Baccalaureate Core Committee

Voting members present: Heather Arbuckle, Aidas, Banaitis, Kathryn Becker Blease, Dan Faltesek, McKenzie Huber, Matthew Kennedy, Filix Maisch, Lori McGraw, Steven Morris, Rene Reitsma, David Roundy, Rorie Solberg, Kaplan Yalcin
Voting members absent: Andrew Harker, Bob Paasch
Ex-Officio members present: Ecampus – Karen Watte; WIC Director – Anita Helle
Guests present: Tam Belknap

Course Proposals

• Discussion Needed
  • REL 372
    • Syllabus meets Baccalaureate Core (BC) requirements
    • Proposed only for Ecampus
    • The Difference, Power, and Discrimination (DPS) Learning Outcomes (LOs) are not addressed in the course content.
    • The DPD director has been working with the originator – the originator has not been listening to feedback or making the requested revisions.
    • Might be a better fit for Cultural Diversity.
      • Motion to send back for not meeting DPD requirements; seconded. Motion passed with 12 in favor, none against. 1 abstention.
  • SUS 375 – discussion follow up
    • Concerns fall into 2 categories
      • It’s in the wrong category
      • Not enough content background to change to Contemporary Global Issues (CGI) – the topics are not contemporary enough.
        • Could also be in another category but would still need revisions.
          • One committee member reminded everyone that another concern was the heavily negative comments from liaisons.
            • It is on the originator to send the liaisons a revised syllabus and invite them to comment back on the proposal. Proposals cannot otherwise be moved back to the liaison step in CIM.
    • Should this be cross-listed with Econ? They are inviting Econ professors to guest lecture, but this cannot be guaranteed to continue.
      • Some kind of agreement or MOU needs to be in place with the college to guarantee a guest lecture.
      • Can a recording be done to supply to students?
      • This could be taught as a 100 level Social Processes & Institution (SPI) course.
      • Does bringing in guest lecturers subvert the BC when that guest lecturer could already be teaching an appropriate level BC course?
    • Currently not accessible to freshman students.
    • No official documentation supporting conversations with liaisons who have reportedly decided to support the course.
• No Discussion Needed
  • PH 107
    • Approve with comment: the Bacc Core statement should be moved to the first page so it’s more visible to students.
  • ANTH 320
    • Approve
  • ENGR 416
    • They have clarified how much weight the individual writing assignment is and made it clear on the syllabus.
    • Approve