October 7, 2021 Agenda Mason Core Committee Meeting October 7, 2021 1:30 pm Agenda: Review of one proposal Assessment Updates: Gina PolychronopoulosTask Force work session Category Title Lit (resubmission) INTS 363: Social Justice Narratives
September 16, 2021 Agenda: IntroductionsElection of the co-chairGoals for the yearMason Core process and annual timelineReview of two proposals: CategoryTitleLiteratureSEED 370: Young Adult Literature in Multicultural SettingsCapstoneGCH 466: Physical Activity in Public Health Capstone
April 29 Mason Core Meeting Mason Core Committee Agenda April 29, 2021 1:00-2:30pm 1:00- 1:20: Review Proposals Literature INTS 363: Social Justice Narratives Capstone GLOA 492: Honors Research Project in Global Affairs 1:20-1:40: Review and affirm on capstone/synthesis outcomes: 1:40-2:30: Discuss ARIE curriculum recommendations (guests: Lauren Cattaneo and Tehama Lopez Bunyasi)
April 15 Mason Core Agenda Mason Core Committee Agenda April 15, 2021 1:00-2:30pm 1:00- 1:30: Capstone/synthesis team meets 1:30-1:45: Discuss capstone/synthesis as group 1:45-2:00: Aysha Puhl- first year residential experience 2:00-2:15 Chris DiTeresi- COACHE Term Faculty Summary 2:15-2:30: review proposal Category Title Arts HIST 316: History of Modern Architecture
March 25 Mason Core Agenda Mason Core Committee Agenda March 25, 2021 1:00-2:30pm Review proposals Category Proposal Notes CAP ECON 460: Senior Seminar in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics resubmit SBS LING 100: Human Language new Revisit outcomes conversation Bethany: overview themes from our last conversation Breakout rooms Write the outcomes that you see reflected in these themes Create a visual representation of how these fit together in the Mason Core Are these the right outcomes? What is missing? How do these fit into a model for capstone/synthesis? Discuss ARIE proposal (if time) AAC&U summer institute—any interest?
February 25 Mason Core Meeting Mason Core Committee Agenda February 25, 2021 1:00-2:30pm Review proposals Workshop on Mason degree outcomes (will help lead to capstone/synthesis discussion Capstone/synthesis outcomes (if there’s time) Category Title CAP ECED 492: Internship in Early Childhood Education (Non-Licensure) Arts FAVS 204: Ways of Seeing: Perception, Form and Film GU FAVS 320: Afrofuturism and Their Kin Arts FAVS 280: Writing for the Moving Image NSNL ASTR 303: Black Holes GU GGS 317: Geography of China SBS GGS 301: Political Geography
February 11 2021 Mason Core Agenda Mason Core Committee Agenda February 11, 2021 1:00-2:30pm Announcement: Mason Core charge update approved Review proposals Start talking about capstone/synthesis challenges and outcomes Preview of Mason degree outcomes discussion Category NOTES CAP ARAB 355: Advanced Arabic Media: Debates & Context GU UNIV 381: Foundations for Building a Just Society SBS UNIV 381: Foundations for Building a Just Society CAP ARAB 351: Media Arabic II (Spoken Media) removing capstone (Announcement only) SYNTH COS 310: Introduction to Science Policy NSL BIOL 105: Introductory Biology II Laboratory note additional comments section in CIM NSL COS 301: Great Ideas in Science only changing course prefix from PROV to COS SBS ANTH 121: People of the Earth: Humanity’s First Five Million Years IT SYST 130: Introduction to Computing for Digital Systems Engineering NSNL BIOL 103: Introductory Biology II-Survey of Cell and Molecular Biology note additional comments section in CIM NSNL BIOL 102: Introductory Biology I-Survey of Biodiversity and Ecology note additional comments section in CIM
January 2021 Mason Core Agenda Mason Core Meeting January 28, 2021 Honors Curriculum Discussion (Guests: Jan Albeck and John Woolsey) Proposals: Category Title CAP ECON 460: Senior Seminar in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics GU EVPP 381: Nature and Culture in Global Wetlands CAP ECON 491: Capstone in Economics CAP ECON 493: Capstone Internship CAP ECON 495: RS: Honors Thesis in Economics SBS SOCI 371: The Individual and Society SBS SOCI 360: Youth Culture and Society GU FRLN 331: Topics in World Cinema SBS SOCI 308: Race and Ethnicity in a Changing World GU SOCI 330: US Immigrants and Immigration GU INTS 390: International Internship
December Mason Core Agenda Mason Core Meeting December 10, 2020 1:00-2:30pm (Zoom) Proposals: Category Title IT and Computing AVT 110: Digital Design Studio Literature RELI 271: The Bible as Literature SBS SOCW 200: Introduction to Social Work
November Mason Core Agenda Mason Core Committee Agenda Thursday, November 9, 1:00-2:30pm Review Proposals Category Title Notes NSL PHYS 170: Introductory and Modern Physics I resubmit NSL PHYS 270: Introductory and Modern Physics II resubmit GU RELI 212: Religions of Asia resubmit Assessment Task Force proposal discussion ENGH 101 update from Courtney Review Honors College articulation table