Curriculum Committee Minutes -November 16, 2020

Members:

  • Ed Cannon – Committee Chair
  • Kristie Kauerz – Co-chair
  • Remi Kalir
  • Liz Mahon
  • Scott McLeod
  • Diana Schaack

 

Staff:

  • Shakira Anderson
  • Shannon Hagerman (CPE)

GENERAL BUSINESS & REVIEW/DISCUSSIONS:

  1. COURSE PROPOSAL/REVISION REQUESTS:

 

Status                               Item(s)                                                                 Presenter

 

Syllabus Guidelines

  • Ed and Liz attended a lunch and learn by Jacob McWilliams, Director of the Women & Gender Center on syllabus design for social justice
  • There are four core principles for a social justice syllabus redesign
    • Revisit content
      • Who are the experts and why
    • Reform relationships
      • Is language in the syllabus democratic or legal
    • Realign assignments
      • Are assignments relevant to real life experiences
    • Rebuild community
      • How will you honor, value and affirm students
    • The committee will complete the final draft of the syllabus guidelines during the Dec 7, 2020 meeting

 

 

Approved                      LDFS 7410                                                                Jung-In Kim

  • Title: Advanced Studies in Youth Development
  • Revising title and description, will un-cross list from LDFS 6410
  • Course will focus on research component to support doctoral students