ࡱ> :<9 6"bjbjVV 40<< +..qqqqq8f   BDDDDDD$)fhqhqq  }q q BB p&\j.01&`11qhh1. 7: 鶹ýĻCouncil on General Education 7 October 2010 Meeting Minutes Present: Cynthia Struthers (chair), Diana Allen, Esteban Araya, Ginny Boynton (secretary), Jongnam Choi, John Hemingway, Douglas Huff, Andrea Hyde, Patrick McGinty, Feridun Tasdan, Jess White (vice chair). Ex-officio: Judi Dallinger, Candace McLaughlin, Russ Morgan. Absent: John Miller. Guests: John Cooper, Moises Molina. Chairperson Cynthia Struthers called the meeting to order shortly after 3:30 in 207A Morgan Hall. CGE members and guest John Cooper from the Music School briefly introduced themselves. New member Feridun Tasdan was welcomed to the Council. The Minutes from the 23 September 2010 meeting were approved, with the following corrections: Douglas Huff has only one s in his name, Feridun Tasdan was also absent on the 23rd. Douglas Huff moved approval of the Minutes; Diana Allen seconded; Minutes were approved unanimously. The Council agreed to reorder its agenda, to consider Music 397 first, as a courtesy to its guests. Music 397: The Council reviewed the School of Musics request for Multicultural and Fine Arts General Education credit for Music 397, Jazz History Survey. Professor John Cooper, who teaches the course, presented the request, explaining that the School was simultaneously requesting (from CCPI) that the course be increased from 2 credits to 3 credits. Ginny Boynton pointed out that as a 300-level course, Music 397 was only eligible for Multicultural (Category V) General Education credit not for Fine Arts (Category IV) Gen Ed credit. Professor Cooper was asked why a 300-level course had no pre-requisites; he explained that he was open to having English 180 and 280 as pre-requisites, as was the case for Music 394 (a Multicultural Gen Ed course). Dr. Boynton observed that the answer to number 5 on page 3 did not seem to answer that question, but that the issue of differences and relative power among people did seem to be addressed elsewhere in the proposal. John Hemingway asked for an explanation of the extent to which multicultural issues were central to the course, rather than merely included, and Dr. Cooper explained the ways in which considerations of race were central to the study of the history of jazz. Dr. Hemingway expressed his satisfaction with this reply. John Hemingway moved approval of Music 397 as a Category V (Multicultural) General Education course, with the revision of the answer to question 5 on page 3; Jess White seconded; approved unanimously. The Council then considered the question of which General Education assessment goals to assign to Music 397. As all Category V courses must assess goal 5, that one was assigned. At this point, Associate Provost Judi Dallinger reported that, through an oversight, the current Category V Music courses were assigned goals 1 and 3, rather than 5. On behalf of the Music School, Douglas Huff decided that the Schools Multicultural Gen Ed classes, including Music 397, would all assess goals 1 and 5 (instead of 1 and 3). The Council then briefly discussed whether, like CIE, CGE should require that syllabi be included with proposals, and whether those proposed syllabi should include the General Education goals. Chair Cynthia Struthers agreed to put this matter on the agenda for a future meeting. Humanities 114: Dr. Struthers reported that the Humanities 114 transfer request distributed earlier was indeed for a 3-credit course, and that the Transfer Admissions cover sheet was missing because the course was apparently submitted directly to a department, not through the Transfer Admissions office. As per the Councils decision on 23 September 2010, the course was approved for transfer credit in Category IV (Humanities) by the Council. General Education Assessment: Dr. Dallinger reported that Gen Ed assessment reports, due on 1 October, were still missing from eight departments (AAS, Agriculture, Art, Biology, Foreign Languages & Literatures, Geology, Honors, and Sociology & Anthropology) and not all courses had been reported from two departments (English & Journalism, and Communication). Complete reports had been received from the remaining eighteen departments. Associate Provost Dallinger then provided an introduction to the General Education assessment process for Council members. She reviewed the Proposal for Assessment that had been approved by the Senate and the Memo on General Education Assessment that is sent to a chair/director after a course is approved by CGE (both distributed electronically to CGE with the 7 October agenda), and shared the spreadsheet of courses by category, which indicates which General Education goals each course is assigned to assess. With the exception of Category VI courses, all of which assess only goal 6, every section of every Gen Ed course must assess two Gen Ed goals every semester, including Summer term. Dr. Dallinger is willing to provide CGE with as much of the assessment data collected each semester as the Council wishes to see all of it, or a summary. Jess White pointed out that if assessment is conducted via anonymous surveys on Western Online (for on-line or on-campus courses), the faculty member has no way to ensure that students actually answer the questions rather than submitting a blank survey. Dr. White suggested that in the future, any new Gen Ed course proposals suggesting the use of anonymous on-line surveys for assessment purposes should be asked about this potential problem. Dr. Dallinger clarified that not all sections of the same course have to assess goals using the same instrument, but that all must follow the approved assessment plan (detailed on the courses approved MLOS form) for that course. Dr. Dallinger reported that each department submits one Excel spreadsheet per goal each semester, with all courses from that department that assess that goal listed on that form separately. She added a column to this years report for the number of sections in each course, as well as a request at the conclusion of the form for an explanation of missing data if assessment data was not collected in a section, why not? Hist 144 General Education Assessment Plan: The Measurable Learning Outcome Statement for History 144 was then considered. 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