Agenda

1) Welcome & Attendance
     a) Recognition of New Panel Members
No New 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
3 New Courses
0 Resubmitted New Courses
10 Ongoing Review Courses
3 Resubmitted Ongoing Review Courses
16 Total Courses

New Courses
IAICode: MC901
Institution: Rock Valley College
Institution Course Number/Name: SPH 201: Interpersonal Communication

IAICode: MC904
Institution: Richland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: COMM 240: Intercultural Communications

IAICode: MC911
Institution: University of Illinois at Springfield
Institution Course Number/Name: COM 203: Introduction to Mass Media

Resubmitted New Courses
No Courses
Ongoing Review Courses
IAICode: MC901
Institution: Waubonsee Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: COM121: Communication in the Workplace

IAICode: MC902
Institution: Heartland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: COMM125: Small Group Communication

IAICode: MC904
Institution: Waubonsee Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: COM150: Intercultural Communication

IAICode: MC911
Institution: College of Lake County
Institution Course Number/Name: ENG123: Mass Communications

IAICode: MC911
Institution: Prairie State College
Institution Course Number/Name: COMM111: Introduction to Mass Communication

IAICode: MC911
Institution: Triton College
Institution Course Number/Name: MCM120: Mass Communication

IAICode: MC912
Institution: Harper College
Institution Course Number/Name: MKT217: Advertising

IAICode: MC912
Institution: Parkland College
Institution Course Number/Name: COM121: Introduction to Advertising

IAICode: MC918
Institution: Rock Valley College
Institution Course Number/Name: COM218: Broadcast Performance

IAICode: MC919
Institution: Western Illinois University
Institution Course Number/Name: BC&J200: Introduction to AP Writing and Reporting

Resubmitted Ongoing Review Courses
IAICode: MC901
Institution: Lewis & Clark Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: SPCH151: Interpersonal Communication

IAICode: MC911
Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Institution Course Number/Name: MACS 101: Intro to the Media

IAICode: MC921
Institution: Harper College
Institution Course Number/Name: MCM205: Multi-Platform Photojournalism

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)
        Descriptions of assignments: 
       1) are these really needed, and if so,
       2) how detailed must they be for the course to be approved?
    c) Updates
    d) Other discussion items from panel members
    e) Next meeting(s):
        i) Fall '25 = Friday, December 12th, at 10:00 am to 2:00 pm via Zoom web conference
       ii) Spring '26 = TBD , 2026 meeting announced at the fall meeting
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Panel Approval Ratio
Panel: [Major] Media and Communication Arts Panel
Semester Fall 2024
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Ongoing Courses = 11
New Courses = 7
Total Courses = 18
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Approved Ratio = 72.22%
Conditional Approved Ratio = 16.67%
Approved & Conditional Ratio = 88.89%
Non-Approved Ratio = 11.11%
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.