A General Education Core Curriculum at IUPUI Campus Town Hall March 30, 2012
Feb 23, 2016
A General Education Core Curriculum at IUPUI
Campus Town HallMarch 30, 2012
Quick History• Task force led by Rick Ward in 2010-2011, provided report to
IUPUI Faculty Council Executive Committee• Oct. & Nov. 2011 – effort to reconstitute ‘CLAS’ (Council of
Liberal Arts and Science); consensus that it would be preferable to have a campus-wide task force
• Campus-wide task force created in December, 2011 Two pairs of meetings held in January and February, giving rise to the current working draft (released on February 10, 2012)– Thanks/recognition of task force members– Feedback and alternative model posted on website:
http://gened.iupui.edu– Did not achieve complete consensus – decided to move ahead and continue
discussions
Timeline for Spring, 2012 January and
February Discussions [hone
model]
IUPUI Town Hall (March 30)
May: IFC Meeting
Task Force Members Share Model Broadly
within schools (curriculum committees, chairs’
council) and with IUPUI IFC Executive Committee;
collect feedback
Revise drafts(s)
Revise drafts(s)
Task Force Members Share Model with
APPC, Academic and Student Affairs, PRAC, UCAC, Undergraduate
Student Council
The Context and Political Climate in 2012 and Beyond
• Performance-based funding – Rewarding improvements in degree production– Will likely be expanded in next biennium
• Senate Bill 182 and House Bill 1220 – Signed into law 3/13/12– Effective July 1, 2012
• National and state influences (AAC&U’s LEAP report, President Obama’s (and Lumina Foundation’s) ‘Big Goal’, Indiana’ Talent Dividend
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SB 182> SB 182
Each state educational institution, in collaboration with the commission for higher education, shall:
(1) not later than December 1, 2012, create and report to the commission for higher education a statewide transfer general education core, to be implemented not later than May 15, 2013. The core must be based upon a set of core competencies, translated into at least thirty (30) semester credit hours in areas agreed upon by the state educational institutions, which apply for credit toward undergraduate degrees, including associate degrees and baccalaureate degrees at all campuses of state educational institutions; and …
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HB 1220> HB 1220
Each state educational institution shall review each undergraduate degree program offered by the state educational institution to determine the number of credit hours required for the degree and report the results to the commission.If a degree program requires more than:
(1) sixty (60) credit hours for an associate degree; or(2) one hundred twenty (120) credit hours for a baccalaureate
degree; the state educational institution must provide justification to the commission in the report for the additional credit hours required.
**specialized accreditation
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Desired Outcomes
• Common experience for IUPUI undergraduates (currently there is no ‘general education’ at IUPUI)
• Simplify transfer across degree programs in different schools
• Reduce time to degree completion, particularly for transfer students
• Reduce debt incurred by students
Student Experiences
– Issues related in Eng-W 132/231 and BUS X 204• Student transfer in with W 132 credit (OR might have
taken W 132 at IUPUI)……• BUT this will not count for XX School who only accepts
W 231• BUS X 204 will not satisfy
– Issues related to COMM-C 180/R110• Students avoid taking R110 because they are afraid of
Speech>>>take C 180• Might switch major…where C 180 doesn’t count…thus
MUST take COMM R110
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PRINCIPLES OF UNDERGRADUATE LEARNING
• More specific expectations for IUPUI’s graduates are determined by the faculty in a student’s major field of study
• These expectations speak to what graduates of IUPUI will know and what they will be able to do upon completion of their degree
• Approved by Faculty Council May 7, 1998 and revised 2005 & 2007
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The IUPUI Principles of Undergraduate Learning (PULs)
• Core Communication & Quantitative Skills• Critical Thinking• Integration & Application of Knowledge• Intellectual Depth, Breadth, & Adaptiveness• Understanding Society & Culture• Values & Ethics
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What we’ve learned so far this year…• General Education looks really different across
schools (first 2 years vs. all 4 years)• Schools with accreditation standards tend to
‘get’ competency-based curricula• PULs are a combination of competencies and
types of knowledge• Most of us agree that a competency-based
curriculum is desirable• Courses Competencies
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How Other State Higher Education Institutions Have Responded
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• See handout that contrasts: – IUB Common Ground– IUPUI Draft Common Core– Purdue University Foundational Learning
Outcomes– Ivy Tech General Education Core
– Note: IUPUI Task Force did not reach consensus on draft Common Core but took vote (alternative model is available on website and advocates for using IUB’s Common Ground)
Integration of Knowledge: Principles of Undergraduate
Learning
Common Core
BaccalaureateCompetencies
Program Competencies
PUL 1&2: Analytical Reasoning
(6)
Humanities & Social
Sciences (9)
PUL 1: Core Communication
(6)
Life/Physical Sciences (6)
PUL 5: Cultural Understanding
(3)
PUL 3: Integration
and Application of Knowledge:
First-Year Seminar
Capstone
PUL 1: Emerging Technologies
PUL 3: Integration and Application of Knowledge via 2 RISE Experiences • Research• International• Service
Learning• Experiential
PUL 2: Critical
Thinking
PUL 6: Values and Ethics
Fine Arts and Design, Music,
Performing Arts
Health and Wellness
Civic Knowledge
and Engagement
PUL 4: In
tellec
tual Dep
th
PUL 4: Intellectual Breadth & Adaptiveness
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*high-impact practices
A Launching Pad for Other Conversations:
IUPUI Model of Integrated Learning
Outer Ring: Program Decides
Middle Ring:School Decides
Common Core :We propose that an elected Curriculum Committee should decide
Focus Today: Common Core (30 credits)
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Principles of Undergraduate
Learning
PUL 1: Core Communication
(6)
PUL 5: Cultural Understanding
(3)
Arts, Humanities
& Social Sciences (9)
PUL 1&2: Analytical Reasoning
(6)
Life/Physical Sciences (6)
PUL 4: Intellectual Breadth & Adaptiveness
Comments from Task Force Representatives?
Comments from Others?
THE FOCUS
Students and Student Learning
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