Rev 9/10/15
Ithaca College Integrative Core Curriculum (ICC)
APPLICATION FOR THEME & PERSPECTIVE
Before completing this designation request, please review the Guidelines for ICC Course
Designations, available on CCR’s website.(http://www.ithaca.edu/provost/standingcommittees/ccr/)
Courses proposed for Themes and Perspectives designation should be at the 100- or 200-level. For
new or substantially revised courses, this form should not be completed until the relevant APC
paperwork has completed School processes.
Department:
Course Number and Title:
Campus Phone & E-mail:
Department Chair
submitting proposal*
Date of Submission:
Date(s) of Revision:
* Applications for general education designation must be forwarded as an email sent to
icc@ithaca.edu by the department chair. Hard copies with signatures are not required. Please
name the file according to the following format: TP_ [SUBJ] [Course#] [mm-dd-yy].docx
1. Please electronically attach a .docx or .pdf copy of the course syllabus.
2. Has this course been previously approved for any ICC designations? ☐ No ☐ Yes
If yes, please list all approved designations: ___________________________________
3. Does this course have any prerequisites? ☐ No ☐ Yes
If yes, please list all approved prerequisites: ___________________________________
(All Themes and Perspectives courses should carry limited prerequisites in order to
maximize student entry into the course as per published ICC guidelines.)
4. Theme Designation Proposal Questions
Select the Theme(s) from the list below and describe how the course will meet the Student
Learning Outcomes for the Theme-based approach to learning in approximately 250 words or
less. By submitting this proposal you acknowledge that the course must address and assess these
outcomes. (It is not necessary to identify or describe artifacts for Theme SLOs.)
Theme options:
☐ Identities: Who are we and how do we distinguish ourselves from others?
☐ Inquiry, Imagination, and Innovation: How do we know what we know?
☐ Mind, Body, Spirit: What does it mean to be a balanced person?
☐ The Quest for a Sustainable Future: How do we sustain a growing population in a world of
limited resources?
☐ A World of Systems: How do people make sense of and navigate complexity?
☐ Power and Justice: How are they related and how can they be balanced?
Your course will contribute to the following overarching goals of the Theme-based approach to
learning and address at least one of the following questions relating the course to the Theme(s):
1) How your course integrates the Theme’s stated inquiry (e.g., for the Theme Inquiry,
Imagination, and Innovation: How do we know what we know?)
2) How your course addresses the overarching goals of the Theme-based approach to learning
For each Theme, please identify the overarching goal being addressed and refer to content covered,
readings, assignments, etc. in the syllabus.
Theme 1: (enter theme here)
Select overarching goal(s) (at least one)
☐ Identify, formulate and/or evaluate significant questions for exploration within the Theme
☐ Communicate and advocate for their positions or conclusions; and
☐ Propose new ideas, positions, solutions, or techniques in response to significant questions within the
Theme
Describe how the course integrates the Theme’s stated inquiry (e.g., for the Theme Inquiry, Imagination,
and Innovation: How do we know what we know?) or addresses the overarching goals of the Theme-based
approach to learning in approximately 250 words or less.
Theme 2: (enter theme here)
Select overarching goal(s) (at least one)
☐ Identify, formulate and/or evaluate significant questions for exploration within the Theme
☐ Communicate and advocate for their positions or conclusions; and
☐ Propose new ideas, positions, solutions, or techniques in response to significant questions within the
Theme
Describe how the course integrates the Theme’s stated inquiry (e.g., for the Theme Inquiry, Imagination,
and Innovation: How do we know what we know?) or addresses the overarching goals of the Theme-based
approach to learning in approximately 250 words or less.
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5. Perspective Designation Proposal Questions
Select the Perspective (two maximum) from the list below and briefly describe how your course
will meet and assess the three Student Learning Outcomes for the selected Perspective(s)
including explicit examples from your syllabus, in approximately 250 words or less. A suggested
e-portfolio artifact is required for each Student Learning Outcome. By submitting this proposal
you acknowledge that your course must address and assess these outcomes. (Note that the same
artifact may be used for more than one SLO.)
☐ Creative Arts (CA)
1. Recognize and explain the forms, techniques, and processes used in at least one area of creative arts;
2. Analyze, in themselves and others, how performances or creative works stimulate emotions, provoke
thoughts, or guide actions and beliefs; and
3. Articulate the role of the creative arts in the construction of historical and/or contemporary cultures
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☐ Humanities (HM)
1. Understand and analyze human expression (such as language, texts, or images) through the lens of the
humanities
2. Recognize and begin to appraise existing arguments and articulate arguments of their own; and
3. Describe and interpret the values, beliefs, and behaviors of self and others in the context of historical
and/or contemporary cultural institutions
SLO 1:
Artifact 1:
SLO 2:
Artifact 2:
SLO 3:
Artifact 3:
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☐ Natural Science (SC)
1. Understand basic scientific principles and facts as well as the methods that natural scientists use to
study the physical world
2. Recognize the impact of natural science on self and society; and
3. Explain how humans interact with and understand the natural and physical world
SLO 1:
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SLO 2:
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SLO 3:
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☐ Social Science (SO)
1. Understand how social science methods are used to analyze, investigate, or predict human individual or
group behavior
2. Articulate their own values, beliefs, and behaviors, and trace the possible forces that shape their values,
beliefs, and behaviors; and
3. Explain how diverse cultures and institutions help shape, and in turn are shaped by, the lives and
decisions of their members
SLO 1:
Artifact 1:
SLO 2:
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SLO 3:
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