Future jobs in areas such as academy and the professions, life sciences, big data, advanced manufacturing (3-D printing, lean and agile management), operations research, Internet of Things, and culturally responsive P-16 education require understanding and appreciation of the interdependency of disciplines such as sciences and ethics; literature and engineering; public policy and the arts; and mass communication and intellectual property.
Objective 2.1: Redesign the University's General Education Core to foster cross-disciplinary,-experiential, and inquiry-based learning.
Increase cross-listing of courses and co-teaching in the General Education core.
Integrate critical and analytical thinking skills in the General Education core.
Integrate computational and design thinking in the General Education core.
Integrate technical writing skills in the General Education core.
Promote environmental awareness across the General Education core.
Conduct a “General Education Symposium” that provides a platform to showcase the best practices in cross-disciplinary General Education.
Develop a General Education core assessment plan to ensure program effectiveness.
Objective 2.2: Create new and strengthen existing programs of distinction.
Strengthen and promote the Aquaculture Program.
Promote the teacher education as a program of distinction built on a culturally responsive curriculum. The School will graduate teachers who are competent and skilled at teaching in any cross-cultural or multicultural setting.
Promote Whitney Young School of Honors and Liberal Studies to a true honor program with an enhanced redesigned curriculum and programmatic thrust.
Promote the School of Business to offer a Business Management program of distinction that collaborates with businesses to prepare graduates as leaders for
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