Core Curriculum

Opportunities for Faculty

  

Speaking Across the Curriculum Workshop

Friday, March 4, 1-3:30 p.m., JH170

Please join faculty colleagues for a workshop on developing a course that fulfills the speaking across the curriculum expectation of the new Core curriculum. Led by Butler faculty with expertise in the discipline, learn how to create a speaking across the curriculum course, develop assignments and projects, and how to assess or evaluate student work in such a course. The workshop will begin at 1 p.m., with lunch for participants starting at 12:30 p.m.

 

Core Curriculum Community-Building Lunches

Faculty teaching in Core areas during fall 2010 are invited to join colleagues also teaching in Core areas for lunch (all sessions are to begin at noon):

Thursday, September 9, AU302: faculty teaching in AR, NW, PCA, PWB, SW, TI

Thursday, September 16, AU302: faculty teaching in the First Year Seminar program

Wednesday, October 13, JH083: faculty teaching in the First Year Seminar program

Thursday, November 4, AU302: faculty teaching in the First Year Seminar program

Tuesday, November 9, AU302: faculty teaching in PCA, SW, TI

Thursday, November 18, AU201: faculty teaching AR, NW, PWB

Wednesday, December 1, AU302: faculty teaching in the First Year Seminar program

Wednesday, February 9, AU302: faculty teaching in AR, NW, PCA, PWB, SW, TI

Thursday, February 17 and Thursday, February 24: AU302: faculty teaching in PCA, SW, TI

Monday, March 7, AU111: faculty teaching AR, NW, PWB

Wednesday, April 6, AU201: faculty teaching AR, NW, PWB

  

FYS Summer Workshop

August 9-11, 2010

This Summer Workshop is designed to help FYS faculty develop strategies for teaching reading, writing, listening, speaking, and critical thinking to first year students, cultivate their own abilities as readers, writers, and scholars, and foster community with their FYS colleagues. Participants will also have opportunities to revise and refine their syllabi.

Our aim is that participants will come away from the Summer Workshop with a renewed sense of excitement about and commitment to the teaching of the First Year Seminar, a firmer grasp of the processes of reading, writing, and thinking, as well as the pedagogies that support their development in first year students.

Attendees will receive either a stipend or course development funds for their participation in the workshop.

Please RSVP to Rebecca DeGrazia at  rdegrazi@butler.edu  by August 4 if you are interested in attending.  

 

Propose a Core Course

Faculty who teach a Core curriculum course join a community of faculty who are committed to helping students grow into thoughtful and critical learners, and engaged members of the campus community and the world.

To assist faculty in their vital work in the Core, numerous resources are available.

Propose a new course:

All faculty are invited to teach in the Core. To submit a proposal, please complete this Core Course Proposal form.

Deadline for submitting proposals for spring courses: May 1 of preceding year

Deadline for submitting proposals for summer or fall courses: Nov. 1 of preceding year

The Core Course Proposal form is approved by faculty serving on the Area 1 and Area 2 subcommittees, or the FYS or GHS advising groups.

 

Grant Support

Core Curriculum Areas of Inquiry Course Development Grants: to assist faculty in developing a new course in an area of inquiry.

Core First Year Seminar Grants: to assist faculty in developing a new First Year Seminar or substantially revising an existing seminar.

Core First Year Seminar Self-Study Grants: to encourage research in this area of the Core curriculum.

Course Class Enhancement Grants: to support relevant co-curricular experiences in a Core course during the semester.