Community and teamwork is central to making this option work. The general education courses in which students are co-enrolled focus on developing critical reading, writing and speaking skills. This skill focus is enhanced through seminar topics that focus on campus involvment, understanding and embracing diversity, and attending campus cultural and athletic events. The research focus is related to program improvement and outcomes assessment. This data is merged with mainframe data regarding academic performance, ACT, HS Rank, etc.
All data is used for program improvement.
There are also small focus groups conducted for each group to gather more qualitative feedback. Summary of Extracurricular Activities Formally Associated with the Program Extracurricular activities include athletic and cultural events. Other possible activities are organizing intramural teams and participating in events sponsored by the Office of Student Life. The focus of most of the courses used is to provide an interdisciplinary and cross unit focus. Typically Foundations, Communcation, and English have assignments that overlap or relate due to the nature of the general education program structure.