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Welcome 

Announcements  

• Meeting management 

Agenda Items 

• Course Proposals 

Category	Title	Proposal Type
Arts	ARTH 375: Indigenous Arts of the US and Canada	New
Arts	ARTH 303: National Traditions	New
Arts	ARTH 315: Modern Architecture	New

Discussion 

• Proposal Review Criteria 
• Zenith 
• History Discussion 

Welcome 

Announcements​ ​ 

• Meeting management​​ 

Agenda Items​ 

• Assessment update ​ 
• Capstone/synthesis task force report​ 
• History requirements​ 
• Updating MC application and review process​ 

Reminder​ 

Just a reminder that our next Mason Core meeting is Thursday, November 10, 2022 from 1:30-3:00pm

Welcome

• Introductions

Announcements​ 

• Meeting management​

Agenda Items

• Course Proposals

Category	Title
Synthesis	CHEM 460: Chemistry in the Kitchen
GU	GOVT 134: Grand Challenges to Human Security
NSL*	GEOL 103: Physical Geology Lab
NSNL*	GEOL 101: Physical Geology
NSNL*	GEOL 102: Historical Geology
GU	CULT 320: Globalization and Culture
Capstone	BAS 493: BAS Capstone
Capstone	HDFS 499: Advanced Internship and Analysis in Human Development and Family Science

*already Mason Core courses, sequencing discussion request from COS/catalog

Discussion

• Retreat Recap
• Capstone/Synthesis Taskforce
• Strategy Session: communicating the value of Mason Core to faculty and students

Mason Core Committee Meeting    

February 24, 2022  

Announcements     

    

• Meeting management  
• Mason Core Enhancement Survey
• COACHE Presentation: Chris DiTeresi    

  

Course Proposals     

   

  

#	Category	Title
1	Oral Communication	THR 401: Professional Presentation
2	Global Understanding	FOLK 100: Global Folklore
3	Capstone	HDFS 499: Advanced Internship and Analysis in Human Development and Family Science
4	Arts	AVT 105: Three-Dimensional Design and Beyond

Mason Core Committee Meeting   

February 10, 2022 

Zoom 

Announcements​   

   

• Meeting management​   

Course Proposals​   

  

Proposal #	Category	Title
1	Capstone	NURS 490: Health Policy and Advocacy in Nursing
2	Capstone	KORE 440: Special Topics in Translation of Korean
3	NSNL	PHIL 271: How Science Works
4	Literature	KORE 325: Major North and South Korean Writers
5	GU	HIST 315: STEM and Society: A History
6	NSNL	INTS 410 : Contemporary Health: Intersections in Science and Society
7	SBS	WMST 208: Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies

Mason Core Committee Meeting -January 27, 2022

Announcements​  

• Meeting management​  

Course Proposals​  

Category	Title	Type
Synthesis	NEUR 473: Current Neuroscience Research in Germany	New Proposal
GU	RELI 358: Islamic Thought	Renumbering only
GU	RELI 310: Judaism	Renumbering only
GU	RELI 369: Religion and Revolution in Latin America	Renumbering only
Lit	RELI 339: The Bible as Literature	Renumbering only

Task Forces: updates from 3 existing task forces​  ​

• Just Society​ ​
• Global​ ​
• History​

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ADVANCE and Mason Core Enhancements​

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Discussion ​

Preparation for Town Hall (January 28, 12-1:30pm)

  

  

Mason Core Committee Meeting  

December 09, 2021  

 Merten 1204 and Zoom

Announcements​  

  

• Meeting management​  

Discussion 

• AAC&U 2022 Conference on General Education, Pedagogy, and Assessment  
• Assessment updates from Gina Polychronopoulos (OIEP) 
• Enhanced Mason Core model to share with campus community 

• Plan for outreach and feedback, survey questions 

  

  

Course Proposals​  

Category	Title
Synthesis	NEUR 424: Sleep and Circadian Rhythms

Conclusion 

  

Mason Core Committee Meeting  

November 18, 2021  

Announcements​

• Meeting management​
• SACS​
• Websites​
• ARIE Support​

Task Forces: updates from 3 existing task forces​

• Just Society​
• Global​
• Capstone​

History​

Student Government Presentation​

Timeline review for Mason Core Enhancement​

Proposals 

Category	Title
Quantitative Reasoning	BUS 210: Business Analytics I

Mason Core Committee Meeting 

October 28, 2021 

Agenda: 

• Written Communication Update 
• Task Force Updates: 

• Global + 
• Capstone 

• Just Society 

• Creation of History Task Force 
• Proposed Timeline and Process for Updates to the Mason Core 
• No proposals submitted for this meeting 

Mason Core Committee Meeting 

October 7, 2021 

1:30 pm 

Agenda: 

• Review of one proposal 
• Assessment Updates: Gina Polychronopoulos
• Task Force work session  

Category	Title
Lit (resubmission)	INTS 363: Social Justice Narratives