General Education Committee Minutes, 11/16/11
Members present: S. Caro, M. Dazey, J. DeBoer, A. Sillars, D. Sloan, E. Uchimoto, N. White
Ex-Officio Members Present: E. Johnson
Members absent: E. Adams, J. Luckowski, J. Rabinovitch D. Simpson
The minutes from 10/19/11 were amended and approved.
Communication:
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Professor Susan Caro from the Mansfield Library was welcomed to the committee. She will
be taking Professor Dazey’s place.
Business Items:
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The “E” attribute has been removed from the GLI course BADM 191. The instructor has
submitted a revised syllabus that includes reading assignments in “Business Ethics.”
However, the subcommittee still is not convinced that the course meets the criteria. Chair
DeBoer will contact the subcommittee members in attempt to understand their position
considering the instructor is somewhat offended. There is concern that the subcommittee is
being too harsh. It was asked whether there was a precedent for the parent committee to
override the subcommittee. There were similar sentiments expressed in 2008 when all the
general education courses were reviewed. Camie will provide Chair Deboer with the
background documentation.
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The following actions were taken on the remaining general education courses. Chair Deboer
will follow-up with MCLL, EVST and Social Work.
VI Historical & Cultural Studies
MCLL
HSTR 301
MCLL
HSTR 304
X: Indigenous & Global
MCLL
HSTR 302
Journalism
JOUR 165
History of
Greece
History of Rome
Greek Social
History
Global Current
Events / Honors
Vote (Professors Luckoski and
Rabinovitch sent votes via email
prior to meeting)
5 yes, 2 no
5 yes, 2 no
7 no, will approve for IX American
& European- 5 yes, 2 no
6 yes, 1 abstention
III: Exception (Symbolic Systems)
EVST
Unanimous approval with caveat that EVST change its
major requirements to include foreign language and
waive requirement for transfer students. This approach
Social Work
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will be easier to manage than the 40 credit transfer rule.
The department will need to follow-up with program
modification form to ASCRC.
6 no, 1 abstention
The Deadline memo was revised and approved. The deadline was changed to the end of
February. Courses that were approved in fall 2009 or later are exempt from the rolling
review until 2016.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:35 PM.