Present: Petry, Mockabee, Mercerhill, Gill, Florman, Fox, Thompson, Palazzi, Ward, Wyszomirski, Proctor, Tupman, Harned,
Excused: Hedden
Guest: Nicole Stanton
i. Proposers would like to keep title as Criticizing Television
ii. All other requests met
i. Syllabi need course description, grading requirements, misconduct and disability statements and class conduct and procedure explanations
ii. Committee would like to see these again
i. Professional Colleges waiting to see what ASC does before submitting final reports
ii. Historical Study is opening up to other departments
iii. Clusters – Senate passed resolution to pilot; faculty can start brainstorming ideas for clusters
iv. WOVE – Senate “broadly supports” concept
v. Reduction to 180 and reduction of GEC hours – Colleges being asked to more flexible and think creatively about these requests
1. other Colleges have a need for a decrease, and there is a desire to have ASC and
2. Provost’s evidence for 180 – benchmark institutions are closer to 180; she asks that faculty come up with a reason for keeping 191
3. Suggestion to switch to units for GEC has been made
4. 2 proposals for flexibility for B.A.s
a. The Ohio State Plan proposed by Bill Child (see document below minutes)
i. Concern over DARS coding and advising piece
b. Andereck proposes “adding back” 2 courses and no minor/2nd major substitutions
i. Provides University-wide GEC, then each college determines how students may “add back” courses
c. B.S. decisions on hold until more information can be researched
d. Question of how counting minors and 2nd majors provides breadth
e. Concern over current advising structure’s ability to handle the flexibility
f. Summary of thoughts:
i. Committee not as concerned about dropping hours to 181, but concerned about what courses get dropped
ii. Upper-level substitutions for GEC – general feeling that Colleges should instead propose higher level GECs
iii. Committee recommends removing minor & 2nd major from proposal
g. Question of whether the Sciences (Social Sciences, etc) would have a discussion of what is really needed in the Sciences categories of the GEC – basic assumption is that categories are working the way they are
The
# of Courses Hours
1. Skills
a. Foreign Language (through 104). 1-4 5-20
b. Writing/Related [3rd writing in the Major] 3 10
c. Math/Logical Analysis 2-3 10
2. Breadth
a. Students will choose as indicated:
Natural Science: 3 15
Social Science: 2 10
Arts & Humanities: 2 10
b. Students will then choose either: 0-3 0-15
3 additional courses from at least 2 of the 3 categories or an ASC Minor or a Double Major (one major in ASC).
c. Historical Study 2 10
3. Cultural Competencies
Social Diversity in the
International Issues (overlap) 0 0
Issues of the Contemporary World/Capstone 1 5
Totals: 23* 65-105**
*22 is the maximum, because the 3rd writing course is part of the major; students with credit for math and foreign language would take fewer courses.
**Many colleges do not require Foreign Language. That reduces the base for them to 85. Others do not require the Capstone. That reduces the base to 80. If a Minor or Double-Major is chosen, the students in these programs have 65 GEC hours.
Department | Course | Title | Type | Latest Committee | Latest Status | |
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Music | 221 | Music Theory I | Change | Registrar's Office | N/A | |
Music | 422 | Music Theory V | Change | Registrar's Office | N/A | |
Music | 423 | Music Theory VI | Change | Registrar's Office | N/A | |
Art Education | 367.03 | Criticizing TV | New | Registrar's Office | Pending | |
Theatre | 367.03 | Criticizing TV | New | Registrar's Office | N/A | |
Music | 620 | Extended Tonality from Wagner to Hindemith: Theory and Analysis | New | Registrar's Office | Pending |