Miami Ohio University State College of Ohio Elite

Miami Ohio University State College of Ohio Elite Public University http: //www. miami. muohio. edu/

Facts about Miami (OH) I University Established: 1809; named for the Miami Indian Tribe settled in the area which is known as The Miami Valley of Ohio Enrollment: 14, 936 undergraduates Locations: 3 campus of undergraduate population Main Campus: Oxford of 14, 936 Hamilton 3672 Middletown 2172 Diversity: Multicultural students make up based on Fall 2011 Oxford campus enrollment 11. 8 percent of the first-year class 11. 6 percent of the undergraduate student body Degree Programs: Bachelor's degree in over 100 areas of study New Bachelor of Integrative Studies Cost for 2011– 2012, the cost of tuition, fees, room, and board Ohio residents is $23, 745 non-Ohio residents is $38, 917.

Mission • Miami University, a student-centered public university founded in 1809, has built its success through an unwavering commitment to liberal arts undergraduate education and the active engagement of its students in both curricular and co-curricular life. It is deeply committed to student success, builds great student and alumni loyalty, and empowers its students, faculty, and staff to become engaged citizens who use their knowledge and skills with integrity and compassion to improve the future of our global society. • Miami provides the opportunities of a major university while offering the personalized attention found in the best small colleges. It values teaching and intense engagement of faculty with students through its teacher-scholar model, by inviting students into the excitement of research and discovery. Miami's faculty are nationally prominent scholars and artists who contribute to Miami, their own disciplines and to society by the creation of new knowledge and art. The University supports students in a highly involving residential experience on the Oxford campus and provides access to students, including those who are time and place bound, on its regional campuses. Miami provides a strong foundation in the traditional liberal arts for all students, and it offers nationally recognized majors in arts and sciences, business, education, engineering, and fine arts, as well as select graduate programs of excellence. As an inclusive community, Miami strives to cultivate an environment where diversity and difference are appreciated and respected. • Miami instills in its students intellectual depth and curiosity, the importance of personal values as a measure of character, and a commitment to life-long learning. Miami emphasizes critical thinking and independent thought, an appreciation of diverse views, and a sense of responsibility to our global future.

Admission Requirements §Application §Panel review §Portfolio – School of Fine Arts §Interrelationships between all of the criteria §Holistic Selective Admission § § § § § Class rank Leadership Employment Extra curricular activities 1 st generation college status GPA Legacy status Letters of recommendation Life experiences Obstacles overcome § § § § § Potential contributions to diversity Quality of High school Significant extenuating circumstances Socioeconomic status Special abilities, talents, achievements State test scores Strength of high school curriculum Commitment to social services, volunteer Writing ability

Leslie Owen Wilson’s Curriculum § § § Written Curriculum Societal Curriculum Hidden Curriculum Phantom Curriculum Rhetorical Curriculum Internal Curriculum

Written Curriculum Is the written curriculum that is to be taught Miami University was founded on the belief that a liberal education provides the best possible framework for life in a changing world. Is a Practical and engaged liberal education for all students that offers § first year seminars and programs § newly revised general education programs § learning communities § undergraduate research programs § community-based diversity projects § Interdisciplinary programs § Personalized curriculum Global Miami Plan Core Curriculum (Regardless of Major is Required) In addition to the specialized courses in their majors, all Miami students complete the Global Miami Plan for Liberal Education with a wide range of subjects §The Global Miami Plan includes: undergraduate studies at Miami §develop mental agility and problem-solving ability and adapt to a changing world §Look at career possibilities §choices about a broad range of courses called the Global Miami Plan for Liberal Education §specialized studies in your major and provides a broadened context for exploring social, academic, political and professional choices.

Written Curriculum Cont. �First-year students may participate § Summer Reading Program: § First-Year Seminar: § Honors Framework for Liberal Education. �Goal: For students to: § understand creatively transform human culture and society § Have tools to ask questions, examine assumptions, and exchange views with others, § Become a better global citizen

Global Miami Plan Core Curriculum Foundation Courses – 36 hours §English Composition §Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Science §Natural Science §Mathematics, Formal reasoning, Technology §Global Perspectives §Cultural perspective §Historical perspective Thematic Sequence – 9 hours 3 related courses outside of major (with approval) Capstone Experience – 3 hours

Societal Curriculum What is learned from societal environment: home, various media, community, organizations, Cortes (1981) Global Learning: §Global Miami Plan Core Curriculum §Miami focus on students becoming a better global citizen §Global learning based on real-world challenges Civic Learning: • Social responsibility citizens at home and abroad • Community-based programs: Citizenship, Character, and lifelong friendships • Service learning • Diversity programs that promote learning across difference • Reflective experimental learning

Hidden Curriculum Unintentional learning derived from the nature or organizational design of the school along with behaviors and attitudes of those within an organization Positive §Cultural experiences from Study Abroad Program §Feeling of high status being part of an elite university existing for over 100 years §The Arts are as important as other core subjects §Fun, positive hands-on experiences learning without knowing it L §Personalized and community based-important part of the whole §Seminars build friendships within a cohort §Global Plan is required for all reduces the personalized experience Negative • Sports are not important • Seems available only t 0 the elite even though it is a public university

Phantom Curriculum Exposure to ideas and opinions received by any type of media U. S. News & World Report: 2012 edition of America's Best Colleges, 3 rd among the nation's top universities for its commitment to undergraduate teaching. Pay Scale: 2011 best salary potential after graduation Fiske Guide to Colleges: 2012 listed among the nation's "best and most interesting institutions” The Peace Corps' latest Top 25 list: 2012 Peace Corp volunteers, ranks Miami 6 th among medium-sized schools Parade : 2010 one of the nation's 25 best large public universities Kiplinger's: 2012 annual list of the "100 Best Values in Public Colleges" Forbes: 2011 ranks 5 th in the "Best of the Midwest" list. Princeton Review's edition of The Best 376 Colleges: 2012 Washington Monthly's: 2011 13 th in the national university college for social mobility http: //www. miami. muohio. edu/about-miami/recognition/index. html

Rhetorical Curriculum National and state reports, public speeches, publicized updates offered by policy makers, school officials, administrators and politicians AAC&U: Valid Assessment of Liberal Undergraduate Education Rubrics http: //www. units. muohio. edu/celt/assessment/briefs/Brief_48. pdf Reports: http: //www. miami. muohio. edu/academics/provost/reports. html

Internal Curriculum The uniqueness of knowledge and ideas of each student as a learner Personalized, student-centered curriculum Abroad studies Inclusive community Research & discovery Testimonies http: //www. miami. muohio. edu/miami-experience/index. html