Internationalization Task Force Final Report

Addenda: Implementation Plans 2005-2008: Internationalizing the Curriculum

Rationale: The Internationalization Task Force believes that the curriculum is the heart of any internationalization program. The Task Force has recognized a number of different avenues to an internationalized curriculum. These include the provision of internationalized content in Liberal Studies, in existing majors and minors, and in general electives. It also includes the redesign of the existing international interdisciplinary majors and minors.

The ITF also believes departments may well wish to develop alone or collaboratively one or more new majors/minors designed to specifically encompass global dimensions of particular fields. Some of the latter could include for example, Global Health Studies, Global Peace and Security Studies, Studies of Indigenous Peoples, Africana Studies, etc. To this end, the Implementation Plan for Curriculum is designed to be largely descriptive, rather than prescriptive. It is designed largely as a guide to departments, respecting the autonomy of programs and disciplinary expertise, exhorting them down a path toward internationalization. This being said, the Internationalization Task Force believes it would be remiss if it failed to initiate a plan to that will ultimately require of all students an increase in internationalized course content beyond the existing World Cultures requirement. Still to be resolved at the time of writing is the extent of these increases and the timing of their implementation. For this reason, the ITF recommends the creation by the Administrative Academic Leader of a Think Tank on International Curricular Requirements (TTICR).

II. Internationalizing the Curriculum 2005-2006

1. Departmental Initiatives. Bulletin Revision . Recommend that all departments, where possible, include a notation for each major that electives in the major can be fulfilled with an APPROPRIATE substitution taken on a study-abroad program. Recommend that all departments requiring practica, internships, and independent research in the fulfillment of their major/s include one or more notations indicating that these activities, including approved service learning projects may be undertaken in APROPRIATE study-abroad settings. These notations apply to both undergraduate and graduate programs.
2. Minor in Global Studies. Develop a minor in Global Studies which is more flexible than the existing minor in International Studies. Obtain approval of Global Studies minor by CUP and the Academic Senate.
3. Certificate in Global Studies . Develop a Global Studies Certificate/Accreditation Program which would consist of a series of activities a student must undertake in order to be recognized at graduation as a Global Studies Awardee.
4. Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies Courses. Develop with departments a series of interdisciplinary courses that could fit into the existing Liberal Studies Structure. These include, for example: International/Global Issues in the Sciences: International/Global Issues in the Social Sciences; International/Global Issues in the Humanities, and International/Global Issues in the Arts. These could be integrated into the existing Liberal Studies program in a manner similar to that of the Honors Program.
5. Introduction to Global Studies . Develop and teach first Introduction to Global Studies, interdisciplinary team-taught course that will serve in the minor. Teach in winter 2006. Team-teach this course using Visiting Islamic Scholar.
6. Curricular Requirements . The Global Advisory Committee (GAC), or a subset thereof, in conjunction with the Administrative Academic Leader will continue to hammer out a policy proposal of international/global requirements which would be adopted across the undergraduate curriculum. The Global Advisory Committee will consider the degree to which internationalized content should be required for every student and the timing of said policy. It will also consider options for fulfilling these policies from several recommendations that have come forward in the ITF and upon which agreement is yet to be reached. The deliberations for curricular requirements should include, ex-officio, the Chairs of the Committee on Undergraduate Programs (CUP) and the Liberal Studies Committee. The recommendations for global curricular requirements should be finalized by December 2006.

II. Internationalizing the Curriculum 2006-2007

1. Departmental Initiatives. All departments work to develop a set of initiatives that would work to internationalize their programs. Departments may elect to "globalize" one or more courses in their programs. These "globalized" courses will serve to fulfill the requirement in Global Studies.
2. Global Studies Minor in place. First cohort of freshmen students may enroll in the minor. Minor is available to elect by more advanced students.
3. Certificate in Global Studies in place. First cohort of freshmen students may enroll in the program. Program is available to elect by more advanced students. First students qualifying may graduate with a certificate in Global Studies.
4. Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies Courses . Submit and gain approval by CUP and the Academic Senate of new Liberal Studies Courses in Science, Social Science, Humanities, and the Arts.
5. Introduction to Global Studies . Refine Introduction to Global Studies course and teach both semesters. This course is a cornerstone in the Global Studies minor and certificate programs.
6. Think Tank on Curricular Requirements . Continue to hammer out a policy of international/global requirements to be adopted across the undergraduate curriculum. The Think Tank on Curricular Requirements will consider the degree to which internationalized content should be mandated for every student and the timing of said policy. It will also consider options for fulfilling these policies from several recommendations that have come forward in the ITF and upon which agreement is yet to be reached. The Think Tank on Curricular Requirements should have no more than five members and should include, ex-officio, the Chairs of the Committee on Undergraduate Programs (CUP) and the Liberal Studies Committee. The Think Tank should be convened and chaired by the Administrative Academic Leader, Office of Global Programs. Recommendations to be finalized by December 2006. Development of proposal for the Committee on Undergraduate Programs (CUP) related to curricular requirements in internationalization for all students.
7. Major in Global Studies. Develop one or more majors in Global Studies. Determine the relationship between the major in International Studies and the major/s in Global Studies.

II. Internationalizing the Curriculum 2007-2008

1. Departmental Initiatives. Departments submit designed or redesigned courses to CUP and to the Academic Senate. Courses created or redesigned will serve students to fulfill the requirement in Global Studies, placing it in the major or minor.
2. Minor in Global Studies . Support Global Studies Minor. Students who chose this minor as juniors graduate with a minor in Global Studies.
3. Certificate in Global Studies . Support Global Studies Certificate program. Qualified students graduate with a certificate in Global Studies.
4. Interdisciplinary Courses in Liberal Studies. Begin teaching new Liberal Studies Courses in Science, Social Science, Humanities, and the Arts.
5. Introduction to Global Studies. Continue to support the teaching of Introduction to Global Studies course and teach both semesters and in multiple sections. Limit class size to 25. This course is a cornerstone in the Global Studies minor and certificate programs.
6. Task Force on Internationalized Curricular Requirements . Refine and pass curricular requirements in internationalization for all undergraduate students. Develop implementation plan for phasing in internationalization curricular plans across the university.
7. Global Studies Major. Submit Global Studies major/s to CUP and the Academic Senate

II. Internationalizing the Curriculum 2008-2010

• Departments will teach courses they have redesigned with internationalized content.
• Internationalized course requirement (to be determined by the Think Tank on Internationalized Curricular Requirements) across the disciplines will be implemented.
• Department with graduate programs will work to develop global studies components in each of their MA/MS degrees.
• All previous internationalization curricular efforts will be reassessed.