Goal 1: Objective 1.1

• Convene meeting with college leadership to discuss current themes and potential interdisciplinary and cross-cutting learning opportunities.
• Establish working groups comprised of faculty and staff to explore new ways to utilize and build upon existing curricular resources that align with identified themes AND/OR Create a college-wide RFP process to pilot viable ideas.
• Submit, gain approval for and implement curricular proposals and noncredit learning opportunities

Associate Deans of Undergraduate and Graduate Education; Director of Outreach

College level meeting held; Proposals advanced by working groups or through RFP process; Curricular proposals advanced to University Senate, Graduate Council or other administrative units

Fall 2021; ongoing

• Use plans for professional master’s degrees in Hospitality Management and Athletic Training to explore new revenue and hybrid learning models of graduate education programs.
• Develop and disseminate best practices guide for flexible graduate education in Health and Human Development from exploratory efforts
• Develop and offer additional IUGs and graduate programs.

Associate Dean of Graduate and Research Programs and Associate Dean of Undergraduate and Outreach Programs; Director of Outreach

Curricular proposals for professional master’s degrees and IUGs submitted to Graduate Council and University Faculty Senate; Best practices guide drafted and reviewed by Graduate PICs and HHD Executive Committee

Fall 2021; ongoing

• Develop a curricular, organizational and implementation plan for a degree program in public health and complete a review of the plan by an advisory group made up of faculty and public health professionals.
• Recruit leadership to finalize and implement plans
• Submit, achieve and implement curricular proposal and initiate degree program and proposal for CEPH accreditation

Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Outreach Programs

Curriculum, organizational and implementation plan drafted and reviewed by advisory group; Program head hired; Curricular proposal submitted to University Faculty Senate and CEPH application submitted

Summer 2021- Summer 2023

• Have each department, working with faculty and advisers at University Park, the Commonwealth Campuses and the World Campus complete a program- wide inventory to identify best practices and current gaps in curriculum, courses, course content (e.g., readings, assessments, learning objectives, activities) for integrating principles and practices of antiracism and other themes related to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Develop and disseminate a best practices guide to share results of program level inventories and encourage adoption by additional programs
• Have each department initiate 3-5 changes in educational programs to adopt best practices or address gaps identified in program inventories.

Office for Diversity and Inclusion; Associate Dean for Graduate and Research Programs; Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Outreach Programs

Department inventories completed; Best practices guide developed and available on HHD website; Departmental submission of plans to address gaps and implement best practices

2022-2025

• Have each department complete a program- wide inventory to identify best practices and current gaps in curriculum, courses, course content (e.g., readings, assessments, learning objectives, activities) for integrating principles and practices of sustainability
• Develop and disseminate a best practices guide to share results of program level inventories and encourage adoption by additional programs
• Have each department initiate 3-5 changes in educational programs to adopt best practices or address gaps identified in program inventories.

College Sustainability Council; Associate Dean for Graduate and Research Programs; Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Outreach Programs

Department inventories completed; Best practices guide developed and available on HHD website; Departmental submission of plans to address gaps and implement best practices

2023-2025

• Convene a multi-disciplinary working group of faculty to identify foundational data science and analytic skills that all HHD students should learn, one or more advanced competency areas that could be learned through additional undergraduate courses, and to draft initial course and curricular proposals for new courses, certificates and/or minors in these areas
• Have representatives from working group, undergraduate PICs, and advising review and finalize curricular proposals
• Submit, achieve and implement curricular proposals 

Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Outreach Programs
 

Working group completes its draft proposals, Curricular proposals submitted to University Faculty Senate

Summer 2021- Summer 2023