5.1.1 ADDITION OF DESIGNATIONS TO COURSES
The faculty acknowledges that designations belong to the course and courses belong to the department because of this all designation applications must come from the department Chair. To apply for a designation, the department chair will complete the appropriate form and submit it to the Director of General Education the term prior to the beginning of the course. Designations will not normally be added while the course is in process given the commitment and need for purposeful instruction related to the student learning outcomes of the designation(s).
5.1.2 REMOVAL OF DESIGNATIONS TO COURSES
The faculty acknowledges that no designation in the Engaged Citizenship Curriculum is permanent in nature. Departments may remove designations from courses prior to the publication of the schedule of courses by completing a Removal of Designation Form. This form must be submitted by December 1st so that the designation removal may be processed before publication of the following academic year’s daily schedule.
5.1.3 REAFFIRMATION OF DESIGNATIONS TO COURSES
(added 04/12/2017 facuity meeting)
The faculty acknowledges that as we learn more through assessment, as courses and student learning objectives evolve and as our content areas change, so too will the Engaged Citizenship Curriculum. This evolution and learning means that no designation in the Engaged Citizenship Curriculum can be permanent in nature. As part of the student learning improvement cycle, and the evolution of the Engaged Citizenship Curriculum, departments will reaffirm their desire to maintain designated areas and skills. Departments must decide to either reaffirm or remove a designation from any course being assessed in the Engaged Citizenship Curriculum.
This reaffirmation process is tied to the Engaged Citizenship assessment cycle. The semester after any area or skill is assessed and the findings are reported to the faculty, departments will indicate their desire to reaffirm their designated courses, or remove the designation.i Reaffirmation decisions, just as removal decisions, are departmental decisions. They do not require faculty vote. Departments will complete a Reaffirmation of Designation of an Areas of Engagement or Embedded Skill form which requires the completion of an updated syllabus grid. In this syllabus grid, departments will be asked to explain what activities will be/could be in purposeful instruction of each student learning outcome and will identify what collectables will be used for assessment purposes. An updated syllabus grid will be submitted for each course designated in the department that is seeking reaffirmation. Reaffirmation forms are due to the Director of General Education on December 1st; designations must be reaffirmed prior to the publication of the schedule of courses.
The Student Learning Improvement Committee and the Director of Assessment will inform departments of designations up for reaffirmation and will provide updated syllabus grids of each designation by Sept. 1st in order to allow sufficient time for departmental review.
Any course that does not participate in the assessment of ECC (i.e. no student submits artifacts for review in any course) will have its designation automatically removed. If a department desires to continue the designation for a course where the designation has been removed for nonparticipation reasons, they must reapply using the standard designation form.
i A removal of designation will require a completed EPCC Removal of Designation of an Areas of Engagement or Embedded Skill form.
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