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Core Curriculum Revision

Core Curriculum Revision. Dr. Don Pratt Associate Professor Biology Chair Core Curriculum Advisory Committee. Presentation Objectives. Provide a history of the Core and Core revision process Discuss new Core Objectives Identify some unresolved issues Present the Core Application Process .

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Core Curriculum Revision

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  1. Core Curriculum Revision Dr. Don Pratt Associate Professor Biology Chair Core Curriculum Advisory Committee

  2. Presentation Objectives • Provide a history of the Core and Core revision process • Discuss new Core Objectives • Identify some unresolved issues • Present the Core Application Process

  3. History

  4. Current Core • Established in 1997 • 42-46 SCH • 37 EEOs • Why change the core? • THECB wants the core to help students build real world skills and capabilities

  5. Philosophical Shift Old Core • Accumulate credits • Across a wide academic background • EEOs were unique to a discipline New Core • Master six key skills • In a variety of academic disciplines • Core objectives are shared across the institution

  6. Purposes of the Core • Students will gain • Knowledge of human cultures and physical and natural world • Principles of personal and social responsibility • Intellectual and practical skills

  7. Workforce Report • Interviewed • 400+ employers • Expectations and experiences with • High School Graduates • Jr College Graduates • University Graduates

  8. Workforce Report Skills • Basic Knowledge • English • Reading/writing • Math • Science • Art • Social Studies • Applied Skills • Critical Thinking • Communication • Quantitative Reasoning • Teamwork • Personal and Social Responsibility

  9. Core Objectives

  10. Core Objectives

  11. Critical Thinking • Includes • Creative thinking and innovation • Inquiry • Analysis, evaluation, and synthesis of information • Addressed in ALL core courses

  12. Communication • Effective development, interpretation, and expression of ideas • Includes • Written communication • Oral communication • Visual communication • Addressed in ALL core courses

  13. Empirical and Quantitative • Includes • Manipulation and analysis of numerical data or observable facts • Create informed conclusions • Addressed in Math, Science, and Social sciences

  14. Teamwork • Includes • Ability to consider different points of view • Ability to work with others towards a shared goal • Addressed in Communication, Sciences, and Fine Arts

  15. Personal Responsibility • Ability to connect personal choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision making • Addressed in Communication, Language/Philosophy/Culture, History, Government

  16. Social Responsibility • Includes • Intercultural competence • Civic responsibility • Ability to engage in regional, national, and global communities • Addressed in Language/Philosophy/Culture, Fine Arts, History, Government, Social Sciences

  17. Unresolved Difficulties

  18. The Issues • How to handle four credit hour courses • Science courses • Foreign Language courses • How to allocate the Component Area Option

  19. Four SCH Dilemma • New core allocates • 6 hours to sciences • 3 hours to Language, culture, and philosophy • But • Science and foreign language courses are 4 SCH

  20. Option 1 • Account for extra hours at the degree level • Science • Six hours count towards core • Two hours accounted for in each degree • The Math • Current Core ranges from 42-46 SCH • New Core 42 SCH

  21. Option 2 • Account for extra science hours using credits from the Component Area Option • Leaves four hours • Decreases flexibility in how we use the CAO

  22. Component Area Option • 6 SCH to be applied by the University • Common opinions so far • Fourth Science hour • Communication • Ethics • Address student weaknesses

  23. ETS Data • Compares performance of Freshman and Senior students • SFA Students • Weak in • Critical Thinking • Reading • Writing • VERY weak in • Math

  24. Core Application Process

  25. Stages • Submit application to the Core Curriculum Advisory Committee • Submit assessment documents to Assessment Committee • Submit course changes to Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

  26. Timeline • Feb. 15, 2013- Application to Core • Fall 2013- Course changes to Undergraduate Curriculum Committee • Oct. 1, 2013- Core documentation, justification, assessment due to Provost • Nov. 30, 2013- Core documentation, justification, assessment due to THECB • Fall 2014- Begin new core

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