Minutes from Social Sciences Task Force Meeting of November 4, 2005

 

The Social Science Task Force met Friday, November 4, 2005, from 1:00 PM to 3:00  PM at Rio Grande Campus in Room 125. The following faculty members were in attendance: Karen Bell, Mary Beth Booth, Jack Bucco, Mary Chipley, Carol Hayman, Sherry Heiden, James Hill, Don Jonsson, Tony Lee, Gary Livingston, Lizzie Pintar, Gary Smith, Marianna Sidoryanskaya, James Sondgeroth, and Donald Tompkins.

  1. The meeting was called to order at 1:00 pm.
     
  2. The agenda for the meeting was modified and approved.
    3. The main changes were to add the second item on the FYI information and to postpone until next meeting the discussion and vote on adopting a new degree plan in Archaeology.

    Agenda
    1. Approve the agenda.
    2. FYI material from the chair.
    3. Approve the minutes from the last meeting:
      http://www.austincc.edu/SOCSCI/Minutes/meet_10_07_2005.htm
    4. Approve courses schedule for Fall 2006. We will need to add at least 1 ANTH, 2 ECON, and 1 GEOG sections to the new South Austin Campus.
    5. Continue discussing the idea to alternate the order of the Mexican and Peruvian study abroad programs for the first and second 5.5 week summer sessions and from year to year.
    6. Adjourn.

  3. James Sondgeroth, the department chair, announced that the economics position that we gave up last year with the understanding that we would get it back this year has been restored to our department. Donetta Goodall, Academic and Developmental Vice President, said that the position would be posted soon.
    Dr. Goodall also said that she would be taking the $20,000, which had been allocated for the hiring of a half-time full time faculty member to develop a new archaeology program, so that it could be applied to other purposes because we would not be hiring that person this academic year.
     
  4. The minutes of the last meeting were approved.

  5. The task force approved rolling over this fall's schedule to next fall except for the following changes:
    1. Anthropology
      1. The 16, 12, and 8 week ANTH 2301 Distance Learning sections will all be turned into PCM classes.
      2. The 16, 12, and 8 week ANTH 2302 Distance Learning sections will be turned into PCM classes.
      3. Only the 12 and 8 week ANTH 2351 Distance Learning sections will be turned into PCM classes; the 16 week section will remain an ITV class.
      4. At the new South Austin Campus, offer ANTH 2301 TTh at 2:40 p.m. (this is an addition to our course offerings)
      5. At the new South Austin Campus, offer ANTH 2351 MW at 1:25 p.m. (this is an addition to our course offerings)
      6. Assuming that the new class rooms will be coming on line next fall at Cypress Creek Campus, offer ANTH 2301 at Noon TTh. (this is an addition to our course offerings)
      7. Assuming that the new class rooms will be coming on line next fall at Cypress Creek Campus, offer ANTH 2351 at 10:35a.m. TTh. (this is an addition to our course offerings)
      8. Change the time of the MW ANTH 2301 class that meets at RGC at 5:40 - 6:55 pm to MW 7:05-8:20 pm. while keeping it scheduled in room 016.
      9. If the change can be made in "H" above, then move the ANTH 2351 class that meets at RGC on MW at 5:40-7:20pm into room 016.
      10. Move the ANTH 2351 class that meets at RGC on T at 6:00-8:40 pm into room 016.
      11. Move the ANTH 2351 class that meets at RGC on TTh at 12:00 - 1:15 pm into room 016.
      12. If at all possible, change the meeting schedule of the ANTH 2351 class that meets MWF at NRG at 11:00-11:50 am  to a MW 10:35-11:50 a.m. schedule.
    2. Economics
      1. At Cypress Creek change the existing ECON 2301 class that meets MW at 10:35 am into a ECON 2302 class that meets at the same time.
      2. Assuming that the new classrooms at Cypress are ready, ADD an ECON 2301 class MW at 2:40 - 3:55 pm.
      3. Assuming that the new classrooms at Cypress are ready, ADD an ECON 2301 class TTh at 10:35 - 11:50 am.
      4. At the new South Austin Campus, ADD ECON 2301 MW at 9:10-10:25 am.
      5. At the new South Austin Campus, ADD ECON 2302 MW at 10:35-11:50 am.
      6. At the new South Austin Campus, ADD ECON 2302 TTh at 12:00-1:15 pm
      7. At the new South Austin Campus, ADD ECON 2301 TTh at 1:25-2:40 pm
      8. Change the two MWF sections in Economics offered at RVS to MW sections, preferably at 9:10-10:25 am and 10:35-11:50 am.
    3. Geography
      1. Change the GEOG 1301  at 9:00 - 9:50 am on MWF at RVS to MW 9:10 - 10:25 am.
      2. At the new South Austin Campus, ADD GEOG 1301 MW at 10:35-11:50 am.
      3. At the new South Austin Campus, ADD GEOG 1302 TTh at 10:35-11:50 am.
      4. GIS class schedule this semester:
        GEOG 2470 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
        Formerly GEOG 1410
        c G [ 12/ 12] 29377 Lec 002| NRG NRGP PB1 TTh 1:25pm- 2:40pm
        Lab NRG NRG4 4209 TTh 2:50pm- 4:05pm
        2 G [ 10/ 12] 29378 Lec 003| NRG NRGP PB1 TTh 1:25pm- 2:40pm
        Lab NRG NRG4 4209 TTh 10:35am-11:50am

        GEOG 2471 Advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
        1 G + [ 11/ 12] 29376 Lec 001| NRG NRGP PB1 MW 4:15pm- 5:30pm
        Lab NRG NRG4 4209 MW 2:50pm- 4:05pm

        Change the above schedule to the following schedule next fall (changes in red):
        GEOG 2470 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
        Formerly GEOG 1410
        c G [ 12/ 12] 29377 Lec 002| NRG NRGP PB1 TTh 1:25pm- 2:40pm
        Lab NRG NRG4 4209 TTh 2:50pm- 4:05pm
        1 G + [ 11/ 12] 29376 Lec 001| NRG NRGP PB1 MW 4:15pm- 5:30pm
        Lab NRG NRG4 4209 MW 2:50pm- 4:05pm

        GEOG 2471 Advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
        2 G [ 10/ 12] 29378 Lec 003| NRG NRGP PB1 TTh 9:10-10:25am *******(Note time change here from 1:25-2:40)
        Lab NRG NRG4 4209 TTh 10:35am-11:50am

        What has happened here is that the GEOG 2471 switched time periods with the second GEOG 2470 though the lecture time for the former GEOG 2470 now GEOG 2471 has changed from 1:25-2:40PM to 9:10-10:25am.

         
    4. The big time switcheroo at NRG
      Right now in room 2120 on MWF the following sections are offered in that room:
      at 8:00 am ECON 2301,
      at 9:00 am ECON 2302,
      at 10:00 am GEOG 1301,
      at 11:00 am ECON 2301.

      Because the 8 am class barely made this fall and the 9 am class was not much better, the task force asks that the schedule be changed to a MW schedule. The new schedule for that room would look like this:
      at 7:45-9:00 am ECON 2301,
      at 9:10-10:25 am GEOG 1301,
      at 10:35-11:50 am ECON 2302.

       
  6. Carol Hayman reported that the university she works with in Lima, Peru, is open the second summer session. This means that she could pursue the possibility of alternating her study abroad program between the first and second summer session year to year with the Mexican study abroad program. Ms. Hayman stated that she would not pursue this without a guarantee that the ANTH 2302 would be offered if she did.  James Sondgeroth, the task force chair, said that he couldn't guarantee it but would tentatively OK ANTH 2302 being offered if the program could be offered in the second summer session. (The task force should vote on whether to approve this since I do not think that I can make that offer unilaterally without the task force's approval.--James Sondgeroth)

     

  7. The meeting adjourned at 3:00 pm.