This session shares initial lessons from Marquette University (WI)’s current NetVUE Program Development Grant, “Curricular Foundations for Vocational Exploration in an Interdisciplinary Context.” The project supports an early introduction of vocational exploration through the Marquette Core Curriculum’s required interdisciplinary course, counteracting a tendency to delay vocational exploration until shortly before graduation. The session outlines the common materials created to introduce a shared language of vocation across campus; it also discusses the strategies employed to link vocational exploration to the specific concerns of Marquette students. Initial assessment and evaluation data show the lessons of the first year of the project and can help shape implementation strategies for similar projects on other campuses.
Conor M. Kelly, Director of the Marquette Core Curriculum and Associate Professor and Interim Chair of Theology, Marquette University (WI)
Michael Olson, Teaching Associate Professor in Philosophy and Incoming Director of the Marquette Core Curriculum, Marquette University (WI)
Stephanie Quade, Dean of Students, Marquette University (WI)