1) Welcome
a) Roll Call / Attendance
b) Co-chairs and Recognition of New Panel Members 2) Zoom & iManage Decisions
a) Zoom Helpful Tips: 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.
b) Course Voting & Decision Options Overview: Quick Accepts, Accepted, Conditional Approval, Not Enough Info, & Return 3) Course Review
a) Anything we need to discuss before looking at the submitted courses?
b) Course Review: New, Resubmitted New, Ongoing Review, Resubmitted Ongoing Review
Courses For Panel Review
2 New Courses
3 Resubmitted New Courses
14 Ongoing Review Courses
10 Resubmitted Ongoing Review Courses
29 Total Courses
New Courses
IAICode: L1900L
Institution: Illinois State University
Institution Course Number/Name: BSC 101A01: Fundamental Concepts in Biology
IAICode: L1904L
Institution: Lewis & Clark Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 132: Human Biology
Resubmitted New Courses
IAICode: L1900
Institution: Illinois Institute of Technology
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 105: Introduction to Biology
IAICode: L1901L
Institution: Olive-Harvey College (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: BOTANY 201: General Botany I
IAICode: L1901L
Institution: Truman College (Harry S) (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: Botany 201: General Botany I
Ongoing Review Courses
IAICode: L1906
Institution: College of Lake County
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 149: Genetics and Society
IAICode: L1906L
Institution: Heartland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 117: Genetics and Society Lab
IAICode: L1906
Institution: Lake Land College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 150: Biotechnology in Society
IAICode: L1900L
Institution: Northeastern Illinois University
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 100: Intr to Biology
IAICode: L1900
Institution: Northern Illinois University
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOS 103: General Biology
IAICode: L1900L
Institution: Northern Illinois University
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOS 105: General Biology Laboratory
IAICode: L1904
Institution: Northern Illinois University
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOS 109: Human Biology
IAICode: L1906
Institution: Oakton Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 104: Human Genetics
IAICode: L1906L
Institution: Prairie State College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 106: Heredity & Society
IAICode: L1900
Institution: Saint Xavier University
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 101: Principles Mths Biology
IAICode: L1901L
Institution: Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Institution Course Number/Name: PLB 117: Intro to Ethnobotany & Economic Botany
IAICode: L1904L
Institution: Spoon River College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 155: Human Biology (With Lab)
IAICode: L1904L
Institution: Truman College (Harry S) (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOLOGY 115: Human Biology
IAICode: L1906L
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOS 104: Biology for Non-majors
Resubmitted Ongoing Review Courses
IAICode: L1901L
Institution: Heartland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 131: Plants and Society
Institution: Malcolm X College (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOLOGY 114: General Education Biology
Institution: Moraine Valley Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: NAT 112: Environmental Science II
Institution: Parkland College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 109: Introduction to Plant Biology
Institution: Prairie State College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 103: Plants and Society
Institution: Roosevelt University
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 111: Human Biology
Institution: Spoon River College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 145: Microbes and Society
Institution: Spoon River College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 140: Intro to Environmental Science
Institution: Triton College
Institution Course Number/Name: HRT 125: Plants and Society
Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Institution Course Number/Name: IB 104: Animal Biology 4) Panel Business
a) Are changes needed for any of the panel’s current descriptors and/or course approval criteria?
b) Outstanding / ongoing topics from previous panel meeting(s)
~ Discuss the creation of a checklist, Bryan Krall started work upon in the fall.
~ Scientific Inquiry and what the panel defines and needs to see in reference to this important requirement continues to be a concern. Tracey created a Google document for the panel to work on to try add some information to the criteria document to help with this. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LqMYOBr2KRuiIDonk-0MzC7rqNiU-1aA/view?usp=sharing c) Board / IAI Staff Updates regarding new system enhancements and/or initiatives
~ Discuss with the panel online course options moving forward post COVID exceptions
d) Other discussion items from panel members
e) Next meeting(s):
i) Fall ’21 = Friday, October 22nd, 2021, at 10:00 am to 2:30 pm via Zoom and at a venue to be determined depending on COVID-19 situation. Panel Approval Ratio:
Panel: [GenEd] Life Sciences Panel
Semester: Fall 2020
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Ongoing Courses = 23
New Courses = 15
Total Courses = 38
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Approval Ratio = 36.84%
Conditional Approval Ratio = 5.26%
Approved & Conditional Ratio = 42.11%
Non-Approval Ratio = 57.89%
Total Ratio = 100.00% ________________________
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.
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Meeting Information Spring 2021:
The IAI GECC Life Sciences panel will meet on Friday, March 19th, at 10:00 am to 2:30 pm by Zoom Web Conference and conference call. An updated agenda will be provided closer to the meeting. For more information regarding agenda/meeting items, contact the panel manager, Amy Spies, at spies@ibhe.org or by phone at 217-557-7356. For questions about the remote meeting technologies, contact the iTransfer team at itransfer@itransfer.org, ph #309-438-8640/2421. Note: Zoom Web Conferencing is available. Invitation and connection information will be sent to panel members via email with a calendar invite. Further meeting information will be included in the invitation. Voting on courses in the iManage system will be opened for this panel on February 15th at 8:00 am. Courses will continue to be received through March 1st at 5:00 pm. Please be sure to vote on all courses before the panel meeting. Join Zoom Meeting: https://illinoisstate.zoom.us/j/3094382421 Meeting ID: 309 438 2421
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