Bold Aspirations, Year 2 Annual Report

Core courses and experiences will undergo a periodic recertification process
to determine whether students have met the learning outcomes, allowing
courses to be constantly improved.
Units and departments are attracting undergraduates to learning
experiences and courses by being innovative in designing courses or creating
experiences. Humanities and Western Civilization adapted its existing
courses — including Western Civilization — to meet learning outcomes
across several goals. Our new First-Year Seminars program specifies that
each of its offerings must satisfy the critical thinking outcome of the
KU Core.
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, KU’s nine professional schools,
and the KU Medical Center have adopted the KU Core. Other universities
are seeking guidance from KU on developing undergraduate curricula. One
such university, Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, is redesigning
its general education structure based on KU’s model and is funding expert
consultation at KU as part of a partnership based in particular on rubrics
associated with learning outcome assessment.
Each KU degree now contains the same four components — the KU
Core, degree-specific requirements, major requirements, and electives.
The result of our transformation is clear — regardless of their degrees, our
undergraduates are guaranteed to have a shared educational experience. BA
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