Undergraduate Education
Strategic goal:
Outstanding undergraduate teaching and learning opportunities across all programs
To achieve this goal, we aim to:
-
Improve
the
undergraduate
student
classroom
experience
by:
- establishing a task force with a mandate to examine the undergraduate classroom experience and make recommendations to ensure excellence in undergraduate teaching and learning
-
Broaden
student
learning
opportunities
by:
- encouraging regular Faculty-wide multidisciplinary, collaborative projects for undergraduate students based on team solutions to complex problems
- increasing Faculty-level coordination and guidance to facilitate international student exchanges
-
Increase
online
learning
opportunities
by:
- developing an overarching strategy to guide a Faculty of Mathematics online learning presence
- placing all 1st year Math Faculty core courses online
- making better use of leading online tools for delivery of blended learning courses, as well as credit courses delivered fully online
- evaluating the effectiveness of online education relative to classroom-based delivery
-
Improve
student
communication
skills
by:
- increasing the number of undergraduate essay/written assignments and oral presentations
- increasing enrolment in communications-enhancing courses