1.
The
Department meeting was called to order at 12 noon with a
quorum being present.
2. The
Department’s new Administrative Assistant, Dianna Botello
was introduced.
3. Amanda
Robertson on McGraw Hill presented a technology
demonstration of ancillaries
available with their latest textbook, America.
4. The
History Department members voted unanimously to revise the
requirements for the
AA in History degree to make it a 60-62 semester credit hour
degree in
accordance with the Texas Legislature and Coordinating Board
mandates. This
involved changing the:
- foreign
language requirements from 3-5 semester hours per course
to 4-5 semester hours
per course,
- dropping
the 3 semester hour unrestricted elective
- changing
the natural science requirements from
two 3-4 semester hour courses to one 3 semester hour
course and the second
course with 4 semester hours
5.
The
Department congratulated Larry Willoughby and Maxyne
Groner on their
retirements
6.
The
meeting adjourned at 2:00pm.
