COMMITTEE: Academic Standards Committee
MEETING DATE:
PERSON PRESIDING: George Bailey
REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Bailey, Barricella, Bass, Bauer, Decker,
McConnell
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Reaves, Robinson
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at
The minutes from the
Faculty Senate passed the Goals document as submitted without making any revisions.
Discussion centered around creating standards to have in place for decision making on future course proposals requesting General Education credit in light of the approval of the revised Goals document.
Representatives from Foreign Languages & Literatures, History, Music and Political Science were on hand to speak to the following proposals:
RUSI 2001, RUSI 2002 and RUSI 2003
RUSI 2001-Introduction to Russian Studies: Humanities sought general education (humanities) credit.
RUSI 2002-Introduction to Russian Studies: Social Science sought general education (social science) credit.
RUSI 2003-Introduction to Russian Studies: Fine Arts sought general education (fine arts) credit.
A motion was made and seconded to grant general education credit to all three proposed courses. After discussion, the motion passed contingent upon the addition of a sentence to address research in RUSI 2003.
HIST 3413
A motion was made and seconded to grant general education (social science) credit for HIST 3413 - A History of Christianity, 1300-present. After discussion, the motion passed.
HIST 3414
A motion was made and seconded to grant general education (social science) credit for HIST
3414 - The Celtic World, 700 BC-1601 AD. After discussion, revisions to the course proposal were requested.
HIST 3444
A motion was made and seconded to grant general education (social science) credit for HIST
3444 - Old Regime and Revolutionary
HIST 3445
A motion was made and seconded to grant general education (social science) credit for HIST
3445 - Modern
HIST 3482
A motion was made and seconded to grant general education (social science) credit for HIST
3482 –
HIST 3484
A motion was made and seconded to grant general education (social science) credit for HIST
3484 –
HIST 3551
A motion was made and seconded to grant general education (social science) credit for HIST
3551 – Medieval
HIST 3552
A motion was made and seconded to grant general education (social science) credit for HIST
3552 – Imperial
HIST 3553
A motion was made and seconded to grant general education (social science) credit for HIST
3553 – Soviet
MUSC 2257
A motion was made and seconded to grant general education (fine arts) credit for MUSC 2257 – Jazz Appreciation. After discussion, the motion passed contingent upon a strengthened statement addressing goal #2 of the fine art requirements.
SECS 1000
A motion was made and seconded to grant general education (social science) credit for SECS 1000 – Introduction to Security Studies. After discussion, revisions to the course proposal were requested.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 P.M.
The next meeting will be held on