Meeting Minutes 9/27/12
Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012
Place: Building 10, Room 241
Time: 3:10pm to 4:00 PM
Attendance: Josh Machamer, GE Chair, Helen Bailey (Office of the Registrar), Clare Battista (OCOB), Elena Keeling (CSM), Camille O'Bryant (CSM), Tal Scriven (CLA), Katie Tool (GE/Programs and Planning), Clark Turner (CENG), Mary Pedersen (AP), Bruno Giberti (CAED), Lisa Nicholson (CAFES), Rachel Kramer (ASI)
Announcements
- Introductions - New members: Brenda Helmbrecht (CLA) and Rachel Kramer (ASI)
- Fall charge for committee - Review all GE course proposals before Thanksgiving (by college).
- Update on GE/University assessment
- A five-year plan has been presented to the Provost. The plan falls in line with the WASC core competencies.
- A Cal Poly team will be attending the WASC Retreat on Core Competencies: Critical Thinking and Information Literacy - October 11-12 in Anaheim, CA.
(David Beales/Library, Courtney Brogno/English, Josh Machamer/GE Chair, Bruno Giberti/Architecture, Neal MacDougal/Agribusiness, Mary Pedersen/Academic Programs, Dan Peterson/Agribusiness) - Next GE Governance Board meeting is Thursday, October 4 (3:10 to 4:00 PM in 01-301)
Business
- The following course proposals/modifications were discussed by the GE Governance Board.
- The GE Chair sends a follow-up memo to each course proposer with a full explanation of the decision, addressing specific issues regarding GE objectives and criteria.
Course Number | Course Title | GE Area | Proposal or Modification | GE Governance Board - Recommendation/Review |
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CM 280 | History of the Built Environment | C3 | New course proposal | not recommended |
CM 316 | Computer Applications for Construction Management | F | New course proposal | not recommended |
CM 317 | Sustainability and the Built Environment | F | New course proposal | revisions requested |
LA 220 | Landscape Ecology: Concepts, Issues and Interrelationships | B5 | New Course proposal | revisions requested |
Course Number | Course Title | GE Area | Proposal or Modification | GE Governance Board - Recommendation/Review |
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GEOL 102 | Introduction to Geology Change to 3 lectures, 1 discussion |
B3 | Course Modification | recommended |