Intellectual Foundations
Implementation Timeline

Time Frame	Activities & Tasks	Initiator or Convenor	Others Involved
	Create Governance Structure
January, 2003	Create  Intellectual Foundations Center.	Academic Affairs	Gary Marotta Wanda Davis
January, 2003	Appoint Interim Director of Intellectual Foundations Center.	Academic Affairs	Gary Marotta Wanda Davis
January, 2003	Establish Intellectual Foundations Oversight Committee (IFOC).	College Senate, Interim Director of Intellectual Foundations Center	Deans & Departments
January, 2003	Appoint Intellectual Foundations Faculty.	Interim Director of  Intellectual Foundations Center, Deans & Departments	Gary Marotta Wanda Davis
January, 2003	Recruit faculty to teach BSC 100, BSC 200, BSC 389, and "Civilizations" courses.	Interim Director of  Intellectual Foundations Center, Deans & Departments	Gary Marotta Wanda Davis
March - May, 2003	Convene ad hoc committees to review learning outcomes, inclusion criteria, and “testing-out” conditions	Intellectual Foundations Oversight Committee,	Interim Director of Intellectual Foundations Center, Deans & Departments
January, 2004	Begin formal search (internal) for Director of  Intellectual Foundations Center.	Gary Marotta Wanda Davis	College Community
	Develop/Revise Curriculum
June, 2003	Develop BSC 100 and BSC 300/389 courses. Provide resources for release time for faculty.	Intellectual Foundations Faculty	Academic Affairs, Interim Director of IFC
June, 2003 – December, 2004	Prepare Intellectual Foundations Reader.	Intellectual Foundations Center	College Community
June, 2003 – August, 2005	Develop Intellectual Foundations Curriculum. Revise currently existing courses to meet criteria for inclusion.	Department Faculty, Intellectual FoundationsCenter	IFOC
June, 2003 – August, 2005	Design new courses to address outcomes for Intellectual Foundations status.	Department Faculty, Intellectual Foundations Faculty	IFOC
January, 2005 – July, 2005	Publish Intellectual Foundations Reader.	Intellectual Foundations Center	Wanda Davis, B&N Bookstore
	Offer Faculty Development Opportunities
Summer, 2003 Summer, 2004, Summer, 2005	Prepare Faculty to Teach New Courses Professional Development Summer Workshops.	Academic Affairs Intellectual Foundations Center	College Faculty, Intellectual Foundations Faculty
Summer, 2003, Summer, 2004, Summer, 2005	Offer Professional Development Summer Workshops. Prepare all faculty to assist students in achieving outcomes related to Board of Trustees outcomes, (e.g. oral comm.). Provide advisement workshops for Learning Communities and Freshmen Seminar instructors and for faculty teaching BSC 100, BSC 300/389, & Civilizations courses.	Academic Affairs, Intellectual Foundations Center	College Faculty and Intellectual Foundations Faculty
	Revise Audit System
May, 2004 – Summer, 2005	Prepare audit system. Work with Registrar’s Office to update audit system to reflect new requirements.	Registrar
By May, 2004	Approve new course proposals/course revisions for the Intellectual Foundations Curriculum. (Submit to Senate Curriculum Committee by 1/04.) Process through Senate Curriculum and Oversight Committees.	Intellectual Foundations Oversight Committee, Director of Intellectual Foundations Center	Department & Faculty, Curriculum Committees, College Senate Curriculum Committees
By May, 2004	Prepare accurate materials for advisement. Work with all constituencies on campus to revise advisement materials to reflect new Intellectual Foundations requirements.	Academic Affairs, Enrollment Support and Retention, Advisement, Orientation, Academic Departments	Entire campus community
By June. 2004	Prepare new college catalog for 2005-2007. All catalog copy needs to reflect the new requirements.
Fall Semester, 2005	Implement new program. All students entering the college in September, 2005 will be required to complete the new requirements.	Admissions, Advisement, Orientation	Faculty Advisors
	Update Recruiting/Public Relations Materials
Summer, 2004	Update recruiting materials for 2004/05 recruiting year.	Admissions Office	College Relations
	Share Information Approve/Implement Proposal
February, 2003, September, 2003, 2004	First Year Programs Orientation Meeting	V.P. for Undergraduate Education, Wanda Davis	Directors/Coordinators of the following programs: Interdisc. Studies Academic Support Programs Enrollment Management Orientation Office Advisement Office STAR Program SSST Program EOP Learning Communities Fresh. Seminars
Feb/Mar, 2005	First Year Programs Orientation Preparation Meeting	V.P. for Undergraduate Education  Wanda Davis	Same as for annual orientation meetings (See above)
May, 2005	First Year Programs Final Orientation Review Meeting	V.P. for Undergraduate Education Wanda Davis	Same as for annual orientation meetings
September, 2005	First Year Programs Post-Orientation Review Meeting	V.P. for Undergraduate Education Wanda Davis	Same as for annual orientation meetings

| return to top | Return to Table of Contents |