Faculty Senate

Baccalaureate Core Committee

Present:       David Bernell, John Bailey, Cheryl Middleton, Vicki Tolar Burton, Susan Shaw, Denise Lach, and Jay Noller
Absent:        George Caldwell, Margie Haak, and Victor Hsu
Notetaker:    John Bailey

Old Business

Minutes:  1/22 minutes will be emailed for review and approval.

STS Category Review:
Passwords have been sent to all committee members in need of one.
The review rubric has been distributed.
NOTE: we plan a 2-week turnaround, so have your assignment(s) ready for the next meeting each time.
Three-step process recommended:

1. Check each assignment to make sure the pieces are there (i.e., narrative, syllabus, enrollment numbers, and potentially other information) and notify Middleton/Noller if they are not.
2. Review and fill out the rubric ON PAPER – enough to prompt your memory for discussion and provide a record for the BCC files.
3. Give a brief oral summary at the next BCC meeting, with a recommendation for fail, pass with qualifiers, or pass as is.

Physics Courses: That department is considering an appeal of our decision to reject 112 and 113.

General Review: 
HST353 – pending
FE452 – approved
WS235, YDE492, and GEO323 – approved
HST385, 396 and 397 – postponed to future meeting

DPD Position Statement: Endorsed by those attending meetings, but will need at least one more to be an official vote.

History and English Credit Increase: Noller provided an overview of Curriculum Council duties; we agreed to a process on reviewing BC learning objectives only, perhaps in tabular form, for all courses.  History Department will be visiting the next BCC meeting.

New Business

ASOSU Environmental Sustainability Proposal: There is general support to consider this proposal in the larger context of BC design, should we be asked to pursue that (see below), but it is a big task.

BC Overhaul: Despite occasional comments otherwise, a major overhaul does not seem to be a current priority within the campus.  Should that change, we will recommend a separate Faculty Senate subcommittee to address the issue with representatives from the BCC perhaps.

Meeting adjourned.  The next BCC meeting will be on Tuesday, February 19, at 1:30 in Gilkey 208.