Baccalaureate Core Committee
December 6, 1999
Minutes
Present: Bonnie Avery, John Lee, Kurt Peters, Satish Reddy, Michael Scanlan, and Christine Snow
Agenda/Notes:
1. Minutes of 11/15/99 meeting: approved.
2. Consider BOT/ENSC 479 for both STS and WIC (Snow):
After some discussion, the committee would like further information about how accessible this course (a capstone
for majors in Environmental Science) would be for the majority of the student body.
Actions:
As an STS course: Postpone decision until Scanlon can investigate and report back on:
- to number of students campus wide with the prerequisite (one year of Chemistry or one year of biology);
- number of WIC/STS combined courses with prerequisites;
- whether students in the major can take this for both WIC and STS credit fulfillment in which case the purpose of the
Baccore requirement to broaden the outlook of the major is in question.
As a WIC course: Seems to be a strong WIC course and currently there are not many WIC courses offered via to
students in Distance Education: Approved.
3. Changes in title and description for ES241,ES242 (Lee): Kurt gave background on Ethnic Studies curriculum review undertaken Summer 1999.
Action: Approved.
4. Consider ES445 (Scanlan): Some discussion of title and clarification on use of use of "science" offered by Peters. Prerequisites (ES101 and ES201) are not necessary and will be removed.
Action: Approved without prerequisites required.
5. Update on HHP 231 review: Enrollment and petition/challenge information from the Registrar's office was sent to the
committee last week. Snow noted that the course evaluation survey results have been given to Christina Richards who
will make them available to the Committee for review. Scanlan will be contacting the ASOSU Senate on behalf of the
committee. He notes that our timeframe requires a response and recommendation to the Faculty Senate Executive
Committee by the end of Winter Term. Lee suggests considering using the new list-serv for Faculty Senate members
to solicit guided feedback.
6. Committee meetings will continue on alternate Mondays from 9:30-11am Winter term beginning January 10, 2000,
unless Jarvis is unable to accommodate this time slot.
(Notetaker: Avery)
