Subcommittee on Core Curriculum Minutes 2014-02-26

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order by John Swinton at 12:45 p.m. in Atkinson 202.

Attendance

Voting Members Present: Scott Butler, Roberta Gorham, Mary Magoulick, Cara Meade, Chavonda Mills, Amy Sumpter, John Swinton, Shaundra Walker
Non-Voting Member Present: Kay Anderson
Regrets: Yeprem Mehranian
Guest: Funke Fontenot, Veronica Womack

Approval of Minutes

The minutes from the February 19th meeting were approved as distributed.

Discussion Items

D2L Site. Amy presented the D2L site and discussed some options for using this to post proposals, syllabi, forms, and other documents related to the committee. She also presented some updated routing procedures for GC1Y/2Y, global overlays, and Area A-E. She will share the forms by email. Committee members should send additional feedback directly to Amy.

Global Overlays and Possible Diversity Component. John presented the history of SoCC’s discussion and concerns about the global overlay requirement, particularly how the requirement has been difficult to implement for non-native students and students in certain colleges. SoCC has been considering a proposal to the Senate to allow the overlays outside the core to qualify if they included a sociocultural component. This would particularly help students who have highly structured curricula and cannot complete this requirement without taking additional coursework.

Veronica Womack outlined the work of the Diversity Task Force and shared the Task Force’s curriculum subcommittee’s recommendation for a domestic diversity component in the curriculum. Veronica expressed concerns about being able to implement this proposal any earlier than the timeline provide in the action plan, both because this plan – including a definition – was created through extensive feedback from community members whom Veronica felt should be included in the continued discussion and because the task force felt that it was important to be sure the proposal was completely developed before implementation began.

Kay moved to extend the meeting to allow for further discussion. Amy seconded the motion. There being no objection, the time for the meeting was extended.

Following Veronica’s comments, the committee agreed that the task force’s diversity component may be one option for addressing the lack of global overlays in the future, but that another short-term option would need to be identified to address more immediate concerns.

Next Meeting

The committee’s next meeting will be Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at 12:45 p.m. in Atkinson 202.

Adjournment

The committee adjourned at 2:00 p.m.