| University Studies Records |
| 1986-2010 [1990-1995] |
| Extent: 0.5 linear feet |
| Accession Number: 2008.081 |
| Abstract: Handbooks on the University Studies courses offered, newsletters, Writing Across the Curriculum handbooks, and information regarding scholarships and the University Studies program. |
| Processed by: Darren Bell, October 2011 |
| Repository: Special Collections and Archives, Southeast Missouri State University Phone: (573) 651-2245; Fax: (573) 651-2666; Email: semoarchives@semo.edu |
| Provenance: University Studies Program, Southeast Missouri State University |
| Citation: University Studies Records, Special Collections and Archives, Southeast Missouri State University |
| Restrictions: None |
| Other Relevant Collections: Faculty Senate Records, 1958-2008 |
| Organizational Sketch |
| In 1981 Southeast Missouri State University began a process to redesign the general education program. The redesign was in response to students and faculty belief that the current general education requirements established in 1962 were outdated. The product of the redesign resulted in a new interdisciplinary, liberal education set of requirements known as the University Studies Program. |
| Implemented in the fall of 1988 the program’s objective is to create an understanding and enhancing of the human experience through two themes divided between courses taught at the 100/200 level and courses taught at the 300/400 level. Courses taught at the 100/200 level focuses on the acquisition of knowledge by gaining perspectives on the individual, society, and the universe. Courses taught at the 300/400 level focuses on living in an interdependent world through the integration of knowledge. For more information access the School of University Studies and Academic Information Services website, http://www.semo.edu/ustudies/ |
| Scope and Content Note |
| Event information, handbooks, newsletters, manuals, and reports relating to the University Studies Program and it’s departments at Southeast Missouri State University. Items are sorted into two series, General University Studies Program and University Studies Departments, and are arrange alphabetically within those series. |
| Archivists Note: This is a working collection. Items will be added periodically as they become available. |
| Rules or Conventions: Finding Aid prepared using DACS |
| Series I | General University Studies Program | |
| Box 2845 | ||
| Folder 001 | Correspondence relating to University Studies Handbooks (Box 2846 and Box 2847) | 2007-2010 |
| Folder 002 | Memo to Students | 1989 |
| Folder 003 | University Studies Brochures | undated |
| Folder 004 | University Studies News | 1989-1991 |
| Folder 005 | University Studies Program Core Curriculum Category Review | 1991 Aug |
| Box 2846 | University Studies Handbooks | 1988-2006 |
| Box 2847 | University Studies Handbooks | 2007-2009 |
| Series II | University Studies Departments | |
| Box 2845 | ||
| Folder 006 | Governor’s Scholars Program | 1989-1995 |
| Folder 007 | Honor’s Program | 1986-1995 |
| Folder 008 | National Merit Scholarship | 1993 |
| Folder 009 | Writing Outcomes | 1989 |