Each semester, the Director(s) of General Education will work with instructors on assessing one subsection of General Education courses. This fall, the four Common Core areas plus Fundamental Literacy/Writing will be assessed. Assessment includes three steps: First step: Syllabus collection. if you are teaching in one of the areas being assessed this fall, the Director… Read more »
Batch FYS Exemption Approved By Academic Senate
The Director of the First Year Experience, Co-Directors of General Education, and the Senate General Education Committee all endorsed a proposal that was presented to, and passed by, the IU South Bend Faculty Senate on April 19, 2024, to grant a batch FYS exemption to a specific group of students: First-Year Beginner Undergrad (FYU) and… Read more »
EL-CL: CSCI-A 204 Introduction to Programming
Proposing Faculty Member: Dana Vrajitoru Category: Extended Literacies Component: Computer Literacy Description: Fundamental programming constructs, including loops, arrays, classes, and files. General problem-solving techniques. Emphasis on modular programming, user-interface design, and developing good programming style. Special Note: CSCI-A 204 is not really a new course; the new number is intended to be used specifically as… Read more »
Global Cultures: GEOG-G 213 Introduction to Economic Geography and POLS-Y 376 International Political Economy
Proposing Faculty Member: Gabriel Popescu Category: Contemporary Social Values Component: Global Cultures Description: The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the field of economic geography and to develop your geographical understanding of the world political economy in the era of Globalization. We will approach the economy as a historical and social creation… Read more »
SUST-B 399 (VT: Germany – Sustainable Development and Green Urbanism)
Proposing Faculty Member: Scott Sernau Category: Common Core Component: Human Behavior & Social Institutions Description: What are the elements of balanced, sustainable development? We will look at what they mean for the various social problems facing the planet. We will look at path–breaking efforts to forge alternative paths to development and quality of life in… Read more »
Tagged Information Literacy Courses & Need for Additional Communication
We ask that instructors of tagged Information Literacy (IL) courses take extra care in ensuring that students are clearly aware of their grade status not just for the course, but for the IL component, too. We note that of all courses that our students take, a tagged IL course is the only one they’ll experience… Read more »
GenEd Assessment for Spring 2024
Groupings within our General Education curriculum are assessed on a rotating basis so that each component is reviewed every 3rd semester. The following components will be assessed during the Spring 2024 semester, with each component listed below providing a hyperlink to download the corresponding Rubric Worksheet in .XSLX format: Extended Literacies: Computer Literacy Extended Literacies:… Read more »
Students with Admit Term Prior to Fall 2021 Exempt from FYS
Students with an admit term prior to Fall 2021 (4218) are to be exempted from the First Year Seminar (FYS) general-education requirement if their requirement term changes such that FYS would be added to their general-education requirements. This policy was presented to the Senate General Education Committee by the Co-Directors of General Education during the… Read more »
Students in Honors Program Exempted from FYS Upon Completion of HON-H 100
As of the Fall 2023 semester, students in the Honors Program will be exempt from the First Year Seminar (FYS) requirement upon successful completion of HON-H 100. The proposal for this change was granted provisional approval for Fall 2023 during the summer of 2023, with support from the Director of the Honors Program, the Director… Read more »
Computer Literacy: CSCI-C 155 Problem Solving and Programming 1
Proposing Faculty Member: Dana Vrajitoru Category: Extended Literacies Component: Computer Literacy Description: This course introduces problem solving by programming in Java. Programming concepts include data types, control structures, arrays, methods, exception handling, and input/output. Object-oriented thinking is acquired by using classes and objects. Students learn how to solve problems by designing, implementing, and testing simple… Read more »