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Undergraduate UVM

Undergraduate UVM. Five Colleges Arts and Sciences Agriculture and Life Sciences Education and Social Services Engineering and Mathematics Nursing and Health Sciences Two Schools Business Administration Natural Resources. UVM - CALS. Departments Animal Sciences

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Undergraduate UVM

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  1. Undergraduate UVM Five Colleges • Arts and Sciences • Agriculture and Life Sciences • Education and Social Services • Engineering and Mathematics • Nursing and Health Sciences Two Schools • Business Administration • Natural Resources

  2. UVM - CALS Departments • Animal Sciences • Botany and Agricultural Biochemistry • Community Development and App. Econ. • Microbiology and Molecular Genetics • Nutrition and Food Sciences • Plant and Soil Science Programs • Biological Sciences • Biochemistry • Environmental Studies • Environmental Sciences

  3. 1960-2001 Distribution Requirements 1 course in writing 1 course in oral communications 1 course in math or statistics 1 course in computers 2 courses in biological or physical science 2 courses in social science 2 courses in humanities and fine arts Beginnings and Race and Culture

  4. Guiding Principles • Students complete a core set of courses and/or experiences yielding a defined array of knowledge skills and values. • Completion of specific courses or a series of courses satisfies a competency. • Core curriculum replaces distribution requirements • Courses should be sequenced for an integrated experience. • Department and advisor serve as ultimate judges for course selection.

  5. UVM – CALS Core Curriculum August 1997 CALS Faculty approves “principles” of a core curriculum based on: • Knowledge • Skills • Values Dean forms ad hoc committee to “design an implementation of the Core Curriculum.”

  6. UVM – CALS Core Curriculum • Knowledge: Students develop a fundamental base of knowledge that will serve as a foundation for lifelong learning. • Science • Physical and Life Sciences • Social Science • Humanities and Fine Arts

  7. UVM – CALS Core Curriculum • Skills: Students develop abilities and use tools to effectively communicate, analyze, problem solve, think critically and work with others. • Communication Skills • Oral • Written • Information Technology • Quantitative Skills • Math • Statistics • Critical Thinking Skills • Interpersonal Skills

  8. UVM – CALS Core Curriculum • Values: Students are exposed to values that are expressed through relationships with community, the environment, and themselves that are consistent with the mission of CALS and the UVM campus compact known as “Our Common Ground.” • Citizenship and Social Responsibility • Environmental Stewardship • Personal Growth

  9. May 1999 CALS Faculty Meeting • Memo to all CALS Faculty two weeks before meeting • PowerPoint Presentation • Motion to adopt implementation plan • Discussion …

  10. Faculty Concerns

  11. Faculty Concerns

  12. Faculty Concerns

  13. Faculty Concerns

  14. Committee Response

  15. The Matrix

  16. Committee Response • Facilitated communication among members • Modified Guiding Principles • Departments given final authority over how curriculum would meet competencies • Core Curriculum treated as a “dynamic model” • Dropped student demonstration of competency • Met with University faculty governance • Met with every Department and Program Director • Arranged 1 on 1 with vocal/influential faculty members • Met with Dean’s Council • Solicited faculty to speak positively • Sent memo to all faculty

  17. May 2000 • CALS Faculty unanimously passed two motions: • Adoption of Core Curriculum to go into effect Fall 2001 • Departments and Programs align their curriculums by the end of Fall 2000 semester

  18. So…What has HappenedAfter Fall 2000… • No giant explosion • Catalogue changes made, checklists updated (although suspicion remains) • Website up and running (and no one uses it) • How many P’s equal an X remains problematic • Transfer students are a problem • Student demonstration of competency is dead • Sequencing of skills courses seems to have created backlash

  19. New Beginnings • Combine Beginnings, Information Technology and Communication Methods • Year-long class for all F-Y CALS students • Develop “foundational skills” that would be built upon in next three years in upper-level courses • Implemented Fall 2001 • Running into opposition

  20. Obvious Lessons Learned • Leadership • Time • Involvement • Listening • Communication • Commitment

  21. Unexpected Lessons Learned • Coursework is still king • Guiding principles important • Matrix was a breakthrough • Faculty questions were “how” not “what” • “No new courses” was a major selling point • Committee makeup reflected culture • Should have kept committee going after implementation date

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