IE Goals

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• IE Goals
• 2003 - 2004

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Our Mission

• To provide pre-baccalaureate programs
• To support the Vocational/Technical programs by
  providing general education courses
• To foster successful and independent learning
  through a strong foundation of skills supported
  by tutorial services and computer-assisted
  instruction

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Unit Purpose Statements of the Planning Units

• College Transfer
• Prepares students for pre-baccalaureate degrees
• Enables students to transfer as a junior or
  junior in their majors

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Unit Purpose contd

• Humanities/Fine Arts Department
• Broadens students cultural awareness
• through study of artistic expression,
  philosophical thought, and religious beliefs
• through exploring individual communication
  techniques resulting in measurably greater
  understanding of the world around them

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Unit Purpose contd

• English Department
• Empowers students to become more effective and
  efficient writers, listeners, speakers, and
  critical thinkers
• Enhances students success in other courses and
  in jobs and careers
• Helps students see their connectedness to others
  for the purpose of understanding and appreciating
  diversity

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Unit Purpose contd

• Math/Science/PE Department
• Helps students
• develop quantitative skills
• understand the physical and biological
  environment
• understand how lifestyle choices contribute to
  personal health and wellness

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Unit Purpose contd

• Social and Behavioral Sciences Department
• Assists students in examining and exploring the
  uniqueness of human society by studying the
  complex fabric of social diversity in
• history
• culture
• various economic and political patterns
• Helps students understand the role that
  individual members play in this delicate weave
  called humanity

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Unit Purpose contd

• Learning Lab
• Provides educational support for student success
  by providing
• Instructional facilitators
• Student tutors
• Computer-assisted instruction
• Supplemental Instruction targeting historically
  difficult college courses

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Position CFCC to offer an onlineAA degree
program

• Develop a self-quiz to help transfer students
  assess their understanding of the online advising
  website
• Develop/offer the following to complete the
  online requirements for an AA degree
• BIO 111 CHM 131/131A ENG 131 PED 110
• Research the criteria for making websites ADA
  compliant, provide training to DE faculty and
  staff, and revise the websites
• Implement an Online Course Peer Review Guide to
  assess the quality of DE instruction
• Provide training for faculty in hybrid
  instruction
• Track academic performance of DE vs. traditional
  students
• Develop an operational manual to outline DE
  procedures and rules and the roles of others
  involved with DE initiatives

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Assess the academic preparedness of our transfers

• Assess the performance of CFCCs transfer
  graduates to UNCW by administering a survey
• Assess the content of the general education
  courses by scheduling a faculty workshop for CFCC
  and UNCW Arts Sciences departments
• Assess whether 80 of COM core students will meet
  minimum oral competency standards
• Assess whether 75 of ENG 111 students will
  demonstrate proficiency in writing
• Assess whether 75 of SOC 210 students will
  demonstrate an understanding of three major
  sociological concepts

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Increase transfer curricula offerings to better
prepare students for respective majors and
provide students with a greater variety of
offerings

• To better reflect performance standards for
  students, add the following courses to the
  Humanities/Fine Arts Department
• MUS 161, 162, 163, 164
• MUS 111 MUS 253 MUS 121 MUS 114
• ART 281 ART 282 ART 284 ART 231 ART 232
• ART 245 ART 246 ART 288 ART 241 ART 211
• DRA 142 DRA 126 DRA 141 DRA 175 DRA 176

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• Add the following courses to the Social Sciences
  Department
• ANT 220 HIS 228 PSY 263
• Add the following courses to the Math/Science/PE
  Department
• BIO 110 PED 147 PED 126

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Conclusion

• Any Questions?