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TEAM ISD

WHERE WE ARE | WHAT’S NEXT

Marjorie Levine-Clark Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

WHO WE ARE: TEAM ISD

Faculty University of Colorado Denver  Richard M. Allen (PI); Professor and Associate Dean; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Department of Psychology (on sabbatical)  Marjorie Levine-Clark (Co-PI); Professor and Associate Dean; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of History  Joanne Addison; Associate Professor; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Department of English  Remi Kalir; Assistant Professor; School of Education and Human Development University of Colorado Boulder  Teresa Nugent; Instructor and Digital Pedagogy Mentor; College of Arts and Sciences and Division of Continuing Education; Department of English  Ben Kirshner; Associate Professor; School of Education; Program Area in Learning Sciences and Human Development  Sriram Sankaranarayanan; Associate Professor; College of Engineering and Applied Science; Department of Computer Sciences University of Colorado, Colorado Springs  Janice Thorpe; Senior Instructor; College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Department of Communication  Heather Albanesi; Associate Professor; College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Department of Sociology  Mike Martinez; Senior Instructor; School of Public Affairs Administrators  David Thomas; Director of Academic Technology, Office of Information Technology, University of Colorado Denver  William Kuskin; Vice Provost and Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Professor of English, University of Colorado Boulder  Sara Thompson; Dean and Vice Provost, Division of Continuing Education; University of Colorado Boulder  Scott Battle; Assistant Dean, Division of Continuing Education; University of Colorado Boulder 

• C. David Moon; Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

APPROVED DEGREE

February 2017

➧ Three-year, online, intercampus

Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies

(ISD = Interdisciplinary Studies Degree)

➧ LAUNCH: FALL 2018

THE DETAILS: ISD

➧ Three required foundation courses (9 or 10 credits)

• collaboratively constructed

➧ Two student-chosen clusters (minimum 5 courses/15

credits each)

• collaboratively constructed
• courses consistently available

➧ Minimum 39 or 40 credits ➧ Three-year design

THE DETAILS: ISD

➧ Home Campus

• Determines core requirements
• Requires at least 24 major credits
• Confers degree
• Responsible for support services

➧ Intercampus

• Provides wide portfolio of courses
• Supports existence of numerous

clusters

➧ System

• Works with campuses to solve

administrative challenges (tuition, concurrent enrollment, etc.)

FOUNDATION COURSES

➧ Introduction to Interdisciplinary

Learning (3 or 4 credits)

➧ Interdisciplinary Experiential Learning

(3 credits)

➧ Interdisciplinary Capstone (3 credits)

THE CLUSTERS

➧ Cultural Diversity ➧ Research Methods and Data Analysis ➧ Global Studies ➧ Digital and Media Studies ➧ Environment and Sustainability ➧ Policy and Security ➧ Social Justice Studies ➧ Organizations and Leadership ➧ Professional and Technical Communication ➧ Health, Science, and Society

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION

SAMPLE CLUSTER

Denver Courses (14) ENGL 2070 Grammar, Rhetoric, and Style ENGL 3154 Technical Writing ENGL 3170 Business Writing ENGL 3416 Magazine Writing ENGL 4416 Advanced Magazine Writing COMM 1001 Presentational Speaking COMM 2082 Intro to Environmental Comm COMM 2050 Business-Professional Speaking COMM 2051 Intro Strategic Communications COMM 2045 Workplace Communication COMM 4500 Health Communication COMM 4051 Advanced Strategic Comm COMM 4682 Political Communication COMM 4710 Topics in Communication Colorado Springs Courses (15) ENGL 1310 Rhetoric and Writing I ENGL 1410 Rhetoric and Writing II ENGL 2090 Technical Writing and Presentation ENGL 3080 Advanced Business and Technical Writing ENGL 3160 Tools for Technical Writers COMM 2030 Intro to Comm Theory COMM 2900 Writing for the Media COMM 3190 Professional Presentations for Career Success COMM 3240 Business and Professional Comm COMM 3250 Principles and Practices of Advertising COMM 3400 Digital Comm Technology COMM 4050 Public Relations and Social Media COMM 4090 Emerging Comm Techn. COMM 4500 Media Management MKTG 4700 Digital and Social Media Marketing Boulder Courses (10) COMM 2400 Discourse, Culture, and Identities COMM 2500 Interpersonal Communication COMM 2600 Organizational Communication COMM 3310 Principles and Practices of Argumentation COMM 3420 Issues in Communication: Comm and Gender COMM 3610 Comm, Technology, and Society IPHY 3700 Scientific Writing in Integrative Physiology WRTG 3020 Topics in Writing (e.g. Travel Writing) WRTG 3030 Writing on Science and Society WRTG 3040 Writing on Business and Society

WORKING TEAMS

➧ Intercampus Teams

• Cluster construction (Fall 2016)
• Syllabus construction (Spring/Summer 2017)

➧ Build online (Summer/Fall 2017)

• Program learning goals (Spring/Summer 2017)
• Assessment of Canvas templates

➧ Campus Teams

• Course inventories (Fall 2016 and ongoing)
• Campus buy-in (Spring/Fall 2017)
• Approvals (Fall 2017 and ongoing)

ACADEMIC STATUS

➧ Online Inventory

• Variety of courses exist on each campus
• Foundational courses built through

Canvas

• Clusters get populated

ACADEMIC STATUS

➧ Approval Processes

• Foundational courses and major

➧ Denver and UCCS position ISD as part of

existing interdisciplinary degrees

➧ Boulder needs new degree: Continuing

Education partnering with School of Education (taskforce underway)

➧ Challenges

• Pace of process on three campuses
• Location of degree

ADMINISTRATIVE STATUS

➧ Challenges

• Tuition structure
• Concurrent enrollment
• Advising
• Webpage management
• Systemwide marketing
• Recruitment