Council for International Education
1 Draft September 16, 2010 Meeting Minutes
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Present: Kevin Bacon, Charles Malone, Jongho Lee, Barbara Ribbens, Rita Kaul, Michael Stryker, Emily
Gorlewski.
Guests: Dennis DeVolder, Mohammad Siddiqi, Kishor Kapale, John Wozniak
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Welcome
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Special Guest
 President of Faculty Senate – Dennis DeVolder Dennis said that he would be
talking to the Faculty Senate’s Committee on Committees to find two
replacements for CIE’s vacancies. He also talked about how he was pleased
with the progress CIE has been making in reviewing courses
III.
Approval of minutes from September 2, 2010 meeting Approved
IV.
Announcements
 Geography has requested its proposals be tabled until our next meeting
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Courses Recommended for Approval by Faculty Senate
a. Requests for Discipline-Specific Global Issues Designation
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ANTH 324, Religion, Magic and Shamanism - 3 s.h.
ANTH 415, Environmental Anthropology – 3 s.h.
BIO/ANTH 463, Ethnobotany – 4 s.h. Cross-listed.
ECON 470, International Trade – 3 s.h.
REL 350, Hinduism – 3 s.h.
REL 355, Buddhism – 3 s.h.
b. Requests for General Education Global Issues Designation
i. REL 365, Islam – 3 s.h.
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Courses for CIE Consideration
a. Discipline Specific Global Issues:
i. JOUR 436, International Public Relations – 3 s.h. Approved
ii. SOC 460, The Family – 3 s.h. Sent back to Department for clarification of content
and needs to be re-submitted to CIE
iii. SOC 462, Political Sociology – 3 s.h. Approved subject to clarification of syllabus, to
be reviewed by Kevin
iv. SOC 464, Sociology of Religion – 3 s.h. Approved
v. Geography 466, World Regions – 3 s.h. Tabled at the request of the Department
b. GENERAL EDUCATION GLOBAL ISSUES:
i. Physics 150, Energy and the Environment -4 s.h. (resubmission) Approved
ii. ANTH 110, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology – 3 s.h. Approved
iii. ANTH 111, Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology – 3 s.h.
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Approved subject to clarification of syllabus, to be reviewed by Kevin.
ANTH 201, World Culture Regions – 3 s.h. Approved subject to clarification of
syllabus, to be reviewed by Kevin
ANTH 249, Native North American Cultures – 3 s.h. Sent back to Department for
review of global issues content.
ANTH 305, Applied Anthropological Methods – 3 s.h. Approved
Geography 100, Human Geography – 3 s.h. Tabled at the request of the
Department
Geography 110, World Regional Geography – 3 s.h. Tabled at the request of the
Department
Adjournment