The General Education Assessment Rubrics present the standards for student performance in the UMD General Education courses and:
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Designing a Scholarship in Practice course
Faculty Worksheet – use this to sketch out ideas for your course.
Identify the course discipline/field
In other words – describe the body of scholarship that will be applied (put into practice) in the course
This is a crucial first step that establishes the body of scholarship that will be applied in the course. (This question is also the first question in the General Education Application for Scholarship in Practice courses.)
1 Scholarship in Practice Example Syllabi ARTH262 Public Art For non-majors Course discipline/field (body of scholarship that is applied in this course): Art History and Archaeology Project or practice central to the Scholarship in Practice course design: One digital project/intervention, completed in teams Course Design: Project completed in stages This syllabus: 1. Includes the Scholarship in Practice learning outcomes. This course has additional learning outcomes that allow the course to also meet the expectations of Humanities. (See text 1) 2.
Scholarship in Practice courses meet the Distributive Studies category of General Education and are designed to engage students in authentic work of the discipline. These courses expose students to discipline based methodologies and perspectives and enable faculty to merge research.scholarship.creative practices with educational experiences.
For your course to contribute to the General Education program, it must meet the learning outcomes for one or more General Education category.