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Geographic Science Program Evaluation and Design Proposal

This report summarizes the evaluation of service courses and program design ideas for the Geographic Science discipline at JMU. It includes an analysis of program demand, trends, and societal needs, as well as service course offerings. The report proposes a program design featuring Applied Geography for Science, Sustainability, and Society, with a focus on core models and credit hour distribution. Recommendations include maintaining the current scheduling status quo until the program is clarified due to staffing constraints.

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Geographic Science Program Evaluation and Design Proposal

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  1. Geographic Science ProgramTaskforce #2 Report Summary Presentation to ISAT/GS Faculty August 23, 2006

  2. Sharon Lovell, Facilitator Jack Gentile Maria Papadakis Mary Tacy Wayne Teel Johnathan Walker Our Team

  3. Our Primary Tasks • Evaluate service classes and make any necessary recommendations • Generate program design ideas

  4. What We Analyzed • Service courses and JMU demand • Scope and role of GS as a discipline • Trends in the discipline • Trends in careers/employment • Trends in societal needs for GS knowledge • JMU GS program compared to other Virginia GS programs

  5. Service Courses • GS program serves Gen Ed, 4 majors, and 9 minors • Includes human, regional, environmental, and AGIS courses • About 1,300 students per year • 13 highly demanded or required courses for other degree/minor programs (8 are human and regional geography classes)

  6. Service Courses, con’t • Demand > supply • We do not offer everything that is requested • Even so, staffing constraints chronic • No obvious potential for consolidation; courses are highly specialized • Recommendation: status quo scheduling for 2 years • Until GS program is clarified • Service needs are “a moving target” right now

  7. Program Design Proposal Applied Geography for Science, Sustainability, and Society

  8. Program Design Features • Core is 2 + 2 + 2 model • Capstone is sequence of 3 classes • Total credit hours same • Builds on existing courses, retires some, adds some. Net increase ~ 0 • Some packages built entirely around existing courses at JMU • Not enough faculty if we fully staff both service and GS program courses

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