Dear
Music Colleague:
We would like to request your participation in
the following initiative.
The Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated
Curriculum (IMPAC) project is an intersegmental,
faculty-designed and faculty-run project which
focuses on ensuring that students transferring
from California community colleges to UC and
CSU institutions will be properly prepared for
progressing in their chosen major immediately
upon transfer (i.e., that they will not have
to repeat any coursework). The project, funded
by a grant, enables faculty from the state’s
three higher education systems to meet regionally
at intervals throughout the year in order to
address potential problems of established curriculum
requirements and procedures that may impede the
smooth progress of a transferring student. These
meetings provide a forum where faculty may review
and reconcile the prerequisites of course work
both within their particular disciplines and
between disciplines.
Many of our music colleagues attended the meetings
held this past year in San Francisco and Los
Angeles. At these gatherings in 2004-2005, the
IMPAC project brought together faculty from 33
different disciplines, and this term six more
are being incorporated into the discussions.
Please visit the project’s website at www.cal-impac.org
for a listing of all 39 of the specific disciplines,
as well as the subject clusters into which they
are grouped.
We ask of you the following:
(1) We urge your music program to have a representative
in attendance at the IMPAC regional and statewide
meetings now scheduled for 2005-2006. (See the
attached announcement.) Music program representatives
from the North, Central, and Bay regions attend
on January 21st at the SFO Westin. South regions
attend the regional meeting scheduled on February
18th at LAX (hotel info to follow).
(2) Ask your representatives to share their IMPAC
experiences with those colleagues who are responsible
for the baccalaureate education of transfer students
in their major.
(3) Encourage your department’s faculty
to keep abreast of the IMPAC project by regularly
visiting our website at www.cal-impac.org.
(4) Please read the music report for the past
year to refresh your memory about what was accomplished.
This report can also be found at the IMPAC website.
Please be aware that your department's participation
is critical to IMPAC's work, and ultimately to
the ability of California faculty to enhance
the successful transfer of community college
students. So, we are looking forward to having
you and your faculty attend our meetings this
year.
Cordially,
George DeGraffenreid
IMPAC Music Lead
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