Baccalaureate Core Committee

Baccalaureate Core Committee

February 19, 2015

Minutes

Voting members present: Gerd Bobe, Susie Dunham, Kate Field, Kevin Gable, David McMurray

Voting members absent: Robert Brudvig, Linda Bruslind, Brad Cardinal, McKenzie Huber, Kira Hughes, Lori Kayes, Melinda Manore, Bob Paasch, Malgo Peszynska, Kirsi Peltomaki, Ken Winograd

Ex-officio members present: Academic Affairs (Stefani Dawn), DPD Director (Nana Osei-Kofi), WIC Director (Vicki Tolar Burton)

New/Changed Course Proposals

• 89900      ES 437/537       DPD                                                          Change
  • Action: Approved February 19, 2015

• 90743      ART 312            Literature & The Arts/Cultural Diversity           Resubmit
  • Action: Approved February 19, 2015

• 92594      HST 416/516      Synthesis, Science, Technology & Society        Change
  • Action: Approved February 19, 2015

• 90671      ANTH 332          Synthesis, Science, Technology & Society        New
  • Action: Send back February 19, 2015

DPD Category Reviews

• TA 360: Kevin will speak to the School Director & instructor about their desire to maintain the course in the Baccalaureate Core, and decide either to decertify the course or to identify a path to an adequate syllabus and an assessment rubric.
   
• MB 330: Provisional recertification (minor syllabus issues)

• HST 201: Provisional recertification – structural variance between syllabi and instructors should coordinate on best practices.

• FW 340: APAA will add IR data to the SharePoint site, and the course review will be revised in light of the data.

• Postponed:
  • LING 251
  • PS 363
  • ENG 220