Realizing the Vision:
Integrative Studies

The Integrative Studies Planning Committee is charged with the task of developing and examining options for increased centralization of the IS portion of MSU’s general education course requirements. It includes 17 faculty and students drawn from a broad range of colleges and disciplines, including the current directors of the three IS Centers. Norm Graham, Associate Dean of James Madison College, is serving as Committee Chair (grahamn@msu.edu).

The work of the Committee is divided into at least two phases. This past summer the deliberations focused on the desirability of and alternative options for increased centralization of Integrative Studies. A preliminary report on this effort is now available for review as a document at this site (see Integrative Studies Progress Report, 8/15/04). Faculty, students and administrators are invited to comment on these options, and a series of meetings is being organized to facilitate this process. A second and perhaps third phase of deliberations will focus more directly on issues relating to the Integrative Studies curriculum, its delivery and assessment, in the light of the work of the other RTV task forces and ongoing examination of restructuring options.