TEAM ISDWHERE WE ARE | WHAT’S NEXT
Marjorie Levine-Clark
Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
WHO WE ARE: TEAM ISD
FacultyUniversity of Colorado Denver Richard M. Allen (PI); Professor and Associate Dean; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Department of Psychology (on sabbatical) Marjorie Levine-Clark (Co-PI); Professor and Associate Dean; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of History Joanne Addison; Associate Professor; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Department of English Remi Kalir; Assistant Professor; School of Education and Human Development
University of Colorado Boulder Teresa Nugent; Instructor and Digital Pedagogy Mentor; College of Arts and Sciences and Division of Continuing Education; Department of English Ben Kirshner; Associate Professor; School of Education; Program Area in Learning Sciences and Human Development Sriram Sankaranarayanan; Associate Professor; College of Engineering and Applied Science; Department of Computer Sciences
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Janice Thorpe; Senior Instructor; College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Department of Communication Heather Albanesi; Associate Professor; College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Department of Sociology Mike Martinez; Senior Instructor; School of Public Affairs
Administrators David Thomas; Director of Academic Technology, Office of Information Technology, University of Colorado Denver William Kuskin; Vice Provost and Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Professor of English, University of Colorado Boulder Sara Thompson; Dean and Vice Provost, Division of Continuing Education; University of Colorado Boulder Scott Battle; Assistant Dean, Division of Continuing Education; University of Colorado Boulder C. David Moon; Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
APPROVED DEGREEFebruary 2017
➧ Three-year, online, intercampus
Bachelor of Arts in
Interdisciplinary Studies (ISD = Interdisciplinary Studies Degree)
➧ LAUNCH: FALL 2018
THE DETAILS: ISD
➧ Three required foundation courses (9 or 10 credits)
collaboratively constructed
➧ Two student-chosen clusters (minimum 5 courses/15
credits each)
collaboratively constructed
courses consistently available
➧ Minimum 39 or 40 credits
➧ Three-year design
THE DETAILS: ISD
➧ Home Campus
Determines core requirements
Requires at least 24 major credits
Confers degree
Responsible for support services
➧ Intercampus
Provides wide portfolio of courses
Supports existence of numerous
clusters
➧ System
Works with campuses to solve
administrative challenges (tuition,
concurrent enrollment, etc.)
FOUNDATION COURSES
➧ Introduction to Interdisciplinary
Learning (3 or 4 credits)
➧ Interdisciplinary Experiential Learning (3 credits)
➧ Interdisciplinary Capstone (3 credits)
THE CLUSTERS
➧ Cultural Diversity
➧ Research Methods and Data Analysis
➧ Global Studies
➧ Digital and Media Studies
➧ Environment and Sustainability
➧ Policy and Security
➧ Social Justice Studies
➧ Organizations and Leadership
➧ Professional and Technical Communication
➧ Health, Science, and Society
PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONSAMPLE CLUSTER
Denver Courses (14)
ENGL 2070 Grammar, Rhetoric, and Style
ENGL 3154 Technical Writing
ENGL 3170 Business Writing
ENGL 3416 Magazine Writing
ENGL 4416 Advanced Magazine Writing
COMM 1001 Presentational Speaking
COMM 2082 Intro to Environmental Comm
COMM 2050 Business-Professional
Speaking
COMM 2051 Intro Strategic
Communications
COMM 2045 Workplace Communication
COMM 4500 Health Communication
COMM 4051 Advanced Strategic Comm
COMM 4682 Political Communication
COMM 4710 Topics in Communication
Colorado Springs Courses (15)
ENGL 1310 Rhetoric and Writing I
ENGL 1410 Rhetoric and Writing II
ENGL 2090 Technical Writing and
Presentation
ENGL 3080 Advanced Business and
Technical Writing
ENGL 3160 Tools for Technical Writers
COMM 2030 Intro to Comm Theory
COMM 2900 Writing for the Media
COMM 3190 Professional Presentations
for Career Success
COMM 3240 Business and Professional
Comm
COMM 3250 Principles and Practices of
Advertising
COMM 3400 Digital Comm Technology
COMM 4050 Public Relations and Social
Media
COMM 4090 Emerging Comm Techn.
COMM 4500 Media Management
MKTG 4700 Digital and Social Media
Marketing
Boulder Courses (10)
COMM 2400 Discourse, Culture, and
Identities
COMM 2500 Interpersonal Communication
COMM 2600 Organizational
Communication
COMM 3310 Principles and Practices of
Argumentation
COMM 3420 Issues in Communication:
Comm and Gender
COMM 3610 Comm, Technology, and
Society
IPHY 3700 Scientific Writing in Integrative
Physiology
WRTG 3020 Topics in Writing (e.g. Travel
Writing)
WRTG 3030 Writing on Science and
Society
WRTG 3040 Writing on Business and
Society
WORKING TEAMS
➧ Intercampus Teams
Cluster construction (Fall 2016)
Syllabus construction (Spring/Summer 2017)
➧ Build online (Summer/Fall 2017)
Program learning goals (Spring/Summer 2017)
Assessment of Canvas templates
➧ Campus Teams
Course inventories (Fall 2016 and ongoing)
Campus buy-in (Spring/Fall 2017)
Approvals (Fall 2017 and ongoing)
ACADEMIC STATUS
➧ Online Inventory
Variety of courses exist on each campus
Foundational courses built through
Canvas
Clusters get populated
ACADEMIC STATUS
➧ Approval Processes
Foundational courses and major
➧Denver and UCCS position ISD as part of
existing interdisciplinary degrees
➧ Boulder needs new degree: Continuing
Education partnering with School of
Education (taskforce underway)
➧ Challenges
Pace of process on three campuses
Location of degree
ADMINISTRATIVE STATUS
➧ Challenges
Tuition structure
Concurrent enrollment
Advising
Webpage management
Systemwide marketing
Recruitment