The 2021 CSU UIF Cohort's strategic priorities are to "'''co-create, collaborate, change, and continue'''"
We plan on doing so by working towards the following goals:
1. and 2. '''co-create''' innovative and effective pedagogy for 4 Advanced Technology in Society courses that make up a graduate certificate program. (Classes available Fall 2022). Longer term, develop an Advanced Technology in Society minor for undergraduates (2023).
Tactics include: Get approval via departments/curriculog, Get VP approval/support for co-teaching courses across disciplines, Visit/research other schools for creative pedagogy, Brainstorm, develop, and test innovative pedagogy together, Help market curriculum. For the ATS undergraduate degree, tactics include learning from the grad program and researching and visiting other universities to understand what is already out there.
3. '''collaborate''' with stakeholders across campus to develop a broader Advanced Technology in Society Initiative. (Concurrent, over next several years)
Tactics include: ID supporting activities (such as podcasts, transdisciplinary research projects, and a community forum) we want to prioritize, Get wider group of stakeholders involved and excited, ID and apply for funding, and Get support of president/VPs/deans.
4. '''change and continue''' to develop a framework for the future of transdisciplinary and inter-university work as well as an innovation mindset for CSU. (Long-term)
Tactics include: Research how other pioneering schools (such as ASU and VT) are doing it; Prove success via our Advanced Technology in Society work; Understand restrictions for state-funded school like CSU, Get key stakeholders on board, and ID potential routes for funding/restructuring