Committee on General Education (COGE)

The Committee on General Education (COGE) is the steering committee for the General Education curriculum and is guided by the Aims of General Education and the Core Competencies. It has responsibility for oversight and assessment of the General Education curriculum, including:

COGE consists of ten members who balance regular assessment of the Core Competencies while providing oversight of individual component parts of the General Education program seeking to ensure consistency, coherence, and quality.  Membership consists of coordinators teaching the four core L&I courses, quantitative literacy, and two members overseeing Values and Richnesses. In addition, COGE includes a student, Writing Program Administrator, and the Executive Director of General Education. 

The Executive Director of General Education serves as a voting member of the Academic Program Council (APC), and functions as a liaison between COGE and APC. Coordinators are appointed by the Executive Director of General Education in collaboration with APC. Terms will generally be three years, but may range from two to five years. All members have voice and vote.

Perspective, value, and richness request forms, as well as form deadlines can be found at: https://www.berea.edu/executive-council/academic-program-council/course-curriculum-proposal-and-general-education-request-forms