TEAM ISDWHERE WE ARE | WHAT’S NEXT

Marjorie Levine-Clark

Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

WHO WE ARE: TEAM ISD

FacultyUniversity 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 DEGREEFebruary 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 COMMUNICATIONSAMPLE 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