Minutes of the General Education Committee
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
5240 North Jackson Avenue, M/S UC 43
Fresno, California 93740–8023
Office of the Academic Senate
Ext. 8–2743 Fax: 278–5745
Feb 1, 2008
Members Present: A. Lawson (Chair), S. Adisasmito–Smith,
J. Charalambides, D.Christensen, S. Lewis,
K. Miller. D. Nef.
Members Absent: D. Henriques, M. Miller.
The meeting was called to order by Chair Lawson at 11:10 a.m. in
University Center, room #203.
1. Minutes. MSC to approve the Minutes of 1/18/2008.
2. Agenda. MSC to approve the Agenda .
3. Communications and Announcements.
Chair Lawson and D. Nef will attend a CSU System wide General
Education conference in Long Beach on Feb 28 th .
4. Geol 50.
MSC to return the proposal to the department with a
request to make the proposal more specific in terms of
how this course meets Area e objectives and
specifications.
5. Upper Division Writing Requirements and Faculty Workload.
Data was presented which shows 26 courses with enrollment over
50 (Fall 07).
A motion was made to send a letter to the departments which are
in violation of the enrollment limit asking that they come in
compliance with the Genera Education Policy. Motion was defeated
(2 yes, 3 no 1 abstention).
The committee would like to know from D. Nef’s office if class size
changed when the writing requirement changed?
MSC to adjourn 12:00 p.m.
The next scheduled meeting of the General Education Committee will be
Friday, February 15, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. in the University Center # 203.
Agenda.
- Approval of the Minutes of 2/1/08.
- Approval of the Agenda.
- Communications and Announcements.
- Upper Division Writing Requirement and Faculty Workload.
- Syllabi Review Area IC.
- Antro110W as sole W class in General Education.
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