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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
Conference Call and Zoom Web Conference Friday, May 6, 2022 10:00 am to 2:30 pm
Attendees: Malinda Aiello (iTransfer System) ,Kelly Barna (McHenry County College) ,Deb Bielser (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) ,Sharon Bloch (Lincoln Christian University) ,Paul Brunkow (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) ,Gary Bulla (Eastern Illinois University) ,Britt Carlson (Parkland College) ,Jonathon Cohen (Kankakee Community College) ,Dave Cox (Lincoln Land Community College) ,Lakshmi Gollapudi (College of Lake County) ,Melvin Harrison (Illinois Community College Board) ,Sue Hum-Musser (Western Illinois University) ,Krista Jackson (iTransfer System) ,Sean Jensen (Elgin Community College) ,Margaret Jonah (Dominican University) ,Jennifer Jost (Bradley University) ,Elizabeth Kozak (Lewis University) ,Andrea McGinley (University of Illinois at Chicago) ,Tania Nezrick (Kishwaukee College) ,Kalpa Patel (Oakton Community College) ,Katie Rushing-Anderson (Black Hawk College) ,Sedonia Sipes (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) ,Amy Spies (Illinois Board of Higher Education) ,Richard Stillwell (iTransfer System) ,Neil Voss (Roosevelt University) ,Krista Winters (Spoon River College) ,

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
7 New Courses
0 Resubmitted New Courses
8 Ongoing Review Courses
0 Resubmitted Ongoing Review Courses
15 Total Courses

New Courses
IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Chicago State University
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 1702: Intro. Biology II

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Chicago State University
Institution Course Number/Name: BIOL 1701: Intro. Biology I

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

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

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Sauk Valley Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 131A: General Zoology

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Sauk Valley Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 123A: Introduction to Botany

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Sauk Valley Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 105: Principles of Biology

Resubmitted New Courses
No Courses
Ongoing Review Courses
IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Waubonsee Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 122: Principles of Biology II

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Waubonsee Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 120: Principles of Biology I

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Spoon River College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO106: Principles of Biology II

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Spoon River College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 105: Principles of Biology I

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Lincoln Land Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 112: Principles of Biology II

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: Lincoln Land Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 111: Principles of Biology I

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: John A. Logan College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 102: Biological Sciences ll

IAICode: BIO910
Institution: John A. Logan College
Institution Course Number/Name: BIO 101: Biological Sciences 1

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)
        o Final review, discussion, and vote on proposed A&P descriptor
        o Discuss necessary changes to the panel’s course approval criteria to reflect addition of new A&P descriptor
        o Continue discussion regarding fully online biology major courses
    c) Updates
    d) Other discussion items from panel members
    e) Next meeting(s):
        i) Fall ’22 = Friday, October 28th,  at 10:00 am at a venue TBD and via Zoom web conference
       ii) 2023 Meetings will be set in fall of 2022
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Panel Approval Ratio
Panel: [Major] Biology Panel
Semester Fall 2021
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Ongoing Courses = 17
New Courses = 6
Total Courses = 23
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Approved Ratio = 82.61%
Conditional Approved Ratio = 0.00%
Approved & Conditional Ratio = 82.61%
Non-Approved Ratio = 17.39%
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.

Files associated with this meeting

File NameFile DescriptionDate AddedCurrent StatusView
01-24FinalIAIAP.pdfA&P Final5/9/2022Active View
Spr2022BIOMajCriteriaChecklist.pdfA&P Final5/9/2022Active View
01-24FinalIAIAP.pdfFinal BIO 920 & 920 C descriptor5/10/2022Active View
Spr2022BIOMajCriteriaChecklist.pdfFinal BIO 920 & 920 C descriptor5/10/2022Active View