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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CORE CURRICULUM

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CORE CURRICULUM. Presentation to the Core Curriculum Committee February 23, 2005 Neal E. Armstrong Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. Origins of Core Curriculum. 70 th TX Leg, HB 2183 Adoption & Evaluation of Core. 75 th TX Leg, SB 148

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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CORE CURRICULUM

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  1. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CORE CURRICULUM Presentation to the Core Curriculum Committee February 23, 2005 Neal E. Armstrong Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs

  2. Origins of Core Curriculum 70th TX Leg, HB 2183 Adoption & Evaluation of Core 75th TX Leg, SB 148 Transferability & Objectives, areas, and content 5-yr review 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Graham Committee Report Vick Committee Report Power Committee Report Objective: Develop the characteristics of the educated individual Traits: Eight developed by Vick Committee with ninth added in about 2002

  3. Core Curriculum & Programs Program Outcomes Program Educational Objectives or Learning Objectives Core Curriculum Courses in Major Outcomes: (1) Basic intellectual competencies (2) Perspectives (3) Exemplary Educational Objectives for component areas

  4. Informing the Curriculum Basic Intellectual Competencies: reading, writing, speaking, listening, critical thinking, & computer literacy Component Areas: - Communication - Mathematics - Natural Sciences - Humanities and Performing Arts - Behavior Sciences • Perspectives: • Relationship to larger society and world • Responsible member of society • Maintain health and wellness • Life and Technology and science • Personal values for ethical behavior • Ability to make aesthetic judgments • Logical reasoning in problem solving • Integrate knowledge and interrelationships of scholarly disciplines Core Curriculum

  5. Assessment Component Areas: - Communication - Mathematics - Natural Sciences - Humanities and Performing Arts - Behavior Sciences Mathematics: Objective – develop a quantitatively literate college graduate Core Curriculum • Exemplary Educational Objectives (EEOs): • To apply arithmetic, algebraic, geometric, higher-order thinking, and statistical methods to modeling and solving real-world situations • To represent … Assess achievement of EEOs (THECB & SACS)

  6. Modifying the Curriculum Commission’s Objective: receive a broad education that includes exposure to culture, literature, foreign languages, the humanities, and the arts [and to] explore mathematics, science, and technology Basic Intellectual Competencies: Learn to think and read critically Write cogently Speak persuasively Component Areas: - Communication - Mathematics - Natural Sciences - Humanities and Performing Arts - Behavior Sciences • Perspectives: • Work both independently and as part of a team • Engage in open discussion, inquiry, discovery, research, problem-solving, and learning-to-learn • Examine questions of ethics and the attributes of effective leadership • Acquire a sense of history and the global community together with a respect for other cultures Core Curriculum

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