ATF Meeting Report
Biology
October 25, 2003   Phoenix College

Originator: Judith Doerr
Submitter: Judith Doerr  
Date Created: 11/04/2003           Date Submitted: 01/22/2004           Status: Approved
Attendance : Arizona Western College   ASU Main & East   Central Arizona College   Cochise College   Coconino Community College   Dine Community College   Maricopa Community Colleges   Mohave Community College   Pima Community College   Yavapai Community College    
Next Fall Meeting Date : October 23, 2004  
Next Meeting Location : Rio Salado College  
Next Meeting Chair and Institution : Rebecca Richardson  
Next Meeting Host and Institution : Robert Semmler  
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Changes to the CEG : add the subnote:
"Note: Course also satisfies MBB 245 & MBB 246 (SQ)."
to the articulation of Biology 181 at Community Colleges with ASU. This note exists for Maricopa.
 
Changes to Majors on Common Course Matrix :    
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Which Matrix for AGEC Changes :    
Record of Voting : 1. Environmental Sciences ATF - Unanimous agreement that a separate Environmental Sciences ATF should be established.
2. Bioinformatics - Unanimous vote that BIO 118 and BIO 119 be reserved for Bioinformatics courses
3. Biology 156 - Unanimous vote that BIO 156 be re-named "Introductory Biology for Allied Health"
 
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Changes to Pathways :    
Issues Raised : 1. Environmental Sciences ATF - need to establish one
2. AGEC-S & Calculus - requirement of calculus in AGEC-S may reduce completers; some biology students are advised to take AGEC-A instead
3. Absence of Representatives from NAU, UofA and ASU West raised concerns of many regarding the committment to articulation and related issues
 
Which Matrix for Pathway Changes :    
Curriculum Planning : 1. Biotechnology and Bioinformatics seem to be developing areas in Biology at some Arizona institutions.
2. Discussion of possibility of offering some specialized courses at one institution and other specialized courses at other institutions to better serve student needs across the state without duplicating expenditures.  
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Review Document ATF MEETING NOTES for 2003 36,864 bytes application/msword
Review Document Attendance Sheet for 2003 Biology ATF 23,040 bytes application/msword