Oct. 6, 2008 WAC committee meeting
Present: Mark Snavely, Ryan Ringhand, David Steege, Barbara Short, Rick Matthews, Ed Montanaro, Jonathan Marshall
1. Approval of Minutes
Approved as of what is on the web
2. Election of Committee Chair
Mark Snavely: chair continued: letting FEC know.
3. Approval of new course proposals
• Ellen Hauser: revised syllabus Theory of Women in Gender Studies WOGS 311: 40 % that is non-exams: approved. Spring 09
• Jean Preston and Ruth Fangmeier: Growing Old in America WOGS/ENG 271 Spring 09; approved
• Ruth Fangmeier: Social Work 471 Family Violence: Spring 09; approved
• Michelle Bonn: 2 sections EXSS 301 Tests and Measurements; Spring 09: approved
• Rick Matthews: SOC 499 Senior Seminar; Spring 09
4. Waiver Requests
• Dan Conder: Elementary major: asking to waiver college waiver. Denied because he will get his writing intensive courses through the dept.
• Alpha Sabbithi: Religion major: 2 more semesters: asking to waiver 4th WI class; Denied and encouraged to schedule a writing intensive class and resubmit if this isn’t possible later.
• Jason Ossobatto: marketing major, 5th year transfer: requesting one in the major being waived; scheduling conflicts; accepting
• Aaron Hill: International political economy and Asian Studies minor; asking writing course in major and outside waived; took Art Cyr class that he thought was approved; transfer student; POLS 405 is writing intensive in Spring 09; major denied. Outside the major POLS 205 fall 07 should have been writing intensive; accept the request.
5. Report on Fall 2008 WAC workshops: meet in two weeks to talk.
6. Form for departments to add WI designation to courses after they have been taught.
7. Unfinished Business
• Dept. Chairs need to flag writing intensive courses for each semester; JoDonna gets the information from dept. chairs for the schedule. Then Mark Snavely double checks the list. We need proposals by Oct. 15 this term for approval for next term. Please have advisors not tell students that courses are writing approved if they aren’t.
• Course information is stored on our computers and the data base.
• Whole class of POLS 205 gets WI credit: Ryan to check.
• Adult Education: getting adjuncts certified: Rick meeting with Mike.
8. New Business
WAC workshop report on Oct. 20 1-2pm
Rick meeting with Judith and webpages/background issues in the meantime.