The ACC Social Sciences Task Force met on 2 March, 2001 at North Ridge
Campus at 1 pm. Those in attendance were:
J. Sondgeroth (Chair)
A. Slivinske (Eco)
L. Kumassah (Eco)
C. Davis (Ant/Geog)
M. Forney (Eco)
R. Croxdale (Eco)
J. Hill (Eco)
M. Booth (Geo)
G. Livingston (Eco)
M. Pool (Ant/Geog)
M. Chipliy (Ant)
M. Sidoryanskaya (Eco)
S. Heiden (Ant)
Agenda Items:
Honors Courses: Croxdale volunteered to be a member on the Eco honors course
committee, Davis on the Ant, and Booth on the GEOG. Members to contact
N. Butland whose is the ACC coordinator for the honors courses.
Program Reviews: Davis briefed on the status of the review stating that
review was progressing well. Total review to be completed soon.
SACS: Davis briefed on ANT and GEOG that we were meeting the SACS requirements.
T. Lee (absent) is handling the ECO requirements which also are being met.
Summer Open Classes for ANT: Davis recommended offering cultural and physical
anthropology 2nd summer, and archaeology summer for 11 weeks.
To be considered in the future.
ITV ECO classes: Motion passed to recommend to the dean that these classes
be reduced in size to 35 from 50.
Budget Items: Davis wants same quality of equipment for academic purposes
that students currently have and wants a new iMac… Booth needs more capacity/power
in her computer hardware to better serve her students…..Everyone told to
submit their specific requests as line items for the next fiscal year budget
procurement.
Full-Time ECO open Positions: Sondgeroth and Kumassah briefed on status
of applications, etc. Reviews of applications are proceeding according
to schedule.
New Textbooks: GEOG….add ISBN 0-13-016238-8….delete ISBN 1-56690=127-8
ECO….add ECO for PUBLIC ISSUES….delete ECO for PUBLIC POLICY……add
McConnel's 15th Edition and delete 14th Edition…add
Thinkwell's Macro and Micro Economics….
ANT…add 2nd edition "Coloring Book"
all recommendations were approved.
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 3pm.