Math Department Meeting Agenda
10/11/07
11:40 in DSC 223

1.  Upcoming Events, conferences, etc.  St. Norbert is Nov. 2-3. I'll have flyers.

2. Renaming Math 104 and Math 307. Should we? If so, to what? Principles of Modern Mathematics for 104?

3. Survey results and 2007-2008 schedules. (They're due in mid November.)
a) Heritage for next year: Snavely, Klingenberg (Wheeler did 2 in 2006)
b) J-term: Snavely, Tou, Klyve, Trautwein. Klingenberg? I'll do Discrete. Your ideas?
c) Open courses: Abstract Algebra (F), Topics (F or S), Research 490 (F or S).
d) Global Heritage?

4.  Assessment: please remember to update/examine the course summaries.

5.  Moving forward on the major: what topics/ides should every math major see?

6. Reminders (maybe): Midterm grades are due on 10/19. Book orders are due on 11/2. Choice cards - does anyone want to see them?

7. DPI visit, and how it involves us. April 29-May 1. I may need a vita from you, and perhaps a syllabus.

8. Scholarship statement revisited, at the request of CADRE.

9. Got a test scheduled in Calc I or Calc II? Let the tutors know.

10. Tom Groleau's spring operations research course.

11. Who's who nominations.

Present: Snavely (Chair), C. Chell, Wheeler, Trautwein, Klingenberg, Klyve, Tou

The meeting came to order at 11:40.

All agenda items were thoroughly discussed. Assessment questions will be imbedded in final exam in the fall, so the results can be analyzed in the spring.

The department unanimously approved the following changes to course names:
- Change Math 104 Foundations of Mathematics to Math 104 Principles of Modern Mathematics
- Change Math 307 Introduction to Applied Mathematics to Math 307 Engineering Mathematics
These changes will be made for the 2008-2009 catalog.

Respectfully submitted,

Mark Snavely

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