Santa Clara University

Core Communications with the University

• Faculty Core Committee update November 16, 2009
  

Core Area Resources

• Religion, Theology and Culture 1-3
• • How to Qualify Your Course for Religion, Theology & Culture
• Critical Thinking and Writing
  
• • Sample Syllabus: Technology & Cultural Knowledge
  • Sample Syllabus: Writing about Sustainability 
  • Sample Syllabus: Identity Community & Culture
    
• Cultures & Ideas
• • Outline for Panel Discussion - May 21, 2009
    
• Civic Engagement
• • Active and Collaborative Learning in Civic Engagement
    
  • How To Qualify Your Course for Civic Engagement
    
  • Model Wrap-Around Civic Engagement Course for Natural Sciences
  • Civic Engagement and Experiential Learning for Social Justice Presentation 05.07.08
    
  • Civic Engagement Workshop materials:
  • • Draft Agenda for Civic Engagement workshop 2008
    • Presentation by Chad Raphael 4.16.08
    • Presentation by Joe Kahne, Civic Engagement Research Group at Mills College, 4.16.08
      
    • Additional Non-SCU Syllabi:
    • • Campus Compact: Searchable database of community service and civic engagement courses in many disciplines
      • National Service Learning Clearinghouse: Searchable database covering may disciplines
      • Bonner Foundation
      • Bonner Foundation: Additional syllabi found under "Additional Campus Best Practices"
      • CPN Syllabi
      • Community Arts Network
      • Animating Democracy
      • Political Education Project
• Social Science
• • Module for Teaching Politics
    
• Advanced Writing 
• • Description, Goals, Objectives, Assumptions, Minimum Standards
    
• Pathways FAQs
• Pathways Facilitator Meeting Presentation 16 September 2009 (PowerPoint)
  

Assessment Office Resources

• Assessment Glossary 
• Bloom's Taxonomy: A Model for Creating Classroom Assessments that Align with Course Learning Objectives, by Carol Giancarlo Gittens 2/7/08
• How to Adapt or Develop Your Syllabus for the New Core, by Carol Giancarlo Gittens 9/4/08
• Rubric for Rubrics
  
• Syllabus Components
• Rubric for Core or General Education Assessment
• Rubrics for Assessing the Quality of Program Learning Outcomes Posted with Permission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Implementation Process

• Map of Core 2009 Goals
• Core Implementation Powerpoint, Presentation by Diane Jonte-Pace
• Core Revision Proposal 2007
• Core Overview - June 2009
  
• Core Presentation to AJCU Leadership Seminar, June 25, 2009
• Open Meeting Question and Answer about the New Core Curriculum powerpoint presentation, 2/28/08
  

Archived Resources