Chair:
Donald Carter, director, Teaching, Learning and Technology Center

Members:
Mary Balkun, associate professor, Department of English
William McCartan, professor, College of Education and Human Services
Rob Weitz, associate professor, Information and Decision Science
Carolyn Bentivegna, associate professor, Department of Biology
Anthony Haynor, associate professor, Department of Sociology
Reesa Greenwald, associate director, The Career Center
Nathaniel Knight, assistant professor, Department of History
Karen Rhines, assistant professor, Department of Psychology
Kelly Shea, assistant professor, Department of English

Seton Hall University has a strong commitment to an excellent general education program. The general education curriculum at Seton Hall is currently the focus of an intensive study and revision being currently undertaken by the Core Curriculum Steering Committee of the Faculty Senate.

Charge:

• Review the current general education program and discuss the future plans that are currently unfolding.
  
  
• Comments and recommendations in this chapter may reflect both the current general education program (2002) and the new program under development.
  
  
• The study group will address the following hypotheses on General Education at Seton Hall University:

1. The core curriculum is of sufficient scope to enhance students' intellectual growth and it is equivalent to a minimum of 30 semester hours.
2. The skills and abilities developed in the core curriculum are effectively applied in the student's major.
3. Consistent with the institution's mission and goals, the core curriculum incorporates study of values, ethics and diverse populations.
4. The core curriculum assures, upon graduation, that students are proficient in oral and written communication, scientific and quantitative reasoning, technological capabilities appropriate to the discipline, and information literacy that includes evidence of critical analysis and reasoning.
5. The outcomes of the core curriculum are assessed within Seton Hall's overall assessment of student learning.
6. The core curriculum requirements are clearly and accurately described in Seton Hall's official publications.