Baccalaureate Core Committee
May 19, 1999
Minutes
Present: John Lee, Shannon Smith, Anita Grunder, Mike Scanlan, Christine
Snow and in the last 15 minutes, Ken Williamson and Joan Gross.
Agenda/Notes:
1. passed motion to approve minutes of May 5, 1999.
2. a. 99CCBC046 (GEOG 299) submitted by Chemeketa Community College-
approval for Western Culture pending a more complete reading list.
b. 99CCBC041 (ENG 299) approved for Literature and Arts.
3. a. A motion was passed to formalize the existing rule as published in
the curricular procedures handbook, namely, that perspectives courses shall
be lower division. The decision was reached because it is in keeping with
the intent of the baccalaureate core as a general education requirement and
because the results of the 1999 faculty survey regarding the core show
strong support for the lower division status.
b. The committee reconsidered the issue of DPD and its status as a
Perspectives requirement. The committee decided to leave the Perspectives
status unchanged with the acknowledgement that the committee retracts its
decision to allow DPD an exception in this regard. The decision was reached
for three main reasons. First, the 1999 faculty survey of the core strongly
supports DPD as a Perspectives course and as a lower division offering.
Second, the status of DPD, such as the issues of course offerings and
levels, will be reviewed next year by a DPD Task Force. Thus policy
changes now would likely be changed again next academic year. Third, with
the change in the university funding model, the lower and upper division
distinctions gain new importance, making a Perspectives category with
special dispensation a target for controversy. We defer to the Task Force
to consider these issues.
4. Ken Williamson joined the meeting at 2:45.
a. He agreed to drop Math 252 and Physics 212 as requirements for 99 B001
(ENGR 350) In view of this change, the committee approved the course for
STS.
b. He sought committee participation in the proposed DPD Task Force.
Meeting adjourned 2:55
