General Education Symposium
Friday, May 18, 2007, East Dining Room of the Music Building, 9:00-1:00
Topic: Course Objectives, Student Expectations, and the Syllabus
9:00 AM Breakfast
9:30 AM Greetings and Opening Remarks, Dean Marc Lazarus
9:45 AM "General Education: Objectives and Expectations," Prof. Robert Whittaker
10:15 AM Working Groups by Distribution Area: "Syllabus Construction -- Shared Assumptions"
Group Leaders:
- Area 1, Individuals and Society, Richard Blot
- Area 2, Socio-Political Structures, Dene Hurley
- Area 3, Literature, Robert Carling
- Area 4, The Arts, William Hoffman
- Area 5, Comparative Culture, Bertrade Banaoum
- Area 6, Historical Studies, Timothy Alborn
- Area 7, Knowledge, Self and Values, Julie Maybee
- Natural Science, Heather Sloan
- LEH300-LEH301, Robert Whittaker
11:45 AM Reports by the Working Groups
12:30 PM Light Lunch
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