BRIDGE 101

The Foundations of (Re)Imagining

General Education

History

Objectives Steering Committee Statement of Objectives for the

Baccalaureate Degree Faculty Senate Plan to Reconsider GE Requirements BRIDGE.htm

http://www.siue.edu/UGOV/FACULTY/BRIDGE.htm

Process

Open and transparent Dialogic Democratic Iterative Constructive Affirmative

Basic Principle:

Build on the heritage of the institution and harness its strengths to re-imagine a general education program relevant to the 21st century

Timeline: Phase IFall 2005 and Spring 2006 BRIDGE Workshops

Sep. 7 Sep. 15 Sep. 23 Sep. 26 Oct. 4

Call for Designs: October 3 Letter of Intent to Submit Design: October 14

Proposed Team Members Preliminary Proposals Due: November 11

Abstract and Approach Open Meetings for Proposal Feedback: Jan-Feb 2006 Complete Design Proposals Due: March 15

Timeline: Phase II Spring, Summer, and Fall 2006

BRIDGE Committee Audit: March 16 Publication of Designs: April Peer Review Process Begins Public Comment on

Proposed Designs Phase II Plans Selected

or Created

Guidelines/Broad Criteria Consistent with University Values:

(SIUE —- Values) Designed around the Statement of Objectives for the

Baccalaureate Degree: (Statement of Objectives)

Builds on Strengths of the University Includes Interdisciplinary Studies classes or

equivalent, New Student Seminar, and Senior Assignment or Capstone Experience

Considers the diverse range of SIUE’s student body and the special needs of the various professional and academic programs

Design Teams At least 3 members Faculty, students, staff, and community

members Teams that represent a variety of groups

and interests across the community are especially encouraged

Please post on faculty and staff list-serves if you are interested in forming or joining a design team

Current GE Requirements

Current GE Requirements SIUE Undergraduate Catalogs

Possible Curricular Roles of a General Education Program

to provide a disciplinary foundation to provide an interdisciplinary

foundation to provide an integrated investigation

of a series of topics to integrate general and disciplinary

knowledge to apply theoretical knowledge to

societal problems(from Andrea Leskes)

Types of General Education Programs

Core Programs Distribution Programs Goals Across the Curriculum Competency-based Complex Models Writing Across the Curriculum

Models of GE Core Programs

St. John's CollegeColgate UniversityFairleigh Dickinson University

Distribution Models Yale University

Western Carolina University Goals-across-the-curriculum Programs

King's College (The Core Curriculum, with core courses)Northeastern University (Academic Common Experience/Core Curriculum)Duke University (Curriculum 2000, without core courses)

(from Andrea Leskes and UNC Asheville)

Models of GE Competency-based Programs

Alverno College Complex Models

Wagner College (The Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts)Portland State University (University Studies)

Learning Communities Evergreen State University 

Writing Across the Curriculum Cornell University (The John S. Knight Institute for

Writing in the Disciplines)Elon UniversityMary Washington College (scroll down to "Across the Curriculum" requirements; see also links to General Education and to the Liberal Arts degree for more information)

(from Andrea Leskes and UNC Asheville)

Models of GE

Miami University of Ohio Miami Plan

University of California San Diego Undergraduate Colleges

University of Chicago Integrated Sequences