Ad Hoc Committee for Drake General Education Curricular Reform Preliminary Report to Faculty Senate Sandy Henry, chair School of Journalism and Mass Communication S.
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Ad Hoc Committee for Drake General Education Curricular Reform Preliminary Report to Faculty Senate Sandy Henry, chair School of Journalism and Mass Communication S Committee & Charge S Spring 2014 UCC Report S Two alternative models suggested for consideration S Viability Study S Membership elected or appointed S Final report to Senate Exec in March Methodology S Review Models and revise as necessary prior to data gathering S Must fulfill promise of Drake Curriculum S Must fit within credit hour limitations S Education: 6 hours in multiple endorsements S CPHS and CBPA: a few at 24, mostly 27 hours S Met with Dean’s Council and CAAD Integrated Core Curriculum S retrieved from https://www.pdx.edu/unst/home on February 25th, 2014. FRINQ = A 2-semester First Year seminar SINQ = 3 interdisciplinary courses within a defined theme Upper Division Cluster = 3 courses related to the SINQ theme, taken any time Senior Capstone= probably continues to look like our current Senior Capstone Integrated Core Curriculum = 27 hours Majors/Minors Model S retrieved from http://www.collegeofidaho.edu/academics/peak-guide/peak-map on October 4th, 2014. Majors/Minors Model S Four areas of study S Humanities and Fine Arts S Social Sciences and History S Natural Science and Mathematics S Professional Studies and Enhancements S Students complete 1 major and 3 minors of 12 hours each, each must be in a different area Majors/Minors Model S Four areas of study S Humanities and Fine Arts S Social Sciences and History S Natural Science and Mathematics S Professional Studies and Enhancements S Students complete 1 major and 3 minors, each must be in a different area Drake Majors/Minors Model S Students complete 1 major and 2 minors S At least 1 minor must be interdisciplinary S Traditional minors do not change S New minors can be developed S Interdisciplinary minors are developed and include the FYS Methodology S Questions provided via email prior to face-to-face meetings S Gather information from academic and administrative units S Quantitative review S Must be as objective as possible Our “Areas of Inquiry” S Human Resources S Capital Resources S Student Impact S Assessment/Outcomes S Justification to Strategic Plan and Mission S Faculty and Staff Impact S Broader Impacts Early Results S Preliminary discussion of information S General sense of approval for each model S Many questions regarding specifics S “if,” “might,” “could” S Common theme: funding S People, Technology, Classrooms S Also: outcomes, university identity Committee Concerns S Leadership transition S Administrative program review S “Mission creep” New Considerations S Basic operational precepts S Basic understanding of outcomes S History of AOIs S Consider crafting new model Thank you for your time S Questions? S [email protected]