General Education

Calling All General Education Faculty

Would you like to teach an existing departmental General Education course in Cherbourg, France during Summer Session II, 2010?  Three courses have been selected by the General Education Committee:      BIOL 1030, DANC 1000, and PS 1010.  Proposals in the categories of Communication, History, or Mathematics are sought. - Dr. Bill Badley, May 1, 2009

Submission of General Education Courses for
 Study Abroad France 2010

• The Study Abroad revised course must be one that is already accepted in the MTSU General Education Core.
   
• The course must be submitted and revised as a General Education Study Abroad course.
   
• The Study Abroad revised course must include modules, background history, and contextualized information to internationalize content.
   
• The Study Abroad revised course must utilize local areas of interest in Cherbourg, Normandy, France: WW II, horse science, agriculture/viticulture, fishing industry, international trade/economics, Maritime Museum, Liberation Museum, Thomas Henry Museum, Natural History and Ethnography Museum, Alexis de Tocqueville (village of Tocqueville near Cherbourg), artist Jean Francois Millet.  (See http://gened.web.mtsu.edu/cherbourg%20information.htm for additional museum information in the Cherbourg area.) 
   
• The Study Abroad revised course could include weekend trips to Paris (220 miles), London (145 miles), or Southampton (80 miles) or other areas of Europe.
   
• The Study Abroad revised course description and syllabus (in both signed hard copy and electronic copy) should be submitted with the original General Education course description to the General Education Office (CAB111, wbadley@mtsu.edu)  by September 18, 2009.  A letter of recommendation from the department chair outlining experience and strengths in instruction in General Education courses should be submitted at the same time.  For additional information, please contact Dr. Steven Livingston (Ext. 2720 or slivings@mtsu.edu).
   
• The courses will be reviewed and approved by the faculty and student members of the MTSU University Committee on General Education and recommended for review and approval to the Director General Education and the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs.