SENATE AGENDA ITEM III.G.1.
1 September 2015
Council for International Education
Annual Report
2014 - 2015
Dr. Bhavneet Walia, Chair
Associate Professor of Economics
The 2014 - 2015 academic year was my third year as a member of the Council for International
Education (CIE) and second year as Chair of the Council. This year CIE worked on updating the policy
and procedure for the council, approving the transferability of GI courses, approving new courses, and
furthering the discussion of the Foreign Language Global Issues (FLGI) requirement.
COURSE APPROVALS
During the past academic year, CIE approved four General Education Global Issues courses and
Discipline Specific Global Issues courses.
BAT 300 (Business Practices and Culture in Ireland) approved for Short Term Study Abroad Global Issues
HIST 115 (World History to 1500)
HIST 116 (World History Since 1500)
HIST 211 (Technology and Science in World History)
The Faculty Senate approved all of these courses for Global Issues status.
FLGI REQUIREMENT
Faculty Senate advised formation of an ad-hoc committee to revisit the discussion on the FLGI
requirement. This ad-hoc committee is comprised of 8 members – 4 senators (one from each college),
and 4 members from Faculty Senate councils. Bhavneet was chosen to represent CIE on this ad-hoc
committee.
GI ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT
A large number of departments responded and sent in the assessment instruments. However, it was
decided from the Provost office that CIE can’t assess courses. Rather, it should do a ‘review’ of the
courses. CIE will proceed with further discussion on how to review courses.
TRANSFERING GLOBAL ISSUES CREDIT FOR COURSES TAKEN AT ANOTHER
UNIVERSITY
After discussing with Angela Lynn (Registrar), Council unanimously approved the transferability of GI
credit taken at a different university.
UPDATING POLICY AND PROCEDURE FORM
CIE is currently working on updating the policy and procedure form for the Council. This is the first
time that the policy and procedure form is being updated. A few topics in the original policy and
procedure are either irrelevant or have changed over the past few years. CIE is waiting on the decision
of the sub-committee appointed by Senate regarding the FLGI requirement to complete the policy and
procedure form.
WAIVING GI REQUIREMENT FOR VETERANS
CIE rejected the proposal to waive GI requirement for veterans, and supports to handle it case by case.
Thanks
I would like to formally thank all members of CIE for their efforts and thoughtful comments during the
past year.
Officers for 2015-2016 Academic Year
Gary Schmidt will serve as the Chair of CIE.
Kimberly McDaniel will serve as Recording Secretary.
Dr. Bhavneet Walia
Chair – CIE, 2013 – 2015
Associate Professor of Economics