Curriculum Mapping Lite:

A Strategic Approach to Information Literacy in Course Progression

Kimberly Moeller, Instructional Services Librarian

MU Libraries: University of Missouri-Columbia

Curriculum Mapping:What is it?

• Heidi Hayes Jacobs

• Diagramming

• Vertical and Horizontal

Why Curriculum Mapping?

• Gaps and Redundancies

• Subject vs.

Interdisciplinary

• Alignment

Why Not Curriculum Mapping?

• Time Intensive

• Intimidating

• Need defined learning

outcomes

• Constant Updating

• Software?

MU Libraries (& Me)

• Departments

• Instructional Services

• Freshman Composition

• Subject Liaison

• 1010 Courses

SOCIAL WORK COURSES

• Pre-Requisites

• Required

• Recommended

• Relevant

RESEARCH METHODS COURSE WORK

SW INSTRUCTORS

• Course Catalog

• Personal Contact

MU Learning Objectives

Department/Program Goals & Objectives

Council of Social Work Education Policy &

Accreditation Standards

Convincing Instructors

2015 EDUCATIONAL POLICY & ACCREDITATION

STANDARDS

Psychological Reports (1995), pp. 611-

621

Journal of Biosocial Science (2006), pp. 413−418

Psychological Reports (2005), pp. 915−961

Example Activity

Opportunities and Challenges

• Streamlines work

• Scaffolding

• Collaboration

• Lack of Collaboration

• Saying no

• Finding Time

• Not fully implemented

Works Referenced

• Jacobs, H. H. (1997). Mapping the big picture: Integrating curriculum and assessment K-12.

Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

• Jacobs, H. H. (2004) Getting results with curriculum mapping. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

• Great Schools Partnership. (2013). Curriculum mapping. The Glossary of education reform.

Retrieved from http://edglossary.org/curriculum-mapping/

• University of Missouri School of Social Work. (2017). MSW program goals and objectives.

Retrieved from http://ssw.missouri.edu/msw_goals.html

• University of Missouri School of Social Work. (2017). 2017/2018 BSW program manual.

Retrieved from http://ssw.missouri.edu/docs.html

• Council on Social Work Education. (2015). Educational policy and accreditation standards

for Baccalaureate and Master’s social work programs.