Idaho State University’s Undergraduate Curriculum Council Undergraduate Curriculum Council See Members December 13-20, 2012, via Moodle and e-mail Volume XXIX, Meeting 23 (14-23) MINUTES – Approved by Curriculum Council 17 January, 2013; actions approved by Provost January 22, 2013 1. Tacit consent of all members allowed the minutes of the December 6 meeting to be declared approved on December 13, 2012. Voting participation December 13-14 was by e-mail among 9 of the 12 voting faculty members of the Council; on December 18, 8 members voted. 2. Blakeman declared the Minutes from the Council’s meeting on December 6, 2012 approved. 3. Council approved (9 in favor; 0 opposed; 0 of 9 abstaining) a proposal from Geosciences (Appendix 1) for a new General Education course. 4. Voting faculty members of the UCC approved two letters, from the General Education Requirements Committee (Appendix 2) and from the Undergraduate Curriculum Council voting faculty members to the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, and the Deans’ council (Appendix 3). 5. By a vote of 8 in favor, 0 opposed, and 0 casting abstaining votes, Council approved a motion as follows (see Appendix 4): a) To rescind the Dec 6th 2012 vote which would have delayed the catalog publishing of new Gen Ed's and b) The GERC list of approved General Education Objectives and the courses approved to fulfill them has been approved by this Council with the stipulation that upper division courses which meet or exceed the General Education requirements, i.e., an upper division laboratory course, can satisfy the second lab requirement for Objective 5, and additionally that the second lab requirement be reassessed before the 2014 - 2015 catalog year. APPENDICES – Approved Proposal and Letters 1. Geosciences Glenn Thackray Proposal Summary: The Department wishes to add 1 new course, GEOL 1108 [two, when 1108L is included] Exploring Data and Information. This is a new high-enrollment course intended to serve students seeking to fulfill Objective 8. The proposed course will provide students with a course on information literacy through the lens of natural and applied science and technology. December 13-20, 2012 -- Minutes for 23nd meeting, Undergraduate Curriculum Council for AY13-14 catalog Page 1 of 12 Faculty Vote: The Geosciences Faculty voted in favor of these proposed changes to the catalog on Wednesday, September 26, 2012. One concern expressed in the previous UCC discussion is that the proposal had not been discussed amongst CoSE chairs. We had actually done so three times, albeit briefly. In our chairs meeting yesterday, we discussed the proposal in detail, and all concerns were aired and have been addressed by [this] revision. Impacts College, Department, Staffing, Facilities, Funding, etc.: Course addition will require one lecturer each semester. With the recent hiring of several new faculty, Geosciences can accommodate this additional course. In addition to the faculty commitment, we anticipate that we will need TAs to cover 15 1-hour lab sessions each week as well as grading five assignments and two exams associated with the lecture portion of the class. Lab sections are expected to hold approximately 17 students each (250 student total enrollment). Funding for these TA slots will initially come from student fees of $50. Computer resources for the lab sessions will be accommodated in the Geosciences Computer Lab. There is sufficient time available for fifteen 1-hour sections in this laboratory, and student fees will be partially reserved to sustain the equipment in the lab. CoSE IT staff will be needed at the start of each semester to ensure that enrolled students have access using their BengalID on these computers. ITS / ETS: Moodle will be used extensively in this course; as new instructors become involved, they may need additional Moodle training. We will also explore adapting this course to an online version in the next few years, which may require hosting video and other course content. Library: Students will seek information in peer-reviewed and gray literature as well as textbooks. They will utilize library resources periodically throughout the course. “The proposed course will utilize existing library resources, so I would not anticipate an effect on the Library from it.” –Sandra Shropshire Registration: The prerequisite for this class is a C+ or better in MATH 1108, or equivalent. Advising: Other Units COURSE CHANGES 14-23-01 Add GEOL 1108 201410 30-ch: Exploring Data and Information GEOL 1108 Exploring Data and Information 3 credits. Discover, evaluate, analyze and visualize information and data from across the natural and applied sciences efficiently and ethically. Learn how to find reliable data sources, design sampling efforts, and manage a variety of data. Course themes used to illustrate topics will vary with instructor. Satisfies Objective 8 of the General Education Requirements. PREREQ: C+ or better in MATH 1108 or equivalent. COREQ: GEOL 1108L. F, S Level UG Letter grading; may NOT be audited Scheduled as Lecture/Lab, Pocatello Satisfies Objective 7 of the General Education Requirements. PREREQ: C+ or better in MATH 1108 or equivalent (may NOT be taken concurrently) 14-23-02 Add GEOL 1108L 201410 30-ch: Exploring Information Lab GEOL 1108L Exploring Data and Information Laboratory 0 credit. Graded S/U. COREQ: GEOL 1108. F, S Level UG Graded S/U PREREQ: C+ or better in MATH 1108 or equivalent. December 13-20, 2012 -- Minutes for 23nd meeting, Undergraduate Curriculum Council for AY13-14 catalog Page 2 of 12 COREQ: GEOL 1108 Fee $50 2. 12/12/12 To: Curriculum Council, Deans’ Council, and Provost Barbara Adamcik From: Dr. Susan H. Swetnam, for the General Education Requirements Committee (GERC) At the request of the Deans’ Council on 11/27/12, GERC has reconsidered several aspects of the new General Education Requirements system. The Council specifically requested that we consider 1) adding an introductory statement to the General Education document that articulates an overarching philosophy for the objectives; 2) reducing the laboratory component in Objective 5 from two labs to one lab; and 3) eliminating Objective 7, Critical Thinking. GERC met in an emergency session on 12/4/12 to consider these matters, and after considerable and thoughtful debate, here is our unanimous consensus. Overarching philosophy statement for General Education: ISU’s Catalog already includes a lengthy statement of General Education philosophy (p. 27, 2012-13 Catalog). Committee members concur that this statement ought to be discussed and potentially revised in light of the new General Education system. Given the fact that the deadline for implementing the new General Education structure is so tight at the moment, however (if the new system is to appear in the 2013-14 catalog, as longplanned, language must be ready to go by January), we voted to craft such a statement in the spring rather than rushing to complete the document at the very end of a semester, when the pressure to serve our student constituency—as we read major papers and evaluate major projects, craft final exams, and compute grades— must consume our attention as responsible faculty members. A published institutional statement of General Education, after all, is a momentous document, which articulates institutional philosophy not only to the ISU community but also to outsiders including the State Board of Education and accreditation agencies. We will make the considered, thoughtful discussion and potential revision of the current statement an immediate priority in the spring semester. Laboratory requirement for Objective 5: The Committee appreciates the Deans’ Council’s concern over the number of laboratories required for Objective 5 and is willing to reconsider this matter. However, the faculty representative from COSE who could speak most directly to Objective 5 (GERC member Dr. Benjamin Crosby, of the Geosciences Department) was unavoidably absent from our emergency meeting attending a conference, and, as we began to discuss the topic on 12/4, it became clear that we need his input, along with specific data from the Registrar about transfer policies and practice and the SBOE-mandated science requirements. We thus voted to defer discussion until we have the necessary information to make an informed and responsible decision. The matter of lab credit will thus be added to our spring 2013 agenda. Objective 7, Critical Thinking: After extensive discussion, GERC voted unanimously to retain Objective 7, Critical Thinking, in the new General Education system—for the first iteration of the new General Education system in the 2013-14 University Catalog, at least. For a variety of practical and philosophical reasons, we are convinced that it should not be December 13-20, 2012 -- Minutes for 23nd meeting, Undergraduate Curriculum Council for AY13-14 catalog Page 3 of 12 dropped abruptly at this later-than-eleventh hour, with the new Catalog going into production in January and new students needing advising. Two of our primary reasons are these: * Practical: General Education is so important to our students—and to our accreditation--that decisions about assessment, in particular, must be made with utmost professionalism and care. If Objective 7 were abruptly dropped and critical thinking were to be assessed “across other objectives” as the Deans’ Council suggested, an assessment tool that applied to every course in those myriad objectives would need to be immediately constructed—an extremely complex tool that would require input by assessment and critical thinking specialists and extensive consultation with host departments. It is one thing to assess critical thinking in courses whose primary meta-content is the practice of critical thinking and whose day-to-day activities include hands-on training in complex intellectual skills applicable beyond the boundaries of individual disciplines. It is quite another to assess critical thinking in courses which focus primarily on subject-area-content, with critical thinking as a by-product. As you may remember, GERC has already been tasked in Spring 2013 with devising assessment procedures for all “grandfathered in” courses (we remind you that we were instructed to allow the inclusion of all current goal classes in the first iteration of the new General Education system and we took the suggestion of allowing chairs to place them where they believed appropriate). Next semester we will develop tools and procedures to determine whether these nearly one-hundred courses are indeed appropriate to the objectives in which they’ve been placed, (among them several courses “grandfathered in” to Objective 7), and we will be asking for changes in these courses or dropping them from General Education depending on assessment results. This task seems to us a compelling priority for the integrity of General Education. Once the new General Education system is up and running, with strong assessment procedures in place for each course in the context of the student learning outcomes for its primary objective, we will have more time, if it seems appropriate, to consider how ISU might assess critical thinking within the context of courses placed in other objectives. *Philosophical: We are opposed to making an abrupt change of such magnitude as completely dropping Objective 7 without broader input from our constituency, the faculty. The new General Education system which we were instructed to implement is the product of years of painstaking discussion and many forums and calls for broad-based input by the experts who work directly with students every day and thus understand their educational needs and the knowledge base and skills necessary for professional success. Curriculum development is a faculty responsibility according to accreditation standards, and we are convinced that it would be a violation of such standards to make such a major change without the opportunity for further input. Stakeholders simply must be involved in such fundamental decisions as which objectives to include. Further, there is the issue of hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of faculty time spent developing new courses, in good faith, after the Deans’ Council approved the current 9-Objective system last May. Our integrity as professionals and colleagues would be severely compromised, we believe, if we suddenly dropped courses that were tailor-made at our invitation, issued in good faith after the Deans’ Council signed off on the document just a few months before. Throughout the fall semester we have been not only approving and rejecting courses based on their fit with student learning outcomes, but we have been remanding proposals for revision, and intensive work has been done crafting appropriate submissions, especially for the objectives new to this General December 13-20, 2012 -- Minutes for 23nd meeting, Undergraduate Curriculum Council for AY13-14 catalog Page 4 of 12 Education system, including Objective 7. ISU faculty need to be able to trust the committees they elect; we would lose all trust if we made such an apparently arbitrary and autocratic change at this point. Thus we are absolutely opposed to making such a sudden radical change to the fundamental General Education objective structure at this point. We were told when our committee was constituted to understand the new General Education system as a thing that would evolve over several semesters as we took up various phases of assessment. Making the best decision possible for the institution and our students regarding Objective 7, we believe, should be part of that deliberative process. Thank you for inviting our input. We look forward to moving forward together as we institute and refine this exciting new General Education system. Contents of this letter have been reviewed and approved by the Undergraduate Curriculum Council voting members. 3. December 13, 2012 Provost/VP of Academic Affairs Dean’s Council Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho RE: Undergraduate Curriculum Council (UCC) Minutes of Meetings Dr. Adamcik and Dean’s Council, The UCC has had much recent discussion about its role in the new faculty governance model and wishes to express its concern about the “acceptance” of its minutes of meeting. As the bylaws are currently written and interpreted, the UCC is subordinate to the Dean’s Council and the Provost/VP for Academic Affairs. The intent of this letter is not to contradict this interpretation. What the UCC does desire, is an open and frank discussion about the current process, ramifications of this process, and possible improvements of the process. Last spring the UCC analyzed the timeline for publishing ISU’s Academic Year 2013-14 Curriculum Catalog. It was determined that the catalog copy needs to be in a near final print-ready form by the Thanksgiving break. Keeping this in mind, the UCC imposed a deadline of September 20th for submission of proposals to be included in the 2013-14 Catalog. This deadline was chosen to provide the UCC with reasonable time to deliberate on the proposals and, for those proposals deemed worthy, to forward them for acceptance to the Dean’s Council. With yeoman’s effort and extended weekly meeting times, the UCC did deliberate and recommend that 84% of these “on-time” proposals move forward prior to the November 13th Dean’s Council meeting, their last meeting before the Thanksgiving break. In spite of the turmoil and publication delays resulting from changes in General Education Objectives, the UCC continued to deliberate at full speed on the remaining on-time proposals, plus those proposals received after the September 20th deadline. As of the date of this letter, the UCC has virtually cleared its docket. A record of these recent actions and of the decisions regarding the aforementioned pre-November 13th proposals are all contained within the UCC minutes of October 18th, November 8th, November 15th, November 29th, and December 6th, December 13-20, 2012 -- Minutes for 23nd meeting, Undergraduate Curriculum Council for AY13-14 catalog Page 5 of 12 2012 meetings. These minutes are now before the Dean’s Council awaiting acceptance at their next regular scheduled meeting of December 18th, 2012. Contained within these minutes are over 45 curricular proposals affecting more than 36 academic units. These stalled minutes are not only stressing the Catalog publication timeline but are also affecting student advising. Soon they will be affecting faculty staffing and facility planning for the 2013 Fall Semester. Under parliamentary procedures adopted by the UCC, its minutes of meeting, once ratified by UCC members, are considered to be factual representation of deliberations and decisions made. Membership ratification of minutes occurs prior to their being forwarded to the Dean’s Council for acceptance. The UCC welcomes, in fact encourages, the communication of any issues or concerns of the Dean’s Council and/or Provost/VP for Academic Affairs. However, once ratified by membership, its minutes can only be changed by its own parliamentary amendment. To prevent delaying of curriculum changes, yet still enable the Dean’s Council acceptance of UCC minutes, it is proposed that approval to proceed towards publication reside with the Provost/VP for Academic Affairs. Once ratified minutes that detail decisions made upon the curricular changes are received by the Provost, the Provost or his or her assigns will review said minutes and issue his or her approval to proceed towards publication. Dean’s Council can then review and deliberate on acceptance at its next regularly scheduled meeting and not delay the process of preparing the Catalog for publication. Sincerely, Undergraduate Curriculum Council voting members 4. General Education Objectives and the Courses Approved to Satisfy Them Questions and errors have been discovered in the list, and the errors have been corrected in this presentation: GEOL 1101/GEOL 1101L - currently fulfills Goal 5, but was not included in the memo as fulfilling Objective 5. Should it be? Swetnam says they were intended to be there, grandfathered. CSED 2256 - is listed in the memo as fulfilling Objective 6, but it may not have been approved by GERC. Swetnam says it was not approved, and was sent back to the department. In Objective 5, the number for Concepts Biology: Human Concerns Lab should be 1100L, and the Nutrition course is NTD 2239. The AMST courses have been discontinued, so AMST 2200 should no longer be part of Objective 6. The title of SOC 1101 in Objective 6 is Introduction to Sociology. The ANTH 1107 course in Objective 7 is also an ENGL and LANG course, and the ampersands in CS 1181 and POLS 2202 should each become an "and." The title of CIS 1101 in Objective 8 is now Digital Resources for Information Literacy, and the title for GEOL 1108, also Objective 8, is now Exploring Data and Information. Should the 1108L lab be included in the line? December 13-20, 2012 -- Minutes for 23nd meeting, Undergraduate Curriculum Council for AY13-14 catalog Page 6 of 12 In Objective 9, ENGL 2212 is also an ANTH course, the title of EDUC 2204 is Families, Communities, Culture, and the numbers of the two CHNS courses have been supplied: 2201 and 2202. Objective 1 – Written English – Minimum of one course, minimum of three credits. Communicate effectively in standard written English Communicate effectively in standard spoken English ENGL 1102 Critical Reading and Writing HONS 1101 Honors Humanities I* 3 cr 3 cr *HONS 1101 must be followed by Honors Humanities II to fulfill this objective. Objective 2 – Spoken English – Minimum of one course, minimum of three credits. Communicate effectively in standard written English Communicate effectively in standard spoken English COMM 1101 Principles of Speech 3 cr Objective 3 – Mathematics – Minimum of one course, minimum of three credits. Explain basic mathematical concepts Apply basic techniques in solving mathematical problems Interpret real-world problems in mathematical language Use mathematics to formulate appropriate conclusions for real-world problems MATH 1123 Mathematics in Modern Society 3 cr MATH 1127 The Language of Mathematics 3 cr MATH 1130 Finite Mathematics 3 cr MATH 1153 Introduction to Statistics 3 cr MATH 1160 Applied Calculus 3 cr MATH 1170 Calculus I 4 cr MATH 2256 Structure of Arithmetic For Elementary School Teachers 3 cr MATH 2257 Structure of Geometry and Probability for Elementary School Teachers 3 cr MGT 2216 Business Statistics 3 cr RCET 0372 Calculus for Advanced Electronics* 3cr *Available to College of Technology Students only December 13-20, 2012 -- Minutes for 23nd meeting, Undergraduate Curriculum Council for AY13-14 catalog Page 7 of 12 Objective 4- Humanities, Fine Arts and Foreign Language – Minimum of two courses, minimum of six credits. Courses must be from any two of the following columns. Demonstrate, and apply basic terms and concepts in the Fine Arts and Humanities Explain foundational influences or theories in the Fine Arts and Humanities Apply analytical skills as appropriate to the discipline December 13-20, 2012 -- Minutes for 23nd meeting, Undergraduate Curriculum Council for AY13-14 catalog Page 8 of 12 Objective 5 - Natural Science – Minimum of two lectures, minimum of two laboratories, minimum of eight credits. Courses must be from two separate prefixes with a maximum of four credits from the Health or Applied Sciences. In addition to the lab courses listed, upper-division courses which meet or exceed the General Education requirements, i.e., an upper division laboratory course, can satisfy the second lab requirement. Demonstrate, and apply basic terms and concepts in the Natural, Applied, or Health Sciences Explain foundational influences or theories in the Natural, Applied, or Health Sciences Apply analytical skills as appropriate to the Natural, Applied, or Health Sciences BIOL 1100 BIOL 1100L BIOL 1101 BIOL 1101L BIOL 1102 BIOL 1102L GEOL 1100 GEOL 1100L GEOL 1110L NTD 2239 PHYS 1100 PHYS 1101 PHYS 1101L PHYS 1111 PHYS 1113 PHYS 1112 PHYS 1114 PHYS 1152 PHYS 1153 PHYS 2211 PHYS 2213 PHYS 2212 PHYS 2214 CHEM 1100 CHEM 1101 CHEM 1102 CHEM 1103 CHEM 1111 CHEM 1111L CHEM 1112 CHEM 1112L Concepts Biology: Human Concerns Concepts Biology: Human Concerns Lab Biology I Biology I Lab Biology II Biology II Lab The Dynamic Earth The Dynamic Earth Lab Physical Geology for Scientists Lab Nutrition Essentials of Physics Elements of Physics* Elements of Physics Lab* General Physics I General Physics I Lab General Physics II General Physics II Lab Descriptive Astronomy Descriptive Astronomy Lab Engineering Physics I Engineering Physics I Lab Engineering Physics II Engineering Physics II Lab Architecture of Matter Introduction to General Chemistry Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry Lab General Chemistry I General Chemistry I Lab General Chemistry II General Chemistry II Lab nd December 13-20, 2012 -- Minutes for 23 meeting, Undergraduate Curriculum Council for AY13-14 catalog Page 9 of 12 *Open only to College of Technology Students Objective 6 - Behavioral and Social Science – Minimum of two courses, minimum of six credits. Courses must be from two or more separate prefixes. Demonstrate, and apply basic terms and concepts in the Social Sciences Explain foundational influences or theories in the Social Sciences Apply analytical skills as appropriate to the Social Sciences ANTH 1100 CSED 2256 ECON 1100 ECON 2201 ECON 2202 HIST 1101 HIST 1102 HIST 1111 HIST 1112 POLS 1101 PSYC 1101 SOC 1101 SOC 1102 General Anthropology Deaf Culture and Community Economic Issues Principles of Macroeconomics Principles of Microeconomics Foundations of Europe Modern Europe U.S. History I (to 1865) U.S. History II (to present) Introduction to American Government Introduction to General Psychology Introduction to Sociology Social Problems December 13-20, 2012 -- Minutes for 23nd meeting, Undergraduate Curriculum Council for AY13-14 catalog Page 10 of 12 Objective 7-Critical Thinking – Minimum of one course, minimum of three credits. (Critical Thinking is defined as the ability to think analytically, critically, creatively, and reflectively to make informed and logical judgments, draw reasoned and meaningful conclusions, and apply ideas to new contexts. Courses satisfying this objective must include active learning.) Formulate/frame problems and analyze how others do so Recognize and apply appropriate practices for analyzing ambiguous problems Identify and apply relevant information for problem solving Create, analyze, and evaluate/interpret diverse perspectives and solutions Establish a reasoned framework for drawing conclusions and/or recommending solutions Effectively articulate the results of a thinking process ANTH/ENGL/LANG 1107 The Nature of Language 3 cr CS 1181 Computer Science and Programming 3 cr HIST 1118 U.S. History and Culture 3 cr PHIL 2201 Introduction to Logic 3 cr POLS 2202 Introduction to Politics: Critical Thinking and Analysis 3 cr SOC 2248 Critical Analysis of Social Diversity 3 cr Objective 8-Information Literacy – Minimum of one course, minimum of three credits. (Information Literacy is defined as the ability to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, and use information effectively. Courses satisfying this objective must involve hands on practice for students rather than merely the presentation of theoretical principles.) Understand the nature and extent of the information/data needed to accomplish a specific purpose Identify sources and gather information/data effectively and efficiently Evaluate credibility of sources and information/data Under the economic, ethical, legal, and social issues surrounding the creation, collection, and use of information/data Use information/data effectively to accomplish a specific purpose CIS 1101 Digital Resources for Information Literacy 3 cr GEOL 1108 Exploring Data and Information 3 cr HIST 2291 The Historian’s Craft 3 cr LLIB 1115 Introduction to Information Literacy 3 cr December 13-20, 2012 -- Minutes for 23nd meeting, Undergraduate Curriculum Council for AY13-14 catalog Page 11 of 12 Objective 9- Cultural Diversity – Minimum of one course, minimum of three credits from the general education courses listed in this Objective. Identify the defining characteristics of culturally diverse communities in regional, national, or global contexts Describe the influence of cultural attributes such as ability, age, class, epistemology, ethnicity, gender, language, nationality, politics, or religion inherent in different cultures or communities Apply knowledge of diverse cultures to address contemporary or historical issues ANTH/ENGL 2212 ANTH 2237 ANTH 2238 ANTH 2239 EDUC 2204 HIST 2249 HIST 2251 HIST 2252 HIST 2254 HIST 2255 CMLT 2207 CMLT 2208 CMLT 2209 ARBC 2201 ARBC 2202 CHNS 2201 CHNS 2202 FREN 2201 FREN 2202 GERM 2201 GERM 2202 JAPN 2201 JAPN 2202 LATN 2201 LATN 2202 PHIL 2210 RUSS 2201 RUSS 2202 ANTH/SHOS 2201 ANTH/SHOS 2202 SPAN 2201 SPAN 2202 WS 2201 Introduction to Folklore/Oral Tradition Peoples and Cultures of the Old World Peoples and Cultures of the New World Latino Peoples and Cultures Families, Communities, Culture World Regional Geography Latin America East Asian History Middle Eastern Civilization African History and Culture Contemporary European Culture Cultures of the Spanish Speaking World Cultures of East Asia Intermediate Arabic I Intermediate Arabic II Intermediate Chinese I Intermediate Chinese II Intermediate French I Intermediate French II Intermediate German I Intermediate German II Intermediate Japanese I Intermediate Japanese II Intermediate Latin I Intermediate Latin II Introduction to Asian Philosophies Intermediate Russian I Intermediate Russian II Intermediate Shoshoni I Intermediate Shoshoni II Intermediate Spanish I Intermediate Spanish II Introduction to Women Studies December 13-20, 2012 -- Minutes for 23nd meeting, Undergraduate Curriculum Council for AY13-14 catalog Page 12 of 12
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