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Art262 Example

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

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.

Proposing a General Education or Big Question Course

For your course to contribute to the General Education program, it must meet the learning outcomes for one or more General Education category

Gen Ed Checklist

Fundamental Studies Requirements: 

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(15 credits/ 5 courses)

Bachelor's Degree Transfer

Students who matriculate to the University with a bachelor's degree from any regionally accredited college or university will be considered to have satisfied the University's general education requirements, regardless of when the degree was received.

In order to determine if a student has earned a degree, advisors should check the PI screen in SIS to see if Transfer Credit Services has documented the degree.

USM Transfer

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General education requirements completed at a 4-year USM institution

If a student has completed all the general education requirements at a 4-year USM institution (but not completed the Bachelor’s degree), the student does not need to complete UMD’s general education requirements.

Community College Transfer

DSXX-Distributive Studies Wildcard

The DSXX designation is used only for at Maryland Community college students transferring to the University of Maryland who have not earned an associate’s degree, or students from USM four year schools who have not earned a bachelor’s degree or who do not have a completed a General Education package from their institution.

Please note that when a student has attended multiple institutions, the University will follow the requirements of the most recently attended school.

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