Members present: Pat Muir (co-chair), David Bernell, Vicki Tolar Burton (ex-officio), George Caldwell, Margie Haak, Denise Lach, Cheryl Middleton.
Members absent: Jay Noller (co-chair, excused).
Minutes:
The minutes from 9/26/06 were reviewed by the committee and approved.
General Reviews from ‘05-06 Academic Year and Summer:
GEO 221 - Approved. Proposal requested a change from 3 to 4 hours credit and to be added as BAC course, intended to make it easier for non-majors to take the class. The course meets all the applicable criteria. The committee will check if its Bacc Core status is indicated on the syllabus and, if not, will recommend its inclusion.
HHS 242 - Approved.
H 320 - Delayed. Recommendation by committee will be handled by e-mail.
ENG 426 - Approved with the recommendation to indicate its Bacc Core status on the syllabus.
ENG 362 - Delayed. Recommendation by committee will be handled by e-mail.
ENG 425 - Approved with the recommendation to indicate its Bacc Core status on the syllabus.
Category Reviews (Contemporary Global Issues) from ‘05-06 Academic Year:
PS 345 - Approved. The course proposal meets all applicable criteria.
ANTH 487 - Withdrawn. The instructor has informed the committee that the course will be withdrawn from BAC status pending departmental approval.
COMM 446 - Delayed. The instructor will submit all required proposal materials prior to the next BCC meeting.
HST 385 - Approved. The syllabus revision with appropriate adjustments was submitted just prior to the meeting.
New Business:
General reviews:
ME 418 - Approved. The proposal requested to add WR 327 as a prerequisite. The syllabus includes writing outcomes and WIC designation. An elaboration of WIC requirements is recommended.
AREC 461 - Approved. The proposal requests a change of prerequisite to just 200 level. The syllabus now contains BAC material, writing outcomes and WIC designation.
Various:
As a result of the notice by the instructor of ANTH 487 to withdraw the course from BAC status, Pat Muir (BCC co-chair) presented to the committee a sample form, “Request for Removal of Baccalaureate Core Status.” The form is intended to accompany any request from a department or instructor to withdraw a course. The committee reviewed the form and associated procedures. These were approved. Later in the meeting, it was suggested that a signature from the WIC Program be included in the form when appropriate.
Pat Muir (co-chair) will e-mail to the BCC members the Science, Technology and Society (STS) review assignments. ANTH 330 has an enrollment of approximately 700. It was agreed by the committee that two reviewers will examine the class with request for additional materials for the initial analysis. One other class shows an enrollment of 200, and seven have figures of approximately 100. It was agreed that these courses would be assigned multiple reviews and receive extra scrutiny. GEO 300 will be reviewed again.
The co-chair distributed copies of notice to instructors/departments informing them of Periodic Category Course Review with deadlines and requirements. Also included were copies of the instructor’s check sheet found on the web materials along with the “Request to Continue BAC Core Designation.”
The co-chair distributed copies of the STS course review rubric for Committee members.
The committee discussed the policy on proposed new Perspectives courses that are upper division. The question was addressed, should new courses be strictly lower division when Bacc Core criteria so specify, given that some upper division courses already exist in these categories? The committee determined that all existing upper division Perspectives courses be retained. A motion was made and seconded that the current criterion limiting new Perspectives courses to lower division be enforced when applicable. The motion was carried and approved.
The committee discussed a request that a 200-level COCC Human Anatomy and Physiology course be granted Bacc Core status. The discussion by the committee determined that the current OSU 300-level equivalent, Human Anatomy, is not a Bacc Core course; therefore, the request was denied.
The committee suggested April 15, 2007 as the deadline for Category I and II new and changed course proposals.
Next Meeting:
BCC meetings may be every month rather than every two weeks. The next meeting will be in one month. Date, time and locale to be announced.
Minutes submitted by George Caldwell
