[Pols-l] Core 34 and Fall Sememter

[Kennedy, John James]

Hello,

I hope you are well and enjoying the summer. You may have seen a recent e-mail about Core 34 syllabus requirements and signature assignments. This is a recent KBOR required curriculum adjustment. This email and the requirements only apply to those courses on the Core 34 list. I have a list of these classes below.

The Fall requirements are straightforward. Some where in your syllabus course description you need to clearly state the Core Goal you class fulfills. For example, POLS 110 syllabus will state that the course fulfills the Core Goal for Social and Behavioral Sciences.

According to the Provost office, this fall your CORE class syllabus should "clearly state the KU Core34 Goal they satisfy and the associated learning outcomes." I have the learning goal for each Core Goal below. You should use the same language (i.e. cut and paste) in your syllabus.

For the signature assignment, instructors for these classes need to start "identifying possible assignments." Defining and identifying a signature assignment is going to be a challenge. This sounds like a course capstone assignment, but the university is still developing a rubric so they will send more information later.

I hope this is helpful and let me know if you have any questions.

Take Care,
John

Core Goal: Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS)
POLS 110/111, POLS 170/171, POLS 150/151 and POLS 301, 304 and 320

SBS Learning Goal: "Upon reaching this goal, students will be able to leverage sources, methods, and arguments in the social and behavioral sciences to deepen their understanding of, critically question, and effectively apply knowledge within these disciplines’ foundational ideas."

Core Goal: US Culture
POLS 312, 361 and 363

USC Learning Goal: "Upon reaching this goal, students will be able to investigate and examine cultures within the United States, considering how social identities such as age, ability, culture, language, class, gender, sexuality, religion, nationality, ethnicity, indigeneity, and/or race, as well as their related social structures, have shaped and continue to shape cultures and human experiences within the United States".     

Core Goal: Global Culture
POLS 369, 356, 362, 375

GC Learning Goal: "Upon reaching this goal, students will be able to identify and examine cultural perspectives outside of the United States, recognize and develop an awareness of their identity within the global community, and interact respectfully with a variety of cultures."

Core Goal: Math and Statistics
POLS 206

MS Learning Goals; Build Quantitative Skills: "Upon reaching this goal, students will be able to define a problem, analyze numerical information, apply mathematical principles, and integrate quantitative methods into problem solving."

 

John James Kennedy, Professor
Chair of the Political Science Department
University of Kansas

Office: Blake Hall, Room 521

Phone: 785-864-9025

E-mail: kennedy1 at ku.edu

Webpage: https://www.johnjameskennedy.com
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