Actions: Council on General Education
Actions from the Council on General Education
March 22, 2002
Atlanta Metropolitan College
Present:
James A. Burran, Jack Morrell, John Lupold, Tommy Joe Anderson, James Fletcher,
William Jon Fritz, Shirley Hall, Larry Mobley, Gregory J. Stewart, Kathleen
Burk Guests: Dorothy Zinsmeister, Andrea Hardin
The minutes of the October, 2001 Meeting were approved.
The following agenda items from institutions were considered:
| Coastal Georgia | BIOL 1140 | Plants and Environment | Area D1 | Approved |
| Columbus State | EURO 2105 | Introduction to the European Union | Area B | Approved |
| PHSC 1125 | Physical Science (Non Lab) | Area D | Not Approved | |
| Darton College | COMM 2220 | Intro to Small Group Comm | Area B | Approved |
| Waycross College | PHYSICS 1010K | Survey of Physics | Area D | Not Approved |
| Savannah State | MATH 1113 | Pre-Calculus --Add extra hour to Area B (Hour should be put in Area F) |
Not Approved | |
| ECON 2105 | Macro Economics | Area F | Approved | |
| South Georgia | ASTR 1010 | Astronomy of the Solar System | Area D | Approved |
| ASTR 1010L | Laboratory | Area D | Approved | |
| ASTR 1020 | Stellar and Galactic Astronomy | Area D | Approved | |
| ASTR 1020L | Laboratory | Area D | Approved | |
| Gainesville | TBLD 1502 | Team Building | Area B | Not Approved |
| ENGL 2302 | Literature and Film I | Area C | Not Approved | |
| ENGL 2303 | Literature and Film II | Area C | Not Approved | |
| GCSU | MATH 1114 | Trig and Analytical Geometry (Approval not needed; indicate on website) |
Area A | |
| ENSC 1000 | Intro to Environmental Science | Area D | Approved | |
| ENSC 1000L | Lab | Area D | Approved | |
| ABAC | SOSC 1100 | Values, Issues and Perspectives in the Social Sciences | Area B | Approved |
| SCIE 1000 | Assessing Environmental Issues | Area B | Not Approved | |
| ARTS 2216 | Introduction to Painting | Area B | Not Approved | |
| ARTS 1040 | Intro to Careers in Visual Arts | Area B | Not Approved | |
| BUSA 1101 | Business Seminar | Area B | Not Approved | |
| JRNL 1100B | Radio Seminar | Area B | Not Approved | |
| JRNL 1100C | Newspaper Seminar | Area B | Not Approved | |
| JRNL 1100D | Television Production Seminar | Area B | Not Approved | |
| PHIL 2111 | Intro to Western Philosophy | Area C | Approved | |
| ENGL 2120 | British Literature | Area C | Approved | |
| West Georgia | THEA 2050 | Self Staging: Oral Communication in Daily Life | Area B | Approved |
| BIOL 1015 | Unseen World of Microorganisms | Area D1 | Approved | |
| BIOL 1015L | Laboratory | Area D1 | Approved | |
Greg Stewart indicated that he would be in Washington next year and suggested possible replacements from the science areas.
Kathleen Burk gave an update on the Regents' Math Test.
Frank Butler, Vice Chancellor for Academics, Faculty and Student Affairs, met with the council and discussed the need for oversight of Area F. In addition, the role of the academic advisory committees was discussed. A summary of the discussions of the subcommittee charged with examining this issue was presented. A more complete version of the discussion can be found at the website that was created through WebCT for use by the Council. SEE the Appenidx for instructions on accessing this website.)
Dr. Butler announced that Dorothy Zinsmeister would be replacing Kathleen Burk as System Office liaison to the Council and transfer ombudspersons.
Andrea Hardin will work with Dorothy Zinsmeister on planning a transfer ombudsperson workshop for the fall.
The next meeting of the Council on General Education is tentatively scheduled for June 21, 2002.
Appendix
To access WebCT for use by the Council:
go to http://webct.usg.edu
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Click on the "log in to my WebCT" link.
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When prompted, log in with
ID: <first name>_<last name> replacing these words with your first and last names, all lower case.
password: gened(Please note that these are case sensitive and that the underscores in the ID are necessary. )
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Click on "GenEd 101" on the left side of the page (this is the "course title" we're using).
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Click on the title "Discussions"or the icon (a pushpin) to reach the bulletin board.
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You probably want to be sure that you have selected "All", "All messages" (vs. "Show unread") and "Threaded" (vs. "Unthreaded").
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Click on the message of choice to read.
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While reading any message, you can REPLY to that message and your response will show as being associated with that message by being indented on the message homepage (where the messages are listed). Note: If you go back to the message homepage and use COMPOSE, that message will start a new thread. Note: if you want to see your reply show on your screen on the message homepage, you need to use the refresh/reload button or leave WebCT and come back in.
If you have any problems, please contact Jack Morrell.