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Graduation Checklist
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The Graduation Checklist is designed to help students keep a record of their progress toward fulfilling graduation requirements. It is Juniata's intention to encourage all students to graduate within four years. The following is a series of notes explaining the various requirements.
I. College Writing Seminar (CWS) This foundation course is required of all Juniata freshmen along with IT 100 for all new Juniatian students
II. Interdisciplinary Colloquia and Cultural Analysis Students fulfill one Interdisciplinary Colloquia (IC) and one Cultural Analysis (CA) course type requirement by completing a two-course sequence.
Writing Requirement for IC and CA: Cultural Analysis courses will build on the skills of insightful reading, analysis, and writing acquired in the first year of study. Courses will provide a basic familiarity with some concepts and methods of cultural analysis. They may be offered as either 3- or 4- credit courses. In CA courses, students will make use of both primary (textual or other artifacts) and secondary sources. (Secondary works are those which interpret primary sources, or develop a method for the study of primary sources.) These primary and secondary works will provide the raw materials for a synthetic project. Such projects will normally include either a synthetic paper of ten or more pages, or student-generated presentations or productions (for example, original art, music or drama) accompanied by a shorter written commentary. Any project must be designed to demonstrate the student’s capacity for independent research and critical thinking. Students will be expected to show an awareness of their own presuppositions and of the possibilities and limitations of their methods. Faculty members proposing courses must include in their course proposal an explanation of how course assignments will demonstrate the student’s capacity for analysis and synthesis with an appropriate degree of rigor.
III. Communication Skills In addition to the College Writing Seminar, students will take at least four "C" courses (minimum 12 credits), two of which must be writing-based and two of which may be speech-based. Two courses must be in the P.O.E. and at least one of those courses must be at the 300-level or above.
A writing-based (CW) course requires at least 25% of the grade be determined by one or more writing assignments that receive structured feedback on the writing by the instructor.
This structured feedback may take two forms: (1) one or more writing assignments that require rough drafts to be reviewed and commented upon by the instructor; or (2) based on multiple assignments where earlier graded, commented upon assignments are returned to students before later assignments are due. Either option may pertain to an individual or a group of students.
A speech-based (CS) course requires at least 25% of the grade be determined by two or more oral individual or group presentations, and it fulfills two requirements: (1) The course aims to develop rhetorical skills necessary for effective and creative speech in individual, group or public presentation. This may include one or more of the following: speech design and delivery, listening, negotiation, leadership, persuasion, collaboration, or decision making; (2) The course offers students at least two opportunities to demonstrate these skills. Evaluation of the first opportunity guides improvement of the second.
IV. Quantitative Skills To demonstrate quantitative literacy, students have three options: (1) complete a "Q" course; (2) complete a mathematical course (QM) and a statistics course (QS); (3) pass a proficiency exam. Students may use these courses in their POEs.
Q fulfills FISHN distribution except for MA 103, MA 155 and MA 210.
V. Distribution Students must complete six credits in each of five categories: Fine Arts, International, Social Sciences, Humanities, Natural Sciences. In three of these five areas, at least three credits must have a prerequisite or be numbered at the 300-level or above. Distribution courses may count in a student's POE.
VI. Program of Emphasis The Program of Emphasis (POE) must include 45-60 credits, with higher limits possible for interdisciplinary POE's. At least 18 credits must be at the 300-level or above. No more than two courses and a maximum of 15 credits in the POE can be research, internship, or independent study. Degree seeking, one-year international students must have 14-16 Juniata credits in their POEs.
Distinction in the POE To receive distinction in the POE, students must complete a senior experience that integrates several areas of their POE. This requirement can be fulfilled in many ways. Some possibilities might include an original independent creative project that involves significant academic work, such as laboratory research resulting in a significant report; a major paper on a well-defined project; a body of artistic work equivalent to a major exhibition or performance; or field experience (e.g. student teaching and certain internships) culminating in a significant report. The project and number of credits must be approved and evaluated by two faculty members. To achieve distinction in the POE, the project must be judged worthy by the evaluating faculty members, and it must be presented in a forum open to all interested parties, either at Juniata or to an outside audience such as the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR).
The Curriculum Committee shall establish minimum qualifying standards for students wishing to engage in the senior experience. Departments and programs will be free to establish further requirements.
VII. Service Learning (optional) Students who serve in the community may earn one credit per semester, for a maximum total of 4 credits. Students choosing this option must attend bi-weekly reflections sessions exploring connections among their service, coursework and citzenship. Credit is awarded on a pass/fail basis.
STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT ALL GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS ARE COMPLETED.
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