Minutes of the General Education Committee

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
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October 3, 2008

Members Present: A. Lawson (Chair), S. Adisasmito-Smith,
D. Henriques, K. Miller, D. Nef.

Members Absent: D. Christensen (excused), S. Lewis (excused).
Visitor: B. Berrett.

The meeting was called to order by Chair Lawson at 11:06 a.m. in the
University Center, room #203.

  1. Minutes. MSC to approve the Minutes of 9/19/08.
  2. Agenda. MSC to approve the Agenda as amended:
    (#5. Area A3 coordinating committee and common final added.)
  3. Communications and Announcements.
    Memos were sent to Department Chairs with courses in Area IC
    communicating the results of the syllabi review in spring 08 with a
    request to send corrected syllabi to D. Nef’s office by December 10, 2008.
  4. Program Review Response.
    The recommendations from the outside team for program review were
    discussed and a response from the committee was drafted to be sent to
    D. Nef next week.
  5. Area A3 Coordinating Committee and Common Final.
    MSC to recommend to the Senate removal of the requirements for
    an Area A3 subcommittee and 50% common final for all A3
    courses from the General Education program description.
  6. Future Course Proposals.
    MSC to suspend review of any new course proposals for the
    academic year while the committee establishes learning
    outcomes and modifies the program description to be
    compliant with EO1033.

MSC to adjourn at 12:25 p.m.

The next scheduled meeting of the General Education Committee will be
Friday, Oct 17th, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. in the University Center #203.

Agenda.

  1. Approval of the Minutes of 10/3/08.
  2. Approval of the Agenda.
  3. Communications and Announcements.
  4. Area ID Syllabi Review.
  5. Improving Communication.

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