4.12.04 Minutes
General Education Council
Minutes
4.12.04
Council present:
B. Stone-Applied Arts
T. Mottet-Fine Arts and Communication
R. Stein-Fine Arts and Communication
D. Wiley-Education
K. Knox-Health Professions
T. Hindson-Liberal Arts
J. Crawford-Chair Rep.
R. Northcutt-Science
B. Melzer-Health Professions
M. Hennessy-Liberal Arts
D. Flaherty-Business Administration
D. Showalter-Business Administration
V. Sriraman-Science
Guest:
LeAnne Stedman
Council absent:
D. Glassman-Chair Rep.
D. Perkins-Applied Arts
C. McCall-Education
M. Bell-Student Rep.
C. Friedrich-Student Rep.
Meeting convened at 3:34 p.m.
Motion:
R. Brown asked for a motion to approve the minutes from March 8th and March 22nd. D. Wiley so moved. K. Knox seconds the motion. The March 8th and March 22nd minutes were approved as prepared.
Natural Science Discussion:
-R. Northcutt wants the council to decide if the “Natural Science Perspective” is to be satisfied only by a “natural or basic science”.
-Make sure if the geography course is approved that Geography majors have to take something else and the same goes for Anthropology and Astronomy.
-Need to decide and monitor
-If we allow other state universities dictate to us what course we should offer then we have no standards
-We have 46-hour core curriculum and Deans have to enforce
-We have already approved the natural science component as founded—this means the geography course does not satisfy the criteria—others may not satisfy the criteria now either
-The Coordinating Board founded the Natural Science Perspective in 82-83. The perspective was used to create the natural science component in 2000.
-Discuss reaffirming or changing component.
-One concern for basic then many could fit basic foundational—decide where to draw the line to classify as natural science component
-Opinion-from Physicists—restricted-they are not saying course like physical geography aren’t fun but the body of knowledge is built on chemistry and physics
-Basic vs. applied—down slope of 50% if just using scientific method—social sciences and technology could become natural science courses
-Should be an institution by institution designation and each institution is entitled to define its own core curriculum
-Of the universities that have physical geography as a natural science many have more hours of requirements and that should be considered
-BA-additional hours of science-physical geography was approved to meet the degree requirements
Social Science Discussion:
-Karen told the council that the subcommittee had met and were requesting more information for the CJ course.
-They feel it is a narrow focused course and the textbook is not very good.
-It can be misleading to use other universities as a basis for what we should have because what we are doing in these core areas is not necessarily what they are—we are fairly traditional in our core curriculum choices
DAN/PFW Cross Listed Courses
-DAN 1150/PFW 1180L
-DAN 1160/PFW 1180A
-DAN 1161/PFW 1180B
-DAN 1162/PFW 1180C
-DAN 1170/PFW 1180J
-DAN 1180/PFW 1180D
-DAN 1181/PFW 1180E
-DAN 1182/PFW 1180F
-DAN 1190/PFW 1180G
-DAN 1191/PFW 1180H
-DAN 1192/PFW 1180I
-3 years ago Dance moved from HPER to the College of Fine Arts and Communication (Department of Theatre and Dance)—at that time dance was taught as PFW but now it is taught as both DAN and PFW.
-Many dance majors do other things besides dance
-If a student takes a course listed under DAN instead of the one under PFW then they don’t get the core curriculum credit when it is the same course taught by the same person.
Motion:
M. Hennessy asked the council to approve the DAN/PFW cross-listed courses listed below for core curriculum institutional option credit.
-DAN 1150/PFW 1180L
-DAN 1160/PFW 1180A
-DAN 1161/PFW 1180B
-DAN 1162/PFW 1180C
-DAN 1170/PFW 1180J
-DAN 1180/PFW 1180D
-DAN 1181/PFW 1180E
-DAN 1182/PFW 1180F
-DAN 1190/PFW 1180G
-DAN 1191/PFW 1180H
-DAN 1192/PFW 1180I
B. Stone seconds the motion. Motion passed unanimously.
Need all core curriculum courses to meet council expectations.
Meeting adjourned at 4:34 p.m.