“We’re moving in a positive way and really on an upward swing right now,” Wooley said.
Last fall, the university did a review of all the programs and all the colleges, reorganizing to be more contemporary, Wooley said.
More recently, 30 program proposals and 147 course proposals were reviewed by the undergraduate curriculum committee, Wooley said, and there were 46 course deactivations.
At the graduate school level, 13 program proposals and 67 course proposals were reviewed, with 22 deactivations.
The specific courses being deactivated were not listed in the presentation. This news organization is seeking that list of classes.
The university is also restructuring the first 36 credit hours students take to make sure the curriculum aligns with the Ohio Transfer 36 requirements, which means that any of the first 36 credits completed at any Ohio public college or university will automatically meet the requirements at any receiving public college or university.
The law makes it easier for students to transfer between public universities and colleges, possibly saving them money and time in the long run. While that law can help students who want to transfer or change majors, it also means some students who are certain of their academic path may need to take more general courses early on, and could delay how quickly they get into specific work tied to their major.
Wooley said of the 166 courses reviewed under the law for transition to a new set of requirements, 94 courses met the requirements under the new rules. Two new courses and six new first-year seminar courses were added to the core group of requirements.
“In 2017, we made a strategic decision to focus on our founding mission, which is to serve the educational needs of our community and the workforce demands of the Miami Valley,” said board president Tom Gunlock. “Today, we see that decision put us on a path recovering progress.”
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