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CAA will begin to review proposals for General Education courses in Spring 2000. Proposals for courses that are currently part of the revised General Education program must be on CAA's agenda by the end of the Spring Semester.
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MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL ON ACADEMIC AFFAIRS 1-27-00
The January 27, 2000, meeting of the Council on Academic Affairs was held at 2:00 p.m. in the Oakland Room.
Members present: Dr. Abebe, Dr. Addison, Dr. Bock, Mr. Brinkmeyer, Dr. Cosbey, Dr. T. Mason,
Dr. Methven, Dr. Obia, Dr. Owen, Ms. Rutter, Dr. Shonk, Dr. Wohlstein.
Staff present: Ms. Herrington-Perry, Mrs. Chancellor, Academic Affairs.
Guests Present: R. Pearson, S. Gustafson, J. Zieren, G. Aylesworth, A. Baharlou, and M. May.
I. Minutes.
The Minutes of January 20, 2000, were approved as published.
II. Correspondence
.1. Academic Waiver Report from the College of Arts and Humanities for December 1999.
2. Executive Action (1-14-99) from the College of Sciences.
3. Fact Sheet 1999, from the Office of Planning and Institutional Studies.
4. Catalog copy of the Academic Regulations & Requirements regarding General Education.
5. Catalog copy of the General Education section.
6. Email from Provost, Dr. Abebe, regarding Forum on Teacher Quality.
7. Email from E. Wayne Chandler, regarding prerequisite for Business Courses.
8. General Education Assessment materials from the Committee for the Assessment of Student Learning (CASL).
9. Letter from Mark Davenport, regarding the new General Education Program.
III. Agenda item 00-01.
Dr. Mason moved and Dr. Obia seconded the motion to add the following item to the agenda. Voting will be later.
00-01 New Course Proposal, ECN 4689, Theory and Research.
IV. Agenda item 00-02.
Dr. Wolstein moved and Dr. Obia seconded the motion to add the following item to the agenda. Voting will be later.
Departments may submit proposals for revised General Education courses directly to CAA's General Education subcommittee.
The meeting adjourned at 3:23 p.m. Kathy Chancellor, Recording Secretary.
All Council Minutes and Agenda are available on the Web at http://www.eiu.edu/~eiucaa.
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEXT MEETING
February 3, 2000 at 2 p.m.
Arcola/Tuscola Room of the MLK Union
Agenda:
00-01 New Course Proposal, ECN 4689, Theory and Research.
00-02 Deadline and review for New and Revised General Education Course Proposal deadline and the procedure for CAA's review and discussion.
EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S REPORT
Pending Executive Actions Items:
GEL 4275 -- Delete the following statement from the course description: "Note: A maximum of three semester hours may be counted as elective credit in a Geology major or minor."
GEL 3425 -- Delete the phrase "fluvial processes" from the course description; change the prerequisite to read as follows: "GEL/ESC 1300 C and PHY 1151, or permission of the instructor."
GEL 4335 -- Change course description to read as follows: "Study of interaction of man-made contaminants and their geologic environment. Topics include types and analysis of common contaminants, surface and groundwater quality, risk analysis, U.S. environmental laws, industrial and municipal waste disposal, and remediation techniques." Delete the GEL 3425 prerequisite.
GEG 3855 -- Change prerequisite from "MAT 1271 or 1300 or permission of the instuctor" to "GEG 3800."
The following items were approved by Executive Action to become effective immediately:
PLS 2053 -- Effective Fall 2000 change course title from "Analysis of Political Data" to "Techniques of Political Analysis"; effective Spring 2001 add the following prerequisite to the course description: "Prerequisite: PLS 2003".
PHY 4470 -- Change course offering from "S-even-numbered years" to "F-odd-numbered years".