GUK 3.0 SUMMER ACADEMY AND TRANSITIONS TO UK CORE

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www.uky.edu/ukcoreWelcome by Dr. Ben Withers,Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education

Adrianne ShirleyAllison WallsAutumn AmesBrianna MaddenDakota Moore Danielle GrubbEllen CunninghamJarid Casebolt

Katelyn ViaMaison NicholsMallory SmithMercedesStufflebeamSamara HallSeneca BlackfordTabytha Reed

Got in to Canvas and started working on their assignments

UK CORE LEARNING OUTCOMES

All UK undergraduates will show:•an understanding of and ability to employ processes of intellectual inquiry.

•competent written, oral, and visual communication skills both as producers and consumers of information.

UK CORE LEARNING OUTCOMES

•an understanding of and ability to employ methods of quantitative reasoning.

•an understanding of the complexities of citizenship and the process for making informed choices as engaged citizens in a diverse, multilingual world.

Composition & Communication (written, oral, and visual)

UK CORE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME

General Studies Core:Become competent with written, oral, and visual communication skills both as producers and consumers of information.1.Research Focus and Digital Citizenship

2.Argumentative Essay Writing

3.Producing a Video--Public Service Announcement

Intellectual Inquiry in Arts & Creativity:1.Performing World Music

2.Creativity and the Art of Acting

3.Introduction to Photographic Literacy and Image Analysis

Intellectual Inquiry in Creativity and the Arts

UK CORE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME

Visual Arts and Literacy:

Art Out of the Box! – transform 2D team drawing to 3D printing

Artifacts-in-Action – visual studies in UK Art Museum, Sculpture Garden

Remix Audio/Video – digital media and copyright, intellectual property

Global Citizenship:1.Russian Language and Culture

2.Arabic Languages and Muslim Cultures

3.Japanese Language and Culture

Local to Global Dynamics

UK CORE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME

Intro to Business and Economics:•Leadership skills•Different disciplines in UK’s Gatton School of Business & Economics•Global economy

Following our Food, Learning to Lead:Leadership skills in settings related to sciences associated with agriculture, food and environment with field trips to Winchester Dairy, Ale-8-One, Food Chain/Seed Leaf

Intellectual Inquiry in Social Sciences and in the Sciences

UK CORE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME

AquaBots Engineering:Design, build, program and test underwater robotics to learn about the disciplines and careers associated with the field of engineering

Digital Design and Fabrication Technologies:Collect, fuse, analyze, visual and present artifacts and data graphically on-screen, including printing of 3D artifacts using digital fabrication technologies

Problem-solving Utilizing the Tools of Science:Use the tools of chemistry, physics, math and deduction/reasoning to reach solutions to biological questions; group work will focus on the four systems of the human body

Scratch Programming:Introduction to computation thinking; create interactive stories, games and animations using coding principles in design goals and solutions for fixing programming “bugs”

Quantitative Reasoning

UK CORE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME

College Café College/career readiness programming to discuss the culture of college, the life of a college student at UK including a Common Reading Experience, Sustainability tours, Stuckert Career Center workshops

Final Showcase and Dinner, July 11UK Student Center Ballroom, 5 p.m.

4th of July – Connecting with Kentucky’s French Roots

By end of Summer Academy@UK, you will be able to show:•College readiness with original research-based projects•An increase in academic and professional skills for college or job•Confidence in ability to succeed in college when you are ready to go