Faculty Senate

ASCRCWriting Subcommittee Minutes, 3/2/09 

Members Present: H. Bruce, N. Hinman, M. Medvetz, M. Semanoff, S. Smillie, K. Zoellner

Members Excused/Absent: J. Carter, K. Kuipers,

Ex-Officio Present:  K. Peterson, K. Ryan

Chair Hinman called the meeting to order at 2:15 p.m. 

The minutes from 2/23/09 were approved.

Communications:

• The committee will need to request catalog language that specifies departments' upper-division requirement.

• It should be clarified that departments are aware that writing courses must be completed by 70 credits.  Several departments submitted 400 level courses for approval.

Business Items:

• Group 1's consent agenda was postponed due to the absences of its chair.
• Discussion of the distributed models will be postponed for the next meeting.
• Several upper-division writing courses were approved from Group 2 (see list below).  There are still questions regarding the use of consultants in the School of Business and group work.  Chair Hinman requested that the group articulate its concerns in an email so she can communicate with the department(s). 
  
  Math responded to the inquiry and would like MATH 406 to be approved for both a writing course and an upper-division writing course.  This is not appropriate.  Chair Hinman will communicate with the department.
  
  Chair Hinman also intends to speak with the Chair of Political Science regarding PSC 400 and the Chair of Sociology regarding SOC 488. There is a concern regarding the consistency of courses taught be several faculty.
  
  Follow-up is also required regarding Radio-TV's interpretation of information literacy.
• Several writing courses were approved from Group 3 (see list below).  There were also several courses that require follow-up clarification with regard to group work, consistency, grader support, percentage of writing and how poetry applies.  The Group Chair will send specifics to Chair Hinman.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 pm.

Writing Courses approved at the 3/2/09 Writing Committee Meeting

Writing Courses

Upper-Division Writing Requirement Courses