Integrated Core Proposal
• Team Members
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Emmanuel Eneyo, Ind & Mnfg Engineering
Allison Funk, English Language and Literature
Jo Gibson, Office of the Registrar
David Kaplan, Physics
Cem Karacal, Ind & Mnfg Engineering
Linda Markowitz, Sociology and Criminal Justice
Kerry Slattery, Construction
Chad Verbais, Instructional Services
Integrated Core Proposal
• Significant change from current program
• Simpler approach
• Centers around team-taught courses
designed to provide a foundation in the
liberal arts and sciences linked to skills
courses
SIUE Objectives for Baccalaureate
Degree
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Analytic/Problem-Solving/Decision-Making
Oral and Written Communication
Foundation in Liberal Arts and Sciences
Appreciation of Cultures
Scientific Literacy
A Sense of Ethics
Preparation in Discipline
Philosophy
• Learning through integration and
connection
• Information organized by themes rather
than departments
• Courses integrating multiple disciplines in
a field of liberal arts and sciences linked to
skills courses can provide content with
which to practice the skill and improve
outcomes in both courses
Goals
• Provide a foundation in the Liberal Arts
and Sciences
• Reinforce connections across disciplines
• Develop essential skills
• Require breadth in academic experience
Core Proposal (36 crh)
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Integrated core [content and skills] (18 crh)
Independent skills (6 crh)
Global citizenship (3 crh)
Intergroup relations (3 crh)
Discipline-specific balance (6 crh)
Integrated Core [Content]
• FAH 101 – Investigation and Expression of
the Human Experience
• SS 101 – Social Construction of
Individuals and Society
• NS 101 – Science and Human Endeavor
Integrated Core [Content]
Foundation in
the Field
(FAH, SS, NS)
Professor A discusses
application to her area
of interest
Professor B discusses
application to his area
of interest
Integrated Core [Content and Skills]
• Team taught, large lecture, 3 crh content
course integrating disciplines in one
Liberal Arts and Sciences field
• Linked to multiple small skills sections that
will use the content in skill development
• Content courses will be designed by
instructors across the field to present a
foundation in the field
Integrated Core [Skills]
• Communication Studies (SPC 103, 104, or
105)
• Written Expression II (Eng 102)
• Critical Thinking (Phil 106, FL 106, Math
106, IME 106)
• As a minimum, one major assignment
must be based on the Content course.
Integrated Core [Content and Skills]
WE II
FAH
CT
X
SS
X
CT
FAH
X
X
WE II
FAH
FAH
CS
CT
X
X
WE II
CT
CS
X
SS
NS
CS
X
FAH
X
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X
NS
X
SS
NS
CT
X
WE II
SS
CS
X
NS
CS
X
NS
CT
SS
X
WE II
WE II
FAH
NS
SS
CS
X
X
Example
• FAH 101
– Professors from English Language and
Literature and Art teach a 100 student lecture
– Four sections of skills courses would be
linked to that course. All students in the skills
courses are in the same FAH 101 section
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Eng 102
SPC 103
SPC 105
Phil 106
Independent Skills
• English 101 English Composition – 3 crh
– currently offered
• Math 101 Quantitative Reasoning – 3 crh
– Focus on applied math and statistics
– Students taking Math 120 or higher and
Statistics 244 or higher are exempt
– Non-exempt students will take a second, 3 crh
math course as part of the Balance
requirement – Math 102 Quantitative
Reasoning or higher
Global Citizenship & Intergroup
Relations
• GC 301 – Diversity,
Global Engagement
and Social
Responsibility
– Writing intensive
– Mission critical, i.e.
transfer students must
also complete this
course
• Intergroup Relations
– Requirement met
through an approved
list of courses
Discipline-Specific Balance
• Requirements based on student’s major to
insure breadth
– Engineering and Physical Science
• One FAH and one SS course
– Education, Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Science
• One natural science, one mathematics
– Mathematics and Business
• One FAH or SS, one natural science
– Nursing, Pre-health, and Life Sciences
• One FAH or SS, one mathematics
• All students must have one laboratory science
course
Conclusion
• The Proposed Integrated Core Model
– May require a paradigm shift at SIUE
– Retains some elements of current general
education program that are strengths of SIUE
– Enhances focus on skills development,
integration and assessment
– Requires breadth for each field of study
– Requires all students to complete the
integrated core
– Requires commitment of resources for faculty
development for new pedagogical approaches