Minutes from Social Sciences Task Force Meeting of April, 2003

 

The Social Sciences Task Force met Friday, April 4, 2003, from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM at Rio Grande Campus in Room 125. The following faculty were in attendance: Geof Andron, Karen Bell, Mary Beth Booth, Jack Bucco, Clint Davis, Carol Hayman, Sherry Heiden, Don Jonsson, Gary Livingston, Michael Pool, Marianna Sidoryanskaya, Jim Sondgeroth, and Donald Tompkins. 

  1. The meeting was called to order at 1:30 pm. 
  2. The agenda for the meeting was modified before being approved. Item number 3 had been item 4 and was moved forward, and item 7 was added.

    3. Agenda
    1. Approve Agenda
    2. Approve Minutes of last meeting. These minutes can be found at http://www2.austin.cc.tx.us/SOCSCI/Minutes/meet_02_14_2003.htm.
    3. Discuss and Approve new SACS questions for the Anthropology and Geography.
    4. Modify the approved motion from the November meeting changing the course number of GEOG 1401 to GEOG 2426.
    5. Approve adding Open Campus Cultural Geography 16 week and 12 week sections to next springs course schedule. (We forgot to do this at the last meeting.)
    6. Discuss and approve additions and deletions from the approved textbook list. These lists can be found on the Task Force's web pages at http://www2.austin.cc.tx.us/SOCSCI/texts/sstextselect.html. They can also be found on the colleges web site at http://www3.austin.cc.tx.us/it/textbooks/.
    7. Discussion of ACC's financial situation.
    8. Adjourn

  3. Minutes from the last meeting were approved after they were corrected. 

  4. Item 3 on the agenda was postponed to a later meeting. A pool of multiple choice questions will be developed for discussion and approval at the first task force meeting next fall.

  5. At the November Social Science Task Force meeting, it was agreed that the course number for Introduction to GIS should be changed from GEOG 1410 to GEOG 2426.  The Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Rex Peebles, reported at the last meeting in February that GEOG 2426 could not be used since it is not a course number the Higher Education Coordinating Board of the State of Texas approves for this course. It violates their common course numbering system.

    The Task Force agreed at the number did not have to be changed to 2426, but that it should be renumbered to start with 24-- to show that it is a sophomore level course and that it is worth four hours of credit.

  6. At the February meeting we proposed changes in the spring schedule that would be published for the Spring semester of 2004. We forgot to request that the new PCM Cultural Geography class be added to that proposal. We rectified that oversight at this meeting.

    The Task Force approved adding  16 week and 12 week PCM Cultural Geography  classes to the Spring 2004 schedule.
  7. Approved changes to the "Approved Textbook List" follow:
    1. ANTHROPOLOGY
      1. ANT-2433 Topics in Anthropology
          Remove
        1. Virtual Dig Sim Arch Excav, 1st edition, by McPherron/Roth, Mayfield Pub., ISBN 0767402456.
        2. Field Methods Arch/Virdg, 1st edition, by Hester/Feder/Shafer, Mayfield Pub., ISBN 0767419421.
      2. ANTH-2301 Physical Anthropology
          Remove
        1. Archaeology Theory, 2nd edition, by Renfrew/Bahn, Norton, ISBN 0500278679.
        2. The Maya, 6th edition, by Coe, Thames/Hudson, ISBN 0500280665.
      3. ANTH-2302 Introduction to Archaelogy
          ADD
        1. Adventures in Fugawiland, by Price/Gebauer, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0072559152.
      4. ANTH-2351 Cultural Anthropology
          ADD
        1. Cultural Anthropology, 7th edition, by Coe, Wadsworth, ISBN 0534557392.
    2. ECONOMICS
      1. ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics
          Remove
        1. Macroeconomics, 4th edition, by Colander, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0072510757.
        2. Macroeconomic Study Guide, 4th edition, by Colander/Copeland, ISBN 0071266397.
          ADD
        1. Macroeconomics, 1st edition, by Ayers/Collinge, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0131036106.
        2. Macroeconomics Explore & Apply, 1st edition, LaMont, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0131785516.
      2. ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics
          Remove
        1. Microeconomics, 4th edition, by Colander, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0072317949.
        2. Microeconomic Study Guide, 4th edition, by Colander/Copeland, ISBN 0072366605.
          ADD
        1. Microeconomics, 1st edition, by Ayers/Collinge, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0131834517.
        2. Macroeconomics Explore & Apply, 1st edition, LaMont, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0131785524.
  8. The college's financial problems were discussed. 
  9. The meeting was adjourned at 3:30 p.m..