1. UA’s Revised General Education Program How to Tag Courses Janet Bean Coordinator of General Education

2. Program Comparison Old Program: 41 credits Academic Foundations (12 credits) – Writing (6) – Speech (3) – Math (3) Disciplinary Areas (24 credits) – Natural Sciences (8) – Social Sciences (6) – Humanities (10) Area Studies & Cultural Diversity (4 credits) Physical Education (1) New Program: 34 credits + tags I. Academic Foundations (12 credits) – Writing (6) – Speech (3) – Math (3) II. Disciplinary Areas (22 credits) – Natural Sciences (7) – Social Sciences (6) – Humanities and Arts (9) III. Tagged Courses – Critical Thinking – US Diversity – Global Diversity – Social issues

3. New Program Requirements: 4-year Degree Tier I: Academic Foundations (12 credit hours) Writing—6 hours Speaking—3 hours Quantitative Reasoning—3 hours Tier II: Disciplinary Areas (22 credit hours) Natural Science—7 hours, including 1 lab Social Science—6 hours Humanities and Arts—9 hours (at least one Humanities and at least one Arts) Tier III: Critical Thinking and Responsible Citizenship Students take four tagged courses, one in each area: Critical Thinking (CT) US Diversity (USD) Global Diversity (GD) Complex Systems Affecting Individuals in Society/Social Issues (SI)

4. Meeting Requirements through Tagged Disciplinary Courses (hypothetically) Natural Sciences Natural Science Biology Earth Science Social Sciences Human Diversity(GD) Contemporary Global Issues (SI) Humanities Humanities in Western Tradition (CT) Diversity in American Literature (USD) Arts Exploring Music

5. Using General Education to Minor in Sociology hypothetically speaking…. Critical Thinking 3850: 301 Methods of Social Research Global Diversity 3850: 325 Sociology of Women in Global Society US Diversity 3850: 421 Race and Ethnic Relations Social Issues 3850: 320 Social Inequalities Social Science Disciplinary Area 3850: 100 Introduction to Sociology General Credit hours in Sociology: 15 Additional credit hours Required for minor: 3

6. Basic Rules: What courses can be tagged? 1.Tagged courses are expected to be at the 200-level or higher. 2.Academic Foundations courses cannot be tagged. 3.Disciplinary Area courses can be tagged. 4.Any course in any college that meets the required learning outcomes can be tagged. 5.A course can only have one tag.

7. Rules for All General Education Courses 1.All General Education courses must meet all required learning outcomes for area. 2.All General Education courses must require critical thinking and at least 15% writing. Some areas require more writing. 3.All General Education courses must identify assessment artifacts. 4.Departments offering General Education courses must participate in General Education Assessment.

8. Critical Thinking Interpretation Analysis Evaluation Inference: synthesizing, drawing conclusions, identifying alternatives, generalizing Communication: explaining results, justifying procedures, presenting arguments Metacognition: reflection, self-monitoring, self-correction (Facione)

9. Writing Requirement Check template for percentage of writing required. Writing should be appropriate to discipline. Examples include: full solutions to scientific or math problems, lab reports essays, research papers, essay exams case studies, projects blog submissions on Springboard other disciplinary writing that can be used to assess critical thinking.

10. What is a good assessment artifact? Meets multiple learning outcomes Demonstrates critical thinking Requires writing

11. Implementation Committee Chairs Global Diversity, Martin Wainwright US Diversity, Suzette Speight Social Issues, Linda Barrett Critical Thinking, John Huss

12. Search UA Website: General Education Revision http://www.uakron.edu/provost/priorities-and- initiatives/general-education-revision.dot

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