Baccalaureate Core Committee

Voting members present: Heather Arbuckle, Geoffrey Barstow, Daniel Faltesek, Kelsey Emard, Matthew Kennedy, Rene Reitsma, Randy Rosenberger, Justin St. Germain, Kaplan Yalcin
Voting members absent: Aidas Banaitis, Jack Istok, Lori McGraw, Kyle Niemeyer,
Ex-officio members present: Ecampus – Karen Watte, Undergraduate Education – Heath Henry, WIC – Sarah Perrault

CIM Reviews

• Discussion Needed
  • RNG 470 – Contemporary Global Issues
    • Previous concerns were that it’s unclear what the contemporary global issue is that’s being addressed by the course content.
      • It seems the focus is how pastoral farming communities continue to survive.
      • Suggest that they lead with verbiage for the syllabus – ‘Global issue to be discussed in this course is the potential for pastoral communities to persist’.
    • Other than some confusion around the topic, the course itself seems well put together and there are no serious concerns.

Action: Motion to approve; motion seconded and passed with 9 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 votes in abstention.

Science, Technology & Society Resubmission and Review Process

• Follow-up reviews are coming through – Academic Programs & Assessment (APA) will try to keep the courses with the same reviewers. Review forms are shorter and there will be less material for the reviewers to go through.
  • Materials will be in SharePoint in the ‘Follow-up’ folder.
• Due date is March 1 for resubmission.
• Original reviews and decisions can be found in the folders on the left side menu.
• Baccalaureate Core Committee meeting minutes are posted on the Faculty Senate website if any reviewers would like to look back on previous discussions.