Baccalaureate Core Committee
October 4, 1999
Minutes
Present: Michael Scanlan, Chair, Bonnie Avery , Bob Jarvis, John Lee, Kurt Peters, Satish Reddy, Christine Snow, Susan Shaw, ex officio
Agenda/Notes:
1. Meeting called to order at 9:30 am. and members were introduced.
2. Susan Shaw, the new DPD director, provided an overview of the new DPD Task Force.
3. Mike Scanlan, BCC Chair, summarized committee responsibilities, policies and procedures. Difficulties with policy issues regarding 200 & 300 level courses in perspective and 3 Vs 4 credits were brought to the attention of committee members.
4. Course proposals:
- H 312 (99-B019): approved for Synthesis: Contemporary Global Issues
- H 445 (99-B020): approved for Synthesis: Sci., Tech. And Soc.
- ES 233 (99-B021: approved for Perspectives: Cultural Diversity
- CSS 335 (99-B012): approved Synthesis: Sci., Tech. And Soc.
- GEO 335 (99-B013): approved Synthesis: Sci., Tech. And Soc.
- CH 462 (99-B014): provisionally approved for WIC, pending final review by members before Fri. Oct. 8
- COMM 432 (99-B015): approved for having WIC designation dropped
- HST 320 (99-B008): postponed until next meeting
- ES 334 (99-B017): sent back for justification of need for 300-level Perspectives course
5. There was discussion of allowing 300-level Perspectives courses to be continued at the next meeting.
6. Mike Scanlan suggested giving responsibility for single BCC course proposals to individual committee members who would then carefully review and report recommendations to the committee. Members favored this suggestion.
7. Bob Jarvis volunteered to begin an implementation proposal for the 5-year review of baccalaureate core classes.
8. Meeting adjourned at 10:40 am.
Minutes prepared by CM Snow.
