Using Student Educational Objectives To Improve Student Satisfaction And Learning

1. Using Student Educational Objectives To Improve Student Satisfaction And Learning CARYN E. NEUMANN, Ph.D. LORI L. PARKS, Ph.D. Department Of Interdisciplinary And Communication Studies

2. Bachelor of Integrative Studies What is it? Completion degree Recruits non-traditional students Integrative skills for 21st century challenges

3. Sample Student Responses I want to be a nurse!! I hate the sight of blood! What now? I want to work in sports administration!! I can’t get to the main campus/I can’t afford main campus prices. What now? My bank laid me off because I lacked a Bachelor’s degree. I need a degree in anything ASAP! I work for Miami University. I want to get promoted. I need a degree. I don’t know what I want to do. I like everything.

4. BIS Advising Reflect on what you have learned in the past (in school & life) In what ways do you want to continue to build upon past learning? OR Do you want to take a completely different direction for additional coursework?

5. BIS in a Nutshell 201 Self 301 Others 401 Product Emphasis on Reflection So I have enrolled in BIS 201…now what?

6. BIS 201: SELF Statement of Educational Objectives (SEO) Important component in student success, involvement and for advising. Development of your SEO Must submit your SEO to the SPRC in order to pass Self-Directed Problem Solver The seminar is integrative and thematic.

7. BIS 301: OTHERS Service Learning (S-L) 20 Hours Students practice integration between classwork and S-L projects. Team Taught Continues with Integrative and thematic seminars. SEO must be accepted by SPRC in order to pass Reflect on Worldviews and Interactions with Others

8. BIS 401: PRODUCT Capstone (Self/Other/Product) What can you do with your degree? Student Examples: Plan historical marker Create software program for Hueston Woods State Park maintenance Diaper drive

9. Standard 201 Response Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893 (National Gallery of Art, Oslo)

10. Statement of Educational Objectives (SEO) Parts: • a) checklist of your curricular course choices • b) rationale for your course and concentration choices Student Consideration: • What you have learned in past coursework & life • What do you want & need to add to this during the BIS, based on • Where do you want to go with this degree

11. SEOChecklist

12. BIS Concentration I 15 hours (5 courses) minimum Make sure if you transfer in hours for Concentration I it adds up to at least 15

13. Concentration II Minimum of 9 credit hours (3 courses) ADVISING TIP: Do NOT try to use your DAR to understand your Concentration II choices – it is too confusing Instead: Follow Rules in Concentration Tiers to select courses

14. There are currently 13 established BIS Concentrations: Applied Kinesiology Applied Sociology Contemporary American Experience Cross Cultural Leadership Environmental Studies Families, Gender & Society Geographic Information Science Health Care Administration Information Technology Strategy for Organizations Organizational Leadership Personal and Community Health Perspectives Understanding Media and Visual Culture Child Development

15. Self-designed Concentrations Self-design a Concentration I and/or II by combining a selection of university courses of your choosing, following guidelines currently in place in the IS Department. Con. I – make sure to include at least 2 disciplines, at least 1 at each 300 and 400 Con. II – need at least 1 class at 300 or 400 level

16. Self-designing Increases Expectations for Research & Rationale Expected to be muchmore extensively and fully researched, considered, supported, and articulated. In essence you are creating part of your degree from Miami

17. Sample Self Designs Global Heritage Studies BWS 151: Intro to Black World Studies or BWS 156: Intro Africa or HIS 198: World History since 1500 AAA 207: Asia & Globalization HIS 296: World History since 1945 ATH 388: Culture, Art, & Artifact STC 436: Intercultural Comm Social Media in Business BTE 181: Computers & Business BTE 284: Technology for Knowledge Workers or ENG 224: Digital Writing/Rhetoric or ART 256: Design, Percep., Aud. CIT 262: Tech, Ethics, & Global Society MAC 325: Social Media Cultures BTE 441: Social Media & Career Development

18. Sample Self Designs Applied Workplace Writing ENG 212: Workplace Writing ENG 224: Digital Writing/Rhetoric or ENG 223: Strategies for Writers or JRN 201: Reporting & News Writing or ART 256: Design, Perc., Aud. ENG 313: Technical Writing STC 339: Organizational Comm or ENT 316: Project Management ENG 413: Grant Writing or STC 439: Adv. Org. Comm. Applied Legal Studies BTE 108: Into Business Law Or CJS 125: Law & Courts BTE 233: Real Estate Law CJS 231: Law & Individual Rights or POL 241: American Political System CJS 331: Juvenile Law or HIS 387: US Constitution or POL 352: Constitutional Law CJS 461: Applied Research Methods in Criminal Justice or POL/CJS: Great Trial Capstone

19. Sample Self Designs Applied Ethics PHL 131: Intro Ethics CIT 262: Tech, Ethics, and Global Society PHL 312: Contemporary Moral Problems PHL 375: Medical Ethics STC 428: Conflict Comm or WGS 451: Family Violence Public Advocacy STC 135: Public Expression/Critical Inquiry CRD 201: Civic Leadership & Democracy POL 241: American Political System STC 438: Political Comm or STC 437: Advocacy in Contemporary America or BIS 340: Internship MAC 447: Media Criticism or CJS/POL capstone

21. Applied Kinesiology Take one (1) of the following: BIO 161 Principles of Human Physiology 4 KNH 184 and KNH 184L Motor Skill Learning and Performance 3, 1 Take one (1) of the following: KNH 293 Fitness and Conditioning 3 KNH 294 Games and Sport 3 KNH 242 Personal Health 3 KNH 245 Health Issues for Children 3 Take one (1) of the following: STC 336 Advanced Interpersonal Communication 3 STC 339 Introduction to Organizational Communication 3 FSW 281 Child Development in Diverse Families 4 FSW/SOC 363 (formerly SOC 361) Sociology of Families 3 PSY 231 Developmental Psychology 3 Take both of the following: KNH 392 Lifetime and Adventure Activities 3 KNH 473 Children and Youth in Sport 3

22. SEO & DAR (Degree Audit Report) How are your credits fitting into the BIS degree thus far? Using the vertical student Degree Audit Report (DAR). Academic Advising DARS are horizontal.

23. Senior Responses to SEOs I didn’t have to worry about what classes to take. It was a pain to write but it took away pressure. Provides a clear roadmap to graduation. Importance as a continued requirement.

24. Integrative Studies helps teach the skills students need for their Future: Critical thinking and problem-solving Collaboration across networks and leading by influence Agility and adaptability Initiative and entrepreneurialism Effective oral and written communication Accessing and analyzing information Curiosity and imagination From: Dr. Tony Wagner (co-director of Harvard's Change Leadership Group), The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don’t Teach The New Survival Skills Our Children Need—And What We Can Do About It (Basic Books, 2008)

25. Special Thanks to Dr. Leland Spencer, Tonia Hyllengren, Mike Hieber, and Chris Metcalf for sharing slides.And,Thank you for attending our presentation