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

2 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

3 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

4 Integrated Core Curriculum  retrieved from https://www.pdx.edu/unst/home on February 25th, 2014.https://www.pdx.edu/unst/home

5 FRINQ = A 2-semester First Year seminar

6 SINQ = 3 interdisciplinary courses within a defined theme

7 Upper Division Cluster = 3 courses related to the SINQ theme, taken any timeSINQ

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

9 Integrated Core Curriculum = 27 hours

10 Majors/Minors Model  retrieved from http://www.collegeofidaho.edu/academics/peak-guide/peak-map on October 4th, 2014.http://www.collegeofidaho.edu/academics/peak-guide/peak-map

11 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

12 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

13 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

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

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

16 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

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

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

19 Thank you for your time  Questions?  sandy.henry@drake.edu


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