The Charge of the CAC Committee
         


     From the CofC Strategic Plan:
    

1.   

 The College will develop a proposal for a holistic, common student experience that focuses on the first year. The Academic Planning Committee will assume responsibility for the academic component of the First-Year Experience and submit to the Faculty Senate a proposal for this component by fall 2003. In developing this proposal, the committee will coordinate its effort with those of the ad hoc committee on Retention, the ad hoc committee on Communication Across the Curriculum, and Student Affairs.

2.   

 The Provost will constitute an ad hoc committee on Communication Across the Curriculum. The committee will develop a proposal coordinating College efforts to improve students' oral and written communication skills and present this proposal to the Faculty Senate by fall 2003. This committee should coordinate its efforts with the Academic Planning committee with the idea that the academic component of the First-Year experience might incorporate the goals of the Communication Across the Curriculum program and vice versa.


  CAC Mission Statement

  Written, spoken, visual, and electronic communication are the primary tools of teaching and learning and the building blocks of a professional and social life. Those of us at the College of Charleston recognize the need to teach students to communicate effectively and think critically.
As we meet this challenge we enable students to prepare themselves for their college and professional    careers and to live their lives as socially responsible citizens. Addressing that need requires the concerted and collaborative efforts of the faculty, students, advisors, administrators, and professional    community. The primary purpose of the College of Charleston's Communication Across the Curriculum Program is to encourage and facilitate these efforts.

     The CAC Program will galvanize the efforts of faculty and students in fundamental ways. It will

             Provide focus and momentum for the college's central mission of educating students

              Break down the artificial disciplinary boundaries that can isolate faculty and students
                    and stress the interconnectivity of academic endeavors

              Prepare students for the global marketplace, where the ability to communicate
                    effectively is a necessity

              Foster renewed commitment to the professional development of faculty and the
                    education of students.