Add Bede Ssensalo & Aaron Wilson B/ST to Attendance Roster

Educational Policies & Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes for March 6, 2007 - Meeting #12 3:30 p.m. – MHB-315

EPCC: Juan Benitez, Cherie Dougan, Jennifer Fleming, Cora Goldstein, William Johnson, Sophia Pandya, Erica Watson-Curie, Fred Wegener, Mark Wiley. Guy Yamashiro

Guests: Gabriel S. Estrada – CHLS/AIS, Nancy Quam-Wickhem – HIST, Sarah Schrank – HIST, Cassandra Kao - AAAS

1. Approval of the minutes, February 20, 2007. (MSP w/corrections)  Add Bede Ssensalo & Aaron Wilson B/ST to attendance roster  Postpone ASAM 342 and CHLS 342 review until the next meeting, March 20th.

2. Announcements and/or Changes to the Agenda

3. New Business A) History Department 1) New Course: HIST 663 (2nd Read) Seminar in Latin American History (3 at C2) Discussion:  Typo at top of SCO and syllabus (663 not 633)  Typo – must match C5 seminar category Motion to approve HIST 663 passed (MSP) 2) Recertification: HIST 400I (2nd read) Category B3, D2  Coversheet says C1 – should be B3, D2  Add statement that future syllabi must conform to university attendance, withdraw and disability policies  Deepen writing component discussion o Specify feedback program  Remove “attendance is not mandatory” in SCO  Add more active learning outcomes (“understanding” difficult to quantify) o Ex. Analyze, compare and contrast, synthesize, evaluate  Method evaluation too specific; edit to allow for instructor flexibility  Ex. “Suggested methods could be class participation ..”  Move suggested ways for grade breakdown to SCO  Ex. “Suggested …” to allow for instructor flexibility  Send changes to Mark Wiley Motion to approve HIST 400I with recommended changes passed (MSP) B) Asian Asian-American Studies 1) New Course: CHIN 375 The Supernatural and Fantastic in Chinese Literature. Discussion  Put standard statement in SCO that future syllabi must conform to university attendance, withdraw and disability policies  Add wording to allow flexibility in grading scale  Course Objectives & Measurable Outcomes  #1 in Method of Assessment split into a separate outcome o Ask what they are going to synthesize  Consider rewriting catalog requirements in the future Motion to approve CHIN 375 with recommended changes passed (MSP)

2) New Course: CHIN 421 Newspaper and Web Reading. 3 units at C4 Discussion  Deeper discussion of hybrid course needed in SCO and syllabus  Add wording to allow for instructor flexibility in Methods of Assessment  Catalog description needs to be more detailed o Explain nature of instruction and what the course does or provides as opposed to just reading Chinese newspapers  Outline needs more detailed lecture topics Motion to approve CHIN 421 postponed

C) American Indian Studies and Chicano and Latino Studies 1) New Course: AIS 315 and CHLS 315 Contemporary Indigenous Peoples of Aztlan and Latin America , 3 units at C5 Discussion  Catalog description needs to mention cross-listing  Not a GE course  Methods of Assessment – break 60%  No prerequisites – technically a sophomore can take this course  Specify who course is geared for. o Is it advanced study or an introductory course? o Remove “advanced” or change prerequisites o Standard language is “upper division standing” or “consent of instructor”  Send changes to Mark Wiley Motion to approve AIS 315 and CHLS 315 with changes passed (MSP)

E) Religious Studies a) New Course/s: RST 458/558: Women, Religion and the Developing World. 3 units at a C4. GE request for IC, D2, Global and Human Diversity. Discussion  Global and Human Diversity are not allowed at the same time o Recommend Global  Can not have a graduate course offered for GE credit  Methods of Assessment grading breakdown high – consider revising  If a graduate course, you need more analysis/advanced work o Critical evaluation, analysis, synthesis  If a graduate course, specify how graduate course is different  Too many course objectives o Decide what you can do in one semester  Department needs to be consulted regarding GE or graduate status Motion to approve RST/458/558 postponed

4. Adjourn @ 4:45 p.m. Minutes prepared by Jennifer Fleming