Meeting Date: 
March 7, 2017
Date: 
03/07/2017 9:00 am to 10:00 am
Location: 
402A Bexell Hall
Event Description: 

A PDF of the agenda can be found here.

A PDF of the minutes can be found here.

Agenda: 
  1. No Discussion Needed:
  1. Category Reviews: ENG 320, ENG 201, PS 300 (no discussion), PHL 474 (no discussion)
  1. Category Review
  1. Film 265 
  1. Eng 215 
  1. Anth 370 (WIC) 
  1. HST 407 (WIC) 
  1. Category II:  
  1. HST 325 

 

Minutes: 

No Discussion Needed  

  1. Category Reviews: ENG 320, ENG 201, PS 300 (no discussion), PHL 474 (no discussion)

Category Review

  1. FILM 265 – Literature & the Arts
  • Missing Baccalaureate Core Perspectives Statement is not correct, but close; the BCC accepted it as written.

Action: Recertify – good job.

  1. ENG 215 – Literature & the Arts
  • Course description on syllabus is missing, but it does have the course content. The Course Content contains the description – ask them to reverse the text for both content and description.

Action: Recertify; change course content title to course description to match syllabus minimum requirements, include correct student conduct statement and include and move standard statement before the table.

  1. ANTH 370 (WIC) 
  • Multiple instructors; taught in Corvallis, Bend and Ecampus; higher incidence of withdrawals in the Ecampus course; and no syllabus from Cascades.
  • Nolan’s syllabus – the number of discussion board posts are lower than indicated. The Baccalaureate Core statement is missing and there are no links between WIC outcomes and
  • WIC issues:
    • Ecampus instructor sets cap at 35 or 40 students; cap must be lowered.
    • Freeman’s syllabus is missing the Baccalaureate Core statement. Indicate to Freeman that Nolan’s syllabus is quite good.

Action: Decertify due to missing Cascades syllabus

  1. HST 407 (WIC) 
  • Taught by numerous instructors.
  • Von germaten’s syllabus is missing the WIC statement.
  1. Cat II:  
  2. HST 325  
  3. Executive Committee was not able to meet with BCC last week. Reschedule, who is able to attend?   

  

Reviewers: The agenda will be sent out on the Monday before the meeting. If you are able to get a review complete after the agenda has been distributed, you are welcome to notify Rorie or McKenzie and we will try to accommodate the addition to the agenda.