Survey of American History Survey of European History

 European History (To 1815 & Since 1815) Total Enrollments: 586 General Education Enrollments: 491 (84%) History Majors and Education Majors: 95 (16%)  American History (To 1877 & Since 1877) Total Enrollments: 875 General Education Enrollments: 607 (69%) History Majors and Education Majors: 268 (31%)

 Lecture/Discussion Sections 3 Hours per week Enrollment capped at 40  European History: 15 Sections  American History: 23 Sections

 Creating Courses Targeted toward General Education Learning Objectives  Increasing Success of First-Year General Education Students  Achieving Institutional Goal of Reduced Teaching Loads

 Collapse European History Courses (Before 1815 & Since 1815) into a single European History Course.  Collapse American History Courses (Before 1877 & Since 1877) into a single American History Course.  Offer One Section of each Course each Semester.  Replace 27 Sections with 4 Sections for General Education Students.

Complete Textbook Assignment Read Assigned Chapters Take Reading Quiz Attend One Hour Thematic Lecture Complete Primary Source Assignment Download and Read Contribute to Online Discussion (3 Post Minimum)

 Physical Space, Dedicated to History for 60 hours per week  Staffed by Undergraduate Learning Assistants  Two Hours per Week Required  All Quizzes and Exams administered in HLC

 Serious Enrollment Issues  Institutional Commitment to Reduce Teaching Loads  Limited Pool of Adjuncts (Location)  Very Limited Financial Resources

 Full Team Included Provost, Dean, Director of Assessment, Distance Learning Coordinator, History Faculty  Core Working Team Three Historians, Assistant Dean, DL Coordinator

 In the History Department The “Death Star” SUNY’sEntrepreneurial Deal  Savings Remain in Department  Accelerated Load Reduction  Increased Departmental Budget  Beyond the History Department General Education Registrar’s Office

 Responsibilities Design content Deliver Lectures Supervise all aspects of Delivery  Assignment One tenured/tenure-line Historian per Course One Course per Year

 Responsibilities: Five Sections of Students Moderate and Evaluate Online Discussion Create and Evaluate Essay Exams  Selection Graduate Students Our best recent graduates, who mostly now study elsewhere  Terms: Half-Time Adjunct Appointment Lousy Salary Good Benefits

 Responsibilities Staffing History Learning Lab (8 hours per week) Answering or Referring Questions, Online & Not Lectures: Attendance & Crowd Control  Selection Junior Standing Outstanding Academic Record Faculty Recommendation  Terms Initial Appointment: Internship Reappointment: Wages