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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