 Ad Hoc Committee for Drake General Education Curricular Reform Preliminary Report to Faculty Senate Sandy Henry, chair School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Committee & Charge  Spring 2014 UCC Report  Two alternative models suggested for consideration  Viability Study  Membership elected or appointed  Final report to Senate Exec in March

Methodology  Review Models and revise as necessary prior to data gathering  Must fulfill promise of Drake Curriculum  Must fit within credit hour limitations  Education: 6 hours in multiple endorsements  CPHS and CBPA: a few at 24, mostly 27 hours  Met with Dean’s Council and CAAD

Integrated Core Curriculum  retrieved from on February 25th,

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 timeSINQ

Senior Capstone= probably continues to look like our current Senior Capstone

Integrated Core Curriculum = 27 hours

Majors/Minors Model  retrieved from on October 4th,

Majors/Minors Model  Four areas of study  Humanities and Fine Arts  Social Sciences and History  Natural Science and Mathematics  Professional Studies and Enhancements  Students complete 1 major and 3 minors of 12 hours each, each must be in a different area

Majors/Minors Model  Four areas of study  Humanities and Fine Arts  Social Sciences and History  Natural Science and Mathematics  Professional Studies and Enhancements  Students complete 1 major and 3 minors, each must be in a different area

Drake Majors/Minors Model  Students complete 1 major and 2 minors  At least 1 minor must be interdisciplinary  Traditional minors do not change  New minors can be developed  Interdisciplinary minors are developed and include the FYS

Methodology  Questions provided via prior to face-to-face meetings  Gather information from academic and administrative units  Quantitative review  Must be as objective as possible

Our “Areas of Inquiry”  Human Resources  Capital Resources  Student Impact  Assessment/Outcomes  Justification to Strategic Plan and Mission  Faculty and Staff Impact  Broader Impacts

Early Results  Preliminary discussion of information  General sense of approval for each model  Many questions regarding specifics  “if,” “might,” “could”  Common theme: funding  People, Technology, Classrooms  Also: outcomes, university identity

Committee Concerns  Leadership transition  Administrative program review  “Mission creep”

New Considerations  Basic operational precepts  Basic understanding of outcomes  History of AOIs  Consider crafting new model

Thank you for your time  Questions? 