Subcommittee on Core Curriculum Minutes 2016-02-05

Call to Order

The Subcommittee on Core Curriculum was called to order by Mary Magoulick at 1:00 p.m. in Arts & Sciences 2-51.

Attendance
Voting Members Present: Jamie Addy, Nancy Beasley, Kasey Karen, Mary Magoulick, Stephanie Opperman, Brandon Samples, Cara Smith, Jeff Turner, Stephen Wills
Non-Voting Member Present: Kay Anderson
Regrets: Doug Goings, Roberta Gorham, Kristi Papailler, Noland White, Dana Wood
Absent: Clif Wilkinson
Guest: Scott Butler, Vei Stetler

Agenda

The agenda was approved.

Minutes

The minutes from the January 29th meeting were approved with three corrections.

Discussion Items

Committee Membership. Although Doug Goings has class during our meeting time, the Executive Committee will not be recommending a replacement because we need him to serve as the third required University Senator.

GC2Y Research Proposal. Scott Butler discussed a research project that he has proposed as part of his participation in the USG’s Scholarship and Teaching Fellowship program. He would like to investigate the roll that global studies education plays in the liberal arts setting, factors that influence which GC2Y course students select, the usefulness of the beyond the classroom requirement, and overall instructor performance. The committee provided some feedback on the proposal and on ideas for evaluation and assessment.

Website. Brandon discussed some issues related to posting 1Y and 2Y courses that were approved using old and different forms on the committee website. The committee discussed some options for posting to make it clear that the same process was no longer being used. Kay agreed to send Brandon each of the proposals that has been approved to date.

GC2Y Course Description. Mary noted that the GC2y course description still contained a references to GC’s writing overlay, which was disbanded the first year we were on the new core. Kay agreed to update the course description since this deletion had already been approved by University Senate.

Forums. The committee decided to focus the next two core forums on Area B and C2.

Next Meeting

The committee will meet on February 12, 2016, in A&S 2-51, at 1:00 PM, if there is any business to conduct. If not, the next meeting will be February 19, in A&S 2-51, at 1:00 PM.

Adjournment

The committee adjourned at 2:00 p.m.