Agenda

1) Welcome & Attendance
     a) Recognition of New Panel Members
~ Panel needs a new 4-year public/institution co-chair
2) Zoom: Please mute yourself when not speaking, use the chat box to ask questions or easily add to the discussion, and drop a note in chat if you have to step away from the meeting for an extended period of time.
3) Course Review & Decision Options:
    a) Anything we need to discuss before looking at the submitted courses?
    b) Course Decision Options: Quick Accepts, Accepted, Conditional Approval, Not Enough Info, & Return

Courses For Panel Review
9 New Courses
4 Resubmitted New Courses
16 Ongoing Review Courses
18 Resubmitted Ongoing Review Courses
47 Total Courses

New Courses
IAICode: L1900L
Institution: Daley College (Richard J.) (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: 114: General Education Biology

IAICode: L1905L
Institution: Daley College (Richard J.) (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOLOGY 119: Environmental Biology

IAICode: L1904L
Institution: Lincoln Land Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 107: Human Biology

IAICode: L1905
Institution: Millikin University
Institution Course Number/Name: BI130: Environmental Biology

IAICode: L1907
Institution: Millikin University
Institution Course Number/Name: BI105: Ecology and Evolution

IAICode: L1903L
Institution: Morton College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 212: Microbiology

IAICode: L1904
Institution: St. Augustine College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 102: Introduction to Human Biology

IAICode: L1905L
Institution: Truman College (Harry S) (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: Biology 119: Environmental Biology

IAICode: L1905
Institution: University of Illinois at Springfield
Institution Course Number/Name: ENS 251: Introduction to Environmental Sciences

Resubmitted New Courses
IAICode: L1901L
Institution: Daley College (Richard J.) (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: 201: General Botany I

IAICode: L1901L
Institution: Lincoln Land Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 106: Plants and Society

IAICode: L1906
Institution: Moraine Valley Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO-105: Human Genetics

IAICode: L1903L
Institution: Rend Lake College
Institution Course Number/Name: MICR 1111: MICROBIOLOGY

Ongoing Review Courses
IAICode: L1907
Institution: College of Lake County
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO127: Introduction to Evolution

IAICode: L1904L
Institution: Daley College (Richard J.) (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOLOGY115: Human Biology

IAICode: L1906
Institution: Frontier Community College (IECC)
Institution Course Number/Name: LSC1107: Introduction to Human Genetics

IAICode: L1907
Institution: Heartland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL140: Evolution: Big Bang to Biotechnology

IAICode: L1905
Institution: John A. Logan College
Institution Course Number/Name: SCI215: Environmental Biology

IAICode: L1900
Institution: Morton College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO100: Introducing Biology

IAICode: L1907L
Institution: Parkland College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO107: Introduction to Evolution

IAICode: L1903L
Institution: Rend Lake College
Institution Course Number/Name: MICR1111: Microbiology

IAICode: L1905L
Institution: Richland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL210: Environmental Biology

IAICode: L1907
Institution: Rock Valley College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO140: Introduction to Evolution

IAICode: L1900L
Institution: Sauk Valley Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO103: Introductory Biology

IAICode: L1900L
Institution: Shawnee Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO-111: Introduction to Biology

IAICode: L1901L
Institution: Southeastern Illinois College
Institution Course Number/Name: BOT121: Introduction to Botany

IAICode: L1905L
Institution: Southeastern Illinois College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL141: Environmental Science

IAICode: L1900L
Institution: Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Institution Course Number/Name: ZOOL115: General Biology

IAICode: L1905L
Institution: Triton College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIS105: Environmental Biology

Resubmitted Ongoing Review Courses
IAICode: L1905L
Institution: Elgin Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO115: Environmental Biology

IAICode: L1905
Institution: Governors State University
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL1200: Environmental Biology

IAICode: L1905L
Institution: Governors State University
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL1201: Environmental Biology Laboratory

IAICode: L1905
Institution: Harper College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 103: Humans and the Environment

IAICode: L1904
Institution: Highland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL145: Human Biology

IAICode: L1905
Institution: Illinois Valley Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO1000: The Global Environment

IAICode: L1902L
Institution: Joliet Junior College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO106: Animals and Society

IAICode: L1905L
Institution: Kankakee Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL1584: Environmental Biology

IAICode: L1900L
Institution: Kennedy-King College (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: Biology 114: General Education Biology

IAICode: L1902
Institution: Lincoln Land Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 108: Animal Biology

IAICode: L1905L
Institution: McHenry County College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO130: Environmental Field Biology

IAICode: L1904L
Institution: Parkland College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO105: Human Biology

IAICode: L1902L
Institution: Rend Lake College
Institution Course Number/Name: ZOO1101: General Zoology

IAICode: L1900
Institution: Sauk Valley Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO104: Introductory Biology

IAICode: L1904L
Institution: Shawnee Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 115: Human Biology

IAICode: L1900L
Institution: South Suburban College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO102: Introductory Biol

IAICode: L1902L
Institution: Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Institution Course Number/Name: ZOOL118: Principles of Animal Biology

IAICode: L1903
Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Institution Course Number/Name: MCB100: Introductory Microbiology

4) Panel Business
    a) Are changes needed for any of the panel’s current descriptors and/or course approval criteria?
~ The panel will discuss the new checklist created by co-chair Bryan and the checklist subcommittee.  Visit the following link to see the Google doc at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nDQydrhzDumewdxFIt8DXOG8tMNBzX3ZStqnn-5K68U/edit?tab=t.0.  The panel will approve the document after discussion in the fall meeting.
    b) Outstanding / ongoing topics from previous panel meeting(s)
    c) Updates
    d) Other discussion items from panel members
    e) Next meeting(s):
        i) Spring '25 = Friday, March 28th, 2025, at 10:00 am to 2:30 pm in-person and via Zoom web conference
       ii) Fall '25 = Friday, October 24th, 2025, at 10:00 am to 2:30 pm in-person and via Zoom web conference
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Panel Approval Ratio
Panel: [GenEd] Life Sciences Panel
Semester Spring 2024
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Ongoing Courses = 34
New Courses = 6
Total Courses = 40
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Approved Ratio = 45.00%
Conditional Approved Ratio = 10.00%
Approved & Conditional Ratio = 55.00%
Non-Approved Ratio = 45.00%
Total Ratio = 100.00%
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Special Notes:
· 1 or 2 short breaks may be scheduled or added as needed during a fully virtual panel meeting.
· IAI staff are happy to accommodate the scheduling and facilitation of additional virtual meetings throughout the year if needed to discuss proposed descriptors, etc.