Date: 
04/24/2013 9:00 am to 10:30 am
Location: 
120 Waldo Hall
Agenda: 

1.    Introductions and Agenda Review

 2.   Approval of April 10 Meeting Minutes

3.    Guest: Sarah Finger McDonald –
HORT 111 discussion

 4.   Guest: Stefani Dawn – Update from Office of Academic Programs, Assessment, and Accreditation

5.    Course Reviews (BCC):
      
  #85345 – QS 262 (Writing I and DPD)
        #85619 – QS 461 (Cultural Diversity & WIC)

6.    Update on #82489 – HST 488

 7.   Synthesis Category Review Assignments –
Kerry Kincanon & Marion Rossi

 8.   Update on the Review of Writing Report Prioritization – Vicki Tolar Burton

    Other Business

    Next Meeting: May 7, 2013 – 1:00-2:30 PM – Waldo 120
 

Minutes: 

Voting Members Present: Linda Bruslind, Uta Hussong-Christian, Lori Kayes, Kerry Kincanon (co-chair), Melinda Manore, Rebecca Olson, Marion Rossi (co-chair), Ken Winograd
Ex-officio Non-voting Member Present: Vicki Tolar Burton (WIC)
Guest: Stefani Dawn

Summary of Action Items

  • The BCC discussed and proposed additional revisions to the assessment question that culminates the Bacc Core question sets in the Category Proposal System. Suggested revisions will be incorporated in another draft that will be shared with Academic Programs, Assessment, and Accreditation.
  • One change course proposal was approved to an existing Bacc Core course. One course was returned to its originator for suggested revisions, and another course was returned as not approved. Two other courses were reviewed and a decision was tabled pending additional review.
  • BCC members were updated on Synthesis Category Review follow up. Additional category review assignments on resubmitted materials will be forthcoming.
  • BCC members continued to work with prioritizing recommendations from the Review of Writing report and are close to have a manageable list of resource-neutral and resource-needed priorities.

The Meeting Minutes from March 18, 2013 were approved.

Course Reviews
Kerry Kincanon provided an update on two course reviews from the March 18 meeting. Per the BCC Standing Rules, the Writing Advisory Board was asked review the proposal for WR 329, which was seeking addition to the Writing II category. The Writing Advisory Board recommended not approving the course in its current format. Their concerns echoed those that surfaced from the BCC review at our March 18 meeting. Also, per the request of the BCC, the originator for the change course proposal for HORT 111 has agreed to come and talk with BCC at our April 24 meeting to provide more context and information about this potential addition to Biological Science.

Kerry Kincanon also presented a draft revision to the Category Proposal System Bacc Core question regarding how units will coordinate assessment of Category Learning Outcomes. BCC members have noted in consecutive meetings in February and March that proposers seem to be struggling with responses to this question and more specificity is needed in the question to help proposers understand the intent of the questions. The co-chairs took the concern to Academic Programs, Assessment, and Accreditation, and a potential revision was developed. The BCC discussed the revision today. Ideas were suggested ranged from semantic changes to potential changes to other questions in the Bacc Core question set. The co-chairs collected feedback and agreed to review the question sets in depth to determine if revisions were needed to other questions, or if we can simply incorporate the BCC’s suggested ideas into a better assessment question.

A change course approval to shift AREC 352 from Science, Technology, and Society to Contemporary Global Issues was approved. The proposal cited its exemplary plan outlining the assessment of Category Learning Outcomes.

HST 488 was seeking inclusion in Cultural Diversity and Contemporary Global Issues. The BCC recommended approval for the latter, but expressed concern regarding the fit of the class in Cultural Diversity. The course was sent back to the originator with a request to remove the request for inclusion in Cultural Diversity.

Proposals for Film 255 and 256 (both seeking inclusion in Literature and the Arts and Cultural Diversity) were discussed, and a decision was tabled pending additional committee review.

Synthesis Category Review Updates
Kerry Kincanon and Marion Rossi shared that all units who had courses with incomplete files had submitted the requested follow up materials by the April 1 deadline. Those courses whose initial review in the fall prompted the BCC to request additional information have an April 15 deadline, but most units had already submitted the requested follow-up information. Assignments for review of these courses will be made at the next BCC meeting.

Update from the Office of Academic Programs, Accreditation, and Assessment
A planned presentation from Stefani Dawn, Assistant Director of Assessment, was tabled due to time constraints and three members needing to leave prior to our end time. Stefani will return for our April 24 meeting, where we’ll provide her an earlier agenda time.

Update on the Review of Writing Report Prioritization
Vicki Tolar Burton presented a summary of feedback provided by BCC members regarding resource neutral and resource required recommendations. We are getting closer to setting a short list of priorities that we can move forward to the Executive Committee for suggested implementation. A final summary will be presented to the BCC on April 24th with the goal of this priorities report drafted by early May.

Meeting adjourned at 10:30 AM.