Goal 2: Build, Grow, and Sustain Academic Programs of Distinction

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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