Subcommittee on Core Curriculum Minutes 2014-10-24

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order by Julia Metzker at 1:07 p.m. in Arts & Sciences 2-51.

Attendance

Voting Members Present: Mary Magoulick, Julia Metzker, Joe Mocnik, Brandon Samples, Patrick Simmons, Sheryl Winn, Dana Wood
Regrets: Nancy Beasley, Ruth Carter, Roberta Gorham, Cara Meade, Amy Sumpter
Non-Voting Member Present: Kay Anderson

Initially, there were not sufficient members to have a quorum. The committee shared information items, after which point a quorum was present and business continued.

Information Items

Proposal Review Process. Julia gave some updates to the proposal review process. Currently, the proposal is assigned to the team, and the team decides when to review it and what date it will be considered by the committee. The problem here is that the rest of the committee does not necessarily know when the course will be reviewed by the committee and the presenters may not be able to attend. From this point forward, the team lead should communicate the SoCC discussion date to the committee and to the presenter once that date is determined.

Form Routing. Julia is in the process of drafting a memo to Tom Ormond about helping route requests to GC1Y and GC2Y the appropriate dean. Kay Anderson mentioned that it might be easier to simply not use the substitution form and use the more generic undergraduate student petition when we have a 1Y and or 2Y course. When these forms arrive in the Registrar’s Office, they are all reviewed to make sure that the appropriate deans and chairs have had a chance to review them, and Kay mentioned that she could ensure that these petitions were routed by topic to the appropriate area. Those present endorsed this suggestion with no objections.

Agenda

The agenda was approved as distributed.

Minutes

The minutes from the October 3rd were approved with one correction. The minutes from the October 10th meeting were approved with one correction. The minutes from the October 17th minutes were approved as distributed.

Discussion Items

Survey Feedback. Cara Meade has received feedback on the survey. Members asked if there would be a final review before the survey was launched. Julia suggested that the revised survey go to all members for a final review – perhaps by email – before we send it out to all the faculty.

Forms for Minor Course Modifications. Amy Sumpter drafted a form for minor changes to GC1Y and GC2y courses. The committee discussed some minor changes to the draft. Julia will redistribute the form and the committee will continue to offer feedback in the coming week.

Lack of Faculty Development for Core Faculty. Julia will distribute a brochure for a project-based learning institute from AACU. She suggested that it might be worth recommending to the Provost that we fund teams to attend these types of workshops to help with course development, particularly in GC1Y and GC2Y. The committee also discussed that CETL might be a very valuable resource for helping with support in this area.

Upcoming Course Reviews. Committee members discussed some of their initial use of the rubric. During the next few weeks, we should see a course on Data & Technology Transforming Life and Work, two Nursing courses for the global overlay, and a Mass Communication class on International Buffoonery.

Next Meeting

The committee’s next meeting will be Friday, October 31, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. in Arts & Sciences 2-51.

Adjournment

The committee adjourned at 2:00 p.m.