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Professor Huthaily resigned from the Committee.
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The consent agendas from Group 1-4 appended below were approved. Group 2 was not in agreement about approval of the upper-division courses. The committee needs to clarify what constitutes an acceptable justification for upper-division general education courses. The
Committee should have a consistent policy. The current numbering system is complex so courses should be considered on a case by case basis. The form indicates general education courses should be introductory and foundational. However, some believe courses should also cover a breadth of information. Foundational implies something to build upon that does not require prerequisites.
General education courses should expose students to ideas and different way of knowing. Some students take general education courses as juniors or seniors so would presumably have the skill to succeed along with some advance students. Currently 20% of general education courses are at the upper-division level and over half of the ethics courses are upper-division. The committee may want to look at the distribution of students in the upper-division courses next spring. One possibility would be to require WRIT 101 as a prerequisite to these courses to prevent freshmen from taking them. ANTY 251 and PTRM 354 were conditionally approved pending the receipt of assessment information.

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The Assessment Pilot Subcommittee reported on their progress. They have seven faculty members willing to participate. The next step will be to convene the group and provide examples. Hopefully the meeting will take place prior to the end of the semester. Individual courses do not have to assess each learning goal. A Moodle questionnaire could be included as part of assessment.
However, direct assessment (faculty evaluation of a test using a rubric) rather than self- reporting assessment is required for accreditation purposes. It is good practice to involve students in the process.
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The revised form will be sent to members to provide feedback and edits. Assessment examples should be available for the next review cycle.
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General Education is one of the top three things that frustrate veteran students. They are required to submit a four-year plan to the VA to receive funding. They rely on general education courses that meet more than one requirement in order to complete their degree within the allowed benefit period. It is very frustrating for these students when courses loose designations. The dynamic catalog is not finalized until December. A new plan must be submitted to the VA for approval. The program should be streamlined to lesson student frustration and confusion.
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The Committee will not meet in December.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:10 p.m.
Group I Consent Agenda
ARTZ103A Art for Non-Majors
DANC 130A Introduction to Dance
THTR 220A Acting I
ARTH 160
ARTH 250
Global Visual Culture
Introduction to Art Criticism
GRMN 340L Nature and the Environment in German Literature and Film
LIT 378 Gay and Lesbian Studies
LIT 353 Milton
MART 340 Principles of Interactive Media
MART 341 Introduction to Web Design
MUSI 105 Music Theory I
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MUSI 106
MUSI 140
MUSI 141
THTH 255
THTR 210
THTR 211
THTR 255
THTR 310
Language Exceptions
Music Theory II
Aural Perception I
Aural Perception II
Drafting for the Theatre I
Voice & Speech I
Voice & Speech II
Computer-Aided Drafting and Computer Applications for the Theatre
Voice & Speech III
Bachelor of Music Composition
Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Performance
Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance
Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance
Bachelor in Music in Piano Performance and
Pedagogy
Bachelor in Music in Voice Performance
Group 2 Consent Agenda
CLAS 191
PHL 101
PHL 102
EDL 486
Writing the Legends of Afghanistan: Then and Now
Intro to Philosophy
Intro to Existentialism
Statistical Procedures in Education
ARTH 201H Art of World Civilization II H
GRMN340Y Nature and the Environment in German Literature and Film Y
GRMN 351H German Culture to 1900 H
THTR 337H Architectural History II H
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Group 3 Consent Agenda
LANGUAGE EXEMPTIONS AND SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS-
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Resource Conservation Degree (Forestry)-APPROVE
Ecological Restoration Degree (Forestry)-APPROVE
HHP (Community Health, Exercise Science Option, Exercise Science Pre-Professional, Health
Enhancement Option)-APPROVE
Mathematical Sciences (Math Ed; Degree without Options; and Degree with Options in Applied
Mathematics, Combinatorics & Optimization, Pure Mathematics, and Statistics; Combined Degrees in
Math and Computer Science)-APPROVE
Wildlife Biology-APPROVE
Neuroscience-APPROVE
FORS 201-APPROVE
WILD 240-80-APPROVE
Social Science
COUN 242 Intimate and Family Relationships
PTRM210 Nature Tourism and Commercial recreation
Group 4 Consent Agenda
ANTY 251 Foundations of Civilization
NASX 354 Montana Indians in the Reservation Era
PTRM 345 Sustaining Human Society and the Natural Environment
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