Model for Internationalizing the UT Austin Curriculum:

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Model for Internationalizing the UT Austin
Curriculum Presentation to Deans Sheldon
Ekland-Olson, Provost, Lucia Albino Gilbert, Vice
Provost, John Sunnygard, Director, C-GEO, and
Jerry Wilcox, Director, International
Office August 2003
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Why this meeting?
The International Office and Center for Global
Educational Opportunities (C-GEO) now report to
the Provost This provides an opportunity to
find ways to weave international studies into the
fabric of the undergraduate curriculum
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Goals of the Meeting
Present ways to accomplish this weaving together
(Synergy Centers--see later slides) Get
thoughts, reactions, and input from the
perspective of your colleges
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UTs Long Term International Education Goals

• Quality - Value added to UT degree
• to weave international learning into the UT
  Austin curriculum
• to graduate students with increased
  intercultural awareness and
• competency
• to become known for our cutting-edge
  international programs
• to set the standard for international
  education in the U.S.
• Quantity - Double enrollment by 2008/2009 to
• 3200 students abroad.

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Its the curriculum..

• Study abroad opportunities need to be directly
  tied to
• students degree plans
• This can best be accomplished by
• Recognizing and applying the wide variety of
  models in
• international education
• Offering programs at every level of a degree
• Linking to and complementing other college and
  university
• initiatives (Connexus, EUREKA!, bi-lingual
  education, etc.)

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An Illustration
The Environment Bridging Disciplines Program in
Connexus connects well with International Study
Opportunities in Brazil Options include the
Maymester Abroad, summer study, and semester
programs
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Courses from strand in Bridging Disciplines
Program
Spring
Environmental Clusters Taught in Austin Energy,
Environment, and Society GRG 309 Environment
and Society GEO 302K Energy and the Environment
Summer
Fall
Maymester

• UT Austin Program in Brazil
• Media, Culture and Portuguese
• in Salvador and Sao Paulo,Brazil
• Portuguese Language 3-6 Credits
• 3 Credit courses taught in English
• RTF/LAS Brazilian Media Pop Culture
• RTF/LAS International Media Brazil Focus

• Exchanges in Brazil
• University of Sao Paulo
• UFMG
• Getulio Vargas Foundation
• Federal University of Pernambuco
• University of Campinas
• University of Belem
• University del Sol (Porto Allegre)
• Bold FIPSE

May-June (Spring ) Geo. or Env. Studies Taught
in Porto Allegre, Brazil (or Belem)
Also
or
UT Austin Program in Brazil IB 372 Doing
Business in Brazil
UT Austin Program in Brazil Belo Horizonte
Intensive Portuguese 6 Credits Intermediate or
Advanced
Affiliates in Brazil CIEE Sao Paulo CIEE Salvador
da Bahia SIT Amazonian Ecology Natural
Resources SIT Culture, Development Social
Justice
FIPSE Programs in Brazil 1) Environmental
Studies 2) Public Policy
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Target Synergy Center programs are to be
self-sustaining

• Sources of Support
• Study abroad program fees
• Funds from UT academic units
• Scholarships/financial aid

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Consensus of Meeting

• We will proceed with the general plan as outlined
  in our
• meeting this presentation.

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Provosts Directives
Each college will have the latitude to develop
programs that best advance their own initiatives,
keeping an eye on how we can take advantage of
University-wide SYNERGY centers and thus
coordinate and optimize the use of collective
resources. Each college and school will appoint
a representative to the Provosts Cross-College
Council on International Study to work with the
Vice Provost and the directors of C-GEO and the
International office. The colleges and schools
will work closely with C-GEO and the
International Office in developing academic
programs.
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One next step The Maymester
The Provost will provide summer salary support
for a balanced set of Maymester Abroad
offerings, including study abroad opportunities
for freshmen, sophomores, juniors and
seniors. We will utilize forum seminars as
well as other creative mechanisms to
facilitate these programs. Faculty members
offering Maymester Abroad courses will be
involved in the seminar/activities to prepare
students for their Maymester experience and will
receive 6-week summer salary for the course they
offer during the Maymester.
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Provosts Directives (contd)

• We will keep an eye on how we can best use the
• Maymester to encourage students (e.g.,
  architects,
• engineers) otherwise tightly constrained by
  the demands
• of their major.
• We will work toward developing an off-campus
  market
• for our programs.
• We will work with student government and senate
  of
• college councils to encourage an expansion of
  the
• student fee dedicated to international
  programs.
• We will develop ways that international
  students on
• campus can be involved in preparing students
  planning
• to study abroad.