1. ARCADIA UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM Get Ready…..For the Journey of Your Life Andrea Crivelli-Kovach Associate Professor & Director Community Health Programs

2. CURRICULUM….Every Student Pursues a major Participates in Curricular Experiences First-Year Experience: First-year seminars explore special topics combined with writing. University Seminars: Integrative learning Global Connections: Experience other cultures Senior Capstone: Integrated project

3. Curriculum Explores Areas of Inquiry Creative Expressions Cultural Legacies Natural and Physical World Self and Society Develops Intellectual Practices Global Connections Modern Languages Quantitative Reasoning Visual Literacy Writing

4. Methods for Reform Strategic Planning Initiative Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Formed Focus Groups Conducted within each Department

5. University Assessment Departmental Level: Standardized Criteria Ten departments, mostly graduate, use National Accreditation Criteria to assess student learning. Other majors/programs use internal means to assess student learning. University Level: New Position Created Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment: oversees all assessment on campus CAT: Curriculum Assessment Team: Purpose is to assess new curriculum Course Level Assessment

6. AU Curriculum Assessment Summer 2008: CAT Established Fall 2008: CAT met weekly for 2 hours Recruited 10 faculty participated in Task Stream e-portfolio IT Team member visited classes for orientation Spring 2009: Pilot Program recruiting faculty from all First Year Seminars to participate Analyze data from Fall semester

7. AU Curriculum Assessment Criteria All curricular requirements under the General Education Curriculum entered into Task Stream Rubric developed Intellectual Practices… Global Connections US & World Interconnectedness Power Relations & Social Concern Global Interconnections/Interdependencies Obligations to people inside/outside national borders Management of multiple perspectives/complexity Deliberative dialogue among differing views

8. Assessment Options How to generate a representative sample of student work? E-Portfolio…..graduation requirement? Targeted Sampling? Volunteers….Classes/Students? Value for Students Flyer to faculty

9. Assessment Challenges E-Portfolio Faculty acceptance; faculty workload Only AU Gen Ed courses included Graduation requirement: Consequences of incomplete portfolio Assessment Process Development & Complexity of the rubrics….. Not all criteria apply to every project Identifying criteria that apply Evaluation consists of whether submission meets criteria identified Necessary to identify criteria for each assignment?