Saint Mary's College General Education

Present: Chris Cobb, Janet Fore, Joe Incandela, Nancy Nekvasil, Charlie Peltier

Guest: Jessica Ickes

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The committee welcomed Jessica Ickes as a regular guest.

The committee approved the minutes from the February 19 meeting, with one correction.

Joe Incandela reported on responses to the most recent General Education Lunch.

The committee reviewed the plan for the motion and discussion of the motion at tomorrow’s Faculty Assembly.

• Charlie Peltier will introduce the motion.
  
• The rest of the committee will be present, if possible, to answer questions.
  
• The committee will prepare particularly to answer informational questions about the new design from faculty who have not yet had an opportunity to participate in discussion of it.

The committee examined a “To-Do” list prepared by Joe Incandela that aimed to list all the design tasks remaining prior to implementation of the new general education program.

• No items were removed from the list.
  
• After discussion, two items were added to the list—(1) assessment and (2) firm definitions of elements recently added to the design.

The committee discussed how to prioritize the remaining tasks. We settled upon “how LO3 will suffuse the Curriculum and be tracked” as the first item to tackle. Issues raised included

• Whether it was important that students address LO3 outcomes in each arm of the cross? (It was felt that some breadth in distribution was desirable);
  
• To what extent LO3 outcomes might be addressed productively through the major? (It was felt that some address to these outcomes through the major would be appropriate);
  
• To what extent, in what manner, for what reasons would LO3 outcomes need to be tracked? (It was felt that tracking would serve several different purposes);
  
• Would experiences other than classroom experiences count as meeting these outcomes? (Yes).

Those present agreed that the committee would continue to work on the LO3 issue at its next meeting, which is scheduled for Thursday, March 19, from 12:30-2:00 in the CWIL conference room in Spes Unica Hall.