Office of the Provost

Dear UConn Community,

We have reached an important milestone in the development of a new Common Curriculum. The Senate Curricula and Courses Committee has introduced a set of Common Curriculum Guidelines for consideration by the University Senate. The Senate has called a special meeting to be held on Feb. 28 to discuss and vote on these guidelines.

I encourage you to review these guidelines at this link and share your feedback on them with your Senator colleagues to be sure they are prepared to share the views of their constituents; any proposed changes would be made through the Senate’s discussion of proposed amendments. You may view Senate membership at this link.

This is the first of three documents that will be presented to the Senate this spring as it continues the process of introducing a new general education program. If the guidelines are approved, the next step will be for the Curricula and Courses Committee to draft an implementation plan that will include a fiscal impact report. This plan would then be presented to the Senate in April for approval, alongside corresponding updates to the Senate By-Laws, Rules, and Regulations.

The purpose of the Common Curriculum is to ensure that all UConn undergraduate students a) are literate in different ways of knowing, b) exposed to many kinds of knowledge beyond career preparation, and c) able to enter society and their professions with a strong sense of moral, ethical, and social responsibility. Students, faculty, and staff have devoted countless hours to this effort to re-envision general education at UConn, and we now look forward to the full Senate body weighing in on the proposal that has been generated.

Sincerely,
Carl

Carl Lejuez
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs