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Agenda – October 27, 2022

  1. Call to order
  2. Approval of minutes from September 22, 2022
  3. MAT 4800: Allow students to take the course twice (Profssor Singh and Professor Katz)
  4. MAT 2580 Learning Outcomes (Professor Zhou)
    • proposal:  approve the updated course outline of MAT 2580 with new learning outcomes
  5. Updates on Desmos in MAT 1375 (Professor Tradler)
  6. Discussion – Remodel MAT 1275 – MAT 1375 (Professor Carley, Professor Masuda and Professor Zhou)
  7. Good and welfare

Agenda – September 22, 2022

  1. Call to order
  2. Election of Secretary
  3. Approval of minutes from April 28, 2022
  4. MAT 4800: Allow students to take the course twice (Professor Singh)
  5. Calculators in MAT 1375-1575: Recommend TI 84 (Professor Singh)
  6. Desmos in MAT 1375 (Professor Tradler)
  7. Textbook of MAT 1275CO/1275
  8. Good and welfare

Agenda – April 24, 2022

  1. Call to order
  2. Approval of minutes from March 31, 2022
  3. Update course outline of MAT 1272  (Professor Halleck)
    • proposal:  approve the updated course outline of MAT 1272
  4. Update course outline of MAT 1275/1275CO (Professor Carley and Professor Masuda)
    • proposal:  approve the updated course outline of MAT 1275
    • proposal:  approve the updated course outline of MAT 1275CO
  5. Update course outline of MAT 1630  (Professor Thiel)
    • proposal:  approve the updated course outline of MAT 1630
  6. Revision of Computer Science Minor (Professor Africk)
    • proposal:  approve the revision of Computer Science Minor
  7. Experiment of new textbooks
    • proposal:  approve experimenting a new textbook for MAT 2580 (Professor Africk)
    • proposal:  approve continue experimenting a new textbook for MAT 2572 (Professor Carley and Professor El Hitti)
    • proposal:  approve experimenting a new OER textbook for MAT 1275 (Professor Carley)
    • proposal:  approve continue experimenting the current OER textbook for MAT 1275 (open to all faculty)
  8. Good and welfare

Agenda – March 31, 2022

  1. Call to order
  2. Approval of minutes from February 24, 2022
  3. Update course outline of MAT 3080  (Professor Benakli)
    • proposal:  approve the updated course outline of MAT 3080
  4. Update course outline of MAT 2440 (Professor Thiel)
    • proposal:  approve the updated course outline of MAT 2440
  5. Update course outline of MAT 1275/1275CO (Professor Carley and Professor Masuda)
    • proposal:  approve the updated course outline of MAT 1275
    • proposal:  approve the updated course outline of MAT 1275CO
  6. Discussion – Curriculum Policy
  7. Good and welfare

Agenda – February 24, 2022

  1. Call to order
  2. Approval of minutes from December 2, 2021
  3. Form subcommittees to modify the course outlines of MAT 1272/1372/2572
  4. Discussion –  Course outline policy for higher level math courses.
  5. Discussion – More detailed learning outcomes for major courses.
  6. Good and welfare

Agenda – December 2, 2021

  1. Call to order
  2. Approval of minutes from October 28, 2021
  3. Winter and summer workshops for MAT 1190, MAT 1475, and MAT 1575 and the math prep workshop curriculum modification proposal (Professor Han)
    • proposal:  approve the workshops and workbooks for MAT 1190, MAT 1475, and MAT 1575 
  4. New version of the update for the CSC Program (Professor Halleck)
    • proposal: approve the new version of the new version of the update for the CSC Program
  5. Proposal for creating a Minor in Computer Science (Professor Africk)
    • proposal: approve the proposal for creating a Minor in Computer Science 
  6. Continue experimenting the course outline of MAT 1372 that is used this semester
    • proposal: approve to continue experimenting the course outline of MAT 1372 that is used this semester
  7. MAT 1275CO/1275 tentative course outline for discussion
  8. Good and welfare

Agenda – October 28, 2021

  1. Call to order
  2. Election of Secretary
  3. Approval of minutes from September 30, 2021
  4. Officially approve the winter and summer workshops for MAT 1275CO, MAT 1275, and MAT 1375 (Professor Han)
    • proposal: approve the winter and summer workshops for MAT 1275CO, MAT 1275, and MAT 1375 
  5. Standardize WeBWorK assignments – Questionnaire
  6. General discussion on assessment-based curriculum design-Question banks for critical thinking.
  7. Good and welfare

Agenda — April 29, 2021

 

  1. Call to order
  2. Approval of minutes from March 25, 2021
  3. MAT 1272 (Professor Ellner)
    • Proposal: Add new aligned learning outcomes on course outline and minor updates.
  4. MAT1190/1190CO (Professor Benakli)
    • Proposal: It is possible that McGraw Hill will not increase the cost of the MAT1190 ALEKS code for the fall semester. In that case, we can keep the current (McGraw Hill) textbook and we will experiment (for one more semester) with the revised course outline for the open source textbook. If we do not receive a confirmation that the cost will not increase next semester, then I propose that we adopt the open source textbook.
  5. MAT 1372 (Professor Halleck)
  6. MAT 1575  (Professor Poirier)
  7. MAT 1275/1275CO (Professor Carley)
    • Proposal: Experiment with course outlines for MAT1275 and MAT1275CO and corresponding textbooks
  8. MAT 3050 (Professor Poirier)
  9. MAT 2440 (Professor Thiel)
    • Proposal: Approve a common final for this course (details here)
  10. MAT 2680 (Professor Li)
    • Proposal: Add MAT 2680 calculus review sheet to department website under “Academic Resources”
    • Note: the OER maintenance subcommittee (the “OER epsilons”) has approved adding this review sheet to the MAT 2680 course hub.
  11. Students with light developmental needs (Professor Han)
    • Proposal 1: Approve moving forward with Option 1, 2, or 3 in this document
    • Proposal 2: Approve moving forward with USIP summer workshop (details in same document
  12. Announcement: Microsoft Office self-service training modules are available in the Atrium Learning Center
    1. Free for students (780 licenses expire in 2022); faculty may request a license to view curriculum
    2. May create OER version in the future; what should be in the curriculum (Excel in particular)?
    3. Can we include Excel/spreadsheets in MAT 1190 and/or MAT 1272 in the future?
  13. Request: After updated course outlines are approved by the department, please email editable versions to Professors Koca and Masuda to be stored in the archive.
  14. Good and welfare

Curriculum documents for department meeting – April 8, 2021

  1. Aligned learning outcomes on course outlines proposals:
    1. MAT 1190 (Professor Benakli)
    2. MAT 1190CO (Professor Benakli)
    3. MAT1275(Professor Carley)
    4. MAT 1275CO (Professor Carley)
    5. MAT 1375 (Professor Tradler)
    6. MAT 1475 (Professor Africk)
    7. MAT 1575 (Professor Africk)
    8. MAT 2440 (Professor Thiel)
    9. MAT 2540 (Professor Thiel)
    10. MAT 2572 (Professor Carley)
    11. MAT 2680 (Professor Zhou)
  2. MAT 1475 experiment proposal (Professor Bessonov)
  3. MAT 2675 experiment proposal (Professors ElHitti and Zhou)
    • Linear algebra self-study modules as alternative option to MAT 2580 pre/co-requisite
  4. Computer Science program minor curriculum change proposal (Professor Halleck)
  5. Zero-textbook-cost (ZTC) courses—verification (Spring 2021 textbook list):
    1. MAT 1375
    2. MAT 1475
    3. MAT 1575
    4. MAT 1630
    5. MAT 2675
    6. MAT 2680
  6. Last Curriculum Committee meeting: April 29; proposals due April 22
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