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A Transferable Core Curriculum at IUPUI

Program Review and Assessment Committee April 13, 2012. A Transferable Core Curriculum at IUPUI. Approaches to General Education. Core curriculum Distribution requirements Ability-based (or Principle-based) Combination of 2 & 3 above. PRINCIPLES OF UNDERGRADUATE LEARNING.

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A Transferable Core Curriculum at IUPUI

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  1. Program Review and Assessment Committee April 13, 2012 A Transferable Core Curriculum at IUPUI

  2. Approaches to General Education Core curriculum Distribution requirements Ability-based (or Principle-based) Combination of 2 & 3 above http://gened.iupui.edu

  3. PRINCIPLES OF UNDERGRADUATE LEARNING PULs are essential ingredients of the undergraduate education experience at IUPUI Form a conceptual framework for all students’ general education Permeate the curriculum Enacted differently in each discipline http://gened.iupui.edu

  4. PRINCIPLES OF UNDERGRADUATE LEARNING More specific expectations for IUPUI’s graduates are determined by the faculty in a student’s major field of study These expectations speak to what graduates of IUPUI will know and what they will be able to do upon completion of their degree Approved by Faculty Council May 7, 1998 and revised 2005 & 2007 http://gened.iupui.edu

  5. Desired Outcomes • Common experience for IUPUI undergraduates (currently there is no ‘general education’ at IUPUI) • Simplify transfer across degree programs in different schools • Reduce time to degree completion, particularly for transfer students • Reduce debt incurred by students who did not take the appropriate course in writing, speech, history, etc. for major http://gened.iupui.edu

  6. Quick History • Task force led by Rick Ward in 2010-2011, provided report to IUPUI Faculty Council Executive Committee • Oct. & Nov. 2011 – effort to reconstitute ‘CLAS’ (Council of Liberal Arts and Science); consensus that it would be preferable to have a campus-wide task force • Campus-wide task force created in December, 2011 Two pairs of meetings held in January and February, giving rise to the current working draft (released on March 31, 2012) • Campus Town Hall – March 30, 2012 • Feedback, minutes, (and soon – a videotape of the town hall meeting) posted on website: http://gened.iupui.edu http://gened.iupui.edu

  7. What we’ve learned so far this year… • General Education looks really different across schools (first 2 years vs. all 4 years) • Schools with accreditation standards tend to ‘get’ competency-based curricula • PULs are a combination of competencies and types of knowledge • Most of us agree that a competency-based curriculum is desirable http://gened.iupui.edu

  8. Integration of Knowledge: * Capstone A Launching Pad for Other Conversations: IUPUI Model of Integrated Learning PUL 3: Integration and Application of Knowledge: First-Year Seminar * PUL 1: Emerging Technologies PUL 6: Values and Ethics PUL 1: Core Communication (6) • PUL 3: Integration and Application of Knowledge via 2 RISE Experiences • Research • International • Service Learning • Experiential * * Civic Knowledge and Engagement PUL 1&2: Analytical Reasoning (6) PUL 5: Cultural Understanding (3) Principles of Undergraduate Learning Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (9) Life/Physical Sciences (6) PUL 2: Critical Thinking Outer Ring: Program Decides Middle Ring: School Decides Common Core : We propose that an Curriculum Committee (task force) with wide representation should decide PUL 4: Intellectual Breadth & Adaptiveness Fine Arts and Design, Music, Performing Arts Common Core Health and Wellness Baccalaureate Competencies PUL 4: Intellectual Depth Program Competencies *high-impact practices

  9. Focus Today: Transferable Common Core (30 credits) Core Communication (6) Analytical Reasoning (6) Cultural Understanding (3) Principles of Undergraduate Learning Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (9) Life/Physical Sciences (6) Intellectual Breadth & Adaptiveness http://gened.iupui.edu

  10. The Context and Political Climate in 2012 and Beyond Performance-based funding • Rewarding improvements in degree production • Will likely be expanded in next biennium National and state influences (AAC&U’s LEAP report, President Obama’s (and Lumina Foundation’s) ‘Big Goal’, Indiana’s Talent Dividend Senate Bill 182 and House Bill 1220 • Signed into law 3/13/12 • Effective July 1, 2012 http://gened.iupui.edu

  11. SB 182 Each state educational institution, in collaboration with the commission for higher education, shall: (1) not later than December 1, 2012, create and report to the commission for higher education a statewide transfer general education core, to be implemented not later than May 15, 2013. The core must be based upon a set of core competencies, translated into at least thirty (30) semester credit hours in areas agreed upon by the state educational institutions, which apply for credit toward undergraduate degrees, including associate degrees and baccalaureate degrees at all campuses of state educational institutions; and … http://gened.iupui.edu

  12. HB 1220 Each state educational institution shall review each undergraduate degree program offered by the state educational institution to determine the number of credit hours required for the degree and report the results to the commission. If a degree program requires more than: (1) sixty (60) credit hours for an associate degree; or (2) one hundred twenty (120) credit hours for a baccalaureate degree; the state educational institution must provide justification to the commission in the report for the additional credit hours required (e.g., specialized accreditation) http://gened.iupui.edu

  13. CurrentIUPUI Response General Education Core Curriculum 30 credits Analytical Reasoning (6 credits) Humanities and Social Science (9 credits) Core Communication (6 credits) Life and Physical Sciences (6 credits) Cultural Understanding (3 credits) http://gened.iupui.edu http://gened.iupui.edu

  14. How Other State Higher Education Institutions Have Responded • See Appendix 2-- http://gened.iupui.eduthat contrasts: • IUB Common Ground • IUPUI Draft Transferable Common Core • Purdue University Foundational Learning Outcomes • Ivy Tech General Education Core http://gened.iupui.edu

  15. NEXT STEPS • Further discussion/faculty input • Faculty Council • April 17, 2012 • Determination of IUPUI Transferable Common Core • Vote on “Transferable Common Core” • Faculty Council • May 1, 2012 • IFC appoint a task force to create course list http://gened.iupui.edu

  16. The Real Focus Students and Student Learning http://gened.iupui.edu

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