GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
Minutes for September 25, 2017
Approved October, 23, 2017
Attendees: Rick Muma, Kathy Delker, Amy Drassen Ham, Steve Oare, George Dehner, Aaron
Rife, Becky Nordyke, Shirlene Small, Chris Broberg
Absent: Keith Gray
1. Introductions
2. Approval of Minutes (see attached)鈥攁pproved. (Shirlene and Becky were at April meeting, minutes need to be updated?)
3. Curriculum Change Proposals (see attached)
2 courses to be added Spring 2018鈥擡nglish Department:
Jane Austen鈥�
Literary Representations of LGBTQ
George鈥攖hese have a prereq鈥攖hought we were trying to get away from pre-req for gen
eds?
Rick鈥攕everal of English 200 level courses have English 101/102 as prereqs.
Chris鈥攖hese seem tightly focused for a gen ed, should they be further studies and issues courses?
Steve鈥攖itle seems like further studies/issues and perspectives, but student success
content seems introductory
George鈥擨 wouldn't want a committee to tell me to change the title, perhaps we leave
that to the specialists.
Question about assignments, texts
More discussion about is class introduction or further studies/issues and perspectives
Shirlene鈥攓uestion about diversity content of Jane Austen
George鈥�278 course, but what is the type of course?
Chris鈥攈ow do we define what counts as a gen ed course
Rick鈥擟ommittee doesn't have a defining policy/document describing what is a gen ed
course.
Aaron鈥攕hould we come up with a document that outlines what counts as a gen ed?
George鈥攄o we have other 200 level courses as further studies or issues and perspectives?
Chris鈥攃an we bring them in to talk with this about how the course meets gen ed?
Is this a Gen Ed鈥攁nd if so, is this intro, further studies, issues and perspectives?
Aaron鈥擨 can see these two courses being Gen Ed as Further Studies
Steve鈥攎ove to approve Jane Austen as gen ed/further studies (Aaron seconds)鈥攑assed
Literary Representation and LGBTQ+ : seems like a further studies
George鈥攕hould we ask them first whether they want to be FS or I&P? And if I&P, perhaps
this should be a 300 level course.
Shirlene鈥攖his course is not interdisciplinary鈥攈ence further studies
George鈥攚ithdraw previous comment!
Vote on LGBTQ+ as gen ed, further studies鈥攑assed
4. As may arise
Kathy鈥攁s a committee, should we work on creating a statement/guideline for what constitutes
a gen ed course?
Shirlene鈥攜es鈥攚e need clear definitions of what each category is鈥攕o when creating/submitting
courses for approval, people can choose clear identifiers.
Amy鈥攃oncern that we would be over-proscribing鈥攃reating rubrics that get faculty stuck.
George鈥攖his is where submitting the syllabus comes in, looking at the syllabus has
been more helpful for gen ed committee than anything else, so we can stick with that.
Rick---gen ed committee has a website, we should be sure to be using it. https://wichita.edu/?u=generaleducation
Kathy鈥攕hould we vote on creating descriptions for gen ed?
George鈥攍et鈥檚 take time to familiarize ourselves with the website and our documents鈥攇eneral
agreement-vote postponed.
Kathy鈥攚hat role will our committee play in reviewing first year seminar?
Rick/George鈥攚e will review data from the past two years and make a recommendation
to the faculty senate.
Need to fix errors/update the gen ed website and the faculty senate page for gen
ed committee.
Adjourn