Meeting Date: 
April 18, 2022
Date: 
04/18/2022 10:00 am to 11:00 am
Location: 
Zoom Meeting
Agenda: 
  1. Curricular Proposal Reviews
    • See Information Items below for instructions to access CIM.
    • For new courses and change courses, please remember to review Learning Outcomes in the proposal, as well as alignment with assessments.
      • The attached shaded proposals on the Excel file are those pending approval by the Curriculum Council co-chairs. The remaining proposals are included to indicate what is coming up.

  1. COURSE REVIEW PROCESS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
    On April 4, co-chair Ping Hsieh requested all Curriculum Council members to review the below verbiage and be ready to discuss on April 11.
    • Proposal Justification – Check for appropriateness from the college curricular’s perspective. Do the proposal and justification align with OSU’s overall vision & mission?
    • Liaisons – Check for adequacy – Are impacted units covered in the liaison process? Read the liaisons’ comments at the end of the proposal form and whether concerns have been addressed.
    • Description – Check for potential overlap or conflict with other course(s). Is the description a good representation of the course?
    • Prerequisite – Check for appropriateness and adequacy.
    • Learning Outcomes – Check for appropriateness and adequacy. Check if the Learning Outcomes, Assessment, and Course Content are all aligned.
    • Assessment – Check for appropriateness and adequacy. Check if the Learning Outcomes, Assessment, and Course Content are all aligned.
    • Course Content – Check for appropriateness and adequacy. Check if the Learning Outcomes, Assessment, and Course Content are all aligned.
    • Learning Resources – Check for appropriateness and adequacy.
    • Source: https://senate.oregonstate.edu/sites/senate.oregonstate.edu/files/2022-02/2022_cc_new_mbr_orient_process.pdf

  1. Matters Arising  

  1. 10:45-11:00 – College of Liberal Arts Key #18 – Henri Jansen, College of Science
    See attached messages from Henri Jansen, College of Science, and John Edwards, College of Liberal Arts.

  1. Report from Registrar – Rebecca Mathern

  1. Report from Undergraduate Programs – Janice Nave-Abele

  1. Report from Co-Chairs – Ping-Hung Hsieh, Amy Koehlinger

Information Items:

Meeting Schedule

April 25 ~ Curriculum Council meeting

Pending:

  • New Location Policy (proposed) and (current)
  • 100/200-level vs. 300/400-level Learning Outcomes: this is based on Inara Scott’s concern on the BA233 and BA390 proposals.
  • Undergraduate Certificate Program’s Interdisciplinary Requirement – R. Mathern is preparing an undergraduate chart of minors and certificates to determine if they have been conflated. Likely ready on 2/14/2022.