“We’re excited about the MAC because General Education is the beating heart of college-level learning, and this curriculum does a lot for students, including giving them a lot of freedom in choosing what topics and subjects to focus on as they develop and demonstrate core academic competencies. Other needs for the new MAC include standardizing the total number of GE units required, and streamlining the student grade appeal process. They may think they don’t need a foundation’s course, but in fact, most do,” says Bulls. “We have a lot of first-generation students, and many of them don’t know what they don’t know. The knowledge and skills these courses provide will benefit them more if they encounter them at an earlier stage in their academic trajectories, helping to ensure their success later on as they progress through their majors, and will undoubtedly help with student retention as well.
MAC will also focus on having students complete their GE requirements as early as possible, mostly during their lower-level courses. There are numerous motivations for the General Education revamp, including the need to streamline and clarify the GE requirements and unit hours to make it easier for students to navigate their progression. Two of those competencies are new: health and wellness, and a foundations course aimed at helping new students transition to university life. The new MAC curriculum conceptualizes a framework structured around competency achievement and includes “areas of knowledge.” Through MAC coursework, undergraduate students will engage in learning experiences to achieve 11 competencies across an equal number of courses, totaling 33-34 semester hours. She will act as the key contact and liaison between deans, faculty, and the Implementation Committee, and will work to advise on the process of incorporating new and existing courses into the new curriculum. To assist in this process, Bulls has taken on the inaugural role of a new MAC Faculty Fellow in the office of the dean of undergraduate studies. Bulls, AP associate professor in the School of Health & Human Sciences, will work to implement the new curriculum over a phased, four-year plan. Andrew Hamilton, vice provost for student success and dean of undergraduate studies, and Dr. The main goal of the new curriculum is to provide students with foundations and alternative perspectives for the more specialized knowledge gained in their majors, while ensuring that learning in the major builds upon and extends the work done in General Education courses.Ī MAC Implementation Committee led by co-chairs Dr.
This fall, UNCG will take a bold step in advancing the personal and academic development of our students through the implementation of a new General Education program, called Minerva’s Academic Curriculum.
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