Minutes of the General Education Committee

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
5241 N. Maple Avenue, M/S TA 43
Fresno, California 93740-8027
Office of the Academic Senate Ext. 8-2743 Fax: 278-5745

Members Present: A. Lawson (Chair), R. Badruddoja, B. Berrett, M. Calvarese, D. Christensen D. Henriques, S. Lee, S. Lewis, D. Nef, J. Tatsumura, S. Farnesi (student), S. Xiong (student).

Members Absent: None.

Visitor: M. Schettler, L. Kensinger, several students.

The meeting was called to order by Chair A. Lawson at 11:00 a.m. in Thomas Administration #117.

  1. Minutes. MSC to approve the Minutes of 11/20/09 as amended:

    D. Christensen was present.

  2. Agenda. MSC to approve the Agenda as distributed.

  3. Communications and Announcements.

    1. Review of General Education (GE) course assessment plans in summer 2010.
    2. GE assessment Meeting in Seattle February 18-20, 2010.
    3. Several faculty and students were present to voice concern over changes to the GE package, particularly the MI area. ASI will be drafting a resolution regarding MI in GE after gathering additional information.

  4. First Year Writing Contract Grading.

    MSC to send memo to English department that any grading system for ENGL 5B or 10 must directly measure student learning outcomes.

    1. Graduate students.

      MSC to recommend that some tenure track English faculty or faculty from other departments teach in the 5B and 10 curriculum, and we would like to see the department move in the direction of more tenure track faculty teaching in the program.

  5. Area C2 Syllabi Review. – tabled until next meeting.

    1. Hum 15
    2. Hum 20
    3. Ital 1A
    4. Ital 1B
    5. Ital 2A
    6. Ital 2B
    7. Japn 1A
    8. Japn 1B

  6. Area ID Syllabi Review (2nd round of revisions from spring 2009).

    1. GEREN 100 –approved.
    2. WS 101-Hist 101 – approved.

    3. KINES 111 – no mention of word count.

      • Still too many students
    4. AAIS 103 –not changed – return to department and to faculty member.
    5. AAIS 144 – not changed – return to department and to faculty member.
    6. CRIM 101 – approved - delete the “none” under prerequisites.
    7. CRIM 120 - approved.

    8. CRIM 153 – remove “to receive credit must receive a C or higher”.

      • Add units
      • Add prerequisites
      • Add honor code
      • copyright

MSC to adjourn at 1:00 p.m.

The next scheduled meeting of the General Education Committee will be in the Spring 2010 semester. An agenda will be distributed prior to the meeting.

Agenda.

  1. Approval of the Minutes of 12/04/2009.
  2. Approval of the Agenda.
  3. Communications and Announcements.
  4. Area C2 Syllabi Review.
Area C2 Syllabi Assignments:
LATIN 1B Elementary Latin Michelle Calvarese Don Henriques
LING 10 Introduction to Language Michelle Calvarese Don Henriques
PHIL 1 Introduction to Philosophy Michelle Calvarese Don Henriques
PHIL 2 Exploring Religious Meaning Roksana Badruddoja Bryan Berrett
PHIL 10 Self, Religion, and Society Roksana Badruddoja Bryan Berrett
PHIL 20 Moral Questions Roksana Badruddoja Bryan Berrett
PORT 1A Elementary Portuguese Roksana Badruddoja Bryan Berrett
PORT 1B Elementary Portuguese Sandra S Lee Stephen Lewis
SPAN 1B Elementary Spanish Sandra S Lee Stephen Lewis
SPAN 2A Spanish for Communication Sandra S Lee Stephen Lewis
SPAN 2B Spanish for Communication Sandra S Lee Stephen Lewis
SPAN 3 Reading and Writing Janell Tatsumura D. Christensen
SPAN 4A Spanish for the Bilingual Student Janell Tatsumura D. Christensen
SPAN 4B Spanish for the Bilingual Student Janell Tatsumura D. Christensen

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