 1998 BS Manufacturing required to complete Pomona 1998 BS Materials required to complete Pomona 1998 BS Mechanical required to complete San Francisco 2000 BS Civil San Francisco 2000 BS Electrical San Francisco 2000 BS Mechanical San Jose 1999 BS Graphic Design San Jose 1999 BS Industrial Design San Jose 1999 BS Interior Design San Jose 1999 BFA Art San Jose 1999 BS Aviation San Jose 1999 BA, BS Marine Biology Biological Science '04011 San Jose 1999 BA, BS Chemistry Biochemistry '04141

14 Campus Year Degree Type Degree Title Degree Code if specified GE Area Waived San Jose 1999 BS Aerospace San Jose 1999 BS Chemical San Jose 1999 BS Civil San Jose 1999 BS Computer San Jose 1999 BS Electrial San Jose 1999 BS San Jose 1999 BS Industrial and Systems San Jose 1999 BS Materials San Jose 1999 BS Mechanical San Jose 1999 BS Geology San Jose 1999 BS Earth Science San Jose 1999 BS Kinesiology San Jose 1999 BA Mathematics San Jose 1999 BS Applied and Computational Mathematics San Jose 1999 BS Meteorology San Jose 1999 BM Music San Jose 1999 BS Nursing required San Jose 1999 BS Nutritional Science San Jose 1999 BA, BS Physics San Luis Obispo 2001 BS Aerospace San Luis Obispo 2001 BS Architectural San Luis Obispo 2001 BS Biosource and Agricultural San Luis Obispo 2001 BS Civil San Luis Obispo 2001 BS Computer San Luis Obispo 2001 BS Electrical San Luis Obispo 2001 BS San Luis Obispo 2001 BS Environmental San Luis Obispo 2001 BS Industrial San Luis Obispo 2001 BS Manufacturing San Luis Obispo 2001 BS Materials San Luis Obispo 2001 BS Mechanical 09101

15 Campus Year Degree Type Degree Title Degree Code if specified GE Area Waived San Luis Obispo 2003 BS Software San Luis Obispo 2001/2010 BS General San Marcos Nursing no information Stanislaus 1998 Nursing sent from campus

16 .... GEAC agenda 5/13/2014 Item 4 APPENDIXE High Unit Majors Majors with Authorized Exceptions to uirements for Undergraduate Transfers (March 29, 2000) Campus Campus Major Program Code GE-Breadth Area Not Required Before Transfer Date Documented Bakersfield Nursing 12031/12032 and/or 84 7/09/2007 Channel Islands Liberal Studies / Channel Islands Nursing and/or B4 7/09/2007 Chico Civil /10/1994 Chico Computer /10/1994 Chico Chico Chico Chico Electrical and Electronic Mechanical Mechatronic Nursing /10/1994 8/10/ / and/or 84 7/09/2007 Dominguez Hills Nursing and/or 84 7/09/2007 East Bay Nursing and/or 84 7/09/2007 Fresno Civil / Fresno Computer /31/1995

17 Fresno Electrical 9091 Fresno Geomatics 9252 Fresno Industrial 9131 Fresno Mechanical 9101 Fresno Nursing 12031/12032 andlorb4 Fullerton 9011 all required Fullerton Civil 9081 all required Fullerton Computer 9094 all required Fullerton Electrical 9091 all required Fullerton Mechanical 9101 all required Fullerton Nursing 12031/12032 andlorb4 Fullerton Chemistry all required 8/31/1995 8/ / /31/1995 7/09/2007 8/10/1994 8/10/ /10/1994 8/10/1994 7/09/2007 8/10/1994 Environmental Humboldt Resources /26/1994 Humboldt Nursing andlorb4 7/09/2007 Long Beach Nursing 12031/12032 andlorb4 Los Angeles 9011 Los Angeles Civil /09/2007 8/10/1994 8/10/1994 Los Angeles Electrical /10/1994

18 Los Angeles Mechanical 9101 Los Angeles Nursing and/or B4 Los Angeles Nutritional Science all required Northridge Civil 9081 Northridge Computer 9094 Northridge Electrical 9091 Northridge /10/1994 7/09/2007 8/10/1994 4/24/2000 8/11/2000 4/24/2000 7/20/1994 Northridge Manufacturing Systems /24/2000 Nortluidge Mechanical 9101 Nortluidge Computer Science 7011 Nortluidge Nursing 12031/12032 and/orb4 Pomona all required Sacramento Nursing 12031/12032 and/or B4 San Bernardino Nursing and/or 84 San Diego Nursing 12031/12032 and/or 84 4/24/2000 7/20/1994 7/09/2007 8/12/1994 7/09/2007 7/09/2007 7/09/2007 San Francisco Civil 9081 AJ 9/07/1996 San Francisco Computer /24/1999 San Francisco Electrical /07/1996

19 San Francisco Mechanical 9101 San Francisco Nursing and/or B4 San Jose Graphic Design all required San Jose Industrial Design 8391 all required San Jose Interior Design 2031 all required San Jose Art(BFA) all required San Jose Aviation 8396 all required 9/ /09/2007 3/01/1995 3/01/1995 3/01/1995 3/01/1995 3/01/1995 Biological Science San Jose (except Marine 4011 all required 3/01/1995 Biology) San Jose Chemistry (except Biochemistry) all required 3/01/1995 San Jose Computer Science 7011 all required San Jose 9011 San Jose Aerospace 9021 San Jose Chemical 9061 San Jose Civil /01/1995 3/01/1995 3/01/1995 3/01/1995 3/01/1995 San Jose Computer /01/1995 San Jose Electrical /01/1995 San Jose Industrial and Systems /01/1995

20 San Jose Materials 3/01/ San Jose Mechanical 3/01/ San Jose Geology /01/1995 Biological San Jose Science /01/1995 (Marine Biology) San Jose Chemistry 3/01/ (Biochemistry) San Jose Earth Science all required 3/01/1995 San Jose Kinesiology 8351 all required San Jose Mathematics all required 3/ /01/1995 Applied & San Jose Computational all required 3/01/1995 Mathematics San Jose Meteorology all required 3/01/1995 San Jose Music (BM) all required San Jose Nursing 12031/12032 AJ and/or B4 San Jose Nutritional Science all required San Jose Physics all required 3/01/1995 7/09/2007 3/01/1995 3/01/1995 San Luis Obispo 090ll 1/21/1997 San Luis Obispo Aerospace 9021 AJ 1/ San Luis Obispo Architectural /21/1997

21 San Luis Obispo Biomedical /03/2005 Bioresource and San Luis Obispo Agricultural / San Luis Obispo Civil / San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo Computer 1/21/ Computer 6/ Science Electrical 1/21/ Environmental 1/21/ Industrial 1/21/ Manufacturing 1/21/ Materials 1/21/ Mechanical 1/21/ General 10/24/ San Luis Obispo Software 7052 San Marcos Nursing 12031/12032 and/or 84 Sonoma Nursing 12031/12032 and/or B4 Stanislaus Nursing 12031/12032 and/or B4 6/09/1999 7/09/2007 7/09/2007 7/09/2007 Sources. < _Conventions_ Definitions.shtml>.

22 THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAI:EkSREI.D CHANNEL ISLANDS CHICO DOMINGUEZ HILLS FRESNO FULLERTON IIi\ YWi\RO HUMBOLDT LONG BEi\CII LOS ANGELES Mi\IUTIME i\ci\oemy MOI>oTEREY BAY NORTIIIUOGE POMONA SACRi\MEr.TO SAN BERNARDINO SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SAN JOSE Si\N LUIS OBISPO Si\N MARCOS SONOMA STANIS!J\US DAVID S. SPENCE ExEClJTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER September 24, 2003 Dr. Theodore Lucas Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs California State University, Channel Islands One University Drive Camarillo, California Dear Ted: Your campus requested that students who are transferring at the upper-division level to the BA with a major in Liberal Studies (program code ) at CSU Channel Islands and who have successfully completed a course articulated with MATH 208 not be expected to have completed the mathematics/quantitative reasoning (Area B4) requirements before transfer. Similarly, your campus requested that students who are transferring at the upper-division level to the BA with a major in Liberal Studies at CSU Channel Islands, who may elect under of Title 5, California Code of Regulations, to meet requirements in effect at CSU Channel Islands in , and who have successfully completed a course articulated with COMM 210 not be expected to have completed the oral communication (Area A 1) requirements before transfer. After appropriate consultation, we are happy to approve these exceptions. We trust that your campus will follow closely the development of the systemwide framework for integrated teacher preparation programs, participate in its implementation, and ensure that the Liberal Studies program at CSU Channel Islands is consistent with its provisions. Sincerely, David S. Spence Executive Vice Chancellor cc: Dr. Gary Hammerstrom Mr. Allison Jones Dr. Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi Dr. Jolayne Service Dr. Leon Washington 401 Golden Shore, 6th Floor, Long Beach, California Phone (562) Fax (562) dspence@calstate.edu

23 THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD CIIICO DOMINGUEZ IIILLS FRESNO FUllERTON I!A YWAJtD HUMBOLDT long BEACH los ANGELES l'o!aiutime ACADEMY MOllo TIREY BAY NORTHIUDGE POMONA SACltAMEl'oo1"0 SAN BERNARDINO SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SAN JOSE SAN luis OBISPO SAN MARCOS SONOMA STANISLAUS OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR TELEPHONE: (562) Dr. Byron Jackson Interim Vice Provost, Academic Affairs and Dean of Undergraduate Studies California State University, Chico Chico, California Dear Dr. Jackson: August 11, 1998 We received your letter concerning exceptions to CSU General Education-Breadth requirements for high-unit majors. The exceptions that involve specific course substitutions do not ordinarily require approval at the system level. Some exceptions involve waiver of a requirement or substitution of an unspecified course in the major; they were noted for students pursuing the BS with a major in Construction Management (HEGIS code 09254), BS with a major in Civil (HEGIS code 09081), BS with a major in Computer (HEGIS code 09094), BS with a major in Electrical and Electronic (HEGIS code 09093), BS with a major in Mechanical (HEGIS code 09101), BS with a major in Mechatronic (HEGIS code 09102), and BS with a major in Manufacturing Technology (HEGIS code 08394), and they are acknowledged as formally approved. We recognize that students transferring at the upper-division level to CSU Chico's majors in Civil, Computer, Electrical and Electronic, Mechanical, and Mechatronic are not to be expected to have completed the critical thinking requirement (Area } before transfer; they will still be expected to have completed the oral communication (Area Al), written communication (Area A2), and mathematics/ quantitative reasoning (Area B4) requirements before transfer. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, cc: Dr. Scott McNall Dr. Charles W. Lindahl Jolayne Service Dean, Academic Program Planning 400 Golden Shore, Long Beach, California TELEFAX: (562)

24 THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD CIIICO DOMINGUEZ IIILLS FRESNO FULLERTON I la n\ ARD lll'mboldt LONG BEACH LOS ANGELES IARITIME ACADEMY 1\10:-oTEREY DAY NORTHRIDGE POMONA SACRAMEJ'ooiO SAN BERNARDINO SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SAN JOSE SAN LUIS OBISPO SAN t.iarcos SONO STANISLAUS OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR TELEPHONE: (562) September 1, 1999 Dr. Brandt Kehoe, Associate Provost California State University, Fresno 5241 North Maple Avenue Fresno, California Dear Brandt: We received your concerning exceptions to CSU General Education-Breadth requirements for majors. The exceptions that involve specific course substitutions do not ordinarily require approval at the system level. Some exceptions involve waiver of a requirement or substitution of a course in the major; they were ted for students pursuing the BS with a major in Civil (HEGIS code 09081), BS with a major in Computer (HEGIS code 09094), BS with a major in Electrical (HEGIS code 09091), BS with a major in Geomatics (HEGIS code 09252), BS with a major in Industrial (HEGIS code 09131), and BS with a major in Mechanical (HEGIS code 09101), and they are acknowledged as formally approved. We recognize that students transferring at the upper-division level to CSU Fresno's majors in Civil, Computer, Electrical, Geomatics, Industrial, and Mechanical are not to be expected to have completed the critical thinking requirement (Area ) before transfer; they will still be expected to have completed the oral communication (Area A1), written communication (Area A2), and mathematics/ quantitative reasoning (Area B4) requirements before transfer. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, cc: Dr. J. Michael Ortiz Or. Charles W. Lindahl Mr. Allison Jones J olayne Service Dean, Academic Program Planning 401 Golden Shore, 6th Floor, Long Beach, California TELEFAX: (562) jo@calstate.edu

25 THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAK.ERSAELD CII!CO DOMINGUEZ lulls FRESNO I'IJLLERTON IIi\ \'WARD HUMBOLDT LONG BEACH LOS ANGELES MARITIME ACADEMY MONTEREY BA \' NORrnRJDGE POMONA SACRAME!'.'TO SAN BERNARDINO SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SAN lose SAN LUIS OBISPO SAN I\!ARCOS SONOMA STANISLAUS OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR TELErHONE: (562J August 11, 1998 Dr. Thomas P. Klammer Associate Vice President, Academic Programs California State University, Fullerton P. 0. Box 6850 Fullerton, California Dear Tom: We received your letter concerning exceptions to CSU General Education-Breadth requirements for high-unit majors. The exceptions noted for students pursuing the BS with a major in (HEGIS code 09011), BS with a major in Civil (HEGIS code 09081), BS with a major in Electrical (HEGIS code 09091), BS with a major in Mechanical (HEGIS code 09101), and BS with a major in Chemistry (HEGIS code 19051) are acknowledged as formally approved. Because none of the exceptions involve Areas A and B4 of the CSU General Education-Breadth pattern, all students transferring to CSU Fullerton at the upper-division level will be expected to have completed the oral communication (Area A1), written communication (Area A2), critical thinking (Area ), and mathematics/ quantitative reasoning (Area B4) requirements before transfer. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, Jolayne Service Dean, Academic Program Planning cc: Dr. Ephraim P. Smith Dr. Charles W. Lindahl Mr. Allison Jones Dr. Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi 400 Golden Shore, Long Beach, California TELEF AX: (562)

26 THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSRELD CIUCO DOMINGUEZ I!IUS FRESNO RlllERTON HA YWAIUJ HUMBOLDT LONG BEACH LOS ANGEL 5 MARITIME ACADEMY MONTEREY BAY NORTHRIDGE romona SACRAMENTO SAN BERNAIUJINO SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SAN JOSE SAN LUIS OBISro SAN MARCOS SONOMA STANISLAUS OFFlCE OF THE CHANCELLOR TELEPHONE: (562) March 27, 1998 Dr. Richard Vrem Interim Dean, Undergraduate Studies Humboldt State University Arcata, California Dear Dr. Vrem: We received your memorandum concerning exceptions to CSU General Education Breadth requirements for high-unit majors. The exceptions noted for students pursuing the BS with a major in Environmental Resources (HEGIS code 09222) are acknowledged as formally approved. We recognize that students transferring at the upper-division level to Humboldt's major in Environmental Resources are not to be expected to have complete the critical thinking requirement (Area ) before transfer; they will still be expected to have completed the oral communication (Area A1), written communication (Area A2), and mathematics/ quantitative reasoning (Area B4) requirements before transfer. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, cc: Dr. Charles W. Lindahl Dr. Lily Owyang Mr. Allison Jones Dr. Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi Dr. Nancy Sprotte Jolayne Service Dean, Academic Program Planning 400 Golden Shore, Long Beach, California TELEFAX: (562)

27 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT CAUFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH 1250 BELLFLOWER BOULEVARD LoNG BEACH, CALIFOR.'IIlA ll5 562/98Hl21 July 15, 2008 Dr. Gary Reichard, Executive Vice Chancellor The California State University 401 Golden Shore Long Beach, CA Dear Gary: Under the provision of Executive order 1033, Article b, CSU Long Beach requests a waiver of three units from the General Education requirement for the high unit degrees in and Technology, to a total of 45 units. The university has been operating with a waiver of six units for many years, but unfortunately we cannot find the written record of approval by the Chancellor, so we cannot cite a date for the prior waiver. This waiver is requested as a way to reduce the total units required for these high unit majors, in compliance with the Trustees' request. CSU Long Beach recently revised its General Education requirements to reduce the total units (from 51 to 48) and to allow more "double-counting" between General Education and the academic majors. However, the total units needed to meet accreditation requirements and also the full General Education distribution pattern still add up to well above 120 units for most of the and Technology degree programs. We continue to work to modify these curricula, where possible, to reduce the requirements; even with the requested three-unit waiver, these programs will continue to require more than 120 units. The requested waiver would come from CSULB General Education category B.l.a (Biological Sciences) for the vast majority of students who do not have a Biology course as a requirement. For those engineering majors that do require a Biology course (Chemical, Civil, Biomedical), students would take the waiver in category C3 or D2, which are General Education electives in the CSULB program. Thank you for your consideration of this request. If additional information is required, please contact Cecile lindsay, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, at (562) or clindsay@csulb.edu Sincerely, ;.i:z&.: President c: Karen l. Gould, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Cecile lindsay, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Praveen Soni, Chair, Academic Senate Keith Freesemann, Chair, General Education Governing Council Usa Maxfield, General Education Coordinator Forouzan Golshani, Dean, College of Janice Jackson, Curriculum Coordinator.. THE CALIFORS'lA STATE Ur-.1VERSlTY-BAKERSFIELD CHANNEL L'itANOS CHICO DoMINGUEZ Hn.ts EAsr B w FRESNO FuU RTON HUMBOLDT lo!iig BEACH Los ANGELES MARITIME ACADEMY MONTEREY BAY NORTHRIDGE POMONA SACRAMENTO SAN BERNARDINO SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCisco SAN JosE SAN Luis OBISPO SAN MARcos SoNOMA STANISLAUS

28 The California State University OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR GEAC agenda 5/13/2014 Item 4 Gary W. Reichard Executive Wee Chancellor & Chief Academic Officer 401 Golden Shore, 6'h Floor, Long Beach, CA I Fax greichard@calstate.edu September 30, 2008 Dr. Cecile Lindsay Vice Provost for Academic Affairs California State University, Long Beach 1250 Bellflower Boulevard Long Beach, CA Dear Cecile: This letter confirms and continues prior Chancellor's Office authorization for California State University, Long Beach to waive three units from the general education breadth requirements for students enrolled in and Technology degree programs. These high-unit degree programs will continue to allow a waiver of one course from either the biological sciences (CSULB B.l.a), or humanities and arts (CSULB C3), or social and behavioral sciences and history (CSULB D2), depending on requirements for the student's particular major. Thank you for inviting Chancellor's Office comment on this previously approved waiver. We appreciate the campus efforts to revise campus general education requirements, to reduce highunit requirements in the majors, and to ensure the academic integrity of high-unit degree programs while supporting timely progress to the degree. Sincerely, Gary W. Reichard Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer c: F. King Alexander Keith 0. Boyum Karen L. Gould Christine Hanson Lisa Maxfield Ken O'Donnell CSU Campuses Bakersfield Channel Islands Chico Dominguez Hills East Bay Fresno Fullerton Humboldt Long Beach Los Angeles Maritime Academy Monterey Bay Northridge Pomona Sacramento San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Jose San Luis Obispo San Marcos Sonoma Stanislaus

29 .. r - THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR BAKI!RSFIELD July 3, CIIANNEL ISL,\NDS CJIICO DOMINGUEZ llll.l.s Dr. F. King Alexander President California State University, Long Beach 1250 Bellflower Boulevard Long Beach, California Dear King: FRESNO FULLERTON The Division of Academic Affairs has reviewed the proposal to implement an Education Specialist degree, School Psychology program in the College of Education at California State University, Long Beach. HUMIIOI.DT LONG IIE:\Cll LOS ANGEI.ES This program appears on the campus Academic Master Plan, as approved by the California State University Board of Trustees, and you have provided information indicating that adequate faculty, physical facilities, and library holdings sufficient to establish and maintain this program currently exist or are expected to become available. M,\IUTIME ACADeMY MONTEREY HAY NORTI IIUDGH I'Or.JON.\ Upon the recommendation of my staff, I am pleased to grant approval for California State University, Long Beach to offer the Education Specialist degree, School Psychology program effective fall 2012, conditional on the existence of adequate resources. This implementation authorization is valid for five years. If the program is not implemented by 20 17, the campus is required to submit to the Chancellor's Office an updated program proposal for review. In accordance with CSU Board oftrustees policy, performance review of this degree program should be scheduled to occur within five years of program implementation. The program has been assigned the CSU degree-program reporting code 20013, and the assigned CIP code is S.\N BERNARDINO With kind regards, S:\N DIEGO Sincerely, SAN FRAI'CISCO S.\N LUIS OIHSI'O Charles B. Reed Chancellor S'\N f\t.\ltcos CBR/clm SONOr.IA ST,\NISLAUS c: Dr. Ephraim P. Smith Dr. Cecile Lindsay Dr. Donald J. Para 401 GOLD I 1\ SIIOJt].' Lo:-.;(; BL Kl I, C \l.ll <>Rr... I.\ (562) ioo Fax (562) crccd@calstatc.cdu

30 Biology: BS Marine; BA or BS Teacher Prep Chemistry: BS Biochemistry; BA Teacher Prep : All concentrations Geology /Earth Science: All BS concentrations Don't require apart from the major.

31 THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKEkSREtO CJUCO OO!.UNGUEZ HILts FRESNO FUUERTON I lay\\ ARD IIUMBOtoT LOSG BEACH LOS ANGELES MARITIME ACADEMY MOI'o'TEREY BAY NORTHRIDGE POMONA SACRAMENTO SAN BERNARDINO SAN DIEGO SAN FltANCISCO SAN JOSE SAN luis OBISPO SAN MARCOS SONOMA STANISLAUS OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR TELEI'HONE: (562) August 11, 1998 Dr. Alfredo Gonzalez Dean of Undergraduate Studies California State University, Los Angeles 5151 State University Drive Los Angeles, California Dear Alfredo: We received your letter concerning exceptions to CSU General Education-Breadth requirements for high-unit majors. The exceptions noted for students pursuing the BS with a major in (HEGIS code 09011), BS with a major in Civil (HEGIS code 09081), BS with a major in Electrical (HEGIS code 09091), BS with a major in Mechanical (HEGIS code 09101), BS with a major in Nursing (HEGIS code 12031), and BS with a major in Nutritional Science (HEGIS code 13061) are acknowledged as formally approved. We recognize that students transferring at the upper-division level to CSULA' s majors in, Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical are not to be expected to have completed the critical thinking requirement (Area ) before transfer; they will still be expected to have completed the oral communication (Area A1), written communication (Area A2), and mathematics/ quantitative reasoning (Area B4) requirements before transfer. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, cc: Dr. Margaret J. Hartman Dr. Charles W. Lindahl Mr. Allison Jones Dr. Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi Jolayne Service Dean, Academic Program Planning 400 Golden Shore, Long Beach, California TELEFAX: (562)

32 En J ine j e r ' n X-Se!oe':u X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version Date: Thu, 14 Dec :01: To: dagobear@sfsu.edu, mbarnick@sfsu.edu, lbyfield@sfsu.edu, bongcao@sfsu.edu, rdrez@sfsu.edu, dmiya@sfsu.edu, setoj@sfsu.edu, mwoon@sfsu.edu, ply@sfsu.edu, phungv@sfsu.edu, lindaq@sfsu.edu, jnkcheng@sfsu.edu, rfischen@sfsu.edu, patsysul@sfsu.edu, dot@sfsu.edu, malejr@sfsu.edu, dianao@sfsu.edu, mcmillan@sfsu.edu, kburke@sfsu.edu, wartur@sfsu.edu, annak@sfsu.edu, jmonroe@sfsu.edu, alvinq@sfsu.edu, leannat@sfsu.edu, fly@sfsu.edu, kvhd07@sfsu.edu, janies@sfsu.edu, arana@sfsu.edu, sntran@sfsu.edu, mindy@sfsu.edu, jlmgonza@sfsu.edu, vcperez@sfsu.edu From: Rosanne Watson <twatson@sfsu.edu> Subject: Fwd: Critical Thinking and majors To all staff: Please read information below regarding change in admission requirements for upper division transfers with majors.. Rosanne Page 1 of2 X-Sender: pwade@sfsu.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version Date: Thu, 14 Dec :25: To: ernies, edwardc, vperry, twatson, rmaples, kathys, lmchill From: Patricia Wade Schofield <pwade@sfsu.edu> Subject: Critical Thinking and majors Cc: jvolkert, friedale, suzanne, francie, rickgutz, echuck, pjoost, mhead, bhubler, kkingsby Hi- We have just received notice of a change in the admission eligibility requirements for upper division applicants. This change is based on a Chancellor's Office memo to Dean Jerald Combs, Undergraduate Studies, and is dated November 14,2000. Effective September 8, 2000, students transferring at the upper-division level to SFSU's majors In Civil, Electrical and Mechancial are not required to have completed the Critical Thinking course (area ) prior to transfer to SFSU. They will continue to be held to the satisfactory completion of the remaining General Education coursework (areas A1,e and B4). Thank you. Pat Patricia Wade Schofield Director Office of Undergraduate Admissions San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, Ca Phone: (415) Fax: (415) pwade@sfsu.edu file://c:\temp\eud2b.htm 12115/2000

33 GEAC agenda 5/13/2014 Page Item I of 41 To: vperry@sfsu.edu, rwatson@sfsu.edu, edwardc@sfsu.edu, dot@sfsu.edu, malejr@sfsu.edu, dianao@sfsu.edu, mcmillan@sfsu.edu, kburke@sfsu.edu, annak@sfsu.edu, jmonroe@sfsu.edu, sntran@sfsu.edu, arana@sfsu.edu, jlmgonza@sfsu.edu, mindy@sfsu.edu, vcperez@sfsu.edu, alvinq@sfsu.edu, leannat@sfsu.edu, fly@sfsu.edu, kvhd07@sfsu.edu, bongcao@sfsu.edu, mbarnick@sfsu.edu, lbyfield@sfsu.edu, rdrez@sfsu.edu, lmchill@sfsu.edu, lkhuynh@sfsu.edu, dmlya@sfsu.edu, setso@sfsu.edu, kathys@sfsu.edu, setoj@sfsu.edu, phungv@sfsu.edu, ply@sfsu.edu, lindaq@sfsu.edu, jnkcheng@sfsu.edu, rfischen@sfsu.edu, patsysul@sfsu.edu, dagobear@sfsu.edu, mwoon@sfsu.edu, janies@sfsu.edu, wartur@sfsu.edu Subject: En 1J ineering Majors Cc: pwade@sfsu.edu, francie@sfsu.edu, suzanne@sfsu.edu Staff, The Chancellor has approved an exception to the admission policy for upper division transfer. If students declare Civil (671703), Electrical (671711), or Mechanical (671705) as their major, they are not required to complete the Critical Thinking requirement prior to admission. If a junior or senior major has not completed the Critical Thinking requirement, assign that GE area code 8. If the upper division student is admitted without Critical Thinking, basis of admission code will still be "N" assuming that all other requirements are met. If a junior or senior major has completed the Critical Thinking requirement, assign that GE area the appropriate code (1, 9, Y). Ernie Ernest Scosseria Associate Director, Undergraduate Admissions San Francisco State University (415) fije://c:\ TEMP\eud71.htm 12/15/2000

34 0\LPOLY California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA Academic Programs (805) Fax (805) November 19, 2010 Christine Hanson, State University Dean Academic Programs and Policy Office of the Chancellor 401 Golden Shore Long Beach, CA Dear Chris, It recently came to our attention, via a reporting error, that our BS General major {09012} has not been included in the "High-unit Major'' category for exemption for the critical thinking requirement for transfer students. In 2001 Cal Poly significantly revised our General Education program and created an " GE Template." In January 2001 David Spence approved the' request by Provost Zingg to have the template approved and to exempt upper-division transfer students to Cal Poly engineering majors from the GE Area critical thinking requirement {letter attached). Unfortunately, our letter of November 27, 2000 from Paul Zingg omitted to include the BS General major. We typically have very few upper-division transfer applications accepted for our General major, but it appears that a transfer application was recently accepted that caused the "catastrophic error'' In reporting to appear. As far as we know, this is the first such error. The BS General program has followed the GE template since the new GE program began in 2001 (please see the attached catalog page). We would appreciate your approval to include the BS General major in the "High-unit Major" category. Best regards, Erling A- c ;:?vtvijl7v Erling. Smith, P.D., P.E. Vice Provost for Programs & Planning Copies: K. O'Donnell, M. Malhotra, R. Koob, J. Maraviglia, 8 Goodman, M. Whiteford The California S1010 Univcnily B konliold Chonnol blondo O>lcu Oumlnll"., HUb E:ut Boy Ftesno Fullerton Humboldt l""'l l!to<:h loj AnflelCJ Mamlme Academy M<>nl<lcf Boy NO<thridgc Pomuna Sxnlmmro S:on llcmordlno San 01 '0 Son Fmnclsco San jooe Son lull ObilpO Son Marcos Sonnm Smni.Jnuo

35 must >take, we are way over 90 units. >I am struggling with this because we don't advertise our program as a >pathway to the BSN but the local newspaper has given us some pretty heavy >criticism because of some vocal individuals. Stanislaus does not have a >generic BSN program because a marketing survey done several years ago >suggested this was not in the best interest of the community colleges >already offering ADN. > >Can you enlighten me? > >Hi to Kim! > >Shirlee Adams >adamss@yosemite.cc.ca.us >

36 THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD C!IICO DOMINGUEZ Ill U.S FRESNO FUllERTON I la Y\\'ARD IIUMBOLDT LONG BEACII LOS ANGELES I>IARJTIME ACADEMY MONTEREY BAY NORTHRIDGE I'OMONA SACRAMENTO SAN BERNARDINO SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SAN lose SAN LUIS OBISI'O SAN I>!ARCOS SONOMA ST A..;ISLAUS OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR TELEPHONE: (562) July 21, 1998 Dr. Margaret F. Fieweger Associate Vice President, Undergraduate Studies California State University, Northridge Nordhoff Street Northridge, California Dear Margaret: We received your letter concerning exceptions to CSU General Education-Breadth requirements for high-unit majors. The exceptions noted for students pursuing the BS with a major in (HEGIS code 09011) and the BS with a major in Computer Science (HEGIS code 07011) are acknowledged as formally approved. We recognize that students transferring at the upper-division level to Northridge's majors in and Computer Science are not to be expected to have complete the critical thinking requirement (Area ) before transfer; they will still be expected to have completed the oral communication (Area A1), written communication (Area A2), and mathematics/ quantitative reasoning (Area B4) requirements before transfer. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, cc: Dr. Louanne Kennedy Dr. Charles W. Lindahl Mr. Allison Jones Dr. Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi Dr. Nancy Sprotte Jolayne Service Dean, Academic Program Planning 400 Golden Shore, Long Beach, California TELEF AX: (562)

37 THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAI:ERSAEUJ CHICO DOMINGUEZ IIILLS FRESNO FULLERTON IIA YWARD IIUMBOUJT WNG BEACII LOS ANGELES IARITIME ACADEMY MO:-.'TEREY BAY NORTIIRIDGE POMONA SACRAMENTO SAN BERNARDINO SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SAN JOSE SAN LUIS OBISPO SAN MARCOS SONO IA STANISLAUS OFRCE OF THE CHANCELLOR TELEPHONE: (562) Dr. Patricia M. Hopkins Associate Vice President, Academic Programs California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 3801 West Temple Avenue Pomona, California Dear Pat: August 13, 1998 ' We received your letter concerning exceptions to CSU General Education-Breadth / requirements for high-unit majors. The exceptions noted for students pursuing the BS with a major in Ae ace Engineerin (HEGIS code 09021), BS with a major in Chemical Engineerin T HEGIS code 09 w it 1 a major in Civil Engineerjng (HEGJS code 09081), BS with a major in onstructlon Technology (HEGIS code 09254), BS with a major in Electrical (HEGIS code 09091), BS with a major in Electronics and Computer Technology (HEGIS code 09255), BS with a major in Technology (HEGIS code 09251), BS with a major in Industrial (HEGIS code 09131), BS with a major in Manufacturing (HEGIS code 09134), BS with a major in Materials (HEGIS code 09151), and BS with a major in Mechanical (HEGIS code 09101) are acknowledged as formally approved. Because none of the exceptions necessarily involve waiver or upper-division fulfillment of Areas A and B4 of the CSU General Education-Breadth pattern, all students transferring to Cal Poly Pomona at the upper-division level will be expected to have completed the oral communication (Area A1), written communication (Area A2), critical thinking (Area ), and mathematics/ quantitative reasoning (Area B4) requirements before transfer. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, \ cc: Dr. Peter A. Dual Dr. Charles W. Lindahl Jolayne Service Dean, Academic Program Planning 400 Golden Shore, Long Beach, California TELEFAX: (562)

38 THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAK.EltSAELD CIIICO DO UNGUEZ HI U.S FRESNO RJUERTON I \A\'WARD IIUMBOLDT LONG BEACH LOS ANGELES RITIME ACADEMY MONTEREY BAY NORTHRIDGE POMONA SACRAMEI-.10 SAN BERNARDINO SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SAN JOSE SAN LUIS OBISPO SAN \ARCOS SONO \A STANISLAUS OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR TELEPHONE: (562) November 14, 2000 Dr. Jerald Combs Interim Dean of Undergraduate Studies San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, California Dear Dr. Combs: \ We received information from San Francisco State University concerning exceptions to CSU General Education-Breadth requirements for high-unit majors. The exceptions noted for students pursuing the BS with a major in Civil (program code 09081), BS with a major in Electrical (program code 09091), and BS with a major in Mechanical (program code 09101) are acknowledged as formally approved. Since September 8, 2000, we have recognized that students transferring at the upper-division level to San Francisco's majors in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical are not to be expected to have complete the critical thinking requirement (Area ) before transfer; they will still be expected to have completed the oral communication (Area A1), written communication (Area A2), and mathematics/ quantitative reasoning (Area B4) requirements before transfer. Thanks to you and your colleagues for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, \ cc: Dr. Thomas J. La Belle Dr. Charles W. Lindahl Mr. Allison Jones Dr. Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi Dr. Nancy Sprotte Jolayne Service Dean, Academic Program Planning 401 Golden Shore, 6th Floor, Long Beach, California TELEFAX: (562) jo@calstate.edu

39 THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSAELD CIIIC'O DOMINGUEZ lulls FRESNO FULLERTON IIA YWARD HUMBOLDT LONG BEACH LOS ANGELES MARITIME ACADEMY MO 'TEREY BAY NORTIIRIOGE l'omona SACRAME!'oo'TO SAN BERNARDINO SAN PIUiO S"N FRANCISCO SAN JOSE SAN LUIS OBISl'O SAN MARCOS SONOMA STANISLAUS OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR TELEPHONE: (562) March 2, 1999 Dr. Leon C. Dorosz Acting Academic Vice President San Jose State University One Washington Square San Jose, California Dear Lee: We received your letter concerning exceptions to CSU General Education-Breadth requirements for high-unit majors. Exceptions involving waiver of a requirement or substitution of an unspecified course in the major were noted for students pursuing the following curricula: Degree BS BS BS BFA BS BA, BS BA, BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BA BS BS BM Major Graphic Design Industrial Design Interior Design Art Aviation Biological Science Chemistry Computer Science Aerospace Chemical Civil Computer Electrical Industrial and Systems Materials Mechanical Geology Earth Science Kinesiology Mathematics Applied and Computational Mathematics Meteorology Music CSU Program Code GoJden Shore, Long Beach, CaJifornia TELEF AX: (562)

40 Dr. Leon C. Dorosz March 2, 1999 Page 2 BS BS BA, BS Nursing Nutritional Science Physics We recognize that students transferring at the upper-division level to San Jose State University's BS programs with majors in Geology, Aerospace, Chemical, Civil, C mputer, Electri<;al,, Industrial and Systems, Materials, and Mechanical, as well as.students transferring at the. up.per-division le I to 7 the CQg_centration in Marine Biology (CSU program co(ife 04181) within the BS ith a 1 major in lliological Science and the Concentration in Biochemistry (CSU program code ' _0414.!) within the BS with a major in Chemistry, are not o b expected tq_ have completed the critical thinking requirement (Area ) before transfer;, they will still be } expected to have completed the oral con1munication (Area A1), written communication (Area A2), and mathematics/ quantitative reasoning (Area B4) requirements before transfer. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, cc: Dr. Charles W. Lindahl Mr. Allison Jones Dr. Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi Dr. Nancy Sprotte Jolayne Service Dean, Academic Program Planning

41 THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BA"l:RSFIElD CHANNEl ISlANDS CIIICO DOMINGUEZ lulls FRESNO FUllERTON HAYWARD HUMBOLDT long BEACII LOS ANGELES MARITIME ACADEMY MOi'oTEilEY BAY NORTIIIUOGE I'OMONA SACilAME!'.'TO SAN BERNARDINO SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SAN JOSE SAN LUIS OBISI'O SAN MARCOS SONOMA STANISlAUS DAVID S. SPENCE ExECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR CHIEF ACADEMIC 0FFJCER January 22, 2001 Dr. Paul J. Zingg Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, California Dear Paul: Thank you for sending a description of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's revised general education program. It is clear that a great deal of careful thought went into this curriculum. As you indicated, the "template" for programs that are subject to accreditation by ABET differs from the pattern established by Title 5 and Executive Order 595. Consistent with standard procedures, we consulted with the Advisory Committee on General Education. The committee recommended that the exceptions be granted for those programs, and I concur. The programs for which the exceptions are currently approved are the BS degrees with majors in Aerospace (program code 09021), Architectural (program code 09041), Bioresource and Agricultural (program code 09031), Civil (program code 09081), Computer (program code 09094), Electrical (program code 09091), (program code 09011), Environmental (program code 09??1), Industrial (program code 09131), Manufacturing (program code 09134), Materials (program code 09151), and Mechanical (program code 09101). We recognize that students transferring at the upper-division level to any of the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo programs listed above are not to be expected to have completed the critical thinking requirement (Area ) before transfer; they will still be expected to have 401 Golden Shore, 6th Floor, Long Beach, California o Phone (562) o Fax (562) dspence@calstate.edu

42 Dr. Paul J. Zingg January 22, 2001 Page 2 completed the oral communication (Area A1), written communication (Area A2), and mathematics/ quantitative reasoning (Area B4) requirements before transfer. In addition, the Advisory Committee on General Education strongly urged - and I concur here too-that Cal Poly San Luis Obispo prepare to demonstrate that the educational objectives of the campus general education programs are being achieved by all students, including students. We look forward to hearing informally how the implementation of this new general education program progresses. Sincerely, cc: Dr. Charles W. Lindahl Mr. Allison Jones Dr. Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi Dr. Jolayne Service Dr. Nancy Sprotte David S. Spence Executive Vice Chancellor

43 The California State University OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR Academic Affairs 401 Golden Shore, 6th Floor Long Beach. CA Ephraim P. Smith Executil'e Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer I Fax esmith@calstate edu December 9, 2010 Dr. Robert Koob Provost and Vice President, Academic Affairs California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo One Grand A venue San Luis Obispo, California Dear Bob: The Chancellor's General Education Advisory Committee has reviewed a request from San Luis Obispo to extend the current " template" exemption to the BS General Major, Program Code The Committee has unanimously endorsed the request, and I have taken their endorsement into account in granting this further exemption. We recognize that students transferring into these Cal Poly San Luis Obispo programs are not expected to have completed the critical thinking requirement (Area in the General Education Breadth curriculum) before transfer. However, they will still be expected to have completed the oral communication (Area A 1 ), written communication (Area A2), and mathematics/quantitative reasoning (Area 84) requirements before transfer. As with earlier such exemptions, the Chancellor's General Education Advisory Committee and I urge that Cal Poly San Luis Obispo prepare to demonstrate that the educational objectives of the campus general education programs are being achieved by all students, including students who transfer into the BS General major. Sincerely, Ephraim P. Smith Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer ES/ko c: Dr. Christine Mallon, State University Dean, Academic Programs and Policy Dr. John Taljan, Professor of Management and Information Systems, CSU Bakersfield Ms. Mary Whiteford, Academic Programs Analyst, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo CSU Campuses Fresno Monterey Bay San Francisco Bakersfield Fullerton Northridge San Jose Channel Islands Humboldt Pomona San Luis Obispo Chico Long Beach Sacramento San Marcos Dominguez Hills Los Angeles San Bernardino Sonoma East Bay Maritime Academy San Diego Stanislaus

44 THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSAELD CIIA!'.'NEL ISLANDS CHICO DO UNGUEZ lulls FRESNO FULLERTON IIAYWARO HUMBOLDT LONG BEACH LOS ANGELES IAIUTIME ACADEMY MO,.,TEREY BAY NORTHRIDGE POMONA SACRAMEJioTO SAN BERNARDINO SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SAN JOSE SAN LUIS OBISPO SAN IARCOS SONO IA STANISLAUS DAVID S. SPENCE ExECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER June 10, 2003 Dr. Paul J. Zingg Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs California Polyteclmic State University, San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, California Dear Paul: David Conn conveyed a request that the general education pattern approved for San Luis Obispo's programs be the general education requirements for the revised Computer Science major and the new Software major. The " template" has already been considered and endorsed by the Advisory Committee on General Education, and its rationale is equally valid for the BS degrees with majors in Computer Science (program code ) and Software (program code 07052). Approval is extended to those majors. We recognize that students transferring at the upper-division level to these Cal Poly San Luis Obispo programs are not to be expected to have completed the critical thinking requirement (Area ) before transfer; they will still be expected to have completed the oral communication (Area AI), written communication (Area A2), and mathematics/quantitative reasoning (Area 84) requirements before transfer. As you recall, the Advisory Committee on General Education and I urged that Cal Poly San Luis Obispo prepare to demonstrate that the educational objectives of the campus general education programs are being achieved by all students, including students. The same recommendation extends to the two majors newly placed on the template. Sincerely, David S. Spence Executive Vice Chancellor cc: Dr. Gary Hammerstrom Mr. Allison Jones Dr. Marsha Hirano-Nakanishi Dr. Jolayne Service Dr. Leon Washington 401 Golden Shore, 61h Floor, Long Beach, California Phone (562) Fax (562) dspence@calstate.edu