Minutes of the General Education Committee

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO

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Fresno, California 93740­8023

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November 30, 2007
Members Present: A. Lawson (Chair), S. Adisasmito­Smith,
J. Charalambides, S. Lewis, M. Miller. K. Miller,
D. Henriques.
Members Absent: D. Nef. (excused),N. Clark (student).
Visitors: None.

The meeting was called to order by Chair Lawson at 11:15 a.m. in
University Center, room #203.

  1. Minutes. MSC to approve the Minutes of 11/2/2007.
  2. Agenda. MSC to approve the Agenda as amended to show:
    Switch item numbers 6 and 7.
  3. Communications and Announcements.
    The American Association of Colleges & Universities conference to
    be held in February in Boston relating to General Education (GE)
    assessment and reform. Dr. Nef’s office would like to send a team
    from the committee.
  4. GEOL 50/EES 50 National Parks of the Sierra Nevada – Area E2.
    MSC to return to the department with a recommendation to
    review area E specifications and modify to reflect the
    requirements. Also:
    a. Paper should be min 1000 words.
    b. Number of sections offered in year 3 must be stated.
    c. Specific syllabi and general syllabi should
    contain the same course objectives and student
    learning outcomes.
  5. Revision to CDDS 90 Deaf American Literature – Area C2.
    MSC to approve as amended:
    Writing requirement needs to be an iterative process.
    Modify to reflect iterative process.
  6. Q­Dogs Impact on General Education – Keith Putirka, 12:00 p.m.
    Keith Putirka (Chair Q­DOGS) spoke with the GE committee
    regarding his group. Their main recommendations are:
    a. Consensus that General Education as a program is generally
    okay.
    b. An ethics component and a statistical reasoning component.
    c. We have writing across General Education. There is a
    suggestion that we could have quantitative reasoning across
    the curriculum.
    d. Electronic portfolio – consists of work students already do in
    courses, possibly self reflective essay.
  7. CI 151 Social Foundations of Education – Area ID.
    MSC to return the proposal to the department to clarify the
    proposal including how it meets the Area
    requirements, and request a typical syllabus be
    included.

MSC to adjourn 1:45 p.m.

The next scheduled meeting of the General Education Committee will
be next semester (specific date to be determined by email) in the
University Center # 203

Agenda.

  1. Approval of the Minutes of 11/30/07.
  2. Approval of the Agenda.
  3. Communication and Announcements.
  4. Periodic Syllabi Review.
  5. Program Review.

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