Members Present: H. Bruce, V. Hedquist, N. Hinman S.
Justman, A. McKeown, D. Stolle, R. Welsh
Members Excused/Absent: M. Medvets,
L. Venetz
Ex-Officio Present: L. Carlyon, N. Mattina, K. Ryan, A. Walker-Andrews
Chair Hedquist opened the meeting at
The minutes were amended and approved.
Communication:
The first meeting of the committee next semester will be on the second
Wednesday in February at
Old Business-work
group presentations
Workgroup one found that all courses submitted met the current criteria. Follow-up
was required on several courses. The
courses were approved by the committee. Review materials for FOR 342 were not received. [In a latter email communication
the instructor indicated that he would let the writing designation be
eliminated from the course].
The members of workgroup one have real reservations about the proposed
criteria. The focus is on a narrow
definition of writing and it would be possible for students to be evaluated on
a single writing assignment. They
recommend that the committee have a discussion on what the writing course
should accomplish.
Workgroup two has not received responses to follow-up questions on two courses (C & I 187, and MUSIC 420) otherwise the courses reviewed met the current criteria. Materials were not received from English 338. However members on the committee confirmed that the English department would like the writing designation removed from this course. The committee approved the course list. It found that most of the courses would not meet the proposed criteria. [Follow-up information was received for both courses and they were added to the approval list.]
Workgroup three had difficulty evaluating courses that did
not submit forms because the information needed was not included in the
syllabus. It still needs conformation
from the instructor of LS 151 and materials were not submitted for LS 350 and
351. Chair Hedquist will contact the
department chair for clarification. Materials were also not received from
English 351 and 352. Professor Bruce
will contact the instructor. [The
Liberal Studies Chair provided adequate information for LS 151 abd confirmed
that KS 350 & 351 could be removed from the writing list. No response from the instructor of ENLT 351
and 352.]
Communication
Continued:
Nancy Mattina will have an analysis of the latest UDWPA to share with the committee in the spring.
Ordinary Wolves by Seth Katner has been chosed for the first year reading experience. The author is a graduate from The University of Montana and is excited to come to campus the first week in October. Fact and Fiction is talking with him as well to coordinate something for the Festival of the Book.
In the spring the committee will have an open discussion about writing (expectations, role of, guidelines, and framework). Members should prepare responses to the following:
Chair Hedquist has received a proposal from the Writing
Director Kathleen Ryan that will need to be discussed as well.
Associate Registrar Carlyon expressed concern that the
The meeting was adjourned at
Draft consent Agenda………………
Approved writing courses
Anthropology 340H, 359, 450
Art 203L, 303L, 367H, 368H, 384H, 389H,
403L, 484H, 485H, 486H, 487H
Biology 405
Chinese 313L, 314L, 432
Communications 115, 210E
Curriculum and
Instruction 318
Dance 334H, 494
Drama 320, 321
English
120L, 121L, 223L, 224L, 225L,301, 320, 321, 322, 323, 325, 331, 335,
336, 337, 353, 355, 371, 372, 373
Environmental Studies 302, 305L, 367,
373A, 427E
Forestry 220, 340, 489E
Geography 333S, 335, 499
Geology 320N, 499
German 303H
Health and Human Performance 340, 450
History 107H, 108H, 300, 400, 401, 437,
446, 467, 470, 471, 478
Japanese 210H, 311L, 312L, 431L
Journalism 270, 331, 333, 415, 489
Liberal Studies 151L, 152L
Management 348, 444, 445, 446
Microbiology418, 420
Modern and Classical Literatures 315L,
365E
Music 325H, 420, 421,422, 423, 424, 425
Native American Studies 200, 202L, 329,
410L, 494
Philosophy 300E,
453, 461, 463
Psychology 320, 400
Radio-Television 280, 360, 361, 494
Recreation Management 451, 482
Social Work 310
Delete courses from writing course
list
(by department’s request)
Curriculum and Instruction 452E
English 338L
French 301, 311L,
312L, 408 (writing is in French)
Health and Human Performance 330
Health Sciences 440E
History 385, 485
Microbiology 419, 421
Pharmacy 412
Philosophy 327E
Religious Studies 260H, 276
Spanish 301, 311L, 312L, 408(writing is
in Spanish)
Forms/syllabus
not submitted
English 351, 352 (No response from instructor – courses
removed from writing course list)
Forestry 342 (Instructor confirmed
deleting writing designation)
German 304H (Materials received- course
moved to approval list)
Liberal Studies 350E, 351L (Department Chair confirmed deleting from writing
course list)
Follow-up pending
C & I 187 (now 287) (Information
received- course moved to approved list)
Music 420 (Information received- course
moved to the approved list)