FSD 25-02 General Education Course Removal

January 6, 2026

FSD 25-02 General Education Course Removal

PURDUE UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST FACULTY SENATE

Proposed: Removal of the listed General Education courses

Submitted By: General Education and Assessment Committee

For Discussion: October 10, 2025

PNW General Education Course Removal

Rationale: The PNW Faculty Senate General Education and Assessment Committee recommends that the following courses be removed from the current General Education course list because 1) they do not align with general education learning outcomes in a particular category, or 2) they are no longer, or too infrequently, offered. General Education courses should be accessible to students and therefore taught regularly. The Committee recommends that some existing courses have been moved to more appropriate categories (see new list). These recommendations are based on general education best practices, state of Indiana learning outcomes, discussions with faculty and Department Chairs, and Institutional Research findings.

BCM 10001 – Introduction to Construction (Technology)

BIOL 10008 – Foundation of Biology (Natural Science)

BIOL 22200 – Aids Online International (Natural Science)

BUSM 10100 – Introduction to Business (Humanities)

CHM 11100 – General Chemistry (Natural Science)

CIS 16600 – Introduction to Programming (Technology)

COM 26100 – Introduction to Digital Video Production (Technology)

COM 34900 – Media and Culture (Social Sciences)

EAS 10400 – Oceanography (Natural Science)

EAS 11300 – Introduction to Environmental Science (Natural Science)

ECET 20900 – Introduction to Microcontrollers (Technology)

ECON 25100 – Microeconomics (Remove from Quantitative Reasoning, keep in

Social Sciences)

ECON 25200 – Macroeconomics (Remove from Quantitative Reasoning and Technology,

keep in Social Sciences)

ETHN 20100 – The Hispanic American Experience (Humanities)

IET 10400 – Industrial Organization (Technology)

IET 35200 – Operations Management (Remove from Quantitative Reasoning, keep in

Social Sciences)

LALS 10100 – Introduction to Latin American Studies (Humanities)

MET 16200 – Computational Analysis Tools in MET (Quantitative Reasoning)

OLS 13100 – Introduction to Safety and Health Management (Social Sciences)

PHIL 32700 – Environmental Ethics (Humanities)

SCI 10601 – Food Chemistry (Natural Science)

SCI 11300 – Introduction to the Physical Sciences II (Natural Science)

SCI 15000 – Brewing Science (Natural Science)

STAT 11300 – Statistics and Society (Quantitative Reasoning)

Approved by: PNW Senate General Education and Assessment Committee

General Education Committee Members:

Kathleen Tobin (Chair)

Ali Alavizadeh

Kenneth Kincaid

Hassan Naji

Laurie Parpart

George Stefanek

Pitparnee Stompor

GenEd Members Voting in favor of this resolution: All.

GenEd Members Voting against this resolution: None.