WAC Meeting Agenda

Monday, April 27th, 12:10 to 1:00, Lentz Hall 332

I. Approval of Minutes from April meeting (https://wac.carthage.edu/)

II. Tentative workshop dates: August 31, Sept. 1, & 2.

Aug 31 a.m. chair’s session

Aug 31 p.m. new to WAC session

Sept. 1 & 2, a.m. & p.m. WAC principles, creating assignments, etc.

List of faculty and adult education: taught already or scheduled to teach.

II. New course proposals—Mark

Tim Eckert: CHEM 400: senior seminar Fall of 2009: passed

Bill Miller: CRMJ 304: Police and Society (adult education) Summer of 2009: passed

Laurie Jensen: AT 408: administration in athletic training: Resubmission: Fall of 2009: Questions about the actual assignments: Rick is asking to confirm

Danielle Geary: SOCW 240: Human Behavior in the Social Environment: Fall of 2009: (contact Ruth Fangmeier): Four essay exams don’t count: passed

Danielle Geary: SOCW 220: Child Welfare Policy and Practice (contact Ruth F.): passed

Rick Matthews: SOC 227: Juvenile Delinquency (adult education) Summer of 2009: passed

III. Waiver Requests (Abigail Hanna & Rick Matthews)

Brett Harmeling: Has he taken or going to be taking other writing intensives in the major? Both classes: EDUC 201 and GEO 206.

Elizabeth Polanski: Education class is offered this summer. Writing intensive section in adult education has not been put into effect. Tabling this proposal until Rick can talk to Mike a bit more.

V. Jean Preston—Update from Writing Center

VI. Rick—Update on AT 480 and Education Dept./Adult Education

VII. Unfinished Business

VIII. New Business

We will finish items V-VIII next Monday, May 4 at 12:10 in the Snap-On room.

Respectfully submitted, Barbara Short

WAC Committee Meeting Minutes – 4/6/09

The meeting was called to order at 12:05.

The agenda was then addressed.

1. The minutes from the previous meeting were approved

2. The following WI proposals were approved:

Jon Bruning, CDM 400
Rick Meier, ENGL 303 and 304
Joy Mast, GEOS 400
Mark Miller/Cathy Duffy, MGMT 490
Biology Faculty, Cell and Molecular Biology and Senior Seminar
(approval based on Departmental approach for teaching these courses)

The following WI proposal was tabled:
Laurie Jensen, AT 408

3. Waiver Requests

A waiver request for Elizabeth Polanski was tabled.

4. Adult Education Proposal

The committee considered a proposal from Adult Education regarding the transition to Western Heritage.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Jean Preston