Minutes for

Attendance

Present: Lisa Bryant (Chair), Melissa Jordine (Director of Assessment), Katherine Fobear, Luis Fernando Macías, Pei Xu, Sankha Banerjee, Amila Becirbegovic, Xiaojun Li, Silvana Polgar

Absent: Sara Werner Juarez (department meeting), Cory Brooks

Minutes: Luis Fernando Macías

  1. Approval of the Minutes

    1. Unanimous approval (9-0)

  2. Approval of the Agenda:

    1. Unanimous approval (9-0)

  3. New Business

    1. As a committee we have to consider Smittcamp will have to have different reflection questions

  4. Announcements

    1. Updates from Academic Senate meeting/GE Outcomes
    2. B1 outcome 3 and B2 outcome 3 are omitted
    3. We have to look into a two hour meeting at the beginning of Spring 2019 semester

  5. Review of Potential Reflection Questions discussing following issues

    1. Are broader or more specific questions preferable
    2. One question per area

    3. Thought: Area A and C would be suitable combination questions that has broad component and has students reflect on the connections between their academic and their personal development (inside and outside the classroom)

      1. Area A: Second part of first and second question (Combine/wordsmith later on google doc)
      2. Area B:What problems or challenges did you encounter in learning about theories, scientific principles, and methods. What resources if any, did you use to try and overcome these challenges, and how successful were you? If you did not experience any challenges, discuss the strengths that enabled you to succeed in these courses.
      3. Area C: If you took a foreign language to satisfy the C area requirement, which language did you take and why? What skills were most useful in learning or improving your ability to speak a different language? If you did not take a foreign language, what courses did you take in this area and why? What skills did you develop in or outside of these courses.
      4. Area D: Overall, what were the most memorable aspects of learning about the social, political, and economic institutions within and outside the United States? How do you think you will be able to apply this learning in any way outside of these courses? (Wordsmith later on google doc)
      5. Area E: What is the relationship between the knowledge and skills you are learning in your college courses and what is important to you in life? (Wordsmith later on google doc)
      6. All Students Respond Upper-Division: Combine last part of question one and first part of question two (Wordsmith later on google doc)
    4. [Focus on creating a larger prompt]

  6. Assignment for next meeting:

    1. Create Google doc to review Questions: Sankha
    2. Check calendars for December or early January meeting

  7. The meeting was adjourned by default at 12 p.m.

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