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Building a Better Map

Academic Program Maps with Constrained Choices and Milestones

Friday, January 27, 2017 | Gordon State College | Nursing and Allied Health Building | Nursing 123

Click here to view program presentations and sample program maps from across the state.

Most academic programs in the USG have sequences of courses that convert to program maps.  These tools are essential to help students navigate programs of study and succeed.  Program maps provide concrete guidance for students to help them take the right courses at the right time, to stay on track to completion, and when coupled with appropriate milestones, to know what other steps they need to take to be ready to finish on time. They help to make program requirements and course sequences transparent to students, leading to a decrease in unnecessary credits and increased persistence and graduation.  Furthermore, they are useful tools for increasing the efficiency of advising systems by providing frameworks for students’ progress through a program of study.

This workshop offered practical tips on building program maps with constrained choices and appropriate milestones with ample time for experimentation, discussion and collaboration.

AGENDA

January 27, 2017 | Gordon State College

9:00-9:30

Welcome & Introductions

Rob E. Anderson, Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Robert Todd, Director, Policy and Partnership Development

University System of Georgia

9:30-10:30

Building Academic Maps
Larry Abele, Director
Institute for Academic Leadership, Florida State University

10:30-11:30

Team Work: Concrete Steps to Build a Better Map
In groups with other campuses, workshop current structures and plan on next steps.  Identify who needs to be involved, what the goals are, and how they will be accomplished.

11:30-12:30

Lunch (table discussions sharing maps from various institutions

12:45-:1:45

Academic Maps in Practice

Vance Gray Ph.D., Dean, Division of Social Sciences
Sharon Duhart, Director, Center for Academic Advising and Success
Atlanta Metropolitan State College

Melissa Tarrant, Ed.D., Director, Advising Center
University of West Georgia

2:00-3:00

Expanding and Linking: How Academic Maps Contribute to Student Success

Randy Schulte, Ed.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Tennessee Board of Regents

 

Randy Schulte, Ed.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

3:00-3:30

Closing Remarks and Adjournment

Jonathan Watts Hull, Assistant Director, Policy and Partnership Development
University System of Georgia