Education Abroad is looking for key liaisons from each department, ideally both faculty and advisors, to work as a team reviewing the items outlined below, to help 'Get your Major on the Map'. For a detailed explanation of the initiative, please review the powerpoint above. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact Ron Witczak, Executive Director of Education Abroad.
Curriculum Integration Involves:
- An assessment of:
- Current Education Abroad Program offerings – including traditional, faculty-led, and internship offering
- Existing Department curriculum requirements (Pre-requisites, electives, major requirements, course sequencing requirements, etc.)
- Flexibility, receptiveness, and sustainability within each Department to build programming and growth of majors going abroad.
- The creation of a strategic global program portfolio (preferred program list) by each Department to include:
- Department commitment (stance) on the importance and relevance of international education to the major
- Articulation of degree requirements and how an Education Abroad program can fit in
- Diverse selection of program offerings endorsed by the Department for majors
- Goal: 1-2 Faculty-Led Department Programs
- Note: students could still petition to take a different program, or a program not at all related to the major. (Eg. International Capstone, language immersion programs, etc.)
- The development of a team advising approach.
- Partnership between Academic Advising and Education Abroad Advising – Liaison from Department works directly with Education Abroad Advisor assigned to the Department
- Shift advising focus from WHERE to study to WHAT to study abroad
Implementation Steps
- Department Overview Meeting(s)
- Clarification of process and discussion of Department goals/objectives
- Review of existing education abroad participation data for majors
- Determination of key faculty/advisors for implementation
- Program Assessment/Development
- Clarification of Department curriculum requirements
- Review of existing international education program options
- Endorse existing programs that are meeting Department needs
- Identify new program offerings to fill any gaps (geographic, academic, linguistic, etc.)
Develop new Faculty-Led Department programs
- Review new partner programs
- Articulation of Department petition process (flexibility for majors wanting to study on a program NOT in the Department Strategic Program Portfolio)
- Development/Creation of Department Specific Strategic Program Portfolio
- Department articulation of value of international education to majors
- Curriculum mapping for international education for majors
- Department preferred list of programs
To learn more about how to get involved: email: witczar@pdx.edu
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