HFC MINUTES  -- February 15, 1999

Present: 

Michael Arnush, Phil Boshoff, Katie Cella, Fran Hoffmann, Emily Levy, Chris McGrath, Rory McVeigh, Jon Ramsey, Amelia Rauser, Anita Steigerwald.

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The Meeting began at 9:00 am, Faculty/Staff Lounge.

The minutes for the previous were corrected and approved.

Michael welcomed Katie Cella to the council, our first official HonorsForum student.

1. Honors Forum applications -

142 students were eligible

38 students applied

Some of the applications did not meet Honors Forum standards, so the Council agreed to give some students a second chance to articulate their reasons for seeking membership in the Forum. The application process will continue via email 'hfc-list' in order to select the accepted applicants.

2. Curriculum Committee Update:

• - AH101 - Art History:Survey - Katie Hauser - Approved

• - AN101N - not yet approved

• - BI190 - not yet approved

• - BI275 - was denied by CC-  CC can't approve as honors without any changes, because the course was already approved as a regular course. They recommend that the course betaught for a year.

• - CL220 - Classical Mythology - Leslie Mechem - Approved

• - CH107 - Inten Gen Chemistry - Vasantha Narasimhan - Approved

• - EC104 - Intro to Microeconomics-Course Offering,TBA -Approved

• - ED200 - Child Development - Pending - Ruth Andrea Levinson - CC need more info on the Honors Component

• - EB105H - Expos. Writing - Barbara Black/Linda Simon -Approved

• - EN211H - Fiction - Linda Simon - Approved

• - EN303H - Peer Tutoring in Expos - Phil Boshoff - Approved

• - FF221  - 20th C. Literature - Lynne Gelber - Approved

• - FL263  - Fantastic in Fiction - John Anzalone -  Will not be offered as Honors.

• - FS203  - Intens. Int. Spanish - Paty Rubio - Pending

• - GE113  - Dangerous Earth - Richard Lindeman - Approved

• - HI221  - American History to Civil War - Jennifer Delton - Approved

• - ID201  - LS1 Peer Tutoring - Michael Marx - Approved

• - MA111H - Calculus 1 - David Vella - Approved

• - PH103  - Intro to Philosophy - Frank Gonzalez - Approved

• - SO101  - Sociological Persp. Rory McVeigh - Approved

3. HF Member Stat:

 Katherine Hjerpe - Transferred

 Katelin Berkeley - withdrawn

 Rosalind Rolls - withdrawn

4. Other issues:

Enrollment caps

•  Guidelines for honors courses

•  Caps as low was 8 and high as 25

Proposals:

•  For regular meetings with students

Subcommittees: -

  1) Academic: - Anita, Amelia & Katie

   Presentations for Independent Study

   Andrew Cencini and Kerim Odekon

  2) Academic Festival: - Amelia R. Chris, & Michael

  3) Admissions: Anita, Phil, Rory  & Michael

•    all 10's are being invited

•    9's are being reviewed

   Meeting every two weeks.

  4) Mission Statement: Jon, Michael, Emily & Fran

•   Operation Code

•   Honors courses.

•   what constitutes an honors course

•   relationship between honors courses & regular courses 

Cum. GPA Vs. Course GPA discussed. Council decided to retain current policy.

The Meeting adjourned at 10:00 am, next meeting Monday, March 1, Faculty/Staff Lounge.

Respectfully submitted,

Amelia Clarke, Secretary

Honors Forum