Baccalaureate Core Committee

Voting members present: Aidas Banaitis, Kelsey Emard, McKenzie Huber, Jack Istok, Matt Kennedy, Lori McGraw, Rene Reitsma, David Roundy, Rorie Solberg, Kaplan Yalcin
Voting members absent: Heather Arbuckle
Ex-Officio members present: DPD Director – Bradley Boovy; Academic Programs and Assessment– Heath Henry; WIC Director – Sarah Perrault Tinker; Ecampus – Karen Watte

Dual-listed Course Reviews

• KIN 312
  • Western Culture and SPI – seems to be a best fit for SPI
  • Are sports a component of Western Culture?
  • They provide a good table at the end of the syllabus that broke down what parts of the course meets which category. Only about 30% of the course is Western Culture.
  • Taught in 3 modalities and the syllabi are all very different. The SPI category is not clear in the OSU-Cascades and Ecampus syllabi
    • One reviewer believes they have found evidence of meeting the SPI requirements in the Cascades and Ecampus syllabi.
  • What institutions are at play?
    • Schools, work and healthcare settings.
    • Family could be argued as an institution
  • OSU-Cascades and Ecampus did not have to go through the initial review process as the modalities were added at a later time so they did not have to meet the SPI requirements to be approved.
  • Decertify for Western Culture. Send back and request consistency with the SPI requirements on all three syllabi.
  • Motion to decertify for Western Culture and resubmit for SPI addressing deficiencies in Ecampus and OSU-Cascades syllabi to show that those sections fit the SPI category; seconded. Motion passed with 6 in favor, none against. Five abstentions.
• ANTH 370 – WIC
  • Approved with no discussion needed

Course Reviews

• Discussion Needed
  • WSE 230 – Lit & Art
    • Seems tailored to their major to satisfy the bacc core.
      • Initially made for the WSE major and is trying to submit to the bacc core to attract other students.
    • It is open to all students
    • Is a student not in engineering going to be able to take the course and succeed?
      • History of furniture is a topic that is not engineering specific – design students could take the course.
    • There is a debate about making furniture and whether or not it is an art or a craft. The submitter stipulates it is not art, and will not put the word ‘art’ in the syllabus or description.
      • This debate shows the instructor at least the background and knowledge to teach such a course in this category.
    • There are no rules in the Bacc Core that states any category is owned by particular units or colleges.
      • EC has stated that colleges can teach Bacc Core courses outside their discipline. So long as the course meets the category requirements, it can be taught by any unit.
    • Motion to approve; seconded. Motion passed with 6 in favor, none against. 5 abstentions.
  • WR 121
    • Increase from 3 to 4 credits
    • Confirmed the course will meet for 4 contact hours
    • Motion to approve; seconded. Motion passed with 7 in favor, none against. 4 abstentions.