General Education Committee
October 11, 2013
In attendance: Melanie Jenkins, LaFaun Barnhurst, Joseph Papenfuss, Adam Larsen,
Gregory Wright, Beckie Hermansen, Susan Larsen
Minutes from 9/20/13 and 10/4/13 were approved. Lafaun motioned; Richard
seconded; unanimous vote. We looked through the GE description for Life Science, which
was composed by
Joseph. Committee agreed that it had necessary components and could easily be
used to evaluate syllabi.
We decided that when a syllabus is up for approval, the division representative should
send the course numbers and names to the chair of the committee. Subsequently, the
chair will list courses to be approved on the agenda and members will review the syllabus
online before the meeting. In determining whether a course should we be approved,
we will look at three criteria:
1) Does it fit established definition of the GE category
2) Does it list required outcomes
3) Does it provide assessment information on meeting desired outcomes
We discussed what to do with Fine Arts syllabi that are in need of approval:
Com 2300
Art 1010
Art 1020
Art 1040
Art 1050
Art 1060
Joseph motioned that we approve them contingent upon updating them so that they meet
the new Fine Arts GE descriptor, reflect the new GE outcomes, and include assessment
measures that correlate to the outcomes. Richard seconded the motion. All voted unanimously.
Melanie will forward decision onto Curriculum Committee
Chair. Beckie presented ETS assessment tools she discovered. We agreed that we should start
a database of resources that divisions can use to help them prepare their own GE assessment
tools. We will not meet again until 11/1 due to Fall Break and Strategic Planning
the next two Fridays.
