General Education Competency and Objectives

CEP Curriculum Document Form for General Education Courses

Please complete the following form to define the General Education objectives addressed by your course. Please complete one General Education Objective form for each General Education Objective where you will identify the educational activities and the assessment tools that will be used to determine if the learning objective was met.

General Education Objective: These are the objectives approved by the Faculty Senate. A course must satisfy at least one of these objectives to be considered a General Education course.

Indicate the Course Learning

Objective(s) that satisfies the General Education Objective. *

Numbers in this column below correspond to COM 25000 course learning objective numbers.

For CEP Use Only (Circle One)

1. Demonstrate effective

communication skills in English.

Yes No 2. Demonstrate effective

problem-solving skills.

Yes No 3. Demonstrate effective computer

utilization skills.

Yes

No 4. Demonstrate knowledge of basic

scientific principles.

Yes No 5. Demonstrate an knowledge of

how people function in society

1. Be able to identify the diverse social relations and cultural and political interaction reflected in and produced by contemporary media in a variety of national and international cultural contexts. 2. Be able to identify the

interconnections among media institutions, media genre, and their social and cultural uses in historical and contemporary societies in a variety of

international and national cultural contexts.

3. Be able to explain and apply primary concepts, theories, and issues in media and cultural studies to a variety of social problems related to media,

Yes No COM 25000 Media and Society

democracy, and diverse cultures. 4. Be able to identify and analyze

media and cultural practices in terms of their social construction and cultural consequence. 5. Be able to explain the historical

development of media technology (from orality, literacy, print, and electronic media to digital

communication and social media) and its impact on human

knowledge, cultural development, and changing social relations.

6. Develop a critical appreciation for the arts and works of human expression.

Yes No 7. Demonstrate an understanding of

the relationships between technology and society.

5. Be able to explain the historical development of media technology (from orality, literacy, print, and electronic media to digital

communication and social media) and its impact on human knowledge, cultural development, and changing social relations.

Yes No

8. Demonstrate the knowledge of wellness issues.

9. Demonstrate knowledge of university and personal resources

Yes No

* One of the following criteria must be met:

 At least 75% of the learning objectives of the course must satisfy the criteria and

outcomes for the General Education Objective in the case where the course satisfies a 3-credit basic general education requirement.

 There must be at least one learning objective of the course that satisfies 100% of the criteria and outcomes for the General Education Objective in the case where the course satisfies a general education requirement without a 3-credit basic general education requirement

GENERAL EDUCATION COMPETENCY FIVE PROPOSAL How People Function in Society

Course Number and Name: _____COM 25000 Media and Society ______________

All courses with a General Education designation will include, to the extent possible, critical thinking, written composition, oral discussion, and graphic components.

To obtain the General Education Competency Five designation, the proposed course must meet all of the criteria listed below.

Criteria: Courses designated General Education Competency Five will:

 Enable students to demonstrate knowledge of the diversity in human societies, including historical, political, economic, and cultural aspects

 Enable students to understand how other people live and think

 Enable students to become prepared to make and support constructive social policies To obtain the General Education Competency Five How People Function in Society

designation, the proposed course must meet all of the outcomes listed.

Outcome What educational activities will be used?

What assessment tools will be used?

Students will be able to identify and correctly use terms and concepts that explain human/social behavior in historical, political, economic, and cultural frames of reference.

Textbook On-line readings

Documentary and short video Short lectures

Classroom discussions Individual and group exercises in identifying examples of terms, concepts, perspectives (using national and international historical and contemporary media examples)

Two quizzes, final exam (which include graphic models)

Bi-weekly 1-page responses using historical,

contemporary examples of terms, concepts

Term project demonstrating relations between a major popular cultural trend and social relations and cultural conditions.

Students will be able to recognize and explain the foundations, structures, and processes of contemporary societies.

Textbook

Power Point Models of media structures, processes

Short lectures

Classroom exercises on diverse structures and social functions

Classroom discussions, Q&A

Two quizzes, final exam (which include graphic models)

2-3 written assignments (w. models) on media structures and social action, and democracy.

Term project demonstrating impact of media structures on programming popular culture trends in context of social relations and conditions

Students will be able to recognize, analyze, and interpret human experience in terms of intellectual, historical, political, economic, and cultural contexts.

Textbook Short lectures

Class discussions, Q & A Classroom activities on media narratives/images of cultural diversity,

stereotypes, and multiple symbolic meanings

Quiz, final exam

Assignment on semiotics and social construction of

meaning

Assignment on media production and social use/impact of entertainment Term project demonstrating media programming relation to social norms and

behaviors.

Student oral presentations on media structure, content, and cultural knowledge (and human experience).

All General Education courses will be reviewed by the CEP sub-committee for General Education. Provide data to the committee to demonstrate the extent to which students in this course will meet the outcomes. (Sample syllabus, assignments, tests)

GENERAL EDUCATION COMPETENCY SEVEN PROPOSAL Relationship between Technology and Society

Course Number and Name: _________COM 250 Media and Society______________

All courses with a General Education designation will include, to the extent possible, critical thinking, written composition, oral discussion, and graphic components.

To obtain the General Education Competency Seven designation, the proposed course must meet all of the criteria listed below.

Criteria: Courses designated General Education Competency Seven will:

 Enable students to understand how technology affects life and the environment.

 Enable students to understand technological applications and their effects on society or understand social stimuli to technological development.

To obtain the General Education Competency Seven Relationship between Technology and Society designation, the proposed course must meet all of the outcomes listed.

Outcome What educational

activities will be used?

What assessment tools will be used?

Students will be able recognize, analyze and interpret technological development in modern life.

Textbook On-line readings Documentary and short video Short lectures Classroom discussions Individual and group exercises in identifying impact of media

technology on society (using national and

international historical and contemporary media examples

Two quizzes, final exam (which include graphic models)

Written response on historical & contemporary examples of media

technology development and impact on society. Written response social developments leading to inventions of media technology

Students will be able to explain social implications to technological development.

Textbook

Power Point graphics on media technology, social use, and cultural impact Short lectures

Classroom exercises demonstrating how diverse media technologies frame communication norms and patterns

Two quizzes, final exam (which include graphic models)

2-3 written assignments (w. models) on the social and historical conditions of media development

(including writing, print, radio, television, mobile,

Class discussions, Q & A digital media), and the impact on communication content and norms of use, and social interaction and social power.

Students will be able to recognize and explain how technology affects life and the environment.

Textbook

Short lectures on the material production of technology and its dependence on natural resources, international relations, social

interaction, and interrelationships of humanity and ecology. Class discussions, Q & A Classroom activities with students constructing messages for different media technology.

Quiz, final exam

Assignment on semiotics and social construction of meaning

Written assignment on media production, the social use/impact of media technology, and the

environmental effects of advertising and

consumerism.

All General Education courses will be reviewed by the CEP sub-committee for General Education. Provide data to the committee to demonstrate the extent to which students in this course will meet the outcomes. (Sample syllabus, assignments, tests)