Design Co-Chairs: Bill Loker & Sara Trechter Implementation : Bill Loker & Lori Beth Way

1. Assessment & Articulation by Design:Pathways and the creation of a value-oriented GE programBill Lokerand Lori Beth Wayrepresenting Sara Trechter and the Chico State GE Design Team Design Co-Chairs:Bill Loker & Sara Trechter Implementation: Bill Loker & Lori Beth Way Members of Teams: Academic Advising /EOP/Faculty/Assoc Dean geimplementationteam@csuchico.edu

2. Origins

3. Resources

4. CSU GE—ARTICULATION EO 1033 AAC&U LEAP– ASSESSMENT -Content focused -Breadth -Skills -A, B, C, D, E Outcomes- Oriented- High Impact- Practices Making Excellence Inclusive-

5. Our OLD General Education Program

8. General Education Program: Coherent and Distinctive Today, a coherent general education program can be defined as one where students are able to make connections and integrate their knowledge..., rather than one that merely provides them with isolated pieces of information... These connections should occur within disciplines, among disciplines, to real life and the world, and to majors and careers… Boning (2007) “Coherence in General Education: A Historical Look”

9. Consultations

10. AS Student Leaders Alumni Survey Academic Senate Student Survey Student AffairsDirectors Resident Advisors Council of Academic Deans Proposal Sent to all Campus EO 1033 Design Team CONSULTATIONS/ Communications Design Team Website Provost Flake Charges Implementation Team 2/12/10 Provost’s Charge and Creation of Design Team 11/08 EPPC Senate Committee 11/09- 12/09 4 meetings Full Academic Senate 12/09-2/10 4 meetings Pres. Zingg Signs EM 2/11/10 Campus GE Reports Library Faculty University Advisory Board GEAC Dept Meetings: 18 College Meetings of Chairs: 12 Campus-wide Fora: 4 Redesign Process

11. General Education Program Mission The GE program at Chico State prepares students for continual learning and application of knowledge to career as well as personal life. It provides the education necessary for success as a lifelong learner and civically engaged individual in the twenty-first century. Strategy Chico State students acquire a strong foundation in critical thinking, written and oral communication and the arts and sciences through inquiry about and engagement with the social and natural worlds we inhabit. This is achieved through study, reflection, synthesis and action related to knowledge from varied historical, cultural, scientific and political perspectives. In combination with the major field of study, GE completes the breadth of university education.

12. GE ProgramStudent Learning Outcomes The Student Learning Outcomes for our General Education program flow from the recognition that certain essential intellectual and practical skills rest at the foundation of a high-quality General Education program. These include effective written and oral communication, critical thinking, and mathematical reasoning skills. Additional Student Learning Outcomes arise from the values that the program seeks to foster.

13. GE Program SLOs • Active Inquiry: Demonstrates knowledge of and applies research techniques and information technology appropriate to the intellectual and disciplinary context. • Personal and Social Responsibility: Articulates an understanding of democratic values, responsibilities, and processes and a disposition to engage in deliberation, dialogue and action within our varied communities. • Sustainability: Describes and explains the environmental dynamics associated with human activities, and assesses the value of balancing social and economic demands with the Earth’s ability to sustain biological and cultural diversity. • Diversity: Demonstrates an understanding of and facility with different intellectual viewpoints as well as the unique perspectives of others based on varied experiences, identities and social attributes. • Creativity: Takes intellectual risks and applies novel approaches to varied domains. • Global Engagement: Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to engage global cultures and peoples.

14. Program Student Learning Outcomes 7. Oral Communication: Demonstrates effective listening and speaking skills necessary to organize information and deliver it effectively to the intended audience. 8. Written Communication: Demonstrates the ability to question, investigate and draw well-reasoned conclusions and to formulate ideas through effective written communication appropriate to the intended audience. 9. Critical Thinking: Identifies issues and problems raised in written texts, visual media and other forms of discourse, and assesses the relevance, adequacy and credibility of arguments and evidence used in reaching conclusions. 10. Mathematical Reasoning: Demonstrates knowledge of and applies mathematical orstatistical methods to describe, analyze and solve problems in context.

15. Coherent StructureGE Pathway Model • A Pathway structurally connects courses that are: • intellectually cohesive • explore an issue/area from a multidisciplinary perspective • schema for students to understand the general education experience

16. Our 48 unit Model – with Pathways • 24 Foundation & American Institutions • 24 units per Pathway (including 9 upper division units) • 5- 10 Pathways, to be determined by faculty • 18 units (including 9 upper division) taken in a single Pathway • Interdisciplinary Minor

17. Each Pathway • 15 units Lower Division: • Arts, Humanities, 2 Social Sciences, Lifelong Learning • No more than 3 courses per disciplinary area in that Pathway • No more than 3 per department per Pathway • 9 units Upper Division GE: • Arts/Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences • 3courses per disciplinary area from different departments • upper division GE Capstone course (Writing Intensive) – required for those who do not have a Major Capstone

18. Structure : • Flexible • Cohesive • Articulates

19. Coherence and HIPs Capstones • Required Writing Intensive Upper Division GE Capstone Course • Major disciplines with a required capstone course may substitute their capstone for the GE capstone requirement. Writing Intensive courses (at least 4) • Native students required to take at least 4 WI courses • Transfers, 1 WI course (Capstone or other WI in upper division GE) Public Sphere Pedagogies • Town Hall Meeting • Great Debate

20. DESIGN Fall 2008-2/11/10 IMPLEMENTATION 2/12/10-Fall 2012

21. Assessing by Design: FLC on GE Assessment (in progress) • Programmatic – Based on Program-level SLOs … not individual course-based assessment • Pathway-based – All SLOs must be demonstrated/ achieved in each Pathway … not in each course! Pathways must demonstrate intellectual coherence. • Direct – Based on authentic products of student work produced in context; • Capstones as (potential) sites for assessment

23. Thanks to Chico State faculty and staff, Ken O’Donnell, the Compass project and our students for their support, the many hours of consultation and constant feedback. Contact us: geimplementationteam@csuchico.edu