Groupings within our General Education curriculum are assessed on a rotating basis so that each component is reviewed every 3rd semester, with a subset of individual courses being selected via systematic sampling — we strive to obtain assessment data from at least 50% of the relevant offerings during each assessment cycle. The Student Learning Outcomes… Read more »
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Global Cultures: HIST-H 101 The World in the Twentieth Century I
Proposing Faculty Member: Hayley Froysland Category: Contemporary Social Values Component: Global Cultures Description: This course will provide a broad historical survey of the key events, inter-relationships, and competing visions of society and modern life in various regions of the world in the late-19th and 20th centuries, which will help students better understand our world today…. Read more »
New! Optional Faculty / Advisor Support Letter for Student Petitions
As described on the Academic Affairs website, students may submit petitions to request that a transferred course be considered as a substitution to meet an IUSB general-education requirement or, in very special circumstances, they may request an exemption from a general-education requirement. There’s a separate web-based form for each type of request (i.e., a substitution… Read more »
Literary & Intellectual Traditions: WGS-N 390 (VT: Women in Social Movements)
Proposing Faculty Member: Darryl Heller Category: Common Core Component: Literary & Intellectual Traditions Description: This class will explore significant social movements from the 19th through the 21st Century. Unlike a course in sociology, which tend to look at social movements from a structural and organizational perspective, this course will use the lens of gender as an analytical framework… Read more »
Natural World: CLS-N 190 (VT: Uncovering a Diagnosis)
Proposing Faculty Member: Barbara Spinda Category: Common Core Component: Natural World Description: Have you ever been sick and wondered how the doctor knew you were sick, what was causing your illness, and how to treat it? Did you know that there is a whole profession dedicated to the diagnosis, interpreting, and monitoring illness in society? The Medical Laboratory Scientist… Read more »
FYS for Students with 30+ Credits
Starting with Fall 2021, students are required to complete a First Year Seminar (FYS) within their first year at IU South Bend as part of the First Year Experience (FYE). The FYS designation is a “tag” added to a course that meets another general-education requirement, and enrollment in such courses is restricted to students with… Read more »
Global Cultures: HSC-H 413 Global Health and Nutrition & DHYG-H 412 Global Health
Proposing Faculty Member: Andrew Doyle Category: Contemporary Social Values Component: Global Cultures Description: These courses, which are always cross-listed, introduce contemporary global health and nutrition issues to students, such as (but not limited to): food security, maternal and child nutrition, nutrition-related chronic diseases from across the globe, and global economic effects of disease and international… Read more »
Change in Pre-Calculus & Trigonometry As Quantitative Reasoning Option
Up through the 2022-2023 IUSB Bulletin, Pre-Calculus (MATH-M 125) and Trigonometry (MATH-M 126) were listed as a two-course sequence suitable for fulfilling the Quantitative Reasoning component of the Fundamental Literacies category. Starting with the 2023-2024 IUSB Bulletin, however, only MATH-M 126 will be listed, as it, alone, will be sufficient to meet the requirement. Furthermore, this… Read more »
Global Cultures: EALC-E 320 Tasting Food in Japan: Food, Language, and Linguistics
Proposing Faculty Member: Yoshiko O. Green Category: Contemporary Social Values Component: Global Cultures Description: In Japanese culture, the language used daily plays an important role in food. Language can express experiences with food and reflect cultural beliefs and aspects of society. The focus of the course will be on healthy Japanese dishes, Japanese seasonings, and… Read more »
GenEd Assessment for Spring 2023
Groupings within our General Education curriculum are assessed on a rotating basis so that each component is reviewed every 3rd semester, with a subset of individual courses being selected via systematic sampling. The Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) to be assessed for each component (e.g., Quantitative Reasoning within the Fundamental Literacies category) should be identical for… Read more »