Connections 2013:
Meta-Majors
Matt Bouck
Director, Office of Articulation
Julie Alexander
Vice Chancellor, Academic and Student Affairs
April 12, 2013
Session Overview
General education core course options
implementation update
Core Principles for Transforming Remedial
Education: A Joint Statement
House Bill 7057/Senate Bill 1720 overview
and status
Terminology
Meta-Major
General Education Requirements
For students initially entering an institution in the Florida College
System or State University System in 2014-2015 and thereafter:
HB 7057 | SB 1720: Sets implementation date to 2015-2016
 General education requirement in associate in arts and baccalaureate
degree programs changed from 36 to 30 hours
HB 7057 | SB 1720: Restores general education program to 36 hours
 Faculty committees will identify statewide general education core course
options consisting of a maximum of five courses in each of general
education areas: Communication, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural
Science, and Social Science
HB 7057 | SB 1720: Allows revisions or additions if recommended by faculty committee and
approved by ACC, SBE, BOG
 Students must complete at least one identified course from each subject
area
 All institutions must offer and accept these courses for general education
HB 7057 | SB 1720: Removes requirement that all institutions offer course
 Remaining general education at the discretion of the institution
 The general education core will be adopted in SBE Rule and BOG Regulation
General Education Committees
Chancellors of Florida College System and State University
System appointed to implement general education core course
options
Steering Committee
Five members each from the Florida College System and
State University System with equal number of alternates
Faculty Committees
Five committees representing general education areas
12 voting faculty members each (6 FCS , 6 SUS)
Two Steering Committee members
Initial Draft Recommendations
Communication
• Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate
effectively.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze
communication critically.
ENC X101
English Composition I
Initial Draft Recommendations
Humanities
• Students will demonstrate interpretive ability and cultural literacy.
• Students will demonstrate competence in reflecting critically upon the
human condition.
ARH X000
HUM X020
LIT X100
MUL X010
PHI X010
Art Appreciation
Introduction to Humanities
Introduction to World Literature
Introduction to Music Literature/Music
Appreciation
Introduction to Philosophy
Initial Draft Recommendations
Mathematics
• Students will determine appropriate mathematical and
computational models and methods in problem solving, and
demonstrate an understanding of mathematical concepts.
• Students will apply appropriate mathematical and
computational models and methods in problem solving.
MAC X105
STA X023
MGF X106
MGF X107
College Algebra
Statistical Methods
Liberal Arts Mathematics I
Liberal Arts Mathematics II
Initial Draft Recommendations
Natural Science
• Students will demonstrate the ability to critically examine and
evaluate scientific observation, hypothesis, or model construction,
and the use of scientific method to explain the natural world.
• Students will successfully recognize and comprehend fundamental
concepts, principles, and processes about the natural world.
BSC X005
CHM X020
PHY X020
ESC X000
EVR X001
General Biology
Chemistry for Liberal Studies
Fundamentals of Physics
Introduction to Earth Science
Introduction to Environmental Science
Initial Draft Recommendations
Social Science
• Students will demonstrate the ability to examine behavioral, social,
and cultural issues from a variety of points of view.
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of basic social and
behavioral science concepts and principles used in the analysis of
behavioral, social, and cultural issues, past and present, local and
global.
PSY X012
SYG X000
WOH X040
CPO X001
ANT X000
Introduction to Psychology
Principles of Sociology
20th Century World History
Comparative Politics
Introduction to Anthropology
Senate Bill 1720
House Bill 7057
Similarities
Meta-Majors, State Board by October 1, 2013
Meta-Majors, State Board by July 1, 2014
Supplemental Attributes such as GPA, etc. for
Placement, State Board
Supplemental Attributes for Placement, Local
Using Data Supported Student Attributes
Developmental Education Options Notification
and Counseling, Tutoring, Extended Time in
Gateway, Free Online Courses
Developmental Education Options Notification
and Counseling, Tutoring, Extended Time in
Gateway, Free Online Courses
Differences
Definitions
Definitions
Developmental Education Co-Requisite,
Developmental Education Strategies:
No Tuition
Acceleration, Modularization,
Contextualization
Acceleration, Modularization,
Contextualization
Florida College System Institution Shall
Implement Policies for Direct Enrollment in
College Credit
State Board Rules to Implement Developmental Florida College System Institution Submit Plan
Education, January 1, 2014
to Chancellor for Approval, Implementation no
later than 2015-16
Course Repeat – Full Cost of Instruction Except
Extended Gateway Course
Report Developmental Education Annual Cost
Annual Accountability Report Submitted to
Accounting System
Governor
Meta-Majors
1008.02 (2) "Gateway course" means the first course that
provides transferable, college-level credit allowing a
student to progress in his or her program of study.
(3) "Meta-major" means a collection of programs of study
or academic discipline groupings that share common
foundational skills.
1008.30(2) The college placement testing program shall
include the capacity to diagnose basic competencies in the
areas of English, reading, and mathematics which are
essential for success in meta-majors and provide to
students on the specific deficiencies.
House Bill 7057
(4) By July 1, 2014, the State Board of Education, in
consultation with the Board of Governors, shall
approve a series of meta-majors and the academic
pathways that identify the gateway courses associated
with each meta-major. Florida College System
institutions shall use placement test results to
determine whether each student demonstrates
sufficient communication and computation skills to
indicate readiness for his or her chosen meta-major.
Florida College System institutions shall counsel
students into college credit courses as quickly as
possible, with developmental education limited to that
content needed for success in the meta-major.
House Bill 7057
Meta-Major Interpretation
• There are multiple ways to interpret meta-major
provisions in HB7057/SB1720.
• Many colleges have implemented advising systems that
assist students in course selection based on their
associate degree program intent.
• SACS has indicated that implementing AA “majors”
would require a substantive change and each “major”
would become a stand-alone degree program.
Consequently, colleges are using terminology like AA
“concentration” for advising purposes.
• The primary intent of the meta-major provisions is to
enhance existing mathematics pathways for students
whose associate degree intent is not contingent upon
algebra competency.
Mathematics Pathway - Traditional
PERT: 96-112
113-122
MGF 1106
(Liberal Arts)
MAT 0028*
MAT 1033
MAC 1105
(Dev. Ed.)
(Int. Algebra)
(College Alg.)
Gordon Rule Requirements, Rule 6A-10.030
Six (6) semester hours of mathematics coursework at the level of
college algebra or higher. For the purposes of this rule, applied logic,
statistics and other such computation coursework which may not be
placed within a mathematics department may be used to fulfill three
(3) hours of the six (6) hours required by this section.
*Lower Developmental Education is MAT 0018 for PERT scores
between 50-95.
STA 2023
(Statistics)
College Credit, General Education
Entry-Level College
Credit, Elective
123-150
Conceptual Framework
Meta-Major
General
Education
Core Course
Options
30-Hour
Advising
General Education Core Course Options
Mathematics
MAC
X105
Communications
ENC
X101
Social Science
Natural Science
Humanities
PSY X012
BSC
X005
ARH
X000
STA X023
SYG
X000
CHM
X020
HUM
X020
MGF
X106
WOH
X040
PHY
X020
LIT X100
MGF
X107
CPO
X001
ESC X000
MUL
X010
ANT
X000
EVR
X001
PHI X010
Meta-Major Option 1: Career Cluster*
*Note: This is for illustration purposes only. Not
all Career Clusters are displayed.
Liberal
Arts
Business
MetaMajor
Health
Science
Education
and
Training
Meta-Major Option 2: 2-Digit CIP*
*Note: This is for illustration purposes
only. Not all 2-Digit CIPs are displayed.
General
Studies (24)
Business/
Management
(52)
MetaMajor
Health
Related (34)
Education
(13)
Meta-Major Option 3: Top Enrollment Programs
AA
AS Nursing
MetaMajor
AS Engineering
Technology
*Note: This is for illustration purposes only.
Not all top enrollment programs are
displayed.
AS Business
Administration
Health Science Meta-Major Academic Pathway
Social Science
• PSY X012
Humanities
Communications
(one of the following)
•ARH X000
•HUM X020
•LIT X100
•MUL X010
•PHI X010
• ENC X101
Gateway
Course
Mathematics
(one of the following)
• STA X023
• MAC X105
MetaMajor:
Health
Science
Natural Science
• BSC X005
30-Hour Advising: Baccalaureate Program of Interest
Meta-Major: General
Studies
AA
Academic Pathway:
30-Hour:
MGF X106
Common
Prerequisites:
FCS
ENC X101
EDF X005
BS Elementary
Education
EDF X085
Humanities Core
Social Science Core
Natural Science Core
EME X040
Questions, Discussion, Strategies