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Date

2007-05-24

Time

Location

Agenda

11-1, Brown 105

Agenda:

597 responses (packets sent May 11)
Somali 101-104

Notes

Present:  Mockabee, Krissek, Wethington, Highly, Yerkes, Mercerhill, Rudd

 

1. 597s
1. AEDE- reaffirmed

                                                               i.      Will add GEC info to syllabus

                                                             ii.      Will work to identify common objectives across sections

                                                            iii.      Will talk to legal re: use of own textbooks

2. Food science- reaffirmed

                                                               i.      Will add goals

                                                             ii.      Included the class debate guidelines

                                                            iii.      Will reduce class size to 40 students

3. Animal Science

                                                               i.      Reaffirmed

                                                             ii.      Will break into sections of 25

4. No response received for Artic Marine and Ecology Policy-  Val and Jess will follow-up with Karlene Foster
5. Comp Studies- reaffirmed

                                                               i.      Will incorporate GEC goals onto syllabus

                                                             ii.      Will add grading scale

6. English- reaffirmed
7. History- reaffirmed

                                                               i.      Dept to send an enrollment report in a year

                                                             ii.      Request this of all who violate

8. Horticulture and Crop Science- reaffirmed

                                                               i.      Department maintains that course is general enough to allow almost any student to understand the material

                                                             ii.      Committee suggests changing title to more accurately reflect whether course focuses on science or the broader issues

9. Sociology- reaffirmed

                                                               i.      Ask if course is taught remotely

                                                             ii.      597.02- syllabus- course

1.      expectations #2 implies that students are or will be grad students

2.      a good process is in place for training graduate assistants

3.      Suggested that .02 syllabus be modeled after the .01 syllabus.  Re: expectations, grading, etc.

10. Theatre - reaffirmed

                                                               i.      Addressed presentation component

                                                             ii.      Addressed interdisciplinary

                                                            iii.      Suggest that they add the boilerplate GEC goals

                                                           iv.      Suggested that reports are done in 5 days (3 per day) and free up time for other content

                                                             v.      Suggested that grading include a component reflecting on other group reports

2.  Somali- approved w/ contingencies
1. Syllabi should include course info such as credit hours and location
2. New grading scale
3. Assignments are 25% of the grade but are not described in syllabi
4. If this is competency based, how do you keep a cohort together?
5. Statement of “not open to native speakers” should be added to course forms
6. Question of what the specific outcomes are for writing, reading, speaking, listening
7. Point out to department that videos will not be able to be used as research in the future unless release forms are provided by students.  Video can be for assessment purposes only.
3. English 364- approved with revision
1. Art Ed 255, Dance 357 concurrences needed

                                                               i.      Syllabi need grading scale

                                                             ii.      Intend to add course to popular culture minor

4. English 378
1. History of art 260 and theatre 280 and Dance 367
2. Vote via email
3. 70% of course should be on film, assignments should reflect this
4. Recommended decimalizing and proposing as separate GEC categories