Subcommittee on Core Curriculum Minutes 2015-08-21

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: Nancy Beasley, Roberta Gorham, Mary Magoulick, Cara Meade Smith, Kristi Papallier, Brandon Samples, Dana Wood
Non-Voting Member Present: Kay Anderson
Regrets: Noland White
Absent: Ruth Carter, Doug Goings
Guests: Jamie Addey, Kasey Karen, Julia Metzker, Stephanie Opperman, Stephen Wills

Membership Changes

Prior to the meeting, Mary Magoulick notified committee members of changes to the SoCC membership that were made over the summer. Stephen Wills has been appointed to replace Robert Sumowski as the representative from the College of Education. Kasey Karen will replace Chavonda Mills as the representative from Area D. Jamie Addey will be representing the library instead of Benjamin Davis. Stephanie Opperman will be replacing Amy Sumpter, who was moved to CAPC, and will represent Area E and B2. Sheryl Winn has had to resign from the committee and a replacement from the College of Health Sciences has not yet been named. Each of these new appointees will be presented for approval at the next University Senate meeting.

Agenda

The agenda was approved as distributed.

Minutes

The minutes from the May 1st meeting were approved with one correction.

Operating Procedures

Mary distributed a draft of the SoCC operating procedures. After a motion and second, the committee approved the operating procedures without dissent.

Annual Report

Mary and Julia Metzker shared last year’s annual report with the committee. Both highlighted some of the committee’s accomplishments, including improving communication with presenters, revising and streamlining some of the committee’s submission forms, and the compilation of the State of the Core report.

New Rubric for GC2Y

Mary distributed a new rubric for GC2Y course review that includes additional information on the writing intensive nature of the course. After a motion and second, the committee voted to begin using this rubric to review new proposals.

Review Process

Mary suggested naming a lead reviewer for each course proposal and discontinuing the review committees that SoCC used last year. The lead reviewer would communicate with the proposer and share feedback from the committee. The committee agreed to try this over the new few weeks and see how it works.

Action Item

GC2Y 2000 Transnational Crime as an Area B2 Section
The committee noted that the presenter will need to schedule the contact minutes for the fourth hour, as this must be conducted in a face-to-face instructional environment. After a motion and a second, the course was approved without dissent.

Information Item

Mary distributed copies of several requests from Government & Sociology to add new faculty to the GC1Y and GC2Y approved teaching lists.

Committee Communication

Mary demonstrated the committee’s class in D2L, which Amy Sumpter created last year. This class is in every faculty member’s D2L and includes operating procedures, rubrics, proposal forms, a repository of approved courses, etc. Mary also shared the committee’s web page in Unify. Mary asked committee members to review these site and to consider volunteering to maintain one or both sites in the coming year.

Next Meeting

The committee’s next meeting will be Friday, August 28, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. in A&S 2-51.

Adjournment

The committee adjourned at 2:00 p.m.