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Major Biology Panel Agenda


ILLINOIS ARTICULATION INITIATIVE


To Facilitate Interinstitutional Transfer
 
Illinois Board of Higher Education
1 North Old State Capitol Plaza,
Suite 333
Springfield, IL 62701-1377
Amy Spies, AA Assistant Director
tel: 217/557-7356
spies@ibhe.org
IAI & iTransfer.org
Malinda Aiello, Director
Krista Jackson, Coordinator
Campus Box 2202
Normal, IL 61791-2202
tel: 309/438-8640
itransfer @itransfer.org
Illinois Community College Board
401, East Capitol Avenue
Springfield, IL 62701-1711
Melvin Harrison, AA Director
tel: 217/524-5003
Melvin.Harrison@illinois.gov

 
Agenda for Major Biology Panel Meeting
Zoom/Web Conferencing Friday, March 15, 2024 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Attendees: Malinda Aiello (iTransfer System) ,Walid Al-Ghoul (Chicago State University) ,Kelly Barna (McHenry County College) ,Andrea Bassett (University of Illinois at Chicago) ,Elyse Bolterstein (Northeastern Illinois University) ,Justin Bradley (Illinois Board of Higher Education) ,Paul Brunkow (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) ,Gary Bulla (Eastern Illinois University) ,Justin Cobb (Lincoln Land Community College) ,Jonathon Cohen (Kankakee Community College) ,Lakshmi Gollapudi (College of Lake County) ,Melvin Harrison (Illinois Community College Board) ,Justin Hoshaw (Waubonsee Community College) ,Sue Hum (Western Illinois University) ,Krista Jackson (iTransfer System) ,Jennifer Joesting (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) ,Jennifer Jost (Bradley University) ,Elizabeth Kozak (Lewis University) ,Jacqueline Krueger (Olive-Harvey College (CCC)) ,Emily Lehman (Black Hawk College) ,Nicholas Marra (Governors State University) ,Tania Nezrick (Kishwaukee College) ,Wade Nichols (Illinois State University) ,Kalpa Patel (Oakton Community College) ,Colleen Sexton (Illinois Board of Higher Education) ,Sedonia Sipes (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) ,Richard Stillwell (iTransfer System) ,Brent Todd (Lincoln Land Community College) ,Neil Voss (Roosevelt University) ,Shengde Zhou (Northern Illinois University) ,

Agenda

1) Welcome & Attendance
     a) Recognition of New Panel Members
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
2 New Courses
4 Resubmitted New Courses
10 Ongoing Review Courses
0 Resubmitted Ongoing Review Courses
16 Total Courses

New Courses
IAICode: BIO920
Institution: Heartland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 181: Anatomy & Physiology I

IAICode: BIO920
Institution: Heartland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 182: Anatomy & Physiology II

Resubmitted New Courses
IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Concordia University Chicago
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO-2011: General Biology I

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Concordia University Chicago
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO-2012: General Biology II

IAICode: BIO920
Institution: Kaskaskia College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 121: BIOL 121: Anatomy and Physiology

IAICode: BIO920
Institution: Kaskaskia College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 122: BIOL 122 Anatomy and Physiology

Ongoing Review Courses
IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Governors State University
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL1500: General Biology I

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Governors State University
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL1510: General Biology II

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Illinois Central College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL160: Bio Principles I

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Illinois Central College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL161: Bio Principles II

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Kishwaukee College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO201: Biology Principles I

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Kishwaukee College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO202: Biology Principles II

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Malcolm X College (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOLOGY121: Biology I

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Malcolm X College (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOLOGY122: Biology II

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Southwestern Illinois College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL101: Principles of Biology I

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Southwestern Illinois College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL102: Principles of Biology II

Resubmitted Ongoing Review Courses
No Courses

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)

~ Continue discussion re. adding high school Biology as a prerequisite
~ Microbiology as a possible new descriptor – pros & cons

    c) Updates
    d) Other discussion items from panel members
    e) Next meeting(s):
        i) Fall '24 = Friday, October 18th, 2024, at 10:00 am via Zoom
       ii) Spring '24 = TBD at 10:00AM via Zoom and announced at Fall meeting, all 2025
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Panel Approval Ratio
Panel: [Major] Biology Panel
Semester Fall 2023
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Ongoing Courses = 6
New Courses = 10
Total Courses = 16
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Approved Ratio = 75.00%
Conditional Approved Ratio = 12.50%
Approved & Conditional Ratio = 87.50%
Non-Approved Ratio = 12.50%
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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