QEP Survey of Undergraduate Programs fall 2013

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1 Page 1 FGCU s next Quality Enhancement Plan, FGCUScholars, will focus on the development of writing, critical thinking, and information literacy within all undergraduate programs. More specifically, our QEP will consider the development of these skills within the scholarly work that our students complete in their major that leads up to the senior capstone experience within the major. FGCU s concept of scholarship is based on an expanded definition of research derived from the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR); within CUR, undergraduate research is defined as An inquiry or investigation conducted by an undergraduate student that makes an original intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline. The definition of research that derives from the CUR has been expanded at FGCU using Boyer s ideas as proposed in Scholarship Reconsidered. In this work, scholarship is defined as A variety of creative work carried on in a variety of places... its integrity measured by the ability to think, communicate, and learn., which could include the scholarship of discovery, the scholarship of integration, the scholarship of application, and the scholarship of teaching. In order to better understand the current state of how and where these skills are taught within the undergraduate programs, we are surveying all undergraduate program leaders; this information will provide the Quality Enhancement Plan Committee the ability to develop a draft implementation plan for the QEP. 1. What is your college? Select: 2. *What is your department? 3. *Please list your program. 4. *Please provide the name of the Program Leader or program contact person: 5. *Please provide an for the program contact person:

2 Page 2 6. *What does high-quality writing and effective written communication look like among students in your program/ major? What skills do students in your program/ major demonstrate when they show high-quality writing? 7. *What does high-quality critical thinking look like among students in your program/ major? What skills do students in your program/ major demonstrate when they exhibit high-quality critical thinking? 8. *What does high-quality information literacy look like among students in your program/ major? What skills do students in your program/ major demonstrate when they show high-quality information literacy?

3 Page 3 9. *Does your program have a senior seminar or capstone course that engages students in writing, critical thinking and information literacy? Yes No 10. Please list the senior seminar(s)/senior capstone(s) that writing, critical thinking, and information literacy. Fill in information for each of the relevant courses taught in your program. Not all rows will need to be completed by all programs. What is the course prefix, number, and full title for those courses? (SAMPLE: IDS 3920, University Colloquium: A Sustainable Future) 1 Is the course required? writing? critical thinking? information literacy? Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No *Describe what happens in your senior seminar(s) or capstone course(s) in relation to the teaching of writing, critical thinking, and information literacy.

4 Page *Does your program have a gateway course (or courses), which are generally at the junior level? Yes No 13. Please list the gateway course(s) that writing, critical thinking, and information literacy. Fill in information for each of the relevant courses taught in your program. Not all rows will need to be completed by all programs. What is the course prefix, number, and full title for those courses? (SAMPLE: IDS 3920, University Colloquium: A Sustainable Future) 1 Is the course required? writing? critical thinking? information literacy? Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No *Describe what happens in your gateway course(s) in relation to the teaching of writing, critical thinking, and information literacy.

5 Page *Does your program include a research methods course(s) within the major that focuses on teaching writing, critical thinking and/or information literacy (in addition to the gateway or senior seminar/senior capstone course(s) previously described)? Yes No 16. Please list the research methods course(s) that writing, critical thinking, and information literacy. Fill in information for each of the relevant courses taught in your program. Not all rows will need to be completed by all programs. What is the course prefix, number, and full title for those courses? (SAMPLE: IDS 3920, University Colloquium: A Sustainable Future) 1 Is the course required? writing? critical thinking? information literacy? Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No *Describe what happens in your research methods course(s) in relation to the teaching of writing, critical thinking, and information literacy.

6 Page 6 FGCU s next Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), FGCUScholars, will focus on the development of writing, critical thinking, and information literacy within all undergraduate programs. More specifically, our QEP will consider the development of these skills within the scholarly work that our students complete in their major that leads up to the senior capstone experience within the major. FGCU s concept of scholarship is based on an expanded definition of research derived from the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR); within CUR, undergraduate research is defined as An inquiry or investigation conducted by an undergraduate student that makes an original intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline. The definition of research that derives from the CUR has been expanded at FGCU using Boyer s ideas as proposed in Scholarship Reconsidered. In this work, scholarship is defined as A variety of creative work carried on in a variety of places... its integrity measured by the ability to think, communicate, and learn., which could include the scholarship of discovery, the scholarship of integration, the scholarship of application, and the scholarship of teaching. Discovery (Pursuit of knowledge for the sake of knowledge): Contributions to the advancement of the discipline through scholarship generally recognized as appropriate to the field. Integration: Scholarship that cultivates intellectual breadth through connections with disciplines that have a demonstrated relevance to the home discipline and through multidisciplinary collaborations. Application: Scholarship that is directly used to address or solve consequential problems (e.g., societal, environmental). Teaching: Scholarship that examines the teaching and learning process. 18. Using Boyer s definition of scholarship, what type of scholarly activity do students engage in your program? (Check all that apply.) Scholarship of Application Scholarship of Discovery Scholarship of Integration Scholarship of Teaching Not applicable 19. What does (or could) high-quality scholarship (discovery, integration, application, and/or teaching) look like in your program/ major? What skills do students in your program/ major demonstrate when they demonstrate high-quality scholarship?

7 Thank you for your time and effort in completing this survey, which will inform our Quality Enhancement Plan development. Your responses will help advance our university mission to deliver high-quality educational experiences to our students.