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General Education Alumni Survey

Georgetown College is reviewing its General Education Program (GEP), also known as the Foundations and Core requirements. This includes everything from English Composition and Foundations 111, to Flags and the Areas of Inquiry. It does not include requirements for a major or minor. The current GEP went into effect in 2010 and applied to everyone graduating in 2014 or later. It seeks to use the curriculum to prepare students for the future and contribute to Georgetown’s mission “to provide a welcoming and challenging educational community, rooted in Christian love and service, that prepares students to make a positive difference in the world.” Alumni like you are well-positioned to know if we have been effective, so we want to hear from you.

The survey mostly consists of short objective questions. Your time and thoughtful consideration will be greatly appreciated.
1.When did you graduate?
2.What was your major?
3.What is your current profession?
4.Not including the part-time jobs you may have had right after college, how many times have you changed employer and/or career path since graduating?
Recognition of the goals and structure of the General Education Programming (GEP):

Remember, the general education curriculum includes all graduation requirements outside of the major and minor.
5.How well were the goals and structure of the General Education Program explained to you in your first semester at Georgetown College?
6.How well did you understand the goals and structure of the general education curriculum by the time you graduated?
The role of the General Education Curriculum in your personal development:

Answer the following on a scale of 1 (not at all) to 5 (very well) as they pertain specifically to the general education curriculum. Although it may be difficult to separate what you learned through the General Education curriculum from other experiences, such as your major, student life or athletics, please do your best.
7.How well did the General Education curriculum develop each of the following characteristics?
1 Not at all
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3
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5 Very Well
I don't recall
curiosity
faith / spiritual wellness
character
sense of purpose or calling
personal resilience / ability to adapt to new or challenging situations in a variety of life settings
desire and ability to understand differing viewpoints and empathize with others
desire and ability to be an engaged citizen
desire and ability to make a positive change in the world
The role of the General Education Curriculum in your development of skills:

As above, answer the following on a scale of 1 (not at all) to 5 (very well) as they pertain specifically to the general education curriculum. Again, do your best to focus only on how the general education curriculum played a role.
8.How well did the General Education curriculum develop each of the following skills?
1 Not at all
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3
4
5 Very well
I don't recall
critical thinking
ability to write clearly
ability to communicate verbally
ability to distinguish opinion from facts
ability to persevere to read and comprehend complex subject matter
ability to integrate information and see relationships among that information
ability to learn independently
ability to have an engaging conversation with someone on a wide variety of subjects
preparation for your first career choice
preparation to adapt to future changes in your career path
ability to find creative solutions to old and new problems
9.What skills or competencies not listed above did Georgetown College help you develop?
Assessment of the components of the GEP:
10.Now that you can reflect with the benefit of real-world experience, how valuable were the various components of the GEP for you in your personal development and skills development? As above, answer the following on a scale of 1 (not at all) to 5 (very) as they pertain specifically to the general education curriculum.
1 Not at all
2
3
4
5 Very
I don't recall or this does not apply
Foundations 111
Foundations 112
Composition classes
Math classes
World languages
Lifetime Fitness
Cultural awareness flagged courses
Writing flagged courses
Areas of Inquiry outside of your major (Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Religion)
NEXUS
11.If you designed a non-traditional “Freshman Seminar” class with the goal of teaching practical skills and knowledge meant to help students make a successful academic and social transition to college, what topics would you include?
12.What was the most impactful general education class you had in college, and why?
13.What aspects of the GEP did you dislike in college but now are grateful for?
14.Were there out-of-class experiences that might have helped you prepare for your life after Georgetown that we could have provided but did not?