A general summary of the UK general education program - UK Core - used for a discussion with Kentucky school district personnel, March 2013

1.
UK’s general education program is
required of all undergraduate
degree‐seeking students to
graduate. We call it:
Students who complete the UK Core
Program will demonstrate the following
student learning outcomes:
1. An understanding of and ability to
employ the processes of intellectual
inquiry;
2. Competent written, oral and visual
communication skills both as
producers and consumers of
information;
3. An understanding of an ability to
employ methods of quantitative
reasoning;
4. An understanding of the
complexities of citizenship and the
process for making informed
choices as engaged citizens in a
diverse, multilingual world.
Key Contacts for School Personnel
Interested in the UK Core Program:
Dr. Benjamin C. Withers
Interim Associate Provost for
Undergraduate Education
bwithers@uky.edu 859‐257‐3027
Chris Thuringer
Asst. Provost for Educational Initiatives
chris.thuringer@uky.edu 859‐257‐0042
www.uky.edu/UKCore
State of the Core
 Currently in the second academic year of program implementation.
 Broad faculty involvement across all colleges serving undergraduates has
been critical to its success.
 Composed of the equivalent of 30 credit hours in 10 course areas that
address the four student learning outcomes.
 All courses each semester require students to upload an assignment for
assessment purposes via their course in the MyUK portal
 Templates for designing a UK Core course in one of the 10 course areas
and rubrics specific to the four student learning outcomes are available on
the UK Core website
 Instructors are supported by the staff of the Center for the Enhancement
of Learning & Teaching (www.uky.edu/CELT) and the UK Faculty Toolkit
UK Core Curricular Framework
Course Areas by Learning Outcome Credit Hours
1. Intellectual Inquiry
The Nature of Inquiry in Arts and Creativity .............................. 3
The Nature of Inquiry in the Humanities ................................... 3
The Nature of Inquiry in the Social Sciences .............................. 3
The Nature of Inquiry in the Natural,
Physical and Mathematical Sciences ................................... 3
2. Written, Oral and Visual Communication
Composition and Communication I ............................................ 3
Composition and Communication II ........................................... 3
3. Quantitative Reasoning
Quantitative Foundations .......................................................... 3
Statistical Inferential Reasoning ................................................. 3
4. Citizenship
Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA ........................ 3
Global Dynamics ......................................................................... 3
UK Core Credit Hours Total* ...................................................... 30
*The UK Core is designed to provide the equivalent of 30 credit hours. Some courses in the
UK Core require more than 3 credits, resulting in more than 30 credit hours in some cases.
For a complete listing of courses offered in a particular semester,
see the UK Bulletin: www.uky.edu/registrar/bulletinCurrent/ukc.pdf