General Education Committee Minutes, 10/5/11
Members present: E. Adams, J. DeBoer, D. Klapmeier J. Luckowski, J. Rabinovitch, D. Simpson
D. Sloan, E. Uchimoto N. White
Ex-Officio Members Present:
Members absent: E. Johnson, A. Walker-Andrews, M. Daizey
The minutes from 9/21/11 were amended and approved.
Communication:

There are 9 experimental Global Initiative Courses to review for general education status and 14
additional proposals. The forms have been posted to the website for review. A message was
sent to members regarding the need to expedite the review of the Global Initiative Courses.
These will be offered this spring.
Business Items:

The procedure for review was discussed and the following subcommittee chairs and consent
agenda dates were identified. Subcommittee chairs should find 2-3 faculty members to
assist with the review. The members should have expertise in the area. Faculty that teach
courses in the group should be recruited. Camie will send the list of members from previous
years.
III Exc: Symbolic Systems
2
Group IV Expressive Arts
2
Group V Literary & Artistic Studies 1
Group VI History & Cultural
Studies
Group VIII Ethics
Group IX American & European
Group X Indigenous & Global
11/2
10/19
11/2
3
All
John DeBoer /
Judith Rabinovitch /Allan
Sillars
Megan Dazey /
2
2
2
Jean Luckowski /
Nadia White /
Nadia White /
10/19
10/19
11/2
11/2

There was some discussion regarding the Essential Learning Outcome Value Rubrics. They
don’t seem to be designed to assess lower-division general education courses. The level of
proficiency expected is more appropriate for a senior level capstone or intensive project
based course. However, the Committee understands the necessity of assessing general
education for accreditation purposes and hopes this method will be suitable for the necessary
documentation. The map designed by Chair DeBoer will be sent to Associate Provost
Walker-Andrews for consideration.

The Global Leadership Initiative Courses appended below were approved. Members
commented that many of the courses did not seem introductory and foundational, or suitable
for 100 Level, and some of the content may overlap with other courses such as ANTI 103H
Food and Culture for example or the proposed PSCI 227 Issues in Global Health. Perhaps
there may be current offerings appropriate for the Global Leadership Initiative. The
Science courses were approved via email correspondence due to the lack of time in the
meeting. The Global Strategy for Global Business Course was not approved as an ethics
course. The Department Chair will be encouraged to reference the current Business Ethics
course to understand what is required. Students are mostly interested in general education
courses that also meet major requirements or meet more than one general education group.
Good and Welfare
The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 PM.
Experimental Global Leadership Initiative Courses approved for General Education Status
One-time-only spring semester 2012
V: Literacy & Artistic Studies
MCLL
MCLL 191
Human Rights Issues in Latin American Literature
and Film
Music
MUSI 191
Music, Meaning and Manipulation
VI Historical & Cultural Studies
Journalism
JOUR 191
The Net Effect
VII Social Science
Sociology
Food & Society in a Globalized World
SOCI 191
X: Indigenous & Global
Political Science
PSCI 191
Issues in Global Public Health
XI : Science (approved via email correspondence)
Geosciences
GEO 160
Power of Numbers
DBS
BIOB 191
Global Climate Change: Science, Society, and Ethics
DBS
BIOL 191
Human Genetics, Your Family, and Global Health
Not approved: VIII Ethics and Human Values
Management
BADM 191
Doing the Right Thing: A Global Strategy for Good
Information Systems
Business