Liberal Learning Program Council Minutes 2008-2009

 

May 6, 2009

Present: Robert Anderson (secretary), Mary Goldschmidt, Nancy Lasher, Monisha Pulimood, Glenn Steinberg, Richard Blumberg, Rosa Zagari-Marinzoli

1. Minutes of April 1st were approved with the understanding that the unclosed parenthesis after ‘secretary’ would be closed.
2. ELE 203, Introduction to Urban Education was approved for behavioral, social, and cultural perspectives and for race and ethnicity.  The votes were 5 to 0 with no abstentions for each category.
3. CSC 104, Human and Artificial Intelligence was approved for quantitative reasoning.  The vote was 5 to 0 with no abstentions.
4. COM 370/AAS 235, Images of African Americans in American Film was approved for literary, visual, and performing arts and for race and ethnicity.  The votes were 5 to 0 with no abstentions for each category.
5. No action was taken on the request to have AFA 321, Fiber Arts reconsidered for global and gender.  The consensus was that there needs to be a better connection between course activities and goals, and that the readings need to be enhanced.
6. Adjournment was at 2:45.

April 1, 2009

Present:  Robert Anderson (secretary), Mary Biggs, Ellen Friedman, Mary Goldschmidt, Monisha Pulimood, Glenn Steinberg, Karen Yan (chair)

1. The minutes of March 4th were approved as submitted.
2. AFA 321, Fiber Arts was approved for literary, visual, and performing arts by a vote of 5 to 0.  The requests for global and gender were not approved.
3. Adjournment was at 2:05 following a fire alarm.

March 4, 2009

Present:  Robert Anderson (secretary, Mary Biggs, Richard Blumberg, Mary Goldschmidt, Nancy Lasher, Glenn Steinberg, Thulsi Wickramasinghe, Karen Yan (chair), and Rosa Zagari-Marinzoli

1. The minutes of February 4th were approved as submitted.
2. MUS 2XX, The Arts and the Community was approved for literary, visual, and performing arts and for community engaged learning.
3. INT 200, International Studies: Processes, Themes, and Issues was approved as a mid-level writing intensive course
4. In a brief discussion of liberal learning assessment, council members suggested that one domain per year be selected for assessment.
5. Adjournment was at 2:45 pm.

February 4, 2009

Present:  Robert Anderson (secretary, Mary Biggs, Nancy Lasher, Monisha Pulimood, Glenn Steinberg, Karen Yan (chair), and Rosa Zagari-Marinzoli

1. The minutes of January 21 were accepted as submitted.
2. HIS 498, Senior Capstone in History was unanimously approved as a course fulfilling the senior level writing intensive requirement.
3. BUS 495, Senior Thesis in Interdisciplinary Business was reaffirmed as fulfilling the senior level writing intensive requirement.
4. MAT 205, Linear Algebra: Theory and Applications was as fulfilling the mid-level writing intensive requirement.
5. A check list and revised approval process was approved pending editing by Bob Anderson who promised to do so and pass it around via email.
6. Adjournment was at 2:30 pm.

January 21, 2009

Present:  Robert Anderson (secretary, Richard Blumberg, Ellen Friedman, Nancy Lasher, Monisha Pulimood, Karen Yan (chair), and Rosa Zagari-Marinzoli

1. The minutes of November 19, 2008 were approved as submitted.
2. COM 117, Languages of Film and Television was approved for Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts
3. Action on ITL 312, Italy Since Unification and ITL 327, The Italian Short Story was tabled pending receipt of complete reading lists with full citations and narrative rationales linking specific learning activities to the appropriate Liberal Learning goals and outcomes.  English translations of Italian language syllabus items was also requested. ITL 217, Introduction to Italian Culture was not considered, but future action would also require complete reading lists, full citations, and a narrative rationale.
4. Most of the meeting was given over to developing a check-list to accompany course proposals.  Bob Anderson and Karen Yan agreed to provide a summary prior to the next meeting.
5. Adjournment was at 2:45 pm.

November 19, 2008

 Present:  Robert Anderson, Mary Biggs, Richard Blumberg, Nancy Lasher, Monisha Pulimood, Piper Williams, Karen Yan, and Rosa Zagari-Marinzoli

1. The minutes of October 15th were approved as corrected.  The minutes of November 5th were approved as corrected (adding the names of excused members and deleting ‘Kendrix’ from Piper Williams’ preferred identification.  Bob Anderson agreed to contact Prof. David Prensky about the need for additional information about his MGT 215, Introduction to Leadership proposal, on which action had been postponed at the October 15th LLPC meeting.
2. WGS 374, Ecofeminism was approved for world views and ways of knowing, gender, and community engaged learning.  The vote was unanimous without abstentions.
3. AFA 365, Book Arts was approved for literary, visual, and performing arts and global.  The vote was unanimous without abstentions.
4. SOC 302, Quantitative Research Methods, having been previously referred to LLPC by the Quantitative Reasoning Committee, was approved for quantitative reasoning.  The vote was unanimous without abstentions.
5. Adjournment was at 2:30.  The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 3rd at 1:30 in SB 131. [Subsequently cancelled]

 

November 5, 2008

 Present:  Mary Biggs, Mary Goldschmidt, Piper Kendrix-Williams, Monisha Pulimood, Philip Sanders, and Glenn Steinberg.

 

1. Approving the minutes for October 15 was tabled because of the lack of a quorum.
2. The committee talked about creating a form, grid, or matrix for faculty to use when submitting courses for Liberal Learning credit.  The discussion concluded that a form similar to that used in the Computer Science department would be helpful (sample attached).  In addition, the Liberal Learning website should in future feature an updated instruction sheet for faculty who propose courses for Liberal Learning credit, instructing them to submit
   • the new form(s) appropriate for each Liberal Learning category for which credit is requested and
   • a sample syllabus (without course cover sheet).
3. The committee discussed the possibility of rationalizing Liberal Learning courses to eliminate petitioning for Liberal Learning credit by individual students.  The committee questioned the consistency of the current system, whereby one student in a course may receive Liberal Learning credit (by petitioning for such credit) but another student in the same course does not receive the same credit.  The committee discussed whether departments should be approached about putting forward relevant courses for Liberal Learning credit that currently do not carry such credit (except by petition of individual students).
4. The committee also discussed strategies for encouraging interdisciplinary concentrations and decided that a meeting with Rick Kamber might be useful in the future.
5. Adjournment was at 2:30 PM

 

October 15, 2008

Present:  Karen Yan (chair), Ellen Friedman, Mary Goldschmidt, Nancy Lasher, Monisha Pulimood, Philip Sanders, Glenn Steinberg, Tulsi Wickramasinghe, and Rosa Zagari-Marinzoli.

Excused:  Mary Biggs and Robert Anderson.

1. The minutes for the October 1 meeting were approved as submitted.
2. The committee postponed action on IMM 210/Animation with a recommendation that the cover sheet and syllabus be further revised and clarified to make more explicit how the learning goals for Literary, Visual & Performing Arts will be met in the day-to-day assignments and learning activities of the course.
3. Action on MLD 220/Introduction to Romance Linguistics was postponed with a request that a rationale be provided for how the course will meet the learning goals of the appropriate Liberal Learning categories and that the syllabus be revised to indicate explicitly in the assignments and day-to-day learning activities how and where the goals will be met.
4. MLD 321/Introduction to Historical Linguistics was approved for satisfying Social Change in Historical Perspective.
5. Action on MGT 215/Introduction to Leadership was postponed with a request that a rationale be provided of how the Liberal Learning goals relate to the vision of the course (e.g., an overview on the cover sheet and syllabus of how the leadership goals and Liberal Learning goals fit together).
6. The committee adjourned at 2:50 p.m.

 

October 1, 2008

Present: Karen Yan (Chair), Bob Anderson (Secretary), Mary Biggs, Richard Blumberg, Mary Goldschmidt, Monisha Pulimood, Ellen Friedman, Philip Sanders, Glenn Steinberg, Tulsi Wickramasinge

1. Karen Yan was re-elected Chair; Bob Anderson was re-elected Vice-Chair and Secretary
2. The minutes of May 7th were approved as submitted.  Meeting dates were set as Oct 1 and 15, Nov 5 and 19, Dec 3 and 17 (if needed), Jan 21 (if needed), Feb 4 and 18, March 4 and 18, April 1 and 15, and May 6 and 20 (if needed).  Social Science 131 has been reserved for all LLPC meetings.
3. MAT 205, Linear Algebra: Theory and Applications was unanimously approved as a mid-level writing intensive course on the condition that a category reflecting the clarity of writing, including grammar, spelling, and punctuation, be added to the rubric.
4. BUS 495, Senior Thesis in Interdisciplinary Business was unanimously approved as a senior-level writing intensive course.
5. Adjournment was at 2:45, the remaining agenda items being carried over to the October 15th meeting (which will be at 1:30 in SB 131).