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GenEd Social and Behavioral Sciences Panel Agenda


ILLINOIS ARTICULATION INITIATIVE


To Facilitate Interinstitutional Transfer
 
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Justin Bradley, Assistant Director
1 North Old State Capitol Plaza
Suite 333
Springfield, IL 62701-1377
217/689-5197
bradley@ibhe.org
IAI & iTransfer.org
Malinda Aiello, Director
Krista Jackson, Coordinator
Campus Box 2202
Normal, IL 61791-2202
309/438-8640
itransfer @itransfer.org
Illinois Community College Board
Brian Messner, Director of Academic Affairs
401 East Capitol Avenue
Springfield, Illinois 62701-1711
(217)785-0144
brian.messner2@illinois.gov

 
Agenda for GenEd Social and Behavioral Sciences Panel Meeting
ISU's Alumni Center, Rm 119, Normal, IL, and Zoom Web Conference: https://illinoisstate.zoom.us/j/3094382421 Thursday, October 23, 2025 10:00 am to 2:30 pm
Attendees: Malinda Aiello (iTransfer System) ,Samuel Barbour (Lincoln Land Community College) ,Justin Bradley (Illinois Board of Higher Education) ,Jennifer Buntin (Lewis University) ,Mike Cornebise (Eastern Illinois University) ,Eliot Fackler (Governors State University) ,Matt Greider (Lake Land College) ,Christine Grela (McHenry County College) ,Stephanie Halaska (DePaul University) ,Michael Harkins (Harper College) ,Joseph Hinchliffe (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) ,Krista Jackson (iTransfer System) ,Vince LaMotta (University of Illinois at Chicago) ,Cynthia Manns (Olive-Harvey College (CCC)) ,Pancho McFarland (Chicago State University) ,Patrick McGinty (Western Illinois University) ,Brian Messner (Illinois Community College Board) ,Todd Moe (John A. Logan College) ,Patrick Moore (Illinois Community College Board) ,Scott Palumbo (College of Lake County) ,Vicki Schulz (Highland Community College) ,Wade Smith (Eastern Illinois University) ,Joseph Sramek (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) ,Leticia Starkov (Elgin Community College) ,Richard Stillwell (iTransfer System) ,Polly Walters (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) ,

Agenda

1) Welcome & Attendance
     a) Recognition of New Panel Members
Leticia Starkov, Elgin Community College (2P)
Welcome to the panel and for being willing to serve!

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
18 New Courses
3 Resubmitted New Courses
29 Ongoing Review Courses
14 Resubmitted Ongoing Review Courses
64 Total Courses

New Courses
IAICode: S1903
Institution: Illinois Valley Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: ANT 2000: Introduction To Archaeology

IAICode: S1903
Institution: Morton College
Institution Course Number/Name: ANT 103: Introduction to Archaeology

IAICode: S1904D
Institution: Rock Valley College
Institution Course Number/Name: ANP-201: Applied Anthropology

IAICode: S1904D
Institution: Triton College
Institution Course Number/Name: HTH 202: Health, Culture and Society

IAICode: S2912N
Institution: Richland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: HIST 151: World History I since c. 1500

IAICode: S2913N
Institution: Richland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: HIST 152: World History II since c. 1500

IAICode: S2923D
Institution: Richland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: HIST 203: The History of Women in America

IAICode: S2923D
Institution: Truman College (Harry S) (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: AFRO AM 101: Introduction to African-American Studies

IAICode: S4903N
Institution: College of DuPage
Institution Course Number/Name: GEOGR 1120: Economic Geography

IAICode: S4905
Institution: Rock Valley College
Institution Course Number/Name: PGE-141: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and

IAICode: S5900
Institution: Dominican University
Institution Course Number/Name: POSC170: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

IAICode: S5900
Institution: Lake Land College
Institution Course Number/Name: POS-160: American National Government

IAICode: S6900
Institution: Dominican University
Institution Course Number/Name: PSYC101: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

IAICode: S6900
Institution: Truman College (Harry S) (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: PSYCH 201: General Psychology

IAICode: S7900
Institution: Dominican University
Institution Course Number/Name: SOC 110: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

IAICode: S8900
Institution: Triton College
Institution Course Number/Name: PSY 204: AI and Human Behavior

IAICode: S9902D
Institution: Daley College (Richard J.) (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: GWSS204: Pleasure Activism, Body Politics, and Translating

IAICode: S9903
Institution: Kankakee Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: PSYC 2633: Human Sexuality

Resubmitted New Courses
IAICode: S2920N
Institution: Kennedy-King College (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: 247: African History to Colonial Period

IAICode: S4900N
Institution: Morton College
Institution Course Number/Name: GEG 107: Introduction to Human Geography

IAICode: S9900
Institution: Western Illinois University
Institution Course Number/Name: COMM 130: Introduction to Human Communication

Ongoing Review Courses
IAICode: S2912N
Institution: Elgin Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: HIS115: History of World Civilizations I

IAICode: S2913N
Institution: Elgin Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: HIS116: History of World Civilizations II

IAICode: S2920N
Institution: Elgin Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: HIS140: History of Asia and the Pacific I

IAICode: S2920N
Institution: Elgin Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: HIS141: History of Asia and the Pacific II

IAICode: S3901
Institution: Carl Sandburg College
Institution Course Number/Name: ECO201: Principles of Macro Economics

IAICode: S3901
Institution: Daley College (Richard J.) (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: ECON201: Principles of Economics I

IAICode: S3901
Institution: Highland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: ECON111: Principles of Economics I

IAICode: S3901
Institution: Illinois Valley Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: ECN2003: Principles of Macroeconomics

IAICode: S3901
Institution: John A. Logan College
Institution Course Number/Name: ECO201: Introduction to Macroeconomics

IAICode: S3901
Institution: Kankakee Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: ECON1553: Prin of Macroeconomics

IAICode: S3901
Institution: Lewis & Clark Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: ECON151: Principles of Macroeconomics

IAICode: S3901
Institution: Malcolm X College (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: ECON201: Principles of Economics I

IAICode: S3901
Institution: McHenry County College
Institution Course Number/Name: ECO252: Macroeconomics

IAICode: S3901
Institution: Northern Illinois University
Institution Course Number/Name: ECON261: Principles of Macroeconomics

IAICode: S3901
Institution: Olive-Harvey College (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: ECON201: Principles of Economics I

IAICode: S3901
Institution: Prairie State College
Institution Course Number/Name: ECON201: Macroeconomic Principles

IAICode: S6900
Institution: Lewis & Clark Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: PSYC131: General Psychology

IAICode: S6900
Institution: Lincoln Land Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: PSY101: Introduction to Psychology

IAICode: S6900
Institution: McHenry County College
Institution Course Number/Name: PSY151: Introduction to Psychology

IAICode: S6900
Institution: Morton College
Institution Course Number/Name: PSY101: Intro to Psychology

IAICode: S6900
Institution: Northern Illinois University
Institution Course Number/Name: PSYC102: Introduction to Psychology

IAICode: S6900
Institution: Olive-Harvey College (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: PSYCH201: General Psychology

IAICode: S6900
Institution: Prairie State College
Institution Course Number/Name: PSYCH101: Introduction to Psychology

IAICode: S6900
Institution: Rend Lake College
Institution Course Number/Name: PSYC2101: Intro. to Psychology

IAICode: S6900
Institution: Rock Valley College
Institution Course Number/Name: PSY170: General Psychology

IAICode: S6900
Institution: South Suburban College
Institution Course Number/Name: PSY101: Intro to Psychology

IAICode: S6900
Institution: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Institution Course Number/Name: PSYC111: Foundations of Psychology

IAICode: S6900
Institution: Triton College
Institution Course Number/Name: PSY100: Intro to Psychology

IAICode: S6900
Institution: Wilbur Wright College (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: PSYCH201: General Psychology

Resubmitted Ongoing Review Courses
IAICode: S1900N
Institution: Lincoln Land Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: ANT 101: Introduction to Anthropology

IAICode: S1903
Institution: Waubonsee Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: ANT110: Introduction to Archaeology

IAICode: S2905N
Institution: Chicago State University
Institution Course Number/Name: HIST2200: Key Problems in World History

IAICode: S2905N
Institution: Heartland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: HIST262: His of Non-West World II

IAICode: S2920N
Institution: College of Lake County
Institution Course Number/Name: HST245: History of Latin America to 1825

IAICode: S4902N
Institution: Governors State University
Institution Course Number/Name: GEOG1100: Geography of the Non-Western World

IAICode: S4902N
Institution: Waubonsee Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: GEO220: Geography of the Developing World

IAICode: S7900
Institution: Danville Area Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: SOCY100: Intro. to Sociology

IAICode: S7900
Institution: Eastern Illinois University
Institution Course Number/Name: SOC1838G: Introductory Sociology

IAICode: S7900
Institution: Heartland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: SOC101: Sociology

IAICode: S7900
Institution: Illinois State University
Institution Course Number/Name: SOC106: Introduction to Sociology

IAICode: S7900
Institution: Illinois Valley Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: SOC1000: Introduction to Sociology

IAICode: S7900
Institution: John A. Logan College
Institution Course Number/Name: SOC133: Principles of Sociology

IAICode: S7900
Institution: Kankakee Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: SOCY2513: Sociology

4) Panel Business
    a) Are changes needed for any of the panel's current descriptors and/or course approval criteria?
~ Review, discussion, & approval of Board-revised and standardized Course Approval Criteria template

    b) Outstanding / ongoing topics from previous panel meeting(s)
~ Discuss the History Descriptors - Matt Greider - carry over from spring
~ {C}Creation of a modern history course descriptor (as a carryover item from Spring '25 meeting)
~ Joe's proposed revision to S9 902D Study of Inequalities descriptor (carryover from Spring '25)/Interdisciplinary descriptors subcommittee update
~ Panel Split Updates

    c) Updates
    d) Other discussion items from panel members
    e) Next meeting(s):
        i) Spring '26 = Panel 1: Thursday, March 26th, 2026, at 10:00 am to 2;30, TBD, and via Zoom web conference
           Panel 2: Thursday, April 30th, 2026, at 10:00 am to 2;30, TBD, and via Zoom web conference
       ii) Fall '26= Panel 1: Thursday, October 29th, 2026, at 10:00 am to 2;30, TBD, and via Zoom web conference
           Panel 2: Thursday, November 19th, 2026, at 10:00 am to 2;30, TBD, and via Zoom web conference

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Panel Approval Ratio
Panel: [GenEd] Social and Behavioral Sciences Panel
Semester Spring 2025
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Ongoing Courses = 29
New Courses = 27
Total Courses = 56
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Approved Ratio = 64.29%
Conditional Approved Ratio = 1.79%
Approved & Conditional Ratio = 66.07%
Non-Approved Ratio = 33.93%
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.

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