General Education Committee Minutes, 2/13/13
Members present: H. Ausland, L. Calderon, L. Frey, J. Randall, K. Reiser, F. Rosensweig, N.
White
Members Absent: R. Baker, S. Caro, K. Huthaily
Guest: S. Bradford
The minutes from 11/28/12 minutes were approved.
Communications Item:

Professors Ausland and Randall were welcomed to the committee.

The Social Science subcommittee reviewed and approved a course in the fall that was
missing from the summary and consequently did not get recorded as approved. The
Committee confirmed the approval for a one-time-only social science designation for EDLD
291, Special Topics in Educational Leadership: Leadership for a Diverse World.

The review of CHEM 302 for Ethics is underway. This course was not submitted during the
rolling review cycle because the faculty member was out of the country.

The total number of forms submitted for the rolling review will be confirmed at the next
meeting. According to the catalog there are 52 Historical and Cultural Courses, 36 Natural
Science with a lab, 27 without a lab, and 7 math courses plus two exams.
Business Items

Chair White summarized what is involved in the rolling review. She asked that reviewers
determine (1) whether the course meets the established criteria and learning goals, (2) where
the course might fit within the MUS Core, and (3) whether the criteria need to be revised.
Camie will send members reference information for the MUS Core as well as create a folder
on the Moodle site. The Committee will need to revise the list of UM courses that fulfill
the MUS Core.
Subcommittee chairs are welcome to recruit additional members to assist in the review. The
workload can be distributed amongst the members as well. Camie will send a message to
the Chair of Chemistry and Physics to request volunteers to review the science forms. The
subcommittee chair’s agreed to present their lists of approvals, non-approvals, and items for
further discussion on the following dates. The committee did not think it was necessary to
get enrollment numbers, but would like to review the dormant course report.
Historical and Cultural Studies
Mathematics
Science
Linda Frey
Sue Bradford
Frank Rosenzweig
3/27/13
3/13/13
4/10/13

The workgroup studying the criteria of the Indigenous and Global (X) and American and
European (Y) perspectives gathered input from faculty involved in creating the criteria and
will discuss whether these can be revised for clarity. Hopefully it will have a
recommendation for the next meeting.
Professor Calderon indicated that pre-med students are having difficulty getting into medical
schools that have a diversity requirement. She was asked to bring how these schools define
the requirement.

Members should review the information on Moodle and think about a possible incentive
approach to a language requirement for discussion at the next meeting.
Good and Welfare

Professor Ausland urged the committee to be careful about the Western (Indigenous and
Global) / Non-western (American and European) debate. Creating contention about the
issue will not be helpful to students. The Committee needs to be academic in its
recommendation.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.