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General Education Framework

General Education Framework. Directors and Chairs Meeting Wednesday, August 25, 2010. Topics. General Education Committee Function/Charge Members Guiding Principles Proposed General Education Framework Proposed changes General Education Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment

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General Education Framework

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  1. General Education Framework Directors and Chairs Meeting Wednesday, August 25, 2010

  2. Topics • General Education Committee • Function/Charge • Members • Guiding Principles • Proposed General Education Framework • Proposed changes • General Education Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment • General Education Approval Procedure • General Education Courses • “Concentrations”

  3. Functions of the GEC • To ensure the general education curriculum is established, monitored, reviewed, and assessed • To oversee General Education Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan • To determine which undergraduate courses qualify for general education credit • To maintain the official catalog of RIT’s General Education Curriculum and associated courses

  4. Academic Senate Charge to GEC • Create a set of overarching principles to guide general education curricular reform that: • complements RIT’s mission, • serves RIT students, • reflects the diversity of the University, • conforms to New York State’s statutory requirements and • complies with the RIT approved General Education Student Learning Outcomes

  5. Academic Senate Charge to GEC • Seek advice and consultation from the curriculum committees of the College of Liberal Arts and College of Science • Ensure that the needs and interests of all colleges are appropriately considered

  6. Academic Senate Charge to GEC • Take into consideration budgetary implications • Benchmark against colleges and universities of interest • After consultation with the ICC, forward the proposed curriculum to the Academic Senate for action

  7. GECMembership Membership of the General Education Committee • The chief academic officer or designee, ex-officio, voting, Dick Doolittle • Academic dean representative, Robert Ulin • Academic Senate representative, Amit Ray • The Director of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment, ex-officio, non-voting, Anne Wahl • Faculty representative from each college of the University: • COS, Elizabeth Hane, Chair • COLA, Franz Foltz • SCB, TBD • CAST, George Zion • GCCIS, Rajendra Raj • KGCOE, Surendra Gupta • NTID, David Templeton • CIAS, Naomi Orwin

  8. GEC Guiding Principles Existing Framework • Meet the New York State Education Department (NYSED) requirements (http://www.highered.nysed.gov/ocue/lrp/liberalarts) • Ensure that students achieve RIT’s General Education Learning Outcomes • Be consistent with the Academic Program Profiles • Support RIT’s goals, values, vision and mission • Support the IWC Comprehensive Writing Program initiative Depth and Breadth • Contribute to the development of a breadth of knowledge by providing course offerings from a broad range of disciplines, including math, humanities, and the natural and social sciences • Allow students to explore a particular area of knowledge in depth through a series of related courses • Provide opportunities for students to make connections between courses and across disciplines • Be integrated into all four or five years of a student’s education at RIT

  9. GEC Guiding Principles Supporting programs/majors • Provide a progression of courses that are integrated with major fields of study • Provide courses that support the basic requirements for students in the majors Implementation • Be clear and concise to ease processes for: Scheduling, Auditing, Advising • Offer students courses and programs that support their major field of study and other interests • Provide students choices in how to fulfill their requirements • Be clear and easy to understand for students, faculty, and staff • Allow for easy adaptation for future reform Other • Be intellectually stimulating for faculty and students • Be adaptive to changing curricula and a changing world • Support innovation, creativity, scholarship, and entrepreneurship

  10. Proposed General Education Framework • Proposed changes • General Education Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment

  11. How the New Framework Differs • University-wide engagement • Not disciplinary, but outcome driven • First-Year Seminar • Opportunities for integrated and inter-/trans-disciplinary experiences • Intentional scaffolding • Writing intensive

  12. General Education Framework BS Degree Immersion Perspectives Foundation Perspectives 1 Science Literacy Conc. 1 Perspectives 2 Minor 4 (optional) Basic Writing (optional) Science Literacy Capstone (optional) Conc. 2 Perspectives 3 First Year Seminar First Year Writing Quant Literacy Minor 5 (optional) Perspectives 4 Conc. 3 Quant Literacy Perspectives 5 Elective General Education courses to bring total to 60 credits

  13. General Education – BFA Degree Immersion Perspectives Foundation Perspectives 1 Conc. 1 Perspectives 2 Minor 4 (optional) Basic Writing (optional) Science Literacy (optional) Capstone (optional) Conc. 2 Perspectives 3 First Year Seminar First Year Writing Quant Literacy (optional) Minor 5 (optional) Perspectives 4 Conc. 3 Perspectives 5 Total should be a minimum of 30 credits

  14. General Education – AS Degrees Perspectives Foundation Perspectives 1 Perspectives 2 Basic Writing (optional) Science Literacy Perspectives 3 First Year Seminar First Year Writing Quant Literacy Perspectives 4 Perspectives 5 Additional program determined or elective courses to bring total to 30 credits

  15. General Education – AAS Degrees Perspectives Foundation Choose 4 of 5; TBD Perspectives 1 Perspectives 2 Basic Writing (optional) Science Literacy Perspectives 3 First Year Seminar First Year Writing Quant Literacy Perspectives 4 Perspectives 5 Additional program determined or elective courses to bring total to 25 credits

  16. General Education Assessment • Alignment/mapping of General Education Student Learning Outcomes to Courses • Current Assessment Plan Implementation • General Education Faculty Teams • Assessment Management System • Taskstream

  17. Gen Ed Course Review/Approval • GEC will review and evaluate all new proposals for courses for General Education credit using: • State of New York Liberal Arts and Sciences Guidelines • RIT Student General Education Student Learning Outcomes

  18. Gen Ed Course Review/Approval The College Curriculum Committee provides: • A cover memo (required form) : • Process of approval • Alignment to General Education Framework • An outline for the course being reviewed in the ICC New/Revised Course Outline format

  19. Gen Ed Course Review/Approval • GEC reviews the proposed course and forwards the recommendation to the Chief Academic Officer • GEC informs the ICC of the recommendations and the RIT community of the final decision regarding the course proposal • GEC maintains database of currently approved courses

  20. “Concentration” Approval • Courses within a concentration go through the same approval process • For approval as a General Education Concentration, a group of three courses ideally should: • Explore a perspective area in greater detail • Integrate across perspectives • Lead to a minor with the addition of two courses

  21. Questions?

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