Essential Studies Committee

FACULTY MEMBERS
SHERRIE FLESHMAN	COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES/HUMANITIES	12
BRIDGET THOMPSON	COLLEGE OF NURSING	12
FRED REMER	JDO SCHOOL OF AEROSPACE SCIENCES	12
APRIL BRADLEY	COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES/SOC SCIENCE	12
DOROTHY KEYSER	COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES/FINE ARTS	13
Vacant	COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	13
YEO HOWE LIM	SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & MINES	13
BRETT GOODWIN	COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES/SCIENCE	13
MARY BAKER	COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT	14
SEBASTIAN BRAUN	COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES	14
JANNA SCHILL	SCHOOL OF MEDICINE & HEALTH SCIENCES	14
ANNE WALKER	COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT	14

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES
JOHN TOMPKINS		12
JOHN MITZEL		12
KRISTIN EMMONS		12

EX-OFFICIO MEMBER
HARMON ABRAHAMSON	ACADEMIC DEANS' DESIGNEE
JOAN HAWTHORNE	PROVOST'S DESIGNEE
TOM STEEN	ESSENTIAL STUDIES DIRECTOR
SUZANNE ANDERSON	REGISTRAR/DESIGNEE

SUPPORT STAFF
SHARON BRUGGEMAN	OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR

Meeting Schedule - Spring 2012

Date	Start	End	Room
1/30/2012 Mon	4:00 PM	5:00 PM	Medora Room
2/8/2012 Wed	8:00 AM	9:00 AM	Badlands
2/13/2012 Mon	4:00 PM	5:00 PM	Medora Room
2/22/2012 Wed	8:00 AM	9:00 AM	Badlands
2/27/2012 Mon	4:00 PM	5:00 PM	Medora Room
3/7/2012 Wed	8:00 AM	9:00 AM	Medora Room
3/19/2012 Mon	4:00 PM	5:00 PM	Medora Room
3/28/2012 Wed	8:00 AM	9:00 AM	Medora Room
4/2/2012 Mon	4:00 PM	5:00 PM	Medora Room
4/11/2012 Wed	8:00 AM	9:00 AM	Medora Room
4/16/2012 Mon	4:00 PM	5:00 PM	Medora Room
4/25/2012 Wed	8:00 AM	9:00 AM	Medora Room
4/30/2012 Mon	4:00 PM	5:00 PM	Medora Room
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Contact Persons for Department Revalidations

*Subcommittee chairs are marked with an asterisk Departments italicized represent courses carried over from last year
Subcommittee #1	Courses:
Joan Hawthorne*	Languages, Art
Yeo Howe Lim	Arts and Sciences
Sebastian Braun	Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Mary Baker	Communications, Interdisciplinary Studies

Subcommittee #2	Courses:
Fred Remer*	Anthropology, English
Brett Goodwin	Indian Studies, Mechanical Engineering
Bridget Thompson	Chemistry, Economics

Subcommittee #3	Courses:
Sherrie Fleshman*	Humanities, Philosophy
Dorothy Keyser	Nursing, Theatre Arts, Women's Studies
Janna Schill	Nutrition & Dietetics, Recreation & Leisure

Subcommittee chair responsibilities
1. Ensure that all committee members know what they need to do. New and old liaisons would not be required to function independently as liaisons.
2. Ensuring that all reports come to the committee as a whole on schedule.
3. Ensuring that subcommittee meetings take place on a timely basis.

Petition Subcommittee
Harmon Abrahamson
April Bradley
Anne Walker

Essential Studies for Faculty

To be part of the ES program, a course will (more details in the links):

Aim for and assess student learning in one of the ES goals: Communication, Diversity, Information Literacy, or Thinking & Reasoning
Fit within one of the Breadth of Knowledge categories
(Optional) Also, specifically aim for and assess student learning in one of the Special Emphasis outcomes:
Or, serve as an ES Capstone course (C), a specially designed and designated culminating learning experience taken at the end of the undergraduate program of study

History of the transition to Essential Studies

In May 2007 the University Senate approved a recommendation to replace the University's General Education Program with the current Essential Studies program. That recommendation, which came about after years of work by a group consisting of members from across campus -- the General Education Task Force -- led to a year of transition that culminated in the beginning of the Essential Studies program starting with the freshman class of 2008-2009.

The links below summarize some of the work that went into this change at UND. The first link addresses the actual report from the General Education Task Force, while the second provides information that was used by the Task Force in helping to craft its recommendations.

Validating a course for ES status (Applying for ES Status)

To be part of the ES program, you can nominate a course using the appropriate ES Course Validation Form below. Your choice of form is dictated by the Breadth of Knowledge area in which the course will appear. Please read the definitions in the ES Breadth of Knowledge Area Criteria document in order to choose the appropriate form for your course.

ES Breadth of Knowledge Area Criteria
ES Course Validation Forms

Revalidation of ES courses (ES Course Revalidation)

Every four years, each course within the ES program must be revalidated in order to ensure it remains appropriate as an ES course. The following is the revalidation schedule for each department with current ES courses:

To help answer common questions about ES Revalidation, the following list of Frequently Asked Questions may be useful:

Revalidation Frequently Asked Questions

Direct assessment data in relation to the ES goals will be required as part of revalidation. A description of the ES goals are provided below:

ES Program Goals

Use the form below in order to complete your ES Revalidation. Please submit original plus four copies to Sharon Bruggeman, Office of the Registrar, Stop 8382.