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Proposed baccalaureate goals NI U Baccalaureate Review Task Force September 2009

Overview Overview

• What prompted the

baccalaureate review? baccalaureate review?

• What did the task

force do?

• What did people say?

at d d peop e say

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Need for Curriculum Review Need for Curriculum Review

NI U’s Strategic g Planning I nitiative identified the need for undergraduate i l curriculum review

Baccalaureate Goals Baccalaureate Goals

Baccalaureate goals should drive the undergraduate curriculum, especially general education.

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Support for Baccalaureate Goals Support for Baccalaureate Goals Task Force Membership Task Force Membership

I ncludes over 40 students, faculty, staff, and administrators.

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Task Force Objectives... Task Force Objectives...

• Process—thorough

and inclusive

• Outcome—propose

baccalaureate goals baccalaureate goals

Feedback Sought from... Feedback Sought from...

• Students
• Faculty
• Staff
• Employers
• Administrators
• Centers and

Commissions Commissions

• Parents
• Community

colleges

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Focus Groups Focus Groups

Online survey Online survey

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The Three Cs The Three Cs Critical Thinking Critical Thinking

Literacy Reflectivity I nformation skills

Most cited goal

y

• Value

reading and understand high-level content

• Write clearly
• Pursue life-

y

• Demonstrate

personal awareness

• View learning as

an ongoing cycle

• Reflect on and

apply new-found

• Find and evaluate

information

• Make logical

arguments

• Use reasoned

thought and learning (scientific method) Pursue life long learning apply new found knowledge (scientific method)

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Communication Communication

Technology

b i

Language

i

Collaboration

k ll i h

• Master basic

computer applications

• Use technology

to facilitate communication

• Master written

English

• Speak clearly and

professionally

• Communicate

across cultural boundaries

• Work well with
• thers
• Listen attentively
• Conduct

meaningful exchanges

Context Context

Social Context Historical Context Global Context Context

• Contribute to

society

• Demonstrate

individual responsibility and initiative

• Seek diverse

experiences and i t

Context

• Use history to

understand the present

• Know current

events (considered in a historical context)

• Understand major

i l t

Context

• Recognize

interconnections among countries and

• ther members of the

global community

• Understand the

United States’ roles in the world R t lti l appreciate differences social systems (economic, social, political)

• Respect multiple

perspectives

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Future Directions Future Directions

• Refine the goals
• Begin to…

l bl – Develop measurable goals and objectives – I dentify potential assessment strategies – Discuss relationship to general education program program