Meeting Date: 
April 26, 2019
Date: 
04/26/2019 2:45 pm to 4:15 pm
Location: 
319A Milam Hall
Agenda: 

Anticipated absences: Richard Nafshun

  1. Curriculum Proposals
    • Biological and Ecological Engineering – MENG #99844 – Change Graduate Major – Reviewers: Wesley Brewer and Nick Fleury
      • CPS Proposal
      • Recap – the Curriculum Council first discussed this proposal on April 12. College of Engineering (COE) representatives requested that approval of the proposal be delayed: to allow COE time to review the online component, which was not initially included in the proposal; to wait until after the April 19 10-year review of the BEE graduate program; to provide time for the COE and College of Agricultural Sciences (CAS) deans to work out the revenue distribution since the MENG is a COE degree living in CAS; and, because there is an MOU between CAS and Ecampus, an MOU between COE and Ecampus needs to be established. A motion to delay approval until April 26 passed.
    • Engineering Management #104678 – New (Graduate) Certificate Program Proposal – Reviewers: Wesley Brewer, Carol McKiel and Rosemary Garagnani
      • CPS Proposal
      • This is a condensed Engineering Management certificate which includes all of the required courses of the MEng degree, but only (1) of the (8) elective options are required for the graduate certificate. The target student population are technical workforce who are interested in continuing education but might not be able to commit to a full MEng degree.
    • Master’s Degree in History(MA/MS) #104974 – New Graduate Degree Program
      • CPS Proposal
      • This degree will be available at the OSU-Main (Corvallis) campus and through Ecampus.
      • Pending review by the Graduate Council.
      • Needs reviewers 
    • Organic Farming Systems #105032 – New Certificate Program Proposal
      • CPS Proposal
      • Pending review by the Budgets & Fiscal Planning Committee.
      • Needs reviewers 
  1. Category II Proposals 
    • The proposals in the attached file will be approved following the April 26 meeting.
    • The proposals in the attached file will be approved at Noon on May 1.
    • The below Category II non-course proposals are on the above spreadsheets, but are also listed separately to bring them to your attention.
      • April 26 list
        • Advanced Biophysics #106524 – New Undergraduate Option
        • Advanced Molecular Biology #106247 – Change Undergraduate Option
        • Biochemistry and Biophysics - BS, HBS #106128 – Change Undergraduate Major
        • Biological and Ecological Engineering – MENG, MS, PhD #106349 – Change Graduate Major
        • Chemistry #106680 – Change Undergraduate Minor
        • Computer Science – MA, MENG, MS, PhD #106309 – Change Graduate Major
        • Neuroscience #106245 – New Undergraduate Option
        • Pre-Medicine/ Biochemistry and Biophysics #106246 – New Undergraduate Option
        • Pre-Medicine/ Biochemistry and Molecular Biology #106248 – Change Undergraduate Option
      • May 1 list
        • Biological and Ecological Engineering – MENG #99844 – Change Graduate Major
        • Entomology #106363 – Change Undergraduate Minor
        • Organizational Leadership #105743 – New Graduate Minor
        • Ergonomics #106501 – Change Graduate Minor
        • Anthropology – BA, BS, CRED, HBA, HBS #106468 – Change Undergraduate Major
        • Animal Sciences - BS, CRED, HBS #106611 – Change Undergraduate Major
        • Athletic Training - MATRN #106748 – Change Graduate Major
        • Marketing #106756 – Change Undergraduate Minor
        • Elementary Education – BS, CRED, HBS #106962 – Change Undergraduate Major
        • Pre-Education Biology #105549 – Change Undergraduate Option
  1. Matters Arising
  1. Report from Co-Chairs – Carol McKiel, Allen Thompson
  1. Report from Academic Programs and Assessment – Gary Beach
  1. Report from the Office of the Registrar – Rebecca Mathern

Information Items:

  • Please advise Vickie at [email protected] if you will miss a meeting.
  • CC Secure Site – contact Caitlin Calascibetta at [email protected] to access materials
  • Curriculum Proposals – The Curriculum Proposal System can be found at https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ap/cps/proposals. To access Curriculum Council proposals, select ‘Curriculum Council Chair’ in the ‘Review Group’ box, then click on ‘Search’ below the boxes; the proposals will be listed below the ‘Search’ button.

Pending:

  • Cat I Proposals
    • Biological and Ecological Engineering – MENG #99844 – Change Graduate Major – Wesley Brewer, Nick Fleury
      • 3/21/19 - Approved by Graduate Council
      • 4/12/19 - Curriculum Council discussion
      • 4/26/19 – Curriculum Council will again consider

    • Biological Data Sciences #106498 - New Degree Program Proposal – Jane Nichols, Allen Thompson
      • 4/23/19 – pending Budgets & Fiscal Planning approval

    • Engineering Management #104678 – New Graduate Certificate Program – Wesley Brewer, Carol McKiel
      • 2/28/19 – Approved by Budgets & Fiscal Planning Committee
      • 3/4/19, 3/20/19, 4/2/19 –  Graduate Council approved 4/16/19

    • Rural Policy Online Graduate Certificate #105628 – New Certificate Program Proposal – Rebecca Mathern, Jeff Reimer
      • 4/12/19 – approved by Curriculum Council

  • Policies
    • Hybrid Courses – G. Beach requested to revise based on 4/17/18 CC comments; req 4/26/18
    • Majors – 5/23/2018 – Action: Tabled - R. Mathern will resolve some of the CIM issues; needs to relate to Academic Regulations; CC will review after revised
      • Not approved in 2017-2018 ~VN
      • 2/26/19 – to be finalized after the CIM rollout

    • Minimum Class Size – 5/23/2018 – Action: R. Mathern will work over the summer to create a more coherent policy
      • 1/18/2019 – Mathern will determine from Gitelman if review needed prior to accreditation
      • 2/26/2019 – per RM and A. Gitelman – hold – will not be reviewed prior to accreditation visit

    • Minors - 5/23/2018 – Action: R. Mathern and M. Ossiander will review over the summer and propose combining Minors and Options
      • Review on 2/22/19 with Options (tentative)

    • Non-credit Coursework Policy – Prem Mathew is requesting review
      • 2/1/19 – subcommittee of P. Mathew, P. Diebel, R. Mathern, R. Garagnani, L. Shirley will draft a structure for the CC to review

    • Options – 5/9/2018 – Tabled until recommendations from Rebecca and Mina are brought forward for consideration – this likely won’t occur until Fall 2018
      • Review on 2/22/2019 with, or after, Minors (tentative)

    • Professional Degrees Workgroup appointed during 2/22/2019 CC meeting
      • Members: Gary Beach, Theresa Filtz, Lisa Ganio, Rosemary Garagnani, Rebecca Mathern, Ann Zweber

  • Undergraduate Academic Program Reviews
    • American Studies B.S. – this is an OSU-Cascades-only degree, and the site visit will take place at OSU Cascades (Spring term) – Reviewers: Candice Clark, Allen Thompson
    • Environmental Sciences B.S. (tentatively scheduled week of February 3-8 March 18-20, 2019 – APA is working on securing external reviewers) – Rebecca Mathern, Carol McKiel Terry Rooker
    • Music UAPR Action Plan – Michael Harte, Michele Swift – materials in secure site
      • Action Plan – CC review on January 18.
      • 1/18/19 – sent back to unit with comments

    • Sociology B.A./B.S. (this can be held during Spring term if necessary) Reviewers: Jeff Reimer, Carol McKiel
    • Joint review for two undergraduate programs housed in the same department, aka Applied Economics – March 3-5, 2019 – APA has external reviewers secured – Reviewers: Michael Harte, Michele Swift
      • B.S. Agricultural Business Management
      • B.S. Environmental Economics and Policy

  • Course Designators
    • IAWS: Integrated Agriculture and Wildland Science #106527 – approved 4/19/2019

  • Miscellaneous
    • Discuss review and approval of Ecampus proposals

Note: blue, bolded text indicates dates items were approved.

Meeting Schedule
  May 3 – 300 Austin Hall
May 10 – 128B Kidder Hall
May 17 – 442 Austin Hall