Students’ Integrated & Universal Essential Education ‘SIUe Education’ Distribution Model for General Education July 14, 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 Melissa Dickson, Student, Physics and Secondary Education Krzysztof Jarosz, Mathematics & Statistics Jennifer Rehg, Anthropology Cindy Scarsdale, Office of the Provost Kimberly Shaw, Physics Guiding Principles • Improved flexibility for students, faculty, & programs • Competency in fundamental skills • Exposure to diverse subjects & ways of knowing • Mechanisms for assessment & ‘quality control’ Overview • Foundations courses • Breadth courses • Cultures (diversity requirement) • Total Courses/Credit Hours (includes Freshman Seminar & IS) – No overlap: 15 courses – Max overlap: 11 courses Foundations • Written Fluency (2 courses) – Eng 101; Eng 102 (theme-based) • Logical Reasoning (1 course) – LR 101 • Quantitative Literacy (1 course) – QL 101 • Oral Communication (1 course) Foundations • May not overlap with other courses (possible exception of Freshmen Seminar) • Proficiency/Placement exams available to satisfy some requirements • Written Fluency, Quantitative Literacy, Logical Reasoning completed in first 30 credit hours • Oral Communication completed in first 60 credit hours Breadth Requirements • Language & Communication (LC) • Social Sciences (SS) • Fine Arts (FA) • Life & Earth Sciences (LES) • Physical Sciences (PS) • Human Experience, Literature, & Philosophy (HELP) Breadth Requirements • Breadth areas themselves cannot overlap • Allow overlap with major and minor courses • May be taken at any time • May be upper or lower division courses Cultures (diversity requirements) • 1 course on U.S.A. cultures • 1 course on international cultures • Allow overlap with all requirements except Foundations BA vs. BS • Bachelor of Arts: • 8 courses in fine arts, humanities, or communications (LC, FA, 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 Assessment & Quality Control • University level administrative positions and/or faculty committees for General Education • Proficiency/Placement exams available to satisfy some Foundations courses • Basic Skills Test as graduation requirement (?) Advantages • Simplified guidelines for general education • Strengthened focus on fundamental skills • Increased exposure to diverse disciplines • Improved system for ‘quality control’ • Clear and rigorous BA/BS distinction In Progress… • Content and structure of Logical Reasoning course • Content and structure of Oral Communication course • Recommendations for Freshmen Seminar – Ethics component? – Healthful Living component? • Recommendations for IS – Instructors from 2 Breadth areas – Analytical reading and writing component – 25 students per instructor • Guidelines & application of proficiency/placement exams, Basic Skills Test • Structure of oversight for General Education