Baccalaureate Core Committee
November 15, 1999
Minutes
Present: Bonnie Avery, Bob Jarvis, John Lee, Kurt Peters, Satish Reddy, Michael Scanlan, and
Christine Snow
Agenda/Notes:
1. Minutes of 11/1/99 meeting: approved with minor revisions.
2. Discussion of review procedure for HHP 231: reviewed the student concerns raised in Gordon Matzke
letter to the Committee and the reply sent by Tony Wilcox. Many of the issues raised relate back to the
lack of choice available for meeting the Fitness requirement and the resultant large class size. The committee
agreed to gather further information about student reaction to HHP 231 in the following ways:
--Scanlan will locate the information gather in student focus groups last year;
--Snow will locate the course evaluation forms for the past two years and summarize the
responses to the open ended questions concerning course content;
--Scanlan will find out from the Registrar how many students have tested out of the course in recent years.
--Scanlan will invite Wilcox to meet with the Committee Winter term and decide what further information we might
need to gather before making a recommendation to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee.
3. Review/discussion of Jarvis' suggested drafts for:
--Cover letter to Department Head;
--Instructions for 5 year Review of Bac Core Courses;
--Enrollment Information
Jarvis will incorporate the editorial changes suggested by the committee to the three drafts and bring them to
the next meeting.
4. Course Review:
a. BIOE 459 for WIC. Discussion lead by Kurt Peters.
Action: BIOE 459 was approved
b. Chemeketa Community College: HST 228 (Bonnie), CHLA 203 (Satish);
and BOT/ENSC 479 (Christine) will be discussed at the next meeting.
5. Next Meeting November 29, 1999
(Notetaker: Avery)
