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What follows is the proposed Global Citizenship Program to come before the Faculty Assembly
on February 8. Many of you submitted comments, suggestions, and proposed amendments, and
we have revised the proposal in their light. Specific amendments to be considered at the
February 8 meeting are included in a separate document. Don’t hesitate to turn to any member
of the Senate for clarification of the proposal.
Resolved: That the Faculty Assembly of Webster University adopts the Global Citizenship
Program, defined below, to replace the University’s current general education program.
Webster’s General Education Program, known as the “Global Citizenship Program,” will consist
of the following requirements. These requirements will apply to B.A. and B.S. students
beginning in August, 2012, in accordance with the Implementation Plan detailed in section VII .
I. Breadth Requirements.
A. Requirements: 27 credit hours distributed as indicated below.
1. Six Credit hours from courses designated “Roots of Cultures.”
2. Six Credit hours from courses designated “Social Systems and Human
Behavior.”
3. Three credit hours from courses designated “Physical and Natural World.”
4. Three credit hours from courses designated “Global Understanding.”
[Restrictions on I.A.1-4:
a. All courses used to fulfill these breadth requirements outlined
above must show evidence of promise that they cultivate one of the
following skills:
i. Written Communication or
ii. Oral Communication or
iii. Critical Thinking or
iv. Intercultural Knowledge or
v. Ethical Reasoning
b. No course prefix may be used twice to satisfy requirements
within Area A.1, Roots of Cultures.
c. No course prefix may be used twice to satisfy requirements
within A.2, Social Systems and Human Behavior. ]
5. Three hours from courses designated for “Quantitative Literacy.”
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II. Global Citizenship Program Keystone Seminar. Three credit hours.
III. GNST 1200 Freshman Seminar: Requirement for students entering as new full-time
degree-seeking Freshmen (who have not previously matriculated at another post-
secondary institution or who have fewer than 16 credit hours of college credit).
V. Exceptions.
A. The GCP breadth requirements do not apply to students entering with an AA degree.
However, AA students are required to complete a GCP Keystone seminar.
B. The GCP requirements do not apply to students seeking a sequential degree.
C. The GCP requirements for students pursuing high-credit-hour B.A. and B.S. majors
(above 75 credit hours) may be adjusted by the Global Citizenship Program
Committee on the initiative of the Department responsible. In such situations, the
requirement that no courses taken in the major (see I. B. 1. above) may be waived
by the Global Citizenship Program Committee.
D. The GCP shall apply to B.F.A. and B. M. degree programs on an adjusted basis. The
exact nature of their participation will be determined during a phase-in period
(August 2012-August 2016) through consultation between the relevant
department and the Global Citizenship Program Committee.
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VI. Assessment. GNST 1200 Freshman Seminar and the Global Citizenship Keystone
Seminar serve as the points for the collection of student work for assessment.
Rubrics for assessment will be developed by the Global Citizenship Program
Committee. The complete assessment plan follows on a separate page.
VII. Implementation.
Third academic year (2014-2015): Program applies to the two previous years’
GCP students, new full-time, degree-seeking students, with fewer than 30 credit
hours of college credit, who have not previously matriculated at a post-secondary
institution, who are not majoring in programs in the departments of Dance, Music,
and Theatre, and transfer students with fewer than 75 transfer credits outside the
departments of Dance, Music, and Theatre. Continue development, training, and
coding.
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VIII. Working Definitions
.
A. Breadth Requirement Definitions.
1. Roots of Cultures courses are expected to help students develop knowledge of
human cultures and the sources of meaning, focused by engagement with “big
questions,” whether contemporary or enduring.
2. Social Systems and Human Behavior courses are expected to help students
develop knowledge of human cultures and how people and their cultures and
institutions work, focused by engagement with “big questions,” whether
contemporary or enduring.
3. Physical and Natural World courses are expected to help students develop
knowledge of the physical and natural world, focused by engagement with “big
questions,” whether contemporary or enduring.
4. Global Understanding Courses are expected to help students understand
cultures foreign to them, or international languages, or forces that draw people of
the world together and forces that push them apart.
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C. Quantitative Literacy (QL) – also known as Numeracy or Quantitative Reasoning
(QR) – is a "habit of mind," competency, and comfort in working with numerical
data. Individuals with strong QL skills possess the ability to reason and solve
quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life
situations. They understand and can create sophisticated arguments supported by
quantitative evidence, and they can clearly communicate those arguments in a
variety of formats (using words, tables, graphs, mathematical equations, etc., as
appropriate).
D. Global Keystone Seminars. This course engages students in developing and using
intellectual and practical skills to demonstrate their understanding of responsible
global citizenship, through collaborative participation in meaningful, real-world
projects and problem-solving experiences. Students practice skills for lifelong
learning and integrative learning through analysis, synthesis, integration and
application (transfer) of prior learning (formal academic concepts as well as
personal life experiences) to address complex problems, locally or globally.
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