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Sunday November 04, 2007

Notes from Oct 24

Notes from our meeting
Wednesday, October 24

In attendance were

John Griggs
Kailash Misra
Sandy Paur
Jeff Scroggs
Jack Silverstein
Mike Singer
Bob White

Next meeting:
Nov 28, 1:30-2:30, HA 222

The committee voted in favor of adding MA 405 as a prerequisite to MA 407. (5 in favor, 1 abstain)

Progress on MA 205 was reviewed -- consultation with other departments has been added. (MUCCC already voted to support this action.)

Suggestions to modify the assessment document into something appropriate for our external review were provided. Samples from PY and CH have been provided.

John Griggs anticipates proposing a new GER class related to the mathematics of sports.

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Notes from Sept 25

Our first meeting this semester was
9-10am
Tuesday, Sept 25
HA 222

In attendance was

Jeff Scroggs
Kailash Misra
Jack Silverstein
Mike Singer
Bob White

Action items -- reserve the next meeting date, and members that missed need to indicate how they plan to contribute to the tasks. More information appears below.

Notes from the meeting

1. We selected Wednesday @ 1:30 to meet.

Please reserve October 24 @ 1:30 for the next meeting (if you have a conflict, suggest another Wednesday)

2. Form subgroups include
Renew MA 405, with an idea to a revised course description
Misra

      BA degree proposal (discussion and curriculum proposal)
      BS revision (discussion and curriculum change, if needed)
Misra and Singer

      review of MA GER courses
as needed, once university committees provide guidelines

      External Review preparation
Silverstein and Scroggs

Members needing to select tasks: Charlton, Griggs, and Paur

ex-officio member, Tran, only attends meetings

3. MA 205 proposal passed unanimously pending favorable comments being collected during the consultations. A minor clarification to the Resources statement was proposed. (forms are online at www4.ncsu.edu/eos/users/w/white/www/white/mamac/Links.htm)

4. ABM for FM/AMA proposal passed unanimously. MA 407 and MA 405 will be switched in the 10-semester display.

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