General Education Governing Committee
Minutes of Meeting #12
March 27, 2006

Attending:	V. Del Casino (CLA), K. Freesemann (CHHS), D. Goldish (Academic Affairs), 
D. Huckaby (CEPC Chair), I. Lisker (Lecturer), P. Lowentrout, (CLA), L. Maxfield
(GE Coordinator), L. Nolan (CLA), M. Samuelson (Academic Advising), M. Simms
(COTA), M. Wiley (CLA) 

Excused:	B. Berg (CHHS), A. Doyle (COTA), C. Itatani (CNSM), E. Parentela (COE)	

Absent:	P. Ammermann (CBA), M. Amouzegar (COE), D. Grace (CBA), K. Hagans-Murillo
(CED), A. Rezaei (CED), Representative (CNSM)
Guests:	J. Attinasi (LING), T. Bryant-Davis (EDPAC), T. Chen (EDPAC), C. Evashwick (HCA), M. Karenga (B/ST), S. Kim (EDPAC), B. LeMaster (LING), A. Ortiz (EDPAC), C. Smith (FEA), J. Van Camp (PHIL), C. Wallis (PHIL)
	
I.	Call to Order at 2:02 p.m. the regular meeting of the 2005-2006 GEGC by Vice Chair P. Lowentrout.  Chair B. Berg is on sabbatical.

II.	Approval of the Agenda as amended 1)  include a information item from the Curriculum and Educational Policies Council that the Council is considering a change in the GEGC charge to include review of general education academic appeal requests. m/s/p

III.	Approval of the Minutes of February 27, 2006; Minutes of March 13, 2006; and Minutes of March 20, 2006 as distributed.  m/s/p

IV.	Announcements 

V.	Old Business

1.	Discussion on Proposed Revision of General Education Policy 00-00.

i.	Motion: To accept the prerequisites as outlined in the Proposed Revision of General Education Policy 00-00 on page 6, Section 4H.  m/s/p

ii.	Motion: To endorse the Proposed Revision of General Education Policy 00-00 and recommend referral to the Curriculum and Educational Policies Council.  m/s/p

VI.	New Business

1.	Informational discussion of Educational Policies Council’s intent to change the GEGC charge to include review of general education academic appeal requests.
 
2.	HCA 422I Global Issues in Health Services
i.	General Education Recertification:  Resubmission Review by GEGC in accordance with the directive from GEGC to address concerns as outlined to HCA in the November 12, 2002 GEGC memorandum.
ii.	Request for Category D.2.
iii.	Request for Capstone/Interdisciplinary.
iv.	Request for Global status.
v.	m/s/ to approve.
vi.	Discussion:  1) GEGC concerns have been addressed:  writing element, early writing feedback, statement on specific skill development, statement on how courses meets guidelines for global, and removal of the CF form.  2)  Prerequisites should accurately be reflected in the catalog.
vii.	Motion amended to approve as for Category D.2, Interdisciplinary, and Global with a friendly reminder to accurately reflect the prerequisites in the catalog.  m/s/p

3.	ETEC 171 Critical Thinking Using Technology
i.	General Education Recertification:  Resubmission Review by full GEGC in accordance with the directive from GEGC to address concerns as outlined to EDPAC in the February 22, 2006 GEGC memorandum.
ii.	Request for Category A.3.
iii.	m/s to approve.
iv.	Discussion:  1) How does the course fit into Category A.3.  2)  The critical thinking component is not clear as the primary focus of the course based on the course outline.
v.	Motion amended to approve for Category A.3 contingent upon review by the GEGC Steering Committee following further revision by the Department:  1) restructure the course so that the primary focus of the course is clearly upon the teaching of critical thinking skills – GEGC felt that some of this activity could be seen in the current standard course outline, but that too much of the course dealt with the application of critical thinking skills once learned, and other things not clearly related to the acquisition or application of critical thinking skills.  The problem with the course as currently structured is one of balance.  2)  To help with the restructuring of the ETEC 171, GE Coordinator Lisa Maxfield will make available to your instructors similar GE category A.3 course outlines.  m/s/p

4.	 COUN 191 Personal and Career Exploration
i.	General Education Recertification:  Long Form.
ii.	New to PS 00-00.
iii.	Request for Category E.
iv.	m/s to approve.
v.	Discussion: 1) Adherence to the University withdrawal and attendance policy. 2) Grading Policy is incomplete.  3)  How does it meet Category E requirements? 4) Friendly suggestion recommending grading criteria. 5) Show integration of Category E into student learning outcomes. 6)  A statement in future submissions on how the multiple sections are coordinated.
vi.	Motion amended to approve for Category E with a GEGC request to:  1) bring the standard course outline and all course sections of COUN 191 into compliance with the absence and withdrawal policies of the university.  2) A friendly suggestion that the instructors rewrite the learning outcomes of the standard course outline to reflect the Category E GE standing of the course.  m/s/p

5.	COUN 360 Life and Career Decisions
i.	General Education Recertification:  Long Form.
ii.	New to PS 00-00.
iii.	Request to drop Category D.2.
iv.	Request to add Category E.
v.	Request for Advanced Learning Skills GE standing.
vi.	Request to drop Interdisciplinary status.
vii.	m/s to approve.
viii.	Discussion:  1) Adherence to University attendance and withdrawal policies.  2) How does the course meet Advanced Learning Skills?  3)  Student Learning Outcomes need to be integrated into the course.  4)  Course does not meet the Interdisciplinary criteria.
ix.	Action:  Straw vote to determine GEGC opinion if COUN 360 satisfies the Advanced Learning Skills criteria.  Aye = 3; Nays = 4.
x.	Motion to refer course back to the department regarding Advanced Learning Skills with a GEGC request to consult/work with Lisa Maxwell to address explicitly the Advanced Learning Skills.  Reconsideration for Advanced Learning Skills approval will be subject to review by the GEGC Steering Committee. m/s/p 
xi.	Motion amended to approve request to drop Category D.2 and Interdisciplinary Status and to add Category E with a request to:  1) instructors bring the standard course outline and all course sections of COUN 360 in compliance with the absence and withdrawal policies of the university.  2) Instructors rewrite the learning outcomes of the standard course outline to clearly reflect the Category e GE standing of the course.  3)  When the course is ready for reconsideration as an advanced learning skills approval contingent upon review by GEGC Steering Committee that includes consultation with GE Coordinator Lisa Maxwell on the reworking of the course and its standard course outline.  In addition, the GEGC recommends inclusion of a statement that the instructors add a section to the standard course outline in which the characteristics of COUN 360 as an Advanced Learning Skills course are explicitly discussed.  m/s/p

6.	PHIL 351 Political Philosophy
i.	General Education Recertification:  Long Form.
ii.	New to PS 00-00.
iii.	Request for Category C.2.b.
iv.	Request for Capstone/Interdisciplinary.
v.	m/s/ to approve.
vi.	Discussion:  1) What disciplinary methods are deployed in the course?
vii.	Motion amended to approve for Category C.2.b and Interdisciplinary contingent upon receipt of a memorandum to the GEGC Steering Committee from the Department assuring the Committee that instructors in the course will explicitly introduce students to the disciplinary methods deployed in the course, and that the course will give students some experience using those methods themselves.  m/s/p

7.	PHIL 361 Philosophy of Art 
i.	General Education Recertification:  Long Form.
ii.	New to PS 00-00.
iii.	Request for Category C.2.b
iv.	New Request for Capstone/Interdisciplinary.
v.	m/s to approve.
vi.	Discussion: None. 
vii.	m/s/p to approve for Category C.2.b and Capstone/Interdisciplinary as submitted.

8.	 B/ST 332 Civil Rights and the Law 
i.	General Education Recertification:  Long Form. 
ii.	New to PS 00-00.
iii.	Request for Category D.2 
iv.	m/s to approve.
v.	Discussion:  1) Course prerequisites.
vi.	Motion amended to approve for Category D.2. with a friendly reminder to clarify the course prerequisites.  m/s/p

9.	B/ST 400I African American Social Thought
i.	New to General Education: Long Form. 
ii.	New to PS 00-00.
iii.	Request for Category C.2.b. and Category D.2.
iv.	New request for Capstone/Interdisciplinary.
v.	m/s to approve.
vi.	Discussion:  1) Course prerequisites. 
vii.	Motion amended to approve for Category C.2.b, Category D.2, and Capstone/Interdisciplinary with a friendly reminder to clarify the course prerequisites.  m/s/p 

10.	FEA/HIST/RGR 346I The European Cinema of Communism, Fascism and Resistance
i.	General Education Recertification:  Long Form
ii.	New PS 00-00. 
iii.	FEA new to General Education.
iv.	Crosslisted course between FEA / HIST / RGR.
v.	Crosslisting new to FEA
vi.	FEA – Crosslisting request for Category C.2.a.
vii.	FEA – Crosslisting request for Category D.2.
viii.	FEA – Crosslisting request for Interdisciplinary.
ix.	m/s to approve.
x.	Discussion:  None. 
xi.	m/s/p to approve as submitted. 

11.	ANTH/LING 170 An Introduction to Linguistics
i.	General Education Recertification:  Long Form.
ii.	New PS 00-00. 
iii.	Crosslisted course between ANTH/LING.
iv.	Crosslisting new to LING.
v.	LING – Crosslisting request for Category D.2.
vi.	m/s to approve.
vii.	Discussion:  None.
m/s/p to approve as submitted.

VII.	Meeting adjourned.

VIII.	Next GEGC Meeting is April 24, 2006.

Respectfully Submitted by
Keith W. Freesemann

*These Minutes have not been approved.