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Building from the Ground Up

Building from the Ground Up. Travis Ramage , Director of Academic Services Sunny Sterba , Registrar. Today’s Agenda. Introduction to George Williams College General Education at George Williams College Building the Degree Audit Questions. Introduction to George Williams College.

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Building from the Ground Up

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  1. Building from the Ground Up Travis Ramage, Director of Academic Services Sunny Sterba, Registrar

  2. Today’s Agenda • Introduction to George Williams College • General Education at George Williams College • Building the Degree Audit • Questions

  3. Introduction to George Williams College

  4. Location • Williams Bay, WI • The shores of Lake Geneva (Geneva Lake)

  5. History • Had its beginnings as a YMCA and leadership camp with a mission of educating students in body, mind, spirit and service. • Became George Williams College in 1933, starting with the college campus in Hyde Park, IL and then moving to Downer Grove, IL. • The Downers Grove campus closed in 1985 with the Social Work program being absorbed by Aurora University. • GWC became affiliated with Aurora University in 1992, and merging the two institutions in 2000. • GWC was a campus offering graduate programs and adult degree completion programs for returning adult students. • In Fall 2012, GWC accepted its first class of traditional undergraduate first year students since its beginnings in Hyde Park.

  6. Demographics Undergraduates – 120 students • Traditional First Year and Second Year • Transfer • RN-BSN Graduates – 170 master / 45 doctoral • Education (MATC/MASE/MARI/MAEL) • Master of Social Work (MSW) • Doctor of Education (Ed.D) • Doctor of Social Work (DSW)

  7. Academic Programs Undergraduate • Human Ecology • Parks and Recreation • Social Work • Sustainability and Environmental Management Graduate • Master of Social Work (MSW) • Doctor of Education (Ed.D) • Doctor of Social Work (DSW)

  8. General Education at George Williams College

  9. Prior to Fall 2013 Written Communication ENG 1000: Introduction to Academic Writing ENG 2010: Introduction to Research Writing Math Competency (determined by placement test) MTH 1100: College Algebra OR MTH 1110: Contemporary Mathematics

  10. Ways of Knowing Knowing Ourselves and Others (KOA/KOB) Observation of Our Natural World (ONW) Aesthetic and Philosophical Expression (APA/APB) Ways of Living IDS 1600: Culture, Diversity, and Expression IDS 2000: Wellness and Social Responsibility

  11. Beginning Fall 2013… The George Williams Plan • Critical Thinking, Reasoning, and Communication GWC 1000: GWC College Experience GEN 1200: Empirical and Mathematical Reasoning (Math) GEN 1400: Media Studies, Technology, and GWC GEN 1500: Intro to Research and Information Literacy (ENG2010) GEN 1600: Scientific Inquiry and Practice (ONW) • Arts, Humanities, and Culture • Social Entrepreneurship and Responsibility

  12. Critical Thinking, Reasoning and Communication • Arts, Humanities and Culture GEN 2100: Historical Studies and Society (KOB) GEN 2200: Ethical Reasoning and Values (APA) GEN 2300: Arts, Literature, and Inquiry (APB) GEN 2400: Social Inquiry and Inclusivity (KOA) • Social Entrepreneurship and Responsibility

  13. Critical Thinking, Reasoning, and Communication • Arts, Humanities, and Culture • Social Entrepreneurship and Responsibility For new, First Year students: Year 1: The Field of Social Entrepreneurship (3 hrs / 4 hrs) Year 2: Skills of Social Entrepreneurship (3 hrs / 2 hrs) Year 3: Social Entrepreneurial Venture(1 hr / 1 hr) Year 4: Social Entrepreneurship-Leadership/Mentoring ( 2 hrs/ 2 hrs) For all transfer students: Year 1: The Field and Skills of Social Entrepreneurship (1 hr; 8 weeks) Year 1: Case Studies in Social Entrepreneurship (1 hr; 8 weeks) Year 2: Service Project and Analysis (1 hr; 16 weeks)

  14. Academic Plan

  15. Admissions/Recruitment • Brochures • Open House presentations • New Student Orientation presentations • Four-year plans • Degree planning worksheets

  16. Degree Audit • BA.Undecided • BS.Recreation.Admin • BSW.Pre.Social.Work • BSW.Social.Work Academic Program Coding BA.Undecided.GWC BS.Parks.Recreation BSW.Pre.SWK.GWC BSW.Social.Work.GWC

  17. Degree Audit Students starting Fall 2011

  18. Degree Audit Students starting Fall 2012 Students starting Fall 2013

  19. Degree Audit From this… To this…

  20. Beginning Fall 2014 • Most courses will be changing from 3 to 4 semester hours • General Education requirements will be revised one more time to: Aurora University Core (20 hrs) (required for all AU and GWC Students) ENG 1000: Introduction to Academic Writing IDS 1610: Being Human IDS 2020: Trajectories of Human History IDS 2030: Science and Society IDS 2040: Global Justice

  21. George Williams College Core (36 hrs) (supplement to Aurora University Core pending Faculty Senate approval) GWC 1000: GWC College Experience GEN 1200: Mathematical Reasoning for Science and Management GEN 1400: Media Studies, Technology, and GWC GEN 1500: Introduction to Research and Information Literacy GEN 2300: Arts, Literature, and Inquiry SEN 1000: Powerful Way of Change SEN 2000: Changing Lives and the World SEN 3000: Implementation and Transformation to the Real World SEN 4000: Leading for the Future

  22. For Transfer Students to George Williams College • Students with an associate of arts/science degree, 60+ hours, or the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) will only be required to complete IDS 2040 Global Justice • Students with 30-59 hours will be asked to take one of the second year IDS courses (IDS 2020 orIDS 2030) and IDS 2040. • Students with less than 30 hourswill be required to meet all General Education requirements. • There will not be transfer equivalencies offered for the new IDS courses.

  23. Questions

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