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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