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Academic Viking Bold goals progress

Academic Viking Bold goals progress

This is the first part of a continuing series on Viking Bold. Over four years after Augustana announced Viking Bold, its strategic growth plan to 2030, it has adopted significant changes in line with the academic pillar of the plan, such as a new governance system, new degree offerings and

Augustana should address grading bias

Augustana should address grading bias

Grading bias is the over- or under-grading of academic work due to factors unrelated to the academic merit of the work. Such factors may include graders’ prior experience with students and their impression thereof or, according to a University of Southern California study, any number of physical characteristics, such as

Criminal justice joins list of majors

Criminal justice joins list of majors

As part of the Viking Bold plan, Augustana added a criminal justice major to the academic catalog for the 2023-2024 year. Approved in mid-October by the Higher Learning Commission, students can now add the major for 35 credit hours. “We’ve had this interest for some time now,” sociology professor

Curriculum Council revises credit hour capacities

Curriculum Council revises credit hour capacities

Starting spring 2024, students will be able to take up to 18 credit hours per semester and enroll in internships without a credit hour cap. However, those taking 095 courses will have to take them for credit. The changes to the credit hour caps come after the Curriculum Council approved

Students add gender, sexuality and women's studies minor

Students add gender, sexuality and women's studies minor

Augustana officially offered its new gender, sexuality and women's studies minor to students this September. In this episode, Viking Reflections meets with sociology professor Spencier Ciaralli and junior Angelica Morales to discuss the minor.

Interim provost to take position in summer after current provost leaves

Interim provost to take position in summer after current provost leaves

Colin Irvine will leave his position as provost to become the president of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, this summer; professor Joel Johnson has been named acting provost in Irvine’s absence. Irvine has served as provost since 2018. During that time, he oversaw both student and academic affairs and