Draft
Faculty Senate General Education Committee
November 17, 2008
325 Main Hall
Meeting convened at 3:32pm
Members Attending: Michael Current, Jon Fields, Tom Gendreau,Anne Galbraith (presiding), Eric Kraemer, Tom Pribek, Cris Prucha, Robert Ragan, Don Sloan
Guests & Consultants: Carly Anderson, Chris Bakkum, Carla Burkhardt, Billy Clow, Bob Hoar, Bryan Kopp, Mary Leonard, James Peirce, Bruce Riley
M/S/P, approve minutes of 11/3/08 as written; voice vote, unanimous
M/S/P, to include MTH 265, Mathematical Models in Biology (I. B,
1), presented by Bruce Riley & James Peirce; discussion & waiver
of 2nd reading; voice vote, 1 opposed
First reading, proposal to include THA 130, Multicultural U.S.
Plays: Acting the Text (II, D), presented by Beth Cherne & Mary
Leonard; performance-based, "about 2/3 research of diverse
cultures"; send to dept. chairs in Self & Society category with
deadline for feedback
M/S/P, to include THA 120, Acting for Non-Theatre Majors (II, F),
presented by Cherne & Leonard; waive 2nd reading, voice vote,
unanimous
Bryan Kopp, Writing Emphasis director:
- desire to present proposals from instructors as a package to
reduce duplication of work; reviewed each; quantity of writing
in each more than adequate (want some of the projects to post
for samples):
Eric Gansen, Physics
Gwen Achenreiner, Marketing
Mary Love, Education
Maureen Colburn, Education
Rita Chen, Education
- unable to convene sub-committee (too late in semester)
- reviewed files of approved proposals; used implicit criteria
of program goals including writing to learn & informal writing
- 4/5 are courses taught this semester (3 in EDS 408) with
students presuming earning WE, all inherited at short notice
(occurs with new hires)
M/S/P to approve all; voice vote, unanimous
info from chair:
- text of final version of re-charge to GEAC
- Art Dept. finishing ass. forms; Music Dept. response
inadequate: invite dept. chair & director of school Art &
Communication, to next meeting, w/memo citing "we may elect to
remove course from GE program"
meeting adjourned 5:25pm
notes compiled by T. Pribek