Core Education Committee

Voting members present: Andrea Allan, Vipin Arora, Aidas Banaitis, Abigail Crowell, Liz Delf, Kelsey Emard, Lori McGraw, Brian Mills, Holly Mitchell, Kari-Lyn Sakuma
Voting members absent: Daniel Faltesek, Matthew Kennedy, Paula Weiss
Ex-officio members present: Core Education – McKenzie Huber; Curriculum Management – Stephanie Baugh; Ecampus – Karen Watte; General Education Assessment – Heath Henry; WIC - Ashley Holmes
Guests: Patrick Ball, Michael Jefferies, Troy Hall, Kristin Nagy Katz, Andrew Valls

 

Course Reviews

• PPOL 422 Policy Analysis – Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC)
  • Being added to the old WIC but does not appear to be added to the new Core Education (Core Ed) curriculum. It uses the old Baccalaureate Core (BC) verbatim statement.
  • Assessment noted they changed their verb usage for Core Ed – it had been submitted before Core Ed was being implemented. Since no significant changes are being made, a new proposal was not submitted.
  • WIC courses were transferred to Core Ed administratively since WIC was not undergoing significant changes.
    • Don’t they need an essential assignment to meet Core Ed standards?
  • Determined that there are issues that need to be addressed.
    • Learning Outcomes (LOs) do not match new Core Ed verbiage.
    • Inadequate feedback on Memo 2.
    • Unclear which parts of writing assignments are informal.
    • Unclear evaluation criteria in grading the final project.

Action: Motion to rollback to revise for correct LOs and Core Ed language in syllabus; adequate feedback on Memo 2 before Final Memo Policy; Clarity on which parts of the WIC assignment are informal; Clearer evaluation criteria for grading the final project; seconded. The motion passed with 10 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• NMC 260 New Media Futures – Beyond I
  • What are the career artifacts? What is involved in the reflection?
    • Assessment is unclear on the syllabus.

Action: Motion to roll back for clarity on essential assignment for LO 1 and 2 and clarity on assessment; seconded. The motion passed with 10 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• NMC 380 Pre-Production – Beyond II
  • Seemed well done and like a good fit for the category.
  • Meeting dates and times should be clearer on the Corvallis syllabus. It is also unclear that the course is a hybrid course on the syllabus.
  • Needs Ecampus redevelopment.
  • Assessment seems to be around the film the students make, rather than on how it is used for career development.

Action: Motion to conditionally approve and hold for revisions to modality and assessment and Ecampus redevelopment; seconded. The motion passed with 10 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• AEC 413 Career-Focused Internship – Beyond II
  • Outcomes assessed appropriately.
  • OSU minimum requirements require either a weekly schedule or a concise outline of topics and activities. It is unclear when activities are due to the nature of the course.
  • Unclear if AEC 007 is the Beyond I pre-requisite. Seems to be missing its Transitions pre-requisite.
    • AEC 007 is not in CIM as Beyond I yet, but the unit does intend to submit it.

Action: Motion to approve and with request to clarify schedule; seconded. The motion passed with 10 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• ANS 310 Animal Sciences Careers II – Beyond II
  • A well-made course but marked with experiential learning – does not meet the university definition of experiential learning.
    • May be due to confusion around the LOCR definition of experiential learning.

Action: Motion to approve; seconded. The motion passed with 10 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• CCE 207 Building You Career in CCE – Beyond II
  • The reflection does not seem like a career artifact that is an appropriate essential assignment.
    • The course does require a resume that is updated after a career fair that may fit the LO better.
    • The resume is not part of the Ecampus course.
  • Academic Regulation (AR) 16 – they do not hold class during finals week which may be in violation of the AR.
  • Requires CS 163 as a pre-requisite, but it is not listed as a Beyond I course.
  • Unclear if course activities equal up to 30 hours of work.

Action: Motion to rollback for clarity on how essential assignment achieves the category LOs (suggest they consider using they resume), drop CS 162 as pre-req option as it is not Beyond I; and clarify how the course consists of 30 hours of work; seconded. The motion passed with 10 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• COMM 421 Science Communication – Beyond II
  • Does not seem to have the necessary career related experience. They work on a project for most of the course.
  • Does not seem to require the sequence of Transitions and Beyond I.
    • The course listed as a pre-requisite was confirmed as a Beyond I course, which would have a Transitions pre-requisite.
  • No formal attendance taking policy, but if students miss 1/3 of the class, students receive an F. How is it enforced with no formal attendance policy?
  • Unclear how they connect activities to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) competencies.
  • Unclear how the LOs are assessed if the essential assignment meets the requirements for a career artifact.

Action: Rollback to update and clarify how the LOs are assessed and how the essential assignment meets LO requirements for a career relevant artifact (be sure that one specific essential assignment is selected); show how course helps students connect their work to NACE competencies; seconded. The motion passed with 9 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• KIN 293 Get Hired in Kinesiology – Beyond II
  • No issues.

Action: Motion to approve; seconded. The motion passed with 9 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• KIN 295 Pursue Your Career in Healthcare – Beyond II
  • Exemplary.
  • No issues.

Action: Motion to approve; seconded. The motion passed with 9 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• NR 455 Natural Resource Decision Making – Beyond II
  • Some discrepancy in assignment points between syllabi.
  • Ecampus redevelopment proposal needed.

Action: Motion to conditionally approve and hold pending receiving Ecampus redevelopment proposal; seconded. The motion passed with 9 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• NUTR 371 Preparing for Careers in Nutrition – Beyond I & II
  • Most of the assignments are career artifacts.
  • Strong proposal.

Action: Motion to approve; seconded. The motion passed with 9 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• H 225 Social Determinants of Health – Difference, Power & Oppression-Foundations
  • Only change is adding a recitation.
  • Still meets the Core Ed and Difference, Power & Oppression (DPO) standards.

Action: Motion to approve; seconded. The motion passed with 8 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• KIN 212 Sociocultural Dimensions of Physical Activity (third review) – Difference, Power & Oppression-Foundations
  • Essential Assignment was still unclear LO 2 in last review.
    • They were much more overt in their explanation and have given specific documentaries with a focus on racism.

Action: Motion to approve; seconded. The motion passed with 8 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• HDFS 447 Families and Poverty – Difference, Power & Oppression-Advanced
  • Has experiential learning.
  • Taken within the major or students field of study
    • Listed in CIM under HDFS but can be taken by adjacent and affiliated fields.
  • Can Ecampus students meet synchronously?
    • Ecampus students can meet synchronously in small groups.
  • Good fit for the category.
  • Instructions for the essential assignment also provided.
  • Only issue with numbering of the LOs on the Corvallis syllabus could either be numbers OR bullets, so maybe change it to one or the other to be more consistent.
  • Recitations are a little thin.

Action: Motion to approve with recommendation clarifying Ecampus language around small group discussions; seconded. The motion passed with 8 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• BI 344 DNA, Identities, and Societies – Difference, Power & Oppression-Advanced
  • Interesting and well-done course.
  • Minor syllabus error – duplication of grade breakdown.
  • More detail in CIM – clarification on how essential assignment meets all parts of the LOs.

Action: Motion to send back and request minor changes to clarify how they are addressing and assessing how all aspects of the LOs; seconded. The motion passed with 8 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• ANTH 101 Introduction to Anthropology – Social Science
  • Moved to December 5 for discussion.
• BOT 101 Botany: A Human Concern (third review) – Scientific Inquiry
  • Requested changes have been made.

Action: Motion to approve; seconded. The motion passed with 8 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• ANTH 240 Introduction to Biological Anthropology (second review) – Scientific Inquiry
  • Requested changes have been made.

Action: Motion to approve; seconded. The motion passed with 8 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• OC 201 Oceanography (second review) – Scientific Inquiry
  • Requested changes have been made.

Action: Motion to approve; seconded. The motion passed with 8 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• SUS 103 Intro to Climate Change (second review) – Scientific Inquiry
  • Issues with course description verbs
  • Missing matrix.

Action: Motion to conditionally approve; seconded. The motion passed with 8 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• ANS 121 Introduction to Animal Sciences (second review) – Scientific Inquiry
  • Still missing Ecampus redevelopment proposal.
  • Improved lab descriptions.
  • Clarified and is a basic science course.
  • Minor verbiage issues in course description

Action: Motion to conditionally approve; seconded. The motion passed with 8 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.