Present: David Bernell, John Bailey, Victor Hsu, Cheryl Middleton, Vicki Tolar Burton, Susan Shaw, Margie Haak, Denise Lach, Jay Noller, George Caldwell
Notetaker: David Bernell
Old Business
STS Category Review:
Update – notices have been sent to faculty and departments that need to submit course reviews.
General Review:
GEO 323 to be added to list of courses to be reviewed. Members will also divide work to review HST 353, WS 235, FE 452, YDE 492, IE 366.
PH 112 and 113 considered for BC status (PH 111 has already been approved). PH Dept. responded to BCC concerns, revising syllabus and opening class to all, not only students studying science education. New concerns based on syllabus: Does course satisfy BC idea of providing science education, or just about how to teach science to children? Motion to approve courses failed. A letter will be sent to the PH Dept. informing it of the committee decision and concerns.
NFM 312 prereq change approved.
DPD Statement:
DPD program recommends disallowing transfer equivalencies, but allowing case by case exceptions. DPD will draft statement for BCC review, and will also investigate how many students this impacts, and how much of this concern revolves around HST 201, 202, and 203. The BCC will review issue at its next meeting.
History Change to 4 Credit Courses:
HST is moving to 4 credit courses. The BCC has requested doing this for all but 100-level courses (or 200-level courses), to limit Bacc Core impacts. HST does not want to do this, and will be invited to make their case to BCC at the next meeting.
HSTS Request:
HST requests holding off on reviewing HSTS courses. New faculty is coming in after two retirements; this would allow new faculty to propose new courses. BCC has done this before. BCC will allow this, with a deadline of June 1, 2009, and an opportunity for extensions with a compelling case.
BIOE Request:
BIOE has requested that 2 non-bacc core courses be counted as an equivalent to BIO 314. Motion passed.
Credit Increase Analysis:
At issue – what information does BCC want from department and programs in order to consider their requests for course credit increases? The major need is to be certain that Bacc Core learning objectives will not be impacted. BCC will draft a note to appropriate departments requesting this analysis/information.
New Business
BCC Chair will email an email to members on items that will require action in the next meeting. To the extent that any items can be handled via email, all the better.
The next BCC meeting will be on February 5, at 1:30 in Gilkey 208.
