Tuesday, August 11, 2009

4 learning tracks in the Academic Journey

Keystone courses in the Academic Journey
This is part of a ongoing project designed to help students throughout the university connect courses to urgent problems and possible solutions. By reframing elements of our curriculum at the core as well as at advanced levels, we can promote engagement, active learning, and integration among diverse disciplines in relation to issues—“themes”—that address and advance the faculty’s unique and substantial pursuit of our university’s mission to enhance our community and to inspire our students.
. The courses need to address——one of the four “themes.” That address can take the form of an assignment or project, film or guest lecturer. These themes can be addressed from multiple perspectives (humanities, arts, sciences, technical and professional). The themes are:

• Environments in Transition
• Health, Wellness, and Community
• Science and Sensibility: Ways of Knowing
• Sustainability
Thanks To Professor Pryor for his description here.

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