General Education Committee
Minutes of the October 11, 2006 GEC Meeting
GEC members present: Sherry Saterstrom (chair, FA), Karl Fink (HUM), Elizabeth Leer (SSF), Nanette Schroeder (Registrar’s office, ex-officio), Kathy Shea (NSM), Solveig Zempel (Associate Dean, IGS), Maren Anderson (student).
The meeting was called to order at 2:30 p.m.
Minutes from the October 4 meeting were approved as revised.
The Committee considered the following course proposals and took the indicated action.
Economics 115: Globalization and Poverty
Action: Approved for HBS
Sociology and Anthropology 246: GLBT Lives and Issues
Action: Approved for HBS
Political Science245: Nationalism, Regionalism,
Globalization in Asia
Action: Approved for HBS and MCS-G
Sociology and Anthropology267: Medical Anthropology
Action: Approved for HBS and MCS-G
Economics114: Economics of Human Resources
Action: Approved for HBS
Asian Studies177: Power and Press in Asia
Action: Approved for HBS and MCS-G
Religion247: Jesus in Cross-Cultural Perspective (for Global Semester)
Action: Approved for BTS-T
Media Studies 160: Mass Media
Action: Retroactively approved for MCS-D (for 2004-2005)
The committee will re-visit the issue of meeting time next week (October 18.) Members will bring their schedules to facilitate the process of finding a meeting time that is feasible for all.
Respectfully submitted,
Elizabeth Leer, Secretary pro tempore
