Baccalaureate Core Committee

Baccalaureate Core Committee

May 19, 2015
Minutes
 

Voting members present: Gerd Bobe, Robert Brudvig, Brad Cardinal, Susie Dunham, Kevin Gable, Kira Hughes, Lori Kayes

Voting member absent: Linda Bruslind, Kate Field, McKenzie Huber, Melinda Manore, David McMurray, Bob Paasch, Malgo Peszynska, Kirsi Peltomaki,

Ex-officer members present: DPD Director (Nana Osei-Kofi), WIC Director (Vicki Tolar Burton)

Guests: Heath Henry

New/Changed Course Proposals (assigned out)

88259    ES 233         DPD                                   Resubmit

• Not discussed

 

92112    PS 346         Cultural Diversity                  Resubmit - Gerd

• The schedule was removed, but that was not the intent of the BCC; the prior LBCC instructor is no longer teaching the course and all LBCC links have been removed; the reference to PS 399 has been omitted;
• Kevin noted that the new instructor will get this syllabus and, likely, the list of reading materials as the starting point. Is the BCC comfortable with that level?

Action: Kevin will ask them to resubmit the proposal when the actual syllabus has been created and there is an instructor to teach the class.

 

93811    PS 341         Synthesis, Contemporary       Change

Global Issues

• Not discussed

 

92793    RHP 4/575    WIC                                     Change

• Not discussed

 

92788    RHP 4/574    WIC                                     Change

• Not discussed

 

92785    NE 4/575      WIC                                     Change

            NE 5/574      WIC                                     Change

• Not discussed

 

92706    ART 320       Literature & The Arts              New

• Not discussed

 

93812    PS 344         Cultural Diversity                   Change

• Reviewer recommends approval; the syllabus is great, well organized.

Action: Kevin will approve.

 

94206    BI 349         Synthesis, Contemporary        Drop

Global Issues

Biodiversity Causes, Consequences and Conservation

• The BI course designator is being dropped, but BI 349 will still be taught as Z 349 from Fall 2015 forward.

Action: Kevin will approve.

 

Please refer to the 5/11 assignment email; note that proposals 92706 and 93812 are not due until the May 27 meeting, but we will discuss them if they are ready in this meeting.

 

Category Review – WIC
 

• NE/RHP 474 Lori Kayes
  • There is a Category II proposal for 474/475 be the WIC course; due to course designators, there are four different curriculum proposals and one syllabus.
  • They have turned their capstone into their WIC; ‘provisionally graded’ was a concern. Then the proposal was resubmitted. Concerns; the writing issue was fixed and now requires 2,000 words of writing; sometimes the class enrollment may be up to 50; uncertain who is doing the grading – there is not a true rubric. If grading by different faculty, they must ensure that the grading is consistent.

Actions:

• Kevin will approve the course proposals. Comments will include that the class size is OK now, but will need additional instructors if enrollment reaches 50 students; it may be good to note the lower enrollment requirement for WIC courses; clear grading criteria on writing will assist with grading coordination. This fixes all concerns on Category review. Originally submitted materials didn’t satisfy qualifications, but the new materials do satisfy qualifications.
• Regarding the Category review – give them a full recertification noting problems, but indicate that the BCC will recognize that there is a curricular revision that was just approved.

 

Other Business

• I will try to have draft letters for WIC courses discussed to date ready for review.
• d
   
• Note also: I managed to drop the ball on assigning three DPD courses. I will be contacting a few of you individually to see whether you can volunteer for a quick turnaround on   PS 425, SOC 312 and SOC 426.  If not we'll have to put them off till Fall. Susie PS 425 and Kira SOC 312 will each do one; Bob Brudvig as a maybe. Kevin will assign SOC 426 to someone who was not present
   

Kevin requested names of potential chairs be forwarded to him.