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Increased opportunity for study abroad.
Improved structure of clinical placements to increase clinical supervision.
o Created ACCEL, accelerated 18‐month second degree B.S. in Nursing cohort
program offered through Continuing Education.
• Politics and History
o Added African American Studies Minor.
• Program for Advancement of Learning
o Completed learning outcomes curriculum project evaluating metacognitive
learning.
o Conducted comprehensive self‐study in 2010‐2011.
• Psychology
o Added Gerontology and Substance Abuse concentrations and minors.
o Introduced new course “Get Psyched” as entry point to the major.
o Conducted comprehensive self‐study in AY2010‐2011.
• Sociology and Criminal Justice
o Integrated significant field experiences early in the curriculum.
o Increased focus on internship experiences and realignment of courses in
curriculum with Police Career Incentive Pay Program (PCIPP) standards.
Curry has also focused on significant learning experiences that extend both beyond the
classroom and beyond specific disciplines, including:
• First Year Inquiry Groups, learning communities designed to provide early opportunities
for engagement and themed inquiry with a cohort of peers;
• Increased internships and other experiential learning opportunities;
• E‐portfolio pilots in multiple areas to provide for self‐reflection and for area‐specific
learning outcomes assessment.
General Education
Curry’s Central Liberal Arts Curriculum (CLAC) has been in existence since 1981, with its first
comprehensive re‐design in 1991, and a current re‐design effort expected to conclude in Spring
2012. As described in the Catalog and to incoming students in an Orientation resource book, liii
the current CLAC includes distribution requirements at both the introductory and intermediate
levels, specifically with 40‐44 credits in introductory courses required across 14 areas of study
and 18‐20 credits outside a student’s major required at the 2000 and/or 3000 level. Such
requirements are designed with explicit attention to the College mission statement and the
educational goals of thinking critically, communicating effectively, understanding context,
appreciating aesthetic experience, defining personal identity, examining value systems, and
adapting and innovating.
As evident in the list of requirements, CLAC provides broad breadth of content for students of
all majors across the Arts and Humanities, Sciences and Math, and Social Sciences. Multiple
course requirements to advance written and oral communication, critical analysis, and
technology/ information literacy are also explicitly required. Such requirements provide Curry
graduates with knowledge of scientific, historical, and social phenomenon and experiences in
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