Category: Agendas (Page 3 of 5)

1. Call to order
2. Election of Secretary
3. Approval of minutes from April 29, 2021
4. Students with light development needs: CO-CO committee report (Professor Africk)
5. Update MAT 1272 Course outline (Professor Halleck)
   • Proposal: approve the new course outline with minor changes (remove the link of purchasing textbooks).
6. General discussion on assessment-based curriculum design.
7. Good and welfare

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)
   • Proposal 1: Approve course outline (minor updates)
   • Proposal 2: Experiment with course outline and text (includes R)
6. MAT 1575  (Professor Poirier)
   • Proposal: Add WeBWorK column to course outline
   • Guest access to WeBWorK sets here
7. MAT 1275/1275CO (Professor Carley)
   • Proposal: Experiment with course outlines for MAT1275 and MAT1275CO and corresponding textbooks
8. MAT 3050 (Professor Poirier)
   • Proposal: Adopt course outline and corresponding textbooks
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

1. Call to order
2. Approval of minutes from February 25
3. Aligned learning outcomes on course outlines proposals:
   1. MAT 1190 (Professor Benakli)
   2. MAT 1190CO (Professor Benakli)
   3. MAT 1275/1275CO (Professor Carley)
   4. MAT 1375 (Professor Tradler)
   5. MAT 1475 (Professor Africk)
   6. MAT 1575 (Professor Africk)
   7. MAT 2440 (Professor Thiel)
   8. MAT 2540 (Professor Thiel)
   9. MAT 2572 (Professor Carley)
   10. MAT 2680 (Professor Zhou)
4. MAT 1475 experiment proposal (Professor Bessonov)
   • Textbook
5. MAT 2675 experiment proposal (Professors ElHitti and Zhou)
   • Linear algebra self-study modules as alternative option to MAT 2580 pre/co-requisite
6. Computer Science program minor curriculum change proposal (Professor Halleck)
7. MAT 1372 R/OER experiment discussion (Professor Halleck)
   • Option 1 (regular) schedule and text
   • Option 2 (biostats) schedule and text
8. MAT 1190 (Professor Benakli)
   • Online homework discussion: Aleks
9. OER epsilons sub committee (OER maintenance subcommittee) update (Professor Poirier)
10. Good and welfare

1. Call to order
2. Approval of minutes from November 19, 2020
3. WeBWorK/OER updates approval discussion
4. MAT 1375 Spring 2021 course outline (Prof. Tradler)
5. Updates to course timelines
   • If you have updates to courses for Fall 2020/Spring 2021, please send them to Prof. Koca so that he can update the course timeline for our record keeping.
6. Website check
   • Please check the department website to confirm that updates you have been involved with are reflected there. If any changes need to be made, please inform Prof. Poirier.
7. Knewton Alta for MAT 0650 and MAT 1375 (Prof. Ellner)
8. Good and welfare

1. Call to order
2. Approval of minutes from October 29, 2020
3. MAT 1475 course outline with WeBWorK  (Prof  Ghezzi)
   • Guest login (no username/password required)
4. MAT 0650 course outline update (Prof Han)
   1. with proposed amendments for department meeting 12/3: MAT 0650 course outline with amendments
5. Corrections to course outlines and catalog (Prof Natov)
6. MAT 1372 subcommittee (Prof Halleck)
7. Good and welfare

1. Call to order
2. Diversity, equity, inclusion and curriculum (Vijay Yeeda)
   1. Social Justice Math Guide by Jonathan Osler
3. Approval of minutes from September 24
4. MAT 1630 course outline (Prof. Thiel)
5. MAT 0650 course outline (Prof. Ellner)
6. MAT 1272 online course outline (Prof. Ellner)
7. MAT 1372 subcommittee (Prof. Halleck)
   1. Incorporating R
8. Course timelines
9. Chair’s update (Prof. Han)
   1. CUNY approves tuition charges for all 6 hours of MAT 1275CO
   2. LAS to include MAT 1630 as a math option.
10. Good and welfare
11. Adjournment

Reminder: last day to submit proposals for committee vote this semester is Thursday, November 12

1. Call to order
2. Remote voting procedures and meeting etiquette
3. Election of secretary
4. Approval of minutes from February 27
5. MAT1190 course outline update (Prof. Benakli)
6. MAT 2540 course outline update (Prof. Thiel)
   1. Edit 9/30: Updated MAT 2540 Course Outline
7. MAT 4672 course outline update (Prof. Yuce)
8. Course outlines and catalog descriptions (Prof. Natov)
9. WeBWorK for MAT 1475/1575 course outlines (Prof. Africk)
10. MAT 1275 experimental textbook subcommittee update (Prof. Tradler)
11. Course hubs (Prof. Reitz)
    • MAT 1275 Course Hub
    • MAT 1275CO Course Hub
    • MAT 1372 Course Hub
    • MAT 1375 Course Hub
    • MAT 1475 Course Hub
    • MAT 1575 Course Hub
    • MAT 2680 Course Hub
12. Good and welfare

1. Call to order
2. Approval of minutes from February 27
3. Math workshops proposal (Prof Katz)
4. MAT 1275/1275CO grade data for repeat policy (Prof Parker)
5. MAT 1275 Experimental textbook subcommittee update (Prof Tradler)
6. Department grading policy subcommittee update (Prof Poirier)
7. MAT 2572 (Prof Natov)

Edit: this meeting was cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis

1. Approval of minutes from January 30
2. MAT 1375 Course outline with WeBWorK (Prof. Tradler)
3. MAT 2440 Course outline update (Prof. Thiel)
4. MAT 1275
   1. Experimental textbook – subcommittee update (Prof. Tradler)
   2. MAT 1275/1275CO Grade distribution (Prof. Han)
5. Department grading policy – subcommittee:
   •  weight of final exam
   • term tests
   • homework/WeBWorK
   • class participation
   • projects
   • extra credit
   • EDIT (2/21): here is one potential grading policy