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University Writing Committee Minutes November 30, 2007 12:30 p.m.
Present:
SuEllen Shaw, chair; Sheri Erickson,
Jill Frederick, Jarilyn Gess, Absent: Steven Bolduc, Stacy Voeller Minutes: Gess moved. Hammerschmidt seconded to approve the minutes of November 16, 2007, as amended. The motion was approved unanimously.
Review of Course Proposals: EECE 441: Childrens Literature: Content and Methods: Peggy Rittenhouse was present to answer questions and spoke to the focus of the course. Hammerschmidt moved. Sibley seconded to approve EECE 441 as Writing-Intensive. The motion was approved unanimously.
EECE 488: Contemporary Issues and Ethics in
Early Childhood: Ok-Hee Lee was
present to answer questions and stated the course is the capstone
for early childhood and early childhood/special education majors.
Erickson moved.
Lee agreed to revise the course syllabus to reflect the above changes. The motion was approve unanimously. SW 400: Research Methods in Social Work: Gess moved. Sibley seconded to approve SW 400 as Writing-Intensive.
The motion failed unanimously. McCord agreed to contact the faculty member. SW 460: Social Policy: Sibley moved. Gess seconded to approve SW 460 as Writing-Intensive.
The motion failed unanimously. McCord agreed to contact the faculty member.
AMCS 498: Capstone Seminar in American
Multicultural Studies: Gess moved.
The motion failed unanimously. McCord agreed to contact the faculty member. Writing-Intensive Requirement for Transfer Students: Karen Danbom, EECE, was present to speak on a related issue. Shaw read an email message from Danbom: Is there any way that the PFY courses that are taught as a block can get designation as writing-intensive by combining the assignmentsno one course in the PFY block can commit to having all the writing assignments. All of the courses have different units, lesson plans, reflections, journals, etcbut they are spread across the block of courses. I am trying to find a course other than EECE 441 (childrens lit) in the ELED major that can fulfill the requirement for transfer students-in case the transfer student has childrens literature from a different university. No transfer gets out of PFY so we thought it would be best (to) have it there. The pros and cons of the
issue were discussed and suggestions were made. Danbom agreed to
follow-up with faculty in the Discussion ensued on the larger concern regarding transfer students. It was agreed that Shaw would initiate a campus-wide call for comment on the topic via email. Further discussion on the topic will be held next semester. Update on Coding Course Sections as Writing-Intensive: Tabled Spring Meeting Time: A spring meeting time has not been scheduled. Members will be notified as soon as a timeslot opens. |
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