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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
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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
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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
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Integrated Core Curriculum retrieved from https://www.pdx.edu/unst/home on February 25th, 2014.https://www.pdx.edu/unst/home
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FRINQ = A 2-semester First Year seminar
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SINQ = 3 interdisciplinary courses within a defined theme
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Upper Division Cluster = 3 courses related to the SINQ theme, taken any timeSINQ
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Senior Capstone= probably continues to look like our current Senior Capstone
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Integrated Core Curriculum = 27 hours
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Our “Areas of Inquiry” Human Resources Capital Resources Student Impact Assessment/Outcomes Justification to Strategic Plan and Mission Faculty and Staff Impact Broader Impacts
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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
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Committee Concerns Leadership transition Administrative program review “Mission creep”
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New Considerations Basic operational precepts Basic understanding of outcomes History of AOIs Consider crafting new model
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Thank you for your time Questions? sandy.henry@drake.edu
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