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Recommendation #1: the University should develop and publicize a more comprehensive rationale for the General Studies Program structure, purpose, and student learning outcomes. |
| Sent to CFAH for review & proposal, 4-8-04 |
Recommendation #2: the University should make several immediate modifications to the General Studies Program that will enhance student learning.
- requiring students to complete English 101 and 102 during the first two years.
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| Sent to CFAH for review & proposal, 4-8-04 |
Recommendation #2: the University should make several immediate modifications to the General Studies Program that will enhance student learning.
- adding foreign language as a strand of the Humanities category.
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Recommendation #2: the University should make several immediate modifications to the General Studies Program that will enhance student learning.
- encouraging departments to limit the size of their classes
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Recommendation #2: the University should make several immediate modifications to the General Studies Program that will enhance student learning.
- adding upper level courses to the GSP.
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| GS Director and CTE Director develop a workshop to address, 5-6-04 |
Recommendation #2: the University should make several immediate modifications to the General Studies Program that will enhance student learning.
- encouraging faculty to make connections between their GSP courses and classes in other academic disciplines.
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Recommendation #2: the University should make several immediate modifications to the General Studies Program that will enhance student learning.
- resolving the future of Category VIII: Capstone Course.
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- Structure of the GSP: Issues to be Studied
- is a liberal education best achieved via a small number of courses focusing on the most fundamental aspects of academic disciplines? Or is a liberal education more likely to be realized by offering students multiple options to meet the individual GSP requirements?
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| Sent to CFAH for review & proposal, 4-8-04 |
- Structure of the GSP: Issues to be Studied
- why is philosophy the sole discipline within the Humanities category that students may avoid? Students are currently required to complete Humanities' course work in literature, aesthetics, and history -- but not in philosophy. What are the justifications for marginalizing philosophy in this manner?
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- Structure of the GSP: Issues to be Studied
- why is economics the sole discipline within the Social and Behavioral Sciences category that students may not avoid?
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- Structure of the GSP: Issues to be Studied
- why are the structures of the Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences categories different? On a related note to points #2 and 3 above, why are choices in Humanities prescribed, but not so in the Social and Behavioral Sciences category?
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- Structure of the GSP: Issues to be Studied
- why are most of the GSP categories arranged according to "perspectives," but the Natural Sciences category is structured by "department?"
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| Sent to CFAH for review & proposal, 4-8-04 |
- Structure of the GSP: Issues to be Studied
- why is the historical perspective considered part of the Humanities category when the Department of History is housed in the College of Natural and Social Sciences?
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- Structure of the GSP: Issues to be Studied
- why are some areas of the GSP under the control of a specific department while others are not?
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Governance & Assessment, Recommendations IV - VII |
| Considered and accepted, 4-8-04, Director will report |
- Structure of the GSP: Issues to be Studied
- Recommendation #8: the University should emphasize the importance of advising in the General Studies Program.
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| Considered and rejected, 4-8-04 |
Recommendation #9:
the University should reconsider the name of the General Studies Program. |