Experiential Learning Courses

The IU 2030 and IUB 2030 strategic plans both include goals of increasing (and tracking) student participation in curricular and co-curricular experiential learning (EL) activities. There are a few ongoing discussions about whether EL should be required for all students and, if so, how such a requirement would be implemented. For now, however, IU and the campus is interested in getting existing curricular opportunities assigned the appropriate designation(s) in our systems.

The university and campus administration will user these designations, for now, for tracking and reporting as we get baseline information on curricular EL opportunities and participation. Eventually, these designations might be available as filtering attributes for students in the Schedule of Classes and other curricular tools.

The College has an Experiential Education Courses (EEC) policy (created about a decade ago) that, in part, provides for consistent numbering of common experiential learning courses. This policy remains in effect.

During the summer 2024, the Office of Undergradute Curriculum, Policy, and Records assigned the appropriate EL attributes to each EEC course (and a few others) based on the EEC policy. College academic units do not need to reapply for designations for these courses.