Students’ Integrated & Universal
Essential Education
‘SIUe Education’
Distribution Model for General Education
Fall 2006
Marcus Agustin, Mathematics & Statistics
Mary Ann Boyd, School of Nursing
Belinda Carstens-Wickham, Foreign Languages & Literature
Thomas Foster, Physics and Office of Science & Mathematics Education
Krzysztof Jarosz, Mathematics & Statistics
Jennifer Rehg, Anthropology
Kimberly Shaw, Physics
Guiding Principles
• Simplified structure & improved flexibility
• Competency in fundamental skills
• Exposure to diverse subjects & ways of
knowing
• Mechanisms for assessment & ‘quality
control’
Overview
• Foundations
• Breadth Areas
• Cultures (diversity requirement)
• New Freshman Seminar
• Interdisciplinary Studies
• Total Requirements
– No overlap: 15 courses
– Max overlap: 10 courses
Foundations
• Written Fluency (2 courses)
– Eng 101; Eng 102 (theme-based)
• Reasoning & Argumentation (1 course)
– RA 101
• Quantitative Literacy (1 course)
– QL 101
• Oral Communication (1 course)
– SPC 105
Foundations
• May not overlap with other requirements
• Proficiency exams available – allow
placement into ‘advanced’ courses
• Written Fluency, Quantitative Literacy,
Reasoning & Argumentation completed in
first 30 credit hours
• Oral Communication completed in first 60
credit hours
Breadth Requirements
• Fine & Performing Arts (FPA)
• Human Experience, Literature, &
Philosophy (HELP)
• Language & Communication (LC)
• Life & Earth Sciences (LES)
• Physical Sciences (PS)
• Social Sciences (SS)
Breadth Requirements
• Breadth Areas themselves cannot overlap
• Allow overlap with other general education
requirements (except Foundations and IS),
and major or minor coursework
• May be taken at any time
• May be lower or upper division courses
Cultures
(diversity requirements)
• 1 course on U.S.A. cultures
• 1 course on international cultures
• Allow overlap with all requirements (except
Foundations)
Health Objective
• No-credit graduation requirement
• Possible options
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Selected courses
Wellness Center workshops
Participation in sports teams
Use of Fitness Center
New Freshman Seminar
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Small class size
Writing component
Collaborative group activity
Information literacy component
• Some form of out-of-classroom
experience (multiple options)
Interdisciplinary Studies
• Smaller class sizes: 25 students/instructor
• Taught by any two faculty from different
Breadth Areas
• Analytical reading & writing component
BA vs. BS
• Bachelor of Arts:
• 8 courses in fine arts, humanities, or
communications (LC, FPA, HELP)
• Includes minimum of 2 sequenced courses
in a foreign language
• Bachelor of Science:
• 8 courses in sciences (SS, PS, LES)
• Includes a minimum of 2 lab courses
Quality Control & Assessment
• Utilize existing structures
• Reevaluate requirements criteria
• Cyclical process of review