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
4 New Courses
2 Resubmitted New Courses
13 Ongoing Review Courses
4 Resubmitted Ongoing Review Courses
23 Total Courses

New Courses
IAICode: BIO910
Institution: University of Illinois at Springfield
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 141: General Biology I

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: University of Illinois at Springfield
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 142: General Biology II

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Northeastern Illinois University
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 201: General Biology I

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Northeastern Illinois University
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 202: General Biology II

Resubmitted New Courses
IAICode: BIO910
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOS 110: Biology of Cells and Organisms

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOS 120: Biology of Population and Communities

Ongoing Review Courses
IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Rock Valley College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 201: Fundamentals of Biology I

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Rock Valley College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 202: Fundamentals of Biology II

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Southeastern Illinois College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 221: General Biology I

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Southeastern Illinois College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 222: General Biology II

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Truman College (Harry S) (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: Biology 121: Biology I

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Truman College (Harry S) (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: Biology 122: Biology II

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Prairie State College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 111: Cellular and Molecular Biology

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Prairie State College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 112: Organismal Biology

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Lewis & Clark Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 131: Biology: A Contemporary Approach

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Lewis & Clark Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 134: General Botany

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Lewis & Clark Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 135: General Zoology

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Harold Washington College (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOLOGY 121: Biology I

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Harold Washington College (CCC)
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOLOGY 122: Biology II

Resubmitted Ongoing Review Courses
IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Northern Illinois University
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOS 208&210: Fundamentals of Biology I and Lab

Institution: Northern Illinois University
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOS 209&211: Fundamentals of Organismal Biology&Lab

Institution: Richland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 101: Concepts of Biology 1

Institution: Richland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 102: Concepts of Biology 2

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)
         Further discussion to the new descriptors - Google docs, etc.
    c) Updates
    d) Other discussion items from panel members
    e) Next meeting(s):
        i) Spring ’22 = Friday, May 6th, at 10:00 am at a venue TBD and via Zoom web conference
       ii) Fall ’22 = Friday, October 28th, at 10:00 am at a venue TBD and via Zoom web conference

Panel Approval Ratio
Panel: [Major] Biology Panel
Semester Academic 2020 - Fall 2020 - Spring 2021
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Ongoing Courses = 30
New Courses = 14
Total Courses = 44
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Approved Ratio = 65.91%
Conditional Approved Ratio = 9.09%
Approved & Conditional Ratio = 75.00%
Non-Approved Ratio = 25.00%
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.