The Core Curriculum Council met on Friday, October 27, 2000 at 2:00 p.m. in the New River Room, Plemmons Student Union.  The following members were in attendance:  Dr. Bill Ward, Dr. Rennie Brantz, Dr. Alicia Aldridge, Dr. Harriette Buchanan, Ms. Eleanor Cook, Mr. Patrick Echerd, Dr. Ed Folts, Mr. Randy Outland, and Dr. Nancy Spann.

Guests in attendance were:  Dr. Terry Carroll, Biology, Dr. Ken Shull, Biology, and Drs. Faye Sawyer, Bobby Sharp and Jimmy Smith, Institutional Research and Planning.

Dr. Brantz called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m. and welcomed those in attendance.

MOTIONS AND ACTIONS

1.  Motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the September 29, 2000 Core Curriculum Council meeting.  The motion carried unanimously.

2.  Motion was made and seconded to reconsider BIO 2900, Biotechnology and Society (new course) for S designation.  The motion carried unanimously.

3. Motion was made and seconded to reconsider GS 4404, Teaching Science in Middle and High Schools for W, C, and S designation.  Per council protocol, the three designators were discussed separately. The motions for all three designators carried unanimously.

4.  Motion was made and seconded to consider CIS 4546, Issues in Electronic Commerce (special topics course) for S designation.  The motion carried unanimously.

FYI TOPICS

The following changes in ANT courses were noted as "Information Only" for the council:

The following courses will be offered "On Demand"
    ANT 3420, Women and Gender in Anthropology
    ANT 4310, Human Osteology
    ANT 4750, Archeological Site Reporting

The following courses will be deleted from the course catalog
    ANT 3100, China in Context
    ANT 3700, Culture and Subsistence:  Economic Anthropology

The course title, description, and time offered will be changed for
    ANT 4565, Peasantry, World Systems and Social Change will be changed to ANT 4565 and corresponding graduate course
    ANT 5565, Political Economy, Globalization, and Rural Development.  Will be offered "On Demand."

OTHER BUSINESS

The council again discussed implications and logistics of assuming responsibility for General Education assessment.  Dr. Ward noted that the present council did not seem ready to take on such a responsibility, and suggested the creation of another committee to take on that duty.  The creation of such a new committee would need approval from Faculty Senate.  There was some discussion as to whether a new committee should be totally separate from the current Core Curriculum Council, or if it should be a subcommittee of the council.  Eleanor Cook noted the need for the new committee to have some seasoned members of the current Core Curriculum Council for continuity and a sense of the designator history.  Ed Folts opposed a Core Curriculum Council subcommittee on assessment, because the same group making the rules and voting on designators would be assessing and reviewing the outcomes.  Dr. Ward asked if this undertaking should be done before or after SACs visit, and Dr. Sharp replied that there was no reason that we could not begin to explore and develop a new method of assessment while still employing the current model.

It was decided that Drs. Sharp, Smith, and Sawyer should be present at the remainder of the Core Curriculum Council meetings this year as we continue to discuss General Education assessment.  It was also decided that a proposal for evaluating General Education courses would be produced by the Core Curriculum Council during this academic year.

The meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m.  The next meeting of the Core Curriculum Council will be on Friday, November 17 at 2:00 p.m. in the New River Room, Plemmons Student Union.