General Education Contacts and Transfer Petitions

The following University designees administer policies related to specific Core and Breadth General Education requirements (e.g., render course substitution decisions, credit hour waivers). The Director of General Education reviews transfer General Education appeals for courses that may lack an equivalent at Weber State or do not transfer as courses with Gen Ed attributes.

This list is maintained by the Director of General Education. Contact lshaw@weber.edu with requested changes. Last updated Fall 2025.

• Gen Ed Attribute Transfer Appeals

  Dr. Leigh Shaw, Director of General Education
  lshaw@weber.edu

  General Education Attribute Transfer Petition Process

  In their articulation of transfer credits from other institutions of higher education, students may have courses that lack an equivalent at Weber State or that transfer as courses without Gen Ed attributes. The transfer course may be articulated as departmental (e.g., MATH 1XXX) or general (e.g., ELEC 1XXX) elective, that may or may not have an associated Gen Ed attribute. Although students may appeal transfer decisions to the department chair/articulator, they also may appeal the Gen Ed attribute decisions to the Director of General Education on the grounds that their transfer course, while articulating as departmental or general elective credit, nonetheless satisfies Gen Ed core and/or breadth attributes (i.e., COMP, AI, QL, IL, DV, SS, HU, CA, PS, LS) at WSU. 

  Select this link to open the transfer attribute petition. Incomplete transfer petitions will not be accepted. The Director of General Education, who may consult with the relevant GE Attribute Articulator, makes a final decision about whether the transfer course satisfies the relevant core/breadth learning outcomes and should thereby satisfy Gen Ed attributes at Weber State.  The Director of General Education makes a Cattracks note on the ruling, and records the necessary exception, in the student’s official academic record.

• English Composition, Developmental English (EN1/EN2) 

  English Composition
  Dr. Chris Scheidler
  cscheidler@weber.edu

  Developmental English
  Becky Marchant
  beckymarchant@weber.edu

• American Institutions (AI)

  POLS 1100
  Dr. Leah Murray
  lmurray@weber.edu

  HIST 1700, 2700 or 2710
  Dr. Matt Romaniello
  matthewromaniello@weber.edu

  ECON 1740
  Dr. Brandon Koford
  brandonkoford@weber.edu

• Quantitative Literacy, Developmental Math (QL)

  Quantitative Literacy
  Dr. Matt Ondrus
  mattondrus@weber.edu

  Developmental Math
  Matt Christiansen
  mchristiansen7@weber.edu

• Information Literacy (IL)

  Nicole Beatty
  nicolebeatty@weber.edu

• Humanities & Creative Arts (HU & CA)

  Monica Linford
  monicalinford@weber.edu

• Social Sciences (SS)

  Nick Ferre
  nicholasferre@weber.edu

• Physical & Life Sciences (PS & LS)

  Emily Romo-Hendrix
  emilyromohendrix@weber.edu

• Cultural Competence (CC)

  Dr. Leigh Shaw, Director of General Education
  lshaw@weber.edu