Improving Communication of Public Health Bachelor's Degree Programs Through Visual Curriculum Mapping

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ID22067099
AutoresDenise C Nelson-Hurwitz (0000-0002-1857-2221, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, autor de correspondencia), Michelle Tagorda (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa), Uday Patil (0000-0002-5325-0359, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa), Lisa Kehl (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
Año2022
Volumen10
Páginas770575-770575
Fecha de publicación2022-05-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
EditorialFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2022.770575
PMID35615047
OpenAlexW4229376395
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas20

Undergraduate students balance course requirements for the university, college, school, and major. Each set of requirements, including degree-specific curriculum, is intended to promote synergistic interaction of competence, skills, and knowledge, beyond serving as a collection of individual courses. Understanding of curriculum is important for program recruitment as undergraduate students are more informed when deciding between bachelor's degrees options. Among cohorted programs, this understanding is also helpful in communicating and promoting common intellectual experiences. Comprehension of curriculum is especially important for persistence when students are better able to articulate the connections between course and competencies needed to advance in coursework. To improve universal design for learning within program advising, visual curriculum maps were created as infographics to support student understanding of Bachelor of Arts in Public Health degree requirements and specific capstone course pathways. This map is printed as a small booklet and has been pilot tested among prospective students with positive feedback, then implemented in routine advising sessions. Visual maps of capstone requirements were well-received in concept, however constructive student feedback during pilot testing necessitated further revision. Student feedback also encouraged the application of culturally appropriate visuals and analogies to celebrate student diversity. Visual aids such as these may improve access to information among students through universal design, and also improve recruitment, retention efforts, and student buy-in to degree curricula

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