1) Welcome & Attendance
a) Recognition of New Panel Members - NA
Congratulations to Steve Bennet who is retiring this summer! We will need a new 4 year institution co-chair. Anyone interested? 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
7 New Courses
2 Resubmitted New Courses
20 Ongoing Review Courses
2 Resubmitted Ongoing Review Courses
31 Total Courses
New Courses
IAICode: P1902
Institution: Illinois Eastern Community Colleges
Institution Course Number/Name: CHM 1130: General Chemistry I
IAICode: P1902
Institution: St. Augustine College
Institution Course Number/Name: CHM 115: Basic Chemistry
IAICode: P1902L
Institution: Dominican University
Institution Course Number/Name: CHM101: Introduction to General Chemistry
IAICode: P1902L
Institution: Illinois Eastern Community Colleges
Institution Course Number/Name: CHM 1131: General Chemistry I Lab
IAICode: P1903L
Institution: Concordia University Chicago
Institution Course Number/Name: CHE-1110: Consumer Chemistry (With Lab)
IAICode: P1903L
Institution: Heartland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: CHEM115: Food Chemistry
IAICode: P1910
Institution: Highland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: NSCI 231: Meteorology
Resubmitted New Courses
IAICode: P1905L
Institution: Elgin Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: APS 101: Earth Science
IAICode: P1910L
Institution: Highland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: NSCI 232: Introduction to Meteorology
Ongoing Review Courses
IAICode: P1900
Institution: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Institution Course Number/Name: PHYS111: Concepts of Physics
IAICode: P1900L
Institution: Harper College
Institution Course Number/Name: PHY121: Introductory Physics I
IAICode: P1900L
Institution: Waubonsee Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: PHY111: Introduction to Physics I
IAICode: P1906
Institution: Carl Sandburg College
Institution Course Number/Name: PHY130: Physical Universe
IAICode: P1906
Institution: John A. Logan College
Institution Course Number/Name: PHS102: Astronomy
IAICode: P1906
Institution: John Wood Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: AST101: Elem Astronomy
IAICode: P1906
Institution: Joliet Junior College
Institution Course Number/Name: ASTR101: Descriptive Astronomy
IAICode: P1906
Institution: Kaskaskia College
Institution Course Number/Name: PSCI101: Astronomy
IAICode: P1906
Institution: Kishwaukee College
Institution Course Number/Name: PHS130: Introduction to Astronomy
IAICode: P1906
Institution: Lake Land College
Institution Course Number/Name: PHY115: Astronomy
IAICode: P1906
Institution: Lewis & Clark Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: PHSC141: Introduction to Astronomy
IAICode: P1906L
Institution: Black Hawk College
Institution Course Number/Name: ASTR101: Astronomy: The Solar System
IAICode: P1906L
Institution: College of Lake County
Institution Course Number/Name: ESC140: Introduction to Astronomy with Lab
IAICode: P1906L
Institution: Harper College
Institution Course Number/Name: AST115: Stars and Galaxies
IAICode: P1906L
Institution: Highland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: NSCI133: Introduction to Astronomy with Lab
IAICode: P1906L
Institution: Illinois Central College
Institution Course Number/Name: PHYSC114: Introduction to Astronomy
IAICode: P1906L
Institution: Parkland College
Institution Course Number/Name: AST101: The Solar System
IAICode: P1906L
Institution: Parkland College
Institution Course Number/Name: AST102: Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
IAICode: P1906L
Institution: Waubonsee Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: AST105: Astronomy
IAICode: P9901
Institution: McHenry County College
Institution Course Number/Name: GEG220: The Global Environment
Resubmitted Ongoing Review Courses
IAICode: P1900L
Institution: Triton College
Institution Course Number/Name: PHY100: General Physics
IAICode: P1902L
Institution: Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Institution Course Number/Name: CHEM 201: General Chemistry Lab I 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)
c) Updates
d) Other discussion items from panel members
e) Next meeting(s):
i) Fall '25 = Friday, November 14th, 2025, at 10:00 am to 2:30 pm, TBD, and via Zoom Web Conference and conference call
ii) Spring '26 = TBD, 2026 meeting announced at the fall meeting
_____________________________________ Panel Approval Ratio
Panel: [GenEd] Physical Sciences Panel
Semester Fall 2024
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Ongoing Courses = 22
New Courses = 29
Total Courses = 51
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Approved Ratio = 68.63%
Conditional Approved Ratio = 7.84%
Approved & Conditional Ratio = 76.47%
Non-Approved Ratio = 23.53%
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. |