ࡱ> @B? f%bjbj 48rrf,,$dfPPPPP?U a$ |#d i??ii PPibPPiV@cP  40dx#(#c#cliiiiiii  iiidiiii#iiiiiiiii : ϲʷ¼ Council on General Education Meeting Minutes May 1, 2014 Spring 2014 CGE Members Marjorie Allison Dept. of English and Journalism (Humanities/Fine Arts) Irina Andreeva Dept. of Mathematics (Math/Natural Science) Cheryl Bailey Dept. of Communication (Communication Skills) Rumen Dimitrov Dept. of Mathematics (Math/Natural Science) Magdelyn Helwig Dept. of English & Journalism (Communication Skills) Keith Holz Dept. of Art (Humanities/Fine Arts) Yin-Chi Liao Dept. of Management and Marketing (At-Large) Russ Morgan College of Arts and Sciences (Ex-officio, Dean's Council Representative) Nancy Parsons Office of the Provost (Ex-officio, Provost's Representative) Diane Sandage Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology (Social Science) Joanne Sellen Dept. of Educational & Interdisciplinary Studies (At-Large) Bill Siever School of Computer Sciences (At-Large) Keva Steadman Dept. of Economics and Decision Sciences (Social Science) Oswald Warner Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology (Multicultural) Brian Wehde Student Government Association Michelle Yager Advising Center (Ex-officio, COAA Representative) Dean Zoerink Dept. of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration (Human Well Being) Elected Members Present: Diane Sandage (CGE Chair, Soc & Anthro), Marjorie Allison (Eng & Jour, in QC), Irina Andreeva (Math), Cheryl Bailey (Communication), Magdelyn Helwig (CGE Vice-chair, Eng & Jour), Yin-Chi Liao (Management & Marketing); Bill Siever (Computer Sciences), Keva Steadman (Economics and Decision Science, in QC), Oswald Warner (Soc & Anthro), Dean Zoerink (Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration) Elected Members Excused: Joanne Sellen (CGE Secretary, EIS), Rumen Dimitrov (Math), Keith Holz (Art), Brian Wehde (SGA) Ex-Officio members present; Nancy Parsons (Office of the Provost), Michelle Yager (COAA) Ex-officio Members Excused/Absent: Russ Morgan (Deans Council) Guests Present: Dr. Samuel Thompson, Dr. Julie Lawless, Dr. Dennis DeVolder, Dr. James McQuillan; Dr. Jeannie Woods, Dr. PK Babu, Dr. Darcy Plymire CGE Chair Diane Sandage called the meeting to order at 3:34 PM in Horrabin 83 on the Macomb campus and with a connection to room 110 on the Quad Cities Campus. MINUTES, INTRODUCTIONS, AND REPORTS Welcome to New Members: Dr. Jeannie Woods (Theatre; Fine Arts), Dr. PK Babu (Physics; Math/Natural Science), Dr. Darcy Plymire (Kinesiology; Human Well Being), and Dr. John Miller (Communication; Communication Skills) Welcome to guests: Dr. Samuel Thompson, Dr. Julie Lawless, Dr. Dennis DeVolder, Dr. James McQuillan Minutes from the last meeting on April 17, 2014 were approved with minor corrections. Additions to the Agenda: None Announcements: CGE Chair Diane Sandage asked a question about her summer responsibilities as Chair of CGE; it was determined that those duties include summer course articulations as well as attendance at the New Faculty Orientation. REPORTS: Office of the Provost Dr. Parsons stated that no new assessment data have come in since the last report was sent to us; she will continue to follow up on missing data and will revise the report as new information comes in. CAS None. University Advising Michelle Yager reported that the updated General Education booklet is at DPS. Faculty Senate/Articulation Requests One Math/Natural Science course is out for articulation. OLD BUSINESS GEOG 251 Assessment PlanOswald Warner asked about the connection between the rubric and Goal 4; rubric language will be adjusted to reflect CGE assessment language. Magdelyn Helwig questioned allowing only those students with grades below B to revise and indicated that CGE policy requires that all students have the chance to revise after receiving feedback. There was some discussion regarding which Goals to assign. There was consensus for Goal 1 but debate about whether the second assigned goal should be Goal 2 or Goal 4. It was determined that the measurement technique for Goal 4 was the stronger of the two. Magdelyn Helwig moved to assign Goals 1 and 4; Cheryl Bailey seconded. Goals 1 and 4 were approved. Announcement regarding formation of a sub-committee Fall 2014 focusing on assessmentDr. Parsons has requested that CGE consider such a sub-committee to better address changes to assessment. Diane Sandage asked whether there was any interest on the committee in forming such a sub-committee. Oswald Warner stated that he was interested. The committee decided to table formation of the sub-committee until Fall 2014 when all new members would be present. NEW BUSINESS Nomination and Election of officers for 2014-2015 academic yearDiane Sandage nominated Magdelyn Helwig to continue as Vice-Chair. The nomination was accepted and approved by the committee. Nominations for Secretary were requested. There were no nominations forthcoming. Magdelyn Helwig provisionally nominated Joanne Sellen to continue as Secretary, and the committee approved the nomination pending acceptance by the nominee, who was not present at the meeting. Approval of Fall 2014 CGE scheduled meetingsCGE will meet every other Thursday at 3:30 in a room TBA. Meeting dates are as follows: September 11, September 25, October 9, October 23, November 6, November 20, and December 11. Request for CS 101 for inclusion in General EducationThere was a great deal of debate regarding this request. Debate focused on two separate issues: 1) whether any new Communication Skills courses can be added to General Education; the final answer is, no, because this is a closed category. There are 3 classes, or 9 hours, required in Communication Skills, and each of those classes is already designated as required for graduation (ENG 180, ENG 280, and COMM 241). So, while a new course might technically be added to the Communication Skills category, students would not take that course to satisfy the 9 Communication Skills hours. Discussion moved to whether the course might fit into a different General Education category. General consensus was that the course does not fit easily into any other category and that the best match remains Communication Skills. The question was raised whether this problem is exigence for reconfiguring our General Education categories. Some committee members believe it is, while others are more hesitant, cautioning that problems can arise when a particular course is made a poster child. Drs. DeVolder and McQuillan will take the proposal back to the Computer Sciences curriculum committee where they will determine how to move forward; 2) Marjorie Allison and Keva Steadman requested that there also be discussion about the relevance of CS 101 as a General Education course. In particular, Keva Steadman wondered whether the course would be relevant in, say, ten years, given advances in technology. General discussion ensued, with some committee members feeling strongly that the course would remain relevant, and others expressing uncertainty. It was determined that for now the point was moot given that CS had earlier withdrawn the request from consideration. GOOD OF THE ORDER: Magdelyn Helwig officially thanked the committee members whose term of service is ending: Irina Andreeva, Cheryl Bailey, Keith Holz, Bill Siever, and Dean Zoerink. Motion: By general consensus, the committee members motioned to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 4:42 PM. CGE will next convene at 3:30 PM on Thursday, September 11th in room TBA. 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