Goal 1: Objective 1.4

• Complete the revised plan for the HHD first-year seminars and have the plan reviewed and approved by the HHD Executive Committee
• Recruit a faculty leader for First-year Seminars, and submit course proposals for HHD’s new FYS
• Work with HHD departments, HHD Ambassadors and the Center for Student Advising and Engagement to offer and evaluate the new FYS

Metric 1: Approval of FYS plan by HHD Executive Committee; Recruitment of faculty leader for FYS and submission of FYS course proposals; Initial course offering of new FYS

Summer 2021- Summer 2023

• Paralleling the Suggested Academic Plan (SAP) that guides student academic planning, develop a 4-year Suggested Engagement Plan that identifies actions and engagement for students in areas like internships and careers, global experiences, research experiences
• Develop versions of the SEP tailored to students from DUS, transfer students and students from other colleges and campuses (HHD’s discovery students) and a version of the FYS appropriate to introduce students to the academic and engagement opportunities in HHD, and encourage enrollment for students in the second and third year (e.g., change of campus students, transfer students, and students who have changed into HHD from DUS or another college).
• Review department undergraduate learning objectives and current educational research and create a list of human skill competencies necessary for success in health and human development fields
• Create and implement expanded student engagement programming for pre-major students consistent with the Suggested Engagement Plan and the competency list, and support efforts by departments to expand student engagement activities for students in each HHD major

Completion and dissemination of Suggested Engagement Plan; Creation of list of human skills competencies for HHD majors; Expanded number of first-year and overall engagement activities in HHD

Summer 2022- Summer 2024