Mason Core

October 7, 2021 Agenda

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  

September 16, 2021

Agenda:

  • Introductions
  • Election of the co-chair
  • Goals for the year
  • Mason Core process and annual timeline
  • Review of two proposals:
CategoryTitle
LiteratureSEED 370: Young Adult Literature in Multicultural Settings
CapstoneGCH 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

  1. Review proposals

 

Category Proposal   Notes
CAP ECON 460: Senior Seminar in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics   resubmit
SBS LING 100: Human Language   new

 

  1. Revisit outcomes conversation
    1. Bethany: overview themes from our last conversation
    2. Breakout rooms
      1. Write the outcomes that you see reflected in these themes
      2. Create a visual representation of how these fit together in the Mason Core
      3. Are these the right outcomes?  What is missing?
      4. How do these fit into a model for capstone/synthesis?
  2. Discuss ARIE proposal (if time)
  3. AAC&U summer institute—any interest?

February 25 Mason Core Meeting

Mason Core Committee Agenda

February 25, 2021

1:00-2:30pm

  1. Review proposals
  2. Workshop on Mason degree outcomes (will help lead to capstone/synthesis discussion
  3. 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

 

  1. Announcement: Mason Core charge update approved
  2. Review proposals
  3. Start talking about capstone/synthesis challenges and outcomes
  4. 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

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

  1.  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

 

  1. Assessment Task Force proposal discussion

 

  1. ENGH 101 update from Courtney
  2. Review Honors College articulation table