Approval of minutes from prior meeting

Announcements

Course Evaluation Reports [PLEASE REVIEW BEFORE THE MEETING]

SubCommittee Reports

Old Business:

1. Admissions Committee                            Jack Fuhrer
   (See, Admission Stats & NBME history)

2. Examination Review Proposal                 Fred Miller
      Develop and apply standards for quality, form and relevance

3. Vision / Structural Principles                   
   http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/som/currcomm/vision.cfm
   1. Ample free time for study and preparation. [1990: 25 hrs/wk in class; <5 /day]

   2. Reading assignments should be set at levels proportional to curriculum hours and aggregate work load.   [< 2hr prep/ 1 hr class]

   3. An emphasis on active rather than passive learning. [<75% passive per course; 50% a day]

      cf. http://www.bath.ac.uk/e-learning/objectivist.htm

 New Business:

1. ICM 1 & 2 for 2004-5                                 Arnold Jaffe, Andrew Wackett

2. Tardy grade reporting                                Fred Schiavone