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December 3, 2007 SanJose State U N IV E RS ITY College of Applied Sciences and Arts Office of the Deen O n e W a s h r n g t oS q u a r e n S a nJ o s e C A 9 5 1 9 2 - 0 0 4 9 Vorc 408'9242900 Fax 4oA-924-29A1 lnlernet http/' ,l1/w slsu edu/casa TO: Studies Bob Cooper,AVP, Undergraduate Studies Gail Evans,AssociateDean,Undergraduate First YearExperience Dean, DebraDavid,Associate C\SA4,2 InrerimDeari, Conry, FROM: Barbara Dea+CASA!fr+tP Associate Payne. Acting Greg Science',' f-\W^<Health Roe. Chair, Kathleen BethanySbifflett, Interim Chair, Hospitality, Rec& T & Journalism Mass Bill Briggs,Director, Mona Lynch, Chair, JusticeStudies Fr^ Ken Haycock,Director, LibrarYand Chair,Kinesiology ShirleyReekie, JayneCohen,Director, Nursing a1 {";y*,.-l Interrm Dean Dr Sarbara Conry J Lucy McProud, Chair, Nutrition, F-oodScience, &Packagp'g lt1 Marti Snr#harn Chair Occrrn:tio nalTherapy ../,r.,'i., nzl zf' ,'tu' Chair,Occupatio Tlteranv .'i ,,-.-..'l Marti Southam, Wor$L Lt- \e--\ Alice Hines,Director,Social ^ to Peggy Plato,CASA Representative BOGS'LL77" -7''-(,*+' ,'''Lr-,a4' o t Depanmenlsl Scnoois Health cience S Hosptality RecreatoN & Manaoernenl -Iouism RE: and MUSE Courses AreaE Jo!rna rsm & lvass Cornrnunrcatrons J\rslrc Sludres Kinesiology L bran/ infcrmalon ctence & S NUrsrnE N ! k l , c n F o o dS o e n c e& P a c k a g g n OccupatronaiTherapy mto newMUSE courses to aboutthe decision accept We areconcerned of Area E only, andurgereconsideration that decision. Out conceri's relateto Area E andto the MUSE program. of AreaE hasa primaryfocuson thehterrelationstrio ohvsiologi:a:-. and sociaVcultural. osycholosicalinliuenceson well-beine,asrr-e. :,-' ir'" develooment across iifesoan. An introductionto the univers I the ii':il:i resources, systems, includingcampus academic socialsupport and programwas modified from 6 to 4 GE addedwhen the advanced wasmovel categories, HumaaUnderstandhgandDevelopment and advanced core GE. At that time, a former A\? of to from resoluces r;^ for Undergraduate Studies advocated i:rcludingcampus the Area E to ease tra:rsitionto the university environmentandenlano: and HumanUnderstanding Developme:lr studentretention. Because wasbeing modified andtherewasno mandatorystudentorieniation.it to wasreasonable practicalto addcampusresources AreaE at that and may create perception AreaE a that time. The inclusion this content of to theuniversiry.Thisis courses should designed orientstudents be to is an incorrectperception the primar,vfocus of Area E courses on the psychological physiological, socialiculturai, and intet elationship of across l/espan.Campus the and hJluences well-bei.ng, development on u'i1h area smallaspect ofArea E that is now redundant the resol[ces new studentorientationDrosram. lho car ornra SEic Unrv Etry 3are* ed i.ai: saros Cf.. Ea,r aai iror: ..! :rQeEs Mzr0he rcaoen) !r !,n n.r \.ih co. Porr. MUSE Courses AreaE & December 2007 3, Page of 3 2 While the campus resouceaspect AreaE is consistent MUSEobjectives, too are of with so manyobjectives from otherareas CoreGE (e.g.,Oral Communication of Written [A1], Communication tA2l, CriticalThinking[A3]. HumanBehavior LA wh;. [D1]). Oneexplanation newMUSE courses now required be AreaE courses thattherearefewerAreaE courses are to is thataremajor requirements; if students thus, chaage their majors, theywill be lesslikely to need another or-specific maj AreaE course.However, froshstudents takeotherGE courses also in theirfirst semester. theylaterchange If their major,theymayneed takeadditional to courses in thoseareas meetmajor requiremenls.The coreGE areawith the leastpotentialto require to another major-specific course .A2- students is eithercomplete 1A Engl or the Humanities sequence. Students change who majors mayneed takeadditional to course work. MUSE seminars shouldbe designed around topicsaboutwhichfacultymembers passione,ie. are andstudents should leamstrategies be academically to successfirl develop lovefor and a knowledge leamirig(Memofrom LeeDorosz ChairsandDilectors, and to May 23,2001). Tryingto fit all newMUSE courses AreaE is not consistent the "mission"of MUSE into with all MUSE courses not havea primaryfocusonthe interrelationship physiological, do of social/cultural. psychological and influences wellbeing, on development on and across the lifespan.Suggesting theprimaryfocusof AreaE canbe added nearlyanycourse that to compromises integrityof fuea E: "if you wantto develop newcourse arehavins the a and difflculty with someofthe AreaE content (particularly . . . integrated physiological, " social. persons . ."), we canhelp!!" (General andpsychological . Information MUSE Cowse on Proposals, distributed 2007). fall Theoptionto offer a neu'MUSEcourse another in area havingthecourse first certifieci by fr: the GE program up a two-tiered sets system course of approval.Courses submitted Area 5 for are"fast-tracked" accepted thefollowingfa1lsemester. and for Courses submitted another for area GE mustbe reviewed by the appropriate of frrst GEAP,followedby BOGS. To be oftercc thefollowing fal1semester, course the mustbe approved Feb.1 - a considerably by longerrime process line andmorerisorousaDproval thanrequired AreaE MUSE courses. for Again.rrds raises concems aboutmaintaining integrityof AreaE. the Justasothercolleges haveinvested heavill.in otherareas GE.a number departments of of rn CASA havemadea strongcommitment AreaE that spans to decades. fact,Human In Understanding Development created CASA facultyat therequest thenA\'-P Ben and was by of Bums. These departments invested have time andresources, includingestablishing an infiastructure ofexcellentinstructors assessment and systems reallywork. to develop that and offer consistently strongAreaE courses. both asa service theuniversity asa key to their to and strategic resoucemanagement. Tryingto fit all newMUSE courses AreaE will havea into significant lmpacton these departments, well ascompromise goalsandobjectives as the ofArea E - this is not beingsuggested anyotherarea for ofthe GE program. MUSE Courses AreaE & December 2007 3, Page3 of 3 We would be happyto meetanddiscussour concerns otheroptionswith you and/orthe firstand yearexperience panel. Oneoptionis to continue into accepting MUSE courses AreasB 1, 82, to aad Cl, C2, D1, andE, asin thepast. This allowsfacultymembers develop teachcourse content consistent the goals with andobjectives theappropriate GE area.A second of core into a MUSE optionis to encourage departments redesig!thei introductory to majorcourse MUSE courses themajor so into course the appropriate of coreGE. This wouldembed in area students connectwith faculryand students they'll be interactingwith in the future (i.e., leamrng would continueto havethe opportunityto interactwith peersoutsideof their cohorts) Srudents . to majorthroughotherGE courses. MUSE introductory A course would allow students knowledge complete coreGE andmajorrequirement, leamthe skillsandfoundational a and wouldbepassionate aboutthe subject matterand necessary succeed theirmajor. Facult_v to il with whom they would havecontinuingcontact. Therewouid srill serveasmentorsfor students needto be a centralMUSE programfor majorsthat do not havean introductorycourse:for tire givenabove, area reasons these MUSE courses shouidbe accepted themostappropriate oi into of coreGE,based their content.Thankyou for your consideration our concems. on

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