General Education Committee
Minutes of the October 4, 2006 GEC Meeting
GEC members present: Sherry Satersrom (chair, FA), Kathy Granquist (Registrars office, ex-officio), Karl Fink (HUM), Elizabeth Leer (SAS), Anne Sabo (IGS), Kathy Shea (NSM), Maren Anderson (student).
The meeting was called to order at 2:30 p.m.
Minutes from the September 27 meeting were approved. The Committee discussed the publication of the Minutes. The Committee determined not to email the minutes to the faculty. The Minutes are posted online and thus made available to the faculty. However, it was decided that the Agenda will be emailed to the entire faculty with a reminder that meetings, unless otherwise noted, are open to all members of the faculty.
The Committee’s meeting time was revisited. The Committee concluded not to alter its current meeting schedule.
Sherry’s Re-certification letter to department chairs was reviewed. There were no questions or objections.
Kathy G. presented an overview of GE attribute distribution in Active Courses as of Oct. 4, 2006.
The Final Report from the GE Task force was discussed, in particular section II, “Proposals for Recognizing, Consolidating, and Communicating the Strengths of GE.” The Committee’s charge was discussed. The Committee will pursue the discussion further this year.
The Committee considered the following course proposals and took the indicated action.
Religion 245: Theology of Religions and Interreligious Dialogue.
Action: approved for BTS-T
Russian Language and Area Studies 371: Dostoevsky
Action: approved for EIN
Philosophy 278: Moral Theory
Action: approved for EIN
Respectfully submitted,
Anne Sabo, Secretary pro tempore
