Meeting Date: 
April 5, 2019
Date: 
04/05/2019 2:45 pm to 4:15 pm
Location: 
128B Kidder Hall
Agenda: 

Anticipated absences: Rebecca Mathern

  1. Course Designator Requests
  1. Category I Proposal
  1. Category II Proposals 
    • The proposals in the attached file will be approved after Noon on April 12.
    • The below Category II non-course proposals are on the above spreadsheets, but are also listed separately to bring them to your attention.
      • April 12 list
        • Adventure Leadership Education #105758 – Change Undergraduate Option
        • Biological and Ecological Engineering – MENG #99844 – Change Graduate Major
        • Biology #105173 – Change Undergraduate Minor
        • Biology - BS, HBS #104812 – Change Undergraduate Major
        • Business Administration - BA, BS, CRED, HBA, HBS – Change Undergraduate Major
        • Chemistry and the Environment #105585 – New Undergraduate Option
        • Construction Engineering Management - BA, BS, CRED, HBA, HBS #104752 – Change Undergraduate Major
        • Design Management #106715 – Drop Undergraduate Option
        • Ecology #104843 – Change Undergraduate Option
        • Environmental and Occupational Health #106460 – Change Graduate Option
        • Forest Ecosystems and Society - MF, MS, PhD #105251 – Change Graduate Major
        • Genetics #105640 – Change Undergraduate Option
        • Genomics/Bioinformatics #105706 – Change Undergraduate Option
        • German #106173 – Change Undergraduate Major
        • Habitat Management #102279 – New Undergraduate Option
        • Health Promotion and Health Behavior #106186 – Change Graduate Option
        • Marine Biology and Ecology #104817 – Change Undergraduate Minor
        • Nature, Eco, and Adventure Tourism #105765 – Change Undergraduate Option
        • Physiology and Behavior #105596 – Change Undergraduate Option
        • Pre-Medicine/Biology #105645 – Change Undergraduate Option
        • Pre-Veterinary Medicine #104883 – Change Undergraduate Option
        • Public Health - BS, CRED, HBS #106559 – Change Undergraduate Major
        • Spanish - BA, CRED, HBA #106626 – Change Undergraduate Major
        • Sustainable Rangeland Ecosystem Stewardship #105346 – New 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 Caliscibetta 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

    • Biological Data Sciences #106498 - New Degree Program Proposal needs reviewers
    • 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 – Pending Graduate Council approval

    • Rural Policy Online Graduate Certificate #105628 – New Certificate Program Proposal – Rebecca Mathern, Jeff Reimer
      • 2/12/19 – approved by Budgets & Fiscal Planning Committee
      • 4/1/19 – Approved by Graduate 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

  • Miscellaneous
    • Discuss review and approval of Ecampus proposals

Note: yellow shading indicates items approved at the prior meeting.

Meeting Schedule
April 12 – 128B Kidder Hall
April 19 – TBD
April 26 – TBD