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Topical themes should be the gateway to, and in service of well strategized, integrated competency development. This will avoid the current problem of "putting the cart before the horse", in framing courses on complex concepts, with skill set development as an afterthought at best. 

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Topical themes should be the gateway to, and in service of well strategized, integrated competency development. This will avoid the current problem of "putting the cart before the horse", in framing courses on complex concepts, with skill set development as an afterthought at best. 

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technology literacy

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Community engagement could be a worked in as a theme.  There is interest in creating a certificate in community engagement, and this interdisciplinary approach could work well with that.  

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Community engagement could be a worked in as a theme.  There is interest in creating a certificate in community engagement, and this interdisciplinary approach could work well with that.  

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To offer interdisciplinary team taught courses will require substantial resources. Will that impact investment in other areas of program growth, such as growing graduate programs?

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To offer interdisciplinary team taught courses will require substantial resources. Will that impact investment in other areas of program growth, such as growing graduate programs?

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Our class sizes, particularly at the underclassmen levels, are too large to successfully impart some of these key critical learning competencies

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Our class sizes, particularly at the underclassmen levels, are too large to successfully impart some of these key critical learning competencies

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What I’ve experienced at another institution that has adopted a similar model was that writing had to be recognized as something different than a theme and bigger than a competency, so that it became its own category of literacy.  And to address that sense that competencies (or in this case, literacies) have to develop over time, a vertical writing model was implemented.  In addition to a first-year writing course, students took a writing across the curriculum course (provided by a WAC center) in their sophomore year.  In the third-year, there was a writing in the disciplines class (taught by disciplinary instructors with direct support from WAC), and the capstone course in the senior year was, of course, writing intensive.  So writing occupied its own space, woven through the themes/competencies.  This has been a much lauded and studied model.  

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What I’ve experienced at another institution that has adopted a similar model was that writing had to be recognized as something different than a theme and bigger than a competency, so that it became its own category of literacy.  And to address that sense that competencies (or in this case, literacies) have to develop over time, a vertical writing model was implemented.  In addition to a first-year writing course, students took a writing across the curriculum course (provided by a WAC center) in their sophomore year.  In the third-year, there was a writing in the disciplines class (taught by disciplinary instructors with direct support from WAC), and the capstone course in the senior year was, of course, writing intensive.  So writing occupied its own space, woven through the themes/competencies.  This has been a much lauded and studied model.  

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I'd also like our students to develop core competencies that include the ability to learn resiliency.  It will be a lifelong benefit if they can learn sooner how to bounce back effectively from setbacks

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I'd also like our students to develop core competencies that include the ability to learn resiliency.  It will be a lifelong benefit if they can learn sooner how to bounce back effectively from setbacks

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How will transfer students be integrated into a new gen ed program. 

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How will transfer students be integrated into a new gen ed program. 

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We are currently trying to do too much in one course (for example W and O). We are trying to teach and assess knowledge, skills, and writing all in one place.

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We are currently trying to do too much in one course (for example W and O). We are trying to teach and assess knowledge, skills, and writing all in one place.

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If critical thinking is a theme, we should be partnering with prospect for success, as critical thinking is a pillar of that course

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If critical thinking is a theme, we should be partnering with prospect for success, as critical thinking is a pillar of that course

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If written and oral communication are core competencies, we need a model for providing quality direct instruction in W courses across disciplines

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If written and oral communication are core competencies, we need a model for providing quality direct instruction in W courses across disciplines

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Consider a vertical writing model such as used at App State in their recently revised gen ed program.

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Consider a vertical writing model such as used at App State in their recently revised gen ed program.

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Love the term "literacy"...financial, health, etc...

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Love the term "literacy"...financial, health, etc...

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Other universities have moved to much more flexible Gen Ed that has resulted in more flexible curriculums, which is something this generation of students really seeks.  Hopefully this approach will be attractive to students and enhance collaboration and creativity across campus in a way that is beneficial to students and faculty.

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Other universities have moved to much more flexible Gen Ed that has resulted in more flexible curriculums, which is something this generation of students really seeks.  Hopefully this approach will be attractive to students and enhance collaboration and creativity across campus in a way that is beneficial to students and faculty.

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We need to look at the writing and oral intensive requirements. As a director of a program with 400+ students, we need new strategies to meet best practices for "O" and "W" courses 

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We need to look at the writing and oral intensive requirements. As a director of a program with 400+ students, we need new strategies to meet best practices for "O" and "W" courses 

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Is it possible for students to choose from a number of sub topic under a particular theme?

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Is it possible for students to choose from a number of sub topic under a particular theme?

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This approach does encourage conversation among the disciplines in a way that isn't currently required.  This will stimulate some very interesting interdisciplinary collaborations

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This approach does encourage conversation among the disciplines in a way that isn't currently required.  This will stimulate some very interesting interdisciplinary collaborations

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The scaffolding of skill sets/competencies should progress in a strategic, pre-planned multi-course curriculum, shared across departments and professors. Many students need remedial competency development in writing skills, (e.g. what a paragraph is), and critical thinking (e.g. , e.g. being able to see, understand, and sufficiently explain the relationships between concepts/ideas, and get past "information"). These should be substantially developed *first* before taking on complex, abstract subject matter, such as the nuances of cultural history, globalization, etc. In other words, no single Gen Ed course should be tasked with achieving the mass array of learning outcomes that they are currently tasked with. 

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The scaffolding of skill sets/competencies should progress in a strategic, pre-planned multi-course curriculum, shared across departments and professors. Many students need remedial competency development in writing skills, (e.g. what a paragraph is), and critical thinking (e.g. , e.g. being able to see, understand, and sufficiently explain the relationships between concepts/ideas, and get past "information"). These should be substantially developed *first* before taking on complex, abstract subject matter, such as the nuances of cultural history, globalization, etc. In other words, no single Gen Ed course should be tasked with achieving the mass array of learning outcomes that they are currently tasked with. 

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Course transfer credit into/out of UNCC.

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Course transfer credit into/out of UNCC.

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Scaffolding needed for core competencies, especially critical thinking, writing, oral communication

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Scaffolding needed for core competencies, especially critical thinking, writing, oral communication

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I think backwards design is needed to select themes...starting with what students need to be able to do

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I think backwards design is needed to select themes...starting with what students need to be able to do

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Hands on experiences in labs are an excellent way to instruct students. That is recognized in the current gen ed program. I think lab courses should have increased support in the new program.

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Hands on experiences in labs are an excellent way to instruct students. That is recognized in the current gen ed program. I think lab courses should have increased support in the new program.

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Higher education is normally the second largest expenditure for students in their lifetimes.  Yet, they don't have any formal nor required training or engagement at UNCC on how to handle this large expense or the other expenses that are coming in their lives.  Financial Literacy should be added as an important competency that can be addressed across multiple disciplines and throughout their college careers

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Higher education is normally the second largest expenditure for students in their lifetimes.  Yet, they don't have any formal nor required training or engagement at UNCC on how to handle this large expense or the other expenses that are coming in their lives.  Financial Literacy should be added as an important competency that can be addressed across multiple disciplines and throughout their college careers

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The writing intensive requirements need to be reworked. There is no uniformity in terms of direct instruction/assessment in "W" courses across colleges

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The writing intensive requirements need to be reworked. There is no uniformity in terms of direct instruction/assessment in "W" courses across colleges

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I think we should be starting with learning outcomes...what should students be able to "do" as a result of engaging with this gen ed theme. 

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I think we should be starting with learning outcomes...what should students be able to "do" as a result of engaging with this gen ed theme. 

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This will make planning for future faculty hires challenging if the former gen ed program is discarded. Will this new program be offered by lecturers hired to service it, or by tenure track faculty?

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This will make planning for future faculty hires challenging if the former gen ed program is discarded. Will this new program be offered by lecturers hired to service it, or by tenure track faculty?

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Climate change is an existential topic that cuts across many disciplines.

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Climate change is an existential topic that cuts across many disciplines.