CAA will vote on the

General Education Subcommittee recommendations Thursday, October 19, 2000.

 

MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL ON ACADEMIC AFFAIRS 10-5-00

The October 5, 2000 meeting of the Council on Academic Affairs was held at 2:00 p.m. in the Arcola/Tuscola Room.

Members present: Dr. Bock, Mr. Brinkmeyer, Dr. Cosbey, Dr. Dietz, Dr. Kory, Dr. Marlow,

Dr. Methven, Ms. Ninness, Dr. Owen, Ms. Rutter, Dr. Shonk, Dr. Wall,

and Dr. Wohlstein.

Staff present: Ms. Herrington-Perry and Mrs. Chancellor, Academic Affairs.

Guests present: T. Abebe, K. AndrewG. Aylesworth, A. Baharlou, S. Canfield, J. Comerford,

D. DiBianco, J. Emmett, S. Eskilson, G. Foster, M. A. Hanner, L. Helsel, B. Higelmire, G. Hild, L. Hyder,B. Irwin, M. Izadi,J. Johnson, E. Karbassioon, S. Kaufman,

E. Keiter, M. Kelm, D. Klingerberg, K. Kruse, B. Kuykendall, J. Lynch, J. Martin,

J. Niziolkiewicz, G. Obia, D. Ringuette, I. Rosenholtz, B. Russell, A. Shelton,

R. Stoner, D. Sundheim, H. Taylor, R. Wandling, and W. Weber,

Dr. Wohlstein welcomed Dr. Fern Kory as a new CAA member.

I. Minutes.

The Minutes of September 28, 2000 were approved as written.

II. Communications.

1. Email (9-29-00) from Gail Mason regarding Graduation Certification.
    1. Email (9-25-00) from John Weber regarding General Education.
    2. 9-26-00 Minutes of Faculty Senate.
    3. Letter (9-28-00) from Provost Wall regarding the Transitional Policy Pertinent to the Electronic Writing Portfolio. See Attachment A for details.
    4. Memo (9-28-00) from Jeff Laursen regarding Senior Seminar, EIU 4101 - Spaceship Earth.
    5. Letter (9-29-00) from President Surles regarding the Steering Committee.
    6. Letter of resignation from Dr. Godson Obia.

Dr. Wohlstein gave a brief summary of the background pertinent to the current General Education review.

III. Agenda item 98-59.

Dr. Bock, Chair of the Subcommittee on General Education, presented the proposal and answered questions of the Council.
  1. Agenda item 98-59-a through 98-59-d.

    2. Dr. Kory moved and Dr. Marlow seconded the motion to add the following items to the agenda. Voting will be later.

    98-59-a FLE 3050G, Culture & Language in the French Speaking World.

    98-59-b FLE 3061G, German Literature in Translation.

    98-59-c FLE 3062G, Hispanic Literature in Translation.

    98-59-d FLE 3063G, Francophone Literature in Translation.

  2. Agenda item 98-59-e.

Dr. Shonk moved and Mr. Brinkmeyer seconded the motion to add the following item to the agenda. Voting will be later.

98-59-e MUS 2555G, Interacting with Music.

VI. Agenda item 98-59-f.

Mr. Brinkmeyer moved and Dr. Dietz seconded the motion to add the following item to the agenda. Voting will be later.

98-59-f GEL/INT 3330G, Science and Technology: A Promise or Threat?

The meeting adjourned at 3:04 p.m. Kathy Chancellor, Recording Secretary.

All Council Minutes and Agenda are available on the Web at http://www.eiu.edu/~eiucaa. In addition, an electronic course library is being developed at http://www.eiu.edu/acaffair/courselibrary.htm.

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ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEXT MEETING

Thursday, October 12, 2000 at 2 p.m.

Arcola/Tuscola Room

EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S REPORT

This action approves the following to become effective immediately:

BED 1420 - Survey of Business Principles, change the prefix to CTE.

BED 3000 - Consumers in the Marketplace, change the prefix to CTE.

BED 3350 - delete from the curriculum.

BED 3970 - delete from the curriculum.

BED 4275 - delete from the curriculum.

BED 4740 - delete from the curriculum.

Agenda:

    1. General Education.

Pending:

00-33 Proposed Revision of Political Science Major.

    1. Proposed Revision of Repeating Course Policy.

98-59-a FLE 3050G, Culture & Language in the French Speaking World.

98-59-b FLE 3061G, German Literature in Translation.

98-59-c FLE 3062G, Hispanic Literature in Translation.

98-59-d FLE 3063G, Francophone Literature in Translation.

98-59-e MUS 2555G, Interacting with Music.

98-59-f GEL/INT 3330G, Science and Technology: A Promise or Threat?

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Attachment A

Transitional Policy Pertinent to the Electronic Writing Portfolio, effective immediately:

First-time freshmen entering EIU or another college or university in academic year 2000-2001 must successfully complete the Electronic Writing Portfolio. Students entering at earlier dates who choose and are eligible to follow the 2000-01 Catalog

must complete the Writing Competency Exam.