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BRIDGE 101

BRIDGE 101. The Foundations of (Re)Imagining General Education. History. Objectives Steering Committee Statement of Objectives for the Baccalaureate Degree Faculty Senate Plan to Reconsider GE Requirements BRIDGE.htm http://www.siue.edu/UGOV/FACULTY/BRIDGE.htm. Process.

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BRIDGE 101

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  1. BRIDGE 101 The Foundations of (Re)Imagining General Education

  2. History • Objectives Steering Committee • Statement of Objectives for the Baccalaureate Degree • Faculty Senate • Plan to Reconsider GE Requirements • BRIDGE.htm • http://www.siue.edu/UGOV/FACULTY/BRIDGE.htm

  3. Process • Open and transparent • Dialogic • Democratic • Iterative • Constructive • Affirmative

  4. Basic Principle: • Build on the heritage of the institution and harness its strengths to re-imagine a general education program relevant to the 21st century

  5. Timeline: Phase IFall 2005 and Spring 2006 • BRIDGE Workshops • Sep. 7 • Sep. 15 • Sep. 23 • Sep. 26 • Oct. 4 • Call for Designs: October 3 • Letter of Intent to Submit Design: October 14 • Proposed Team Members • Preliminary Proposals Due: November 11 • Abstract and Approach • Open Meetings for Proposal Feedback: Jan-Feb 2006 • Complete Design Proposals Due: March 15

  6. Timeline: Phase II Spring, Summer, and Fall 2006 • BRIDGE Committee Audit: March 16 • Publication of Designs: April • Peer Review Process Begins • Public Comment on Proposed Designs • Phase II Plans Selected or Created

  7. Guidelines/Broad Criteria • Consistent with University Values: • (SIUE —- Values) • Designed around the Statement of Objectives for the Baccalaureate Degree: • (Statement of Objectives) • Builds on Existing University Commitments • Includes Interdisciplinary Studies classes or equivalent, New Student Seminar, and Senior Assignment or Capstone Experience • Considers the diverse range of SIUE’s student body and the special needs of the various professional and academic programs

  8. Design Teams • At least 3 members • Faculty, students, staff, and community members • Teams that represent a variety of groups and interests across the community are especially encouraged • Please post on faculty and staff list-serves if you are interested in forming or joining a design team

  9. Current GE Requirements • Current GE Requirements • SIUE Undergraduate Catalogs

  10. Possible Curricular Roles of a General Education Program • to provide a disciplinary foundation • to provide an interdisciplinary foundation • to provide an integrated investigation of a series of topics • to integrate general and disciplinary knowledge • to apply theoretical knowledge to societal problems (from Andrea Leskes)

  11. Types of General Education Programs • Core Programs • Distribution Programs • Goals Across the Curriculum • Competency-based • Complex Models • Writing Across the Curriculum

  12. Models of GE • Core Programs • St. John's CollegeColgate University Fairleigh Dickinson University • Distribution Models • Yale UniversityWestern Carolina University • Goals-across-the-curriculum Programs • King's College (The Core Curriculum, with core courses)Northeastern University (Academic Common Experience/Core Curriculum)Duke University (Curriculum 2000, without core courses) (from Andrea Leskes and UNC Asheville)

  13. Models of GE • Competency-based Programs • Alverno College • Complex Models • Wagner College (The Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts)Portland State University (University Studies) • Learning Communities • Evergreen State University • Writing Across the Curriculum • Cornell University (The John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines)Elon UniversityMary Washington College (scroll down to "Across the Curriculum" requirements; see also links to General Education and to the Liberal Arts degree for more information) (from Andrea Leskes and UNC Asheville)

  14. Models of GE • Miami University of Ohio • Miami Plan • University of California San Diego • Undergraduate Colleges • University of Chicago • Integrated Sequences

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