Baccalaureate Core Committee
June 8, 2000
Minutes
Present: Jarvis, Lee, Reddy, Scanlan (Chr.), Snow
Absent: Avery, Peters
1. Minutes of the meetings of May 11 and 25 were approved with some small
revisions in the minutes of May 11, item 2.
2. The committee discussed the proposal to revise the present criterion 1
for courses in the Perspectives categories. The goal was to more accurately
address the committee's concerns about course accessibility for a wide-range
of students than is provided by the current restriction to lower-division
courses. The committee agreed on the following revisions.
New Perspectives Criterion 1:
be at least three credits
New Perspectives Criterion 2:
be a 100, 200, or 300 level course structured so that it is
accessible to lower-division students across a range of majors and colleges.
(renumber current criterion 2 to 3, 3 to 4, etc.)
The proposed changes will be forwarded to the Executive Committee for Senate
action.
3. ES 334 Asian American Literature (99-B017) was approved for Perspectives:
Literature and the Arts.
4. The committee discussed the suggestion from Leslie Burns that the
Director of Undergraduate Academic Programs serve as a nonvoting ex-officio
member of the Bac Core Committee. There was general agreement that this is
appropriate. The Chair will recommend to the Executive Committee that this
provision be incorporated in the Standing Rules revision.
5. The following action was taken on community college courses:
Chemeketa C.C. - HST 199B Modern Japanese History APPROVED
for Perspectives: Cultural Diversity
Lane C.C. - ES 101 Introduction to Ethnic Studies I
DENIED for Perspectives: Cultural Diversity
because the course does not focus on specific cultural groups.
APPROVED for Perspectives: DPD
Lane C. C. - ES 102 Introduction to Ethnic Studies II
APPROVED for Perspectives: DPD
6. Christine Snow reported that Tony Wilcox of HHP had agreed with changes
suggested by the BCC to the revised Fitness criteria. The revised criteria
will be forwarded to the Executive Committee for action.
7 . The Chair thanks all of the committee members for their thoughtfulness
and hard work over the past year.
submitted by Michael Scanlan
