Baccalaureate Core Committee

Voting members present: Daniel Faltesek, Filix Maisch, Bob Paasch, Weihong Qiu, David Roundy, Dana Sanchez, Rorie Spill Solberg, Kaplan Yalcin
Voting members absent: Pat Ball, Nancy Barbour, Kathy Becker-Blease, Natalie Dollar, Patrice Dragon, McKenzie Huber, Inara Scott
Ex-Officio members present: Faculty Affairs – Heath Henry; Ecampus – Craig Rademacher

Category II Reviews

• WSE 391
  • Reviewer not present
  • The reviewer suggested in their notes that the course be sent back.
    • The chair will send back with comments based on the reviewer’s notes in the form.
• KIN 312
  • In the Social Processes & Institutions & Western Culture categories – passed category reviews.
    • They are looking to change the course from three to four credits.
  • Previously addressed issues have been fixed
  • Have added two additional course specific learning outcomes which brings them up to a total of 13 outcomes.
    • How do they intend to implement and assess these outcomes?
  • Despite the requested increase in credit hours, not much has been changed in the syllabus – no additional lectures, no expanded readings, no additional contact hours.
    • They need to justify the additional credit hours (outside projects, labs, readings)
  • It is not very clear in the syllabus how some of the outcomes are being met.
    • Send back for justification for additional hour.

Category Reviews

• SUS 103
  • Course looked fine overall
  • Assessment is not addressed in the syllabus.
  • The Baccalaureate Core statement is not written verbatim.
  • Has a much bigger online course size.
    • Send back with request to add information on how the outcomes are assessed and to add the verbatim statement.
• GEO 201
  • Level of detail in linking outcomes to assessment could be better but, overall, it looks good.
    • Recertified with some comments about adding more detail in explaining (if applicable) in how outcomes are assessed

Minutes prepared by Caitlin Calascibetta