Liberal Studies Program Committee

Old Main—Room 304

2 p.m.

September 26, 2006

Attendance:  Langdon Smith, Catherine Massey, Julie Snow, Jesus Valencia, Susan Parsons, Deborah Wells, Donald Zapien, Jace Condravy, Sharon Sykora 

Guests:  Connie Laughner, Bill McKinney

L. Smith called the meeting to order at 2:10 p.m.

I.  Old Business

A.      Approval of minutes from September 12, 2006

L. Smith called a motion to approve the minutes from September 12, 2006. 

First:  C. Massey

Second:  J. Snow

All approved, motion passed.

B.      LSPC Assessment Plan

L. Smith informed the committee that the LSPC Assessment Plan had been added to the agenda of the September 28 APSCUF membership meeting and the October 3 UCC meeting, and asked for committee attendance at those meetings to support the LSPC assessment plan. 

It was decided that a copy of the LSPC Assessment Plan, as well as a copy of the cover letter that was sent to department chairs, should be emailed to all faculty for their review before the APSCUF and UCC meetings.

S. Sykora informed the committee that problems with the Non-U.S. Global Community student outcomes had been brought to her attention.  Specifically, she noted that the Non-U.S. outcomes did not adequately address the “communication” university outcome, or courses taught within Modern Languages. It was decided to give faculty members additional time (until October 9) to comment on the plan. Following the faculty review period the LSPC will make final changes to the Assessment document and then bring the document to the UCC again for approval on October 24.  The document will then be sent to a faculty vote on November 1 and 2.  

C.      Liberal Studies Five-Year Review

L. Smith announced that the members of the Five-Year Program Review Committee are himself, J. Snow, S. Parsons, D. Wells, Michael Zieg, and Dean Bill McKinney. The first meeting of the Five-Year Review Committee was scheduled for Wednesday, October 4.

II.  New Business

A.      Liberal Studies Rules and Procedures Update

Assessment:  The LSPC’s Rules and Procedures were updated to reflect changes made in the Liberal Studies Program Assessment Plan.  Specifically, the Committee decided that a new section addressing the Assessment Plan will be added before the Liberal Studies course descriptions.  Several language changes were made to the proposed Assessment section.  It was also decided that any description of the Assessment plan within the Rules and Procedures should stay relatively general so that any future changes in the Assessment Plan would not require redrafting the Rules and Procedures.

Electronic Submission of Courses:  The proposed paragraph addressing the electronic submission of courses to the LSPC was approved with only minor language changes being made.

Enrichment Courses:  It was agreed not to change current requirements for how often Enrichment courses must be offered. Enrichment courses must be offered every two years, with exceptions approved by the LSPC.

Membership:  Several changes were made to Section IV, Membership, of the Rules and Procedures document, including the addition of a committee representative from both the Challenges of the Modern Age and Basic Requirements goal areas.

Motion called to adjourn meeting.

First:  J. Snow 

Second:  D. Wells 

All approved, motion passed.

Adjourned, 3:25 p.m.

Recorded and submitted by Katie Thomas (GA)