Updated FAQs

What is the updated timeline for the revision process?

Who are the members of the subcommittees drafting criteria for the categories and recommending curriculum  requirements in the proposed Liberal Studies curriculum revision?

What is the role and responsibility of these subcommittees?

What will happen with the work of these subcommittees?

How will new or revised courses become part of a revised Liberal Studies curriculum?

What is the updated timeline for the revision process? (Word Document)

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Who are the members of the subcommittees drafting criteria for the categories and recommending curriculum  requirements in the proposed Liberal Studies curriculum revision?

            A university-wide call for volunteers was sent out in April 2007 asking for members to serve on one of 11 different subcommittees that would write inclusion criteria for courses, categories, core requirements and competencies-across-the-curriculum in a revised Liberal Studies curriculum.  With an eye toward having broad-based representation from across campus, the Liberal Studies Revision Steering Committee (LSRSC) assigned the nearly 140 volunteers to the subcommittees.  The list of subcommittee members was forwarded to APSCUF for review and input. 

            A member of the LSRSC was assigned to call meeting of each of the 11 subcommittees and serve that group as a liaison and resource person. The LSRSC member was asked to convene the first meeting before the end of September 2007.  The timeline for the work of the subcommittee includes an opportunity for feedback based on the following timeline:

                        Draft subcommittee report posted online for feedback by November 16, 2007

                        Feedback accepted until December 7, 2007

                        Revise report in response to feedback

                        Deadline for submitting final report to LSRSC on or before January 30, 2008

Liberal Studies Revision Subcommittee Members

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What is the role and responsibility of these subcommittees?

            Each subcommittee is charged with essentially the same responsibilities.  Those responsibilities being to write criteria for their assigned area and to make recommendations related to the required content for courses being submitted for inclusion in that category, requirement or competency-across-the-curriculum.  A sample subcommittee charge and report form can be found on the link below.

           Sample Subcommittee Charge and Report Form

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What will happen with the work of these subcommittees?

            As indicated in a previous question, the work of the subcommittees will be posted on the Liberal Studies website for review and comment.  Once subcommittees have made final revisions to their recommendations, their reports will be submitted to the Liberal Studies Revision Steering Committee for final review before being forwarded through the curriculum process via the Liberal Studies Committee and the University-wide Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.  Once approved by those bodies, the criteria will become part of the overall proposed Liberal Studies curriculum and be forward to APSCUF and Senate for action.

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How will new or revised courses become part of a revised Liberal Studies curriculum?

            All courses that are proposed to become part of a revised Liberal Studies curriculum will go through IUP’s approved curriculum process. Every existing Liberal Studies course and all new courses must address some aspect of the approved Expected Undergraduate Student Learning Outcomes.  While no course is expected to meet all the approved outcomes, all courses are expected to identify outcomes appropriate to the course content and identify how those outcomes will be met in the course.  Revised existing courses and new courses submitted for approval will be forward to the Liberal Studies Committee, UWUCC, APSCUF and Senate for action.

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