The UH General Education Curriculum Design Team presents this proposal to begin the conversation about a re-imagination of the general education curriculum that serves the 10 campuses of the University of Hawai'i system. The effort to re-imagine a General Education curriculum is a response to President David Lassner's charge: "We must identify and articulate what our students need to know, be able to do, and value so they can be knowledgeable and contributing citizens in the complex, diverse, information-driven and interconnected world within which they will live and work" and attends to his guardrails. Our proposal aims to improve our current General Education curriculum in the following ways: 
- ease student transfer across institutions
- align with the learning outcomes of accreditation standards and the Interstate Passport
- incorporate the values of the place of Hawai'i in the curriculum
- prepare students to confidently face the challenges of a precarious natural environment, rapid technological advancements and pervasive global social inequalities as well as to find solutions that creatively contribute to a thriving community. 

Logo for the Place-Based Capacities Proposal for General Education. Logo Developed by: Kealohi Leleo, Rene Hutchins, and Marc Joseph Rollon

For more information and to review the full proposal, documents are provided below.

General comments, specific recommendations and student feedback can be sent to gedesign@hawaii.edu or submitted anonymously online at https://forms.gle/xJsYMpqGMjPa5qNy6 (Google Forms). 

Feedback and recommendations for improvements are much appreciated.

Comments will be solicited throughout the rest of the Fall 2021 semester and into Spring 2022. ​