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UCB #5
CCHE Quality Indicator System (QIS)
CU-Boulder Fall 1998 Submission
CU-Boulder local indicator 5: Comprehensive Learning Environment: Offering all students
a wide range of academic, cultural, social, and research opportunities
in and out of the classroom
| Evaluation: CU-Boulder boasts over 100 degree programs
that students pursue in almost every conceivable combination, a magnificent
campus plus specialized facilities for learning, a cosmopolitan campus
community, and almost limitless opportunities for students to get involved
in campus life and to participate in programs outside their own discipline.
Expansion of these opportunities is one goal of our undergraduate focus
area; another is improvement of the ways in which we help students take
advantage of these opportunities. |
| UCB5a |
Degree programs offered |
In 1997-98 CU-Boulder offered 59
degree
programs at the bachelors level, 47 masters, and 42 doctoral, plus law. |
| UCB5b |
Opportunities to seek double degrees and double majors |
In fall 1997, almost 2,000 undergraduates
(10%) were enrolled in two or more majors or degree programs, reflecting
every possible combination of interests. Many departments also offer formal
minors. New combined bachelors/masters programs (e.g. in biology)
offer well-qualified students the opportunity to earn both degrees in five years. |
| UCB5c |
Physical facilities for learning |
CU-Boulder's magnificent campus makes a perfect
setting for learning. In addition, we are also home to many specialized
facilities for learning, including on-campus
housing (some with residential
academic programs), general and discipline-specific libraries,
the mountain research station
in the Indian Peaks, the engineering
center and its Integrated Technology
and Learning Lab, general computing facilities and specialized labs
such a the Bechtel computer-aided design lab, a center for state-of-the-art
study
of foreign languages, music performance rooms of all shapes and sizes,
the University of Colorado
museum, Fiske Planetarium,
Sommers-Bausch Observatory,
and a missions operation center
for control of a student-run satellite. |
| UCB5d |
Academic and career programs cutting across degrees |
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Residential academic programs give over 800 new students each year
an academic neighborhood focussed on a theme such as service learning,
American culture, or environmental studies. The most recent program, launched
in 1997, focusses on international affairs.
- FallFEST offers 500 new students the opportunity to
take three courses in common with fellow members of a 20-student group
which also meets for six non-credit sessions introducting campus resources
and programs.
- Study
Abroad offers over 100 programs in 50 countries, with no language prerequisites.
- Career Services helps
students at all class levels in clarifying their career goals, obtaining internships, and getting jobs.
- Service learning lets students apply what they've learned in the classroom
and learn about the real world.
- Other undergraduate programs crossing disciplines include distributed studies and
individually structured majors, honors,
undergraduate research
programs, ROTC, and the Presidents
Leadership Class.
- Graduate-level students can work in several interdisciplinary
research
institutes and earn interdisciplinary
certificates in fields ranging from biotechnology to telecommunications.
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| UCB5e |
Opportunities for student involvement in the campus community |
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| UCB5f |
Cosmopolitan campus community |
- Each year 1,100 international students from over 80 countries study on the Boulder campus
- Another 375 foreign scholars teach and do research on campus.
- The Office
of International Education serves foreign students and scholars.
- Students from all 63 Colorado counties and from every US state also add to the cosmopolitan nature of the campus. American students
come to CU-Boulder with a wide variety of international experiences and
can gain more through studying abroad in over 100 programs in 50 countries.
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