Gen-Ed Co-Directors Jennifer Muñiz & Henry Scott and FYS Director Betsy Local Updates to Academic Affairs Gen-Ed website: Student petition forms (for substitutions or exceptions) revised to reflect curriculum as of Fall 2021 New Course Proposal forms, and procedures, moved to Gen-Ed Blog under Info for Instructors Updated to reflect curriculum as of Fall 2021… Read more »
Info for Instructors
GenEd Assessment for Fall 2022
Groupings within our General Education curriculum are assessed on a rotating basis so that each area is reviewed every 3rd semester, with 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 all offerings, and… Read more »
GenEd Assessment for Spring 2022
Groupings within our General Education curriculum are assessed on a rotating basis so that each area is reviewed every 3rd semester, with individual courses being selected via systematic sampling. The Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) to be assessed for each area (e.g., Fundamental Literacies – Quantitative Reasoning) should be identical for all offerings that satisfy that… Read more »
Procedures for Tagged Information Literacy Courses
Information Literacy (IL) is part of our campus-wide general-education requirements. Prior to Fall 2021, IL was under the Fundamental Literacies category of our general-education curriculum, and all students were to satisfy it by taking COAS-Q 110, Introduction to Information Literacy (1 credit). Starting in Fall 2021, however, IL is now categorized under Additional Requirements, and… Read more »
Co-Director Announcements at January 2022 Senate Meeting
January 2022 Gen-Ed Co-Director Announcements at Academic Senate: Still working on the Gen-Ed website: https://academics.iusb.edu/general-education/index.html New Gen-Ed Blog: https://blogs.iu.edu/iusbgened/ Historical listing of approved Common Core courses: Blog Post Blanket Approval for All Existing HPER Courses to Satisfy Health & Wellness: Blog Post Faculty can now add their own “Class Descriptions” to their courses that will show up… Read more »
FAQ Regarding Syllabus Collection for Gen-Ed Courses
Q: Why are faculty being asked to provide copies of their gen-ed syllabi each semester? A: We understand that being asked to provide a syllabus each semester can be inconvenient, so we’d like to offer an explanation. Justification: We (i.e., the Gen-Ed Co-Directors) are being asked to collect syllabi for all general-education offerings by the… Read more »
FAQ Regarding Instructor Assessment of Gen-Ed Courses
Q: How often are courses assessed? A: Each category of General Education is assessed on a rotating basis and are scheduled every 3rd semester. Q: Where can I find the assessment rubrics? A: Rubric PDFs can be found on the General Education Website in the Faculty Information section. There’s a link to a PDF of the… Read more »
Historical Listing of Approved Gen-Ed Courses
Approved courses in the following general-education areas can be found in the Bulletin: Fundamental Literacies Contemporary Social Values Extended Literacies Common Core courses, however, are approved not just for the four areas, as listed below, but with specialized Variable Titles (VTs) with unique class descriptions. Although some VTs are offered repeatedly, others might only be… Read more »
Instructor-Provided “Class Descriptions” for iGPS
All of our courses have a “Course Description,” as can be readily accessed via the Bulletin, that tends to remain static, even though exact content and style may vary between instructors and terms. This generally works well, except for our Common Core (CC) courses, which include the following four categories and Course Descriptions: Arts, Aesthetics… Read more »