St. Cloud State University
General Education Goal Area 6 Designation
Humanities & Fine Arts
Academic Affairs Use Only:
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 202 Reading & Writing for Academic Purposes 2
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.
Existing Course
No
Diversity Proposal Accompanying This Form
No
Yes
7.
Course bulletin description, including credits and semesters to be offered:
Development of skills in reading and writing for advanced students. Focus on strategies to improve
reading speed and comrehension of academic texts and the development of an essay. May be repeated. 4 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
or units offering instruction that relates to the content of the proposed course.
None
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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.
Students learn to use English for academic purposes. In that process, they also learn about the
unique ways in which American academic English is used in the academic community. Learning a
foreign language and the culture associated with the target language is one of the main emphases in
Humanities and Fine Arts. For international students at SCSU, learning to develop mastery in using
American academic English is the exact equivalent of US students learning a foreign language. For
each group, the target language migth be different, but the learning goals are the same.
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 work with various genres of written texts representing academic work to
understand the genre-specific characteristics of academic English used in the US context.
SLO #3: Students interact with various genres of academic English and develop an understanding of
the academic culture as expressed via language.
SLO #4: Students analyze language as used by members of the academic community.
SLO #5: Students use language in various genres ranging from presentations to multimedia works to
demonstrate their skills.
SLO #6: Students use written academic language to express their ideas.
SLO# 7: Students develop metalinguistic awareness about academic English spoken in the US
context.
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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
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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