Weinberg College
of Arts & Sciences

Quarter

Notes

Spring 2019

The proposed modifications to the Weinberg degree requirements were approved at the spring meeting of the Weinberg College faculty. 

• Approved modifications to the Weinberg College degree requirements.

Winter 2019

First reading at the Weinberg College faculty meeting (March 12th, 2019)

On December 4, 2018, the Weinberg College Curriculum Policy Committee (CPC) unanimously approved the proposed modifications to the Weinberg College degree requirements.

• Preamble to the proposal to the Weinberg College Curriculum Policy Committee
• Proposal to the Weinberg College Curriculum Policy Committee (CPC)
• Memo of endorsement from the Curriculum Policy Committee (CPC)

Spring 2018

Foundational Disciplines Convention (FDC) held in June 2018 to articulate learning goals for each of the six foundational disciplines

• Foundational Disciplines Convention (FDC) Delegates and Staff
• Proposed names, Descriptions, and learning goals for foundational disciplines

Fall 2017

Final report of the Weinberg College ad hoc Committee for Degree Requirements, submitted to Dean Adrian Randolph on September 25, 2017

• CDR Final Report

Winter and Spring 2017

The CDR met with groups of faculty in the college (organized approximately along department and program lines) to share a preliminary statement of our vision and first draft of our recommendations. These department/program meetings involved a prepared presentation of about 20 minutes by a designated CDR member, followed by an open discussion.

Interim report:

• Slides for Printing
• Narrative
• List of Meetings

Summary of concerns, notes, clarifications, and suggestions for revision to the interim report:

• in no particular order,
• not weighted by frequency or strength of response, and
• excluding general expressions of gratitude, support, or disdain.
• Summary of responses to the interim report

Fall 2016

The fall quarter was devoted to developing an interim report and preparing for presentation of the first draft of our proposals to colleagues across the college.

Summer 2016

The sub-groups continued their discussions and began to articulate recommendations.  On September 8, 2016, the full committee came together for a day-long meeting at the Chicago Botanic Garden to discuss and synthesize the outcomes of the sub-group deliberations.

Spring 2016

The CDR divided into three sub-groups, each charged with reviewing and recommending changes to one of the three major components of the current Weinberg degree requirements: (1) the writing requirement, (2) the foreign language requirement, and (3) the distribution requirements. The sub-groups met regularly and conducted interviews with colleagues who play key roles in the current curriculum. 

• Notes from CDR Meeting 3

Winter 2016

• Notes from CDR Meeting 2
• Notes from CDR Meeting 1

Early meetings included discussion of: