St. Cloud State University
General Education Goal Area 6 Designation
Humanities & Fine Arts
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Response Date: ______________________
Effective Date: ______________________
1.
Proposal Number: _________________
Prepared by: Choonkyong Kim
Phone: 308-3245
Email: ckim@stcloudstate.edu
2.
Requesting Unit: English, College of Fine Arts & Humanities
3.
Department, Course Number, Title: ESL 150 Cultural Orientation for International Students
4.
New Course
5.
Will this course be flagged as a diversity course?
Already Designated as Diversity
6.
Will this course also satisfy another General Education Goal Area?
If “Yes” specify which goal area.
Goal Area 8 Global Perspectives
Existing Course
No
Diversity Proposal Accompanying This Form
No
Yes
7.
Course bulletin description, including credits and semesters to be offered:
Social and academic life on a United States (US) campus. focus on cultural adjustment cycle
and strategies that help students integrate themselves in US campus life. Required for international
undergraduate students from school outside the US or Canada. International students who have
studied in the US for at least one academic year full-time are exempt. Graduate students are exempt. 2
Cr. F, S.
8.
Indicate the clientele for whom this course is designed. Is the course for general education only, or
does it fulfill general education and other program needs for this or another department? Obtain
signatures from any affected departments.
The main pool of students come from new international students, as well as US citizens and
permanent residents, who are required to take the course. This course also fulfills the SCSU
requirement for Academic English Proficiency via the College ESL Program.
Signature: Choonkyong Kim, College ESL Program Director
9.
Indicate any changes that must be made in offerings or resources in your department or other
departments by offering this course.
No change is required.
10.
For new courses or courses not yet approved for General Education, indicate any other SCSU departments
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or units offering instruction that relates to the content of the proposed course.
None
11.
Courses designated as General Education are included in the assessment plan for the Goal Area(s)
for which they are approved. Courses for which assessment is not included in the annual GE
assessment report for two years will be removed from the General Education Program.
The Requesting Unit understands and recognizes the above conditions.
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12.
Provide a concise explanation of how the following goal is a “significant focus” of the proposed course.
Goal Area 6: Humanities & Fine Arts
Expand appreciation and critical understanding of changing modes of human expression and systems of
thought in the arts and humanities, and develop abilities in the creation and performance of meaning.
This course focuses on learning about and adjusting to a new culture. The new culture in focus
happens to be the US culture for the clientele of this course. Students learn about crosscultural
similarities and differences, about the relationship between language and culture, and about
intercultural communciation strategies with specific emphsis on learning about the acaemic culture in
the US context. These fit into Goal Area 6 (Humanities & Fine Arts).
13. In order for a course to be designated as fulfilling Goal Area 6, it must address at least 5 of the 7 student learning
outcomes (SLOs) below. Check the SLOs below that are focused on in the proposed general education course.
1. Demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.
2. Describe and appreciate works in the arts and humanities as expressions of individual and collective values
within an intellectual, cultural, historical and social context.
3. Interpret and respond critically to works from various cultures in the arts and humanities.
4. Explore intellectually the ideas expressed in works in the arts and humanities.
5. Engage in creative processes or interpretive performance.
6. Articulate an informed personal response to works in the arts and humanities.
7. Analyze the diverse means of communication in the arts and humanities.
14.
Discuss how each Student Learning Outcome checked above is achieved in this course. (Note: Although
descriptions of typical assignments or types of assignments may be part of this discussion, it is not
appropriate to submit copies of actual assignments.)
SLO #2: Students read and discuss various cultural issues and do crosscultural analyses.
SLO #3: Students participate in various cultural events and report their analyses.
SLO #4: Students use works in the arts and humanities to understand the underlying cultural values.
SLO #5: Students engage in various cretive projects to express their understanding of crosscultural
issues.
SLO #6: Students conduct research about crosscultural issues using varous research methods such as
interviews, observations, surveys, etc., and they present the results.
SLO #7: Students learn about the relationship between culture and language in both intra- and intercultural contexts.
15.
List or attach the Course Outline (adequately described and including percentage of time to be allocated
to each topic). Curriculum Committees may request additional information. Topics larger than 20% need
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to be broken down further. Indicate in your course outline where the Student Learning Outcomes
checked above are being met.
Course Description Attached.
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