Audio edited by Luther Walker.
The IDEAs in Action Curriculum, implemented in August 2022, is expecting changes in the next academic year.
This curriculum requires first-year students to complete a Triple-I course and connected Data Literacy Lab, Interdisciplinary Studies 101: College Thriving, English 105: English Composition and Rhetoric and a First-Year Seminar or Launch.
Also required are two Campus Life Experience credits per semester, three levels of a global language, a Lifetime Fitness class and completing courses under 10 focus capacities.
The Triple-I requirement, which stands for Ideas, Information and Inquiry, allows students to explore three disciplines under three professors, all teaching a subject with an overarching theme.
However, this course will look different in the fall.
Sophomore Ava Barnes said she really didn’t learn much from her Triple-I course, Interdisciplinary Studies 133: “How to Not Be Fooled - Or Fool Yourself.” She said the class was unexpectedly difficult.
Junior Soorya Goli said the difficulty of Triple-I classes took away from some benefits the class posed.
“[IDEAs In Action] is kind of counter-intuitive because it puts a lot of weight on Triple-Is and First Year Seminars. It sometimes can be really hard,” Goli said. “It can vary a lot and freshmen don’t know which one to take, and a lot of kids are taking it just for what's the easiest, more than what they like.”