MU Core Revision Proposal
The Atom Visual Structure
Please read information provided in each slide as well as the notes under each
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Synergy: The learning objectives identified by MU faculty in
Survey 2 would be achieved by using constructs from
Fink’s Taxonomy along with multiple HIP’s within the
context of the Jesuit Educational Mission and Ignatian
Pedagogy to revise the Core.
The Atom is the symbol chosen to visually represent the
synergistic, dynamic structure of the proposed Core
Revision.
ATOM
= Mission of Jesuit Education
& Ignatian Pedagogy
High Impact
Educational Practices, HIP’s
(Kuh, 2008)
CORE
Courses
Experiences
Adapted from Fink’s Taxonomy of significant learning 2013
= Fink’s Taxonomy
Orb1: Foundational
Knowledge
Orb 2: Application, Orb
3: Integration
Orb 4: Human
Dimension
Orb 5: Caring
Orb 6: Learning to Learn
ATOM
Orb 1: Foundational Knowledge*
MU Faculty Survey 2 Learning
Objectives
- Communicate effectively in writing, speaking and
artistic expression.
- Develop creative, problem-solving strategies and
critical thinking skills in the context of complex global
issues.
- Identify the underlying assumptions in one's own
arguments and the arguments of others.
- Demonstrate an understanding of broader cultural,
historical, theological, or conceptual contexts of
particular issues, ideas, objects, or events past and
present.
- Engage in evidence-based research by asking
interesting and important questions, collecting and
analyzing appropriate data, and considering the
implications and limitations of the findings.
- Employ mathematical and statistical methods to
analyze and develop solutions for problems arising
from real-world situations.
- Use quantitative and qualitative evidence in
the evaluation, construction, and
communication of arguments in public,
professional, and personal life.
- Engage in an examination of personal values
and experiences in light of the Catholic, Jesuit
traditions and integrate these understandings
with the principles that guide their lives.
- Demonstrate communication skills in a foreign
language.
Course/experience options
Comprehension/Composition
Current and new courses across disciplines that
focus on communication / understanding /
reading /rhetoric/literature
HIPs:
--First-Year Experience
--Catholic/Jesuit traditions
ATOM
Orb 2: Application*
MU Faculty Survey 2 Learning
Objectives
- Employ mathematical and statistical methods to
analyze and develop solutions for problems arising
from real-world situations.
- Use quantitative and qualitative evidence in the
evaluation, construction, and communication of
arguments in public, professional, and personal life.
- Engage in cooperative and cross-disciplinary
problem solving to address real world challenges.
- Demonstrate behaviors supporting ethical decision
making related to one's discipline or vocation.
- Demonstrate scientific, quantitative and information
literacy through decision making and action.
- Advocate for change based on logic and empirical
evidence.
- Foster safe and affirming communities by celebrating
difference and discouraging prejudice, violence,
and intimidation.
- Apply an understanding of one’s identity and social
difference to articulate how individual and
institutional choices impact other people.
- Create and execute scholarly projects that deploy
multiple electronic applications and technologies.
- Evaluate specific community problems in light
of philosophical and theological frameworks.
- Articulate how one’s potential post-Marquette
career or vocation is informed by a broader
vision of serving as men and women for others.
- Demonstrate communication skills in a foreign
language.
- Present plans for a civically engaged
community project developed in collaboration
with others who have diverse backgrounds
and opinions.
Course/experience options
STEM/Applied Sciences/Social Sciences/Health Sciences/
Communication
HIP’s:
--Service Learning
--Living Learning Experiences
--Living Learning Communities
--Study Abroad
--Internships
ATOM
Orb 3: Integration*
MU Survey 2 Faculty Learning
Objectives
- Communicate effectively in writing, speaking and
artistic expression.
- Develop creative, problem-solving strategies and
critical thinking skills in the context of complex global
issues.
- Purposefully connect and integrate knowledge and
skills from across disciplines to solve problems in
socially responsible ways.
- Demonstrate an understanding of broader cultural,
historical, theological, or conceptual contexts of
particular issues, ideas, objects, or events past and
present.
- Ask questions rooted in curiosity and identify answers
based on systematic process of discovery.
- Engage in cooperative and cross-disciplinary
problem solving to address real world challenges.
- Explain the formal and informal structures and
processes that make social systems, governments,
and economies work.
- Advocate for change based on logic and empirical
evidence.
- Evaluate specific community problems in light of
philosophical and theological frameworks.
- Explain how the performing arts and artistic
traditions contribute to society.
- Engage in the scholarly exploration of religious
faiths and explain how faith and reason are
related in the search for truth.
- Present plans for a civically engaged
community project developed in collaboration
with others who have diverse backgrounds
and opinions.
- Create and execute scholarly projects that
deploy multiple electronic applications and
technologies.
Course/experience options
Intensive writing/public speaking
--Philosophical Reasoning
--Theological Thinking
--Historical/Sociological Understanding
HIP:
--Capstone
--Interdisciplinary Studies
ATOM
Orb 4: Human Dimension*
MU Survey 2 Faculty Learning
Objectives
- Develop creative, problem-solving strategies and
critical thinking skills in the context of complex global
issues.
- Make appropriate professional and personal
judgments rooted in a clearly articulated ethical or
moral foundation.
- Demonstrate an understanding of broader cultural,
historical, theological, or conceptual contexts of
particular issues, ideas, objects, or events past and
present.
- Engage in cooperative and cross-disciplinary
problem solving to address real world challenges.
- Demonstrate deep knowledge of the history, causes,
and contemporary manifestations of inequality.
- Advocate for change based on logic and empirical
evidence.
- Foster safe and affirming communities by celebrating
difference and discouraging prejudice, violence,
and intimidation.
- Apply an understanding of one’s identity and social
difference to articulate how individual and
institutional choices impact other people.
- Engage in an examination of personal values
and experiences in light of the Catholic, Jesuit
traditions and integrate these understandings
with the principles that guide their lives.
- Evaluate specific community problems in light
of philosophical and theological frameworks.
- Engage in the scholarly exploration of religious
faiths and explain how faith and reason are
related in the search for truth.
- Present plans for a civically engaged
community project developed in collaboration
with others who have diverse backgrounds
and opinions.
Course/experience options
Cultural/Social Diversity and Inclusion
HIPs:
--Service Learning
--Service Projects
--Community Engagement
--Community-Based Research
--Civic Responsibility
--Retreats
ATOM
Orb 5: Caring*
MU Survey 2 Faculty Learning
Objectives
- Develop creative, problem-solving strategies and
critical thinking skills in the context of complex global
issues.
- Make appropriate professional and personal
judgments rooted in a clearly articulated ethical or
moral foundation.
- Purposefully connect and integrate knowledge and
skills from across disciplines to solve problems in
socially responsible ways.
- Demonstrate behaviors supporting ethical decision
making related to one's discipline or vocation.
- Foster safe and affirming communities by celebrating
difference and discouraging prejudice, violence,
and intimidation.
- Engage in an examination of personal values and
experiences in light of the Catholic, Jesuit traditions
and integrate these understandings with the
principles that guide their lives.
- Evaluate specific community problems in light
of philosophical and theological frameworks.
- Articulate how one’s potential post-Marquette
career or vocation is informed by a broader
vision of serving as men and women for others.
- Present plans for a civically engaged
community project developed in collaboration
with others who have diverse backgrounds
and opinions.
Course/experience options
Learning Ignatian Discernment
HIP:
--Service Learning
--Global Mission Experiences
--Health Care Initiatives
--Social Justice Curriculum
ATOM
Orb 6: Learning How to Learn*
MU Survey 2 Faculty Learning
Objectives
- Ask questions rooted in curiosity and identify
answers based on systematic process of discovery.
- Demonstrate behaviors supporting ethical decision
making related to one's discipline or vocation.
- Demonstrate scientific, quantitative and information
literacy through decision making and action.
- Explain the formal and informal structures and
processes that make social systems, governments,
and economies work.
- Apply an understanding of one’s identity and social
difference to articulate how individual and
institutional choices impact other people.
- Articulate how one’s potential post-Marquette
career or vocation is informed by a broader
vision of serving as men and women for others.
- Create and execute scholarly projects that
deploy multiple electronic applications and
technologies.
Course/experience options
Focus on Study Skills
HIP:
--First-Year Experience/Course
--Self-Regulated Learning
--Developing Responsible Learners
--Developing Research/Library Skills
--Undergraduate Research Opportunities
ATOM