April 21, 2014
| Members Present | Ex-Officio Present | Guests Present |
| Jonathan Allison | Mike Shanks | Karen Badger (Acting Chair) |
| Ruth Beattie | Debbie Sharp | Leah Simpson |
| Russell Brown | Chris Thuringer | |
| Tracy Campbell | ||
| Juliana McDonald | ||
| Brian McNely |
- Approval of minutes from April 7, 2014 meeting
Mike Shanks offered an update regarding item 4.c in the minutes: there is no limit to how many DL courses a student can count towards a degree.
-Approved by consensus.
- Consent Agenda
Global Dynamics
PS 210DL – Introduction to Comparative Politics
-approved
Humanities
GWS 309DL – Health, History, and Human Diversity
-approved
HIS 119 – War and Society, 1350-1914
-approved
MCL 135 – Vampires: Evolution of a Sexy Monster
-approved
RUS 271 – Russian Culture 1900-Present
-approved
RUS 375 – Russian Film
-HOLD for next meeting
US Citizenship
AIS 430 – Islam in America
-approved
- Course discussion:
US Citizenship
ENG 168 – All That Speak of Jazz: An Intellectual Inquiry into Jazz and Democracy
-Outside reviewers suggest a more in-depth listening experience for this jazz course but otherwise support approval of the course
-approved; reviewer comments will be sent to proposer as a recommendation
- Assessment
Rubric Revisions:
The revised rubrics have been uploaded to the UK Core website under the Assessment tab. Ben Withers will send the link to Deans, Associate Deans, DUSs and Dept. Chairs to review and provide feedback. We will plan to use the revised versions for the May evaluations.
Evaluation Recruitment:
There are still a few gaps to fill in over the next couple of weeks.
On a related note, the LMS Selection Committee is considering changing from Blackboard in the future, which would impact our evaluation approach. A recommendation should be made by the end of the calendar year.
Meeting adjourned at 3:45 pm.
Prepared by Joanie Ett-Mims on April 22, 2014
