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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 2-3-00

The February 3, 2000, meeting of the Council on Academic Affairs was held at 2:00 p.m. in the Arcola/Tuscola Room.

Members present: Dr. Abebe, Dr. Bock, Mr. Brinkmeyer, Dr. Cosbey, Dr. T. Mason,

Dr. Methven, Dr. Obia, Dr. Owen, Dr. Shonk, Dr. Wohlstein.

Member absent: Dr. Addison.

Staff present: Mrs. Chancellor, Academic Affairs.

Staff absent: Ms. Herrington-Perry, Academic Affairs.

Guests Present: K. Dailey, B. Whittenbarger, C. Eckert, G. Foster, B. Matchen, B. Kuykendall,

Dean Wall, A. Shelton, J. Lynch, M. Hanner, M. Wohlrabe, R. Benedict,

C. McDermott, W. Weber, R. Pearson, C. Tozer, C. Roszkowski, L. Bates,

E. Karbassioon, S. Canfield, P. Church, and A. Barharlou.

I. Minutes.

The Minutes of January 27, 2000, were approved as published.

  1. Correspondence.
    1. Report of Academic Waiver Appeals Committee Fall Term 1999.
    2. Copy of the IAI Newsletter from Mary Herrington-Perry.
    3. Email from the Committee for the Assessment of Student Learning (CASL), regarding the Assessment Policy interpretation.

III. Agenda item 00-03.

Dr. Methvan moved and Mr. Brinkmeyer seconded the motion to add the following item to

the agenda. Voting will be later.

    1. EIU Electronic Writing Portfolio.

IV. New Course Proposal, ECN 4689, Theory and Research, 00-01.

Dr. Wohlstein moved and Dr. Shonk seconded the motion to delay this vote until the

Committee for the Assessment of Student Learning (CASL) has presented its Policy on Assessment to CAA. The motion to delay this action passed unanimously.
  1. Deadline and Review for New and Revised General Education Course Proposals, 00-02.

Discussion included the different possibilities for the deadline and the process of reviewing the different courses. A consensus was reached: the committee will wait until the Chair, Bill Addison and Mary Herrington-Perry will be present to discuss this issue.

 

 

The meeting adjourned at 2:35 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 10, 2000 at 2 p.m.

Arcola/Tuscola Room

 

Agenda:

      1. New Course Proposal, ECN 4689, Theory and Research. (Postponed)

00-02 Deadline and Review for New and Revised General Education Course Proposals.

00-03 EIU Electronic Writing Portfolio.

 

 

EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S REPORT

The following items were approved by Executive Action to become effective immediately:

 

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."

GEG 3855 -- Change prerequisite from "MAT 1271 or 1300 or permission of the

instuctor" to "GEG 3800."