Meeting Date: 
April 29, 2016
Date: 
04/29/2016 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Location: 
442 Austin Hall
Event Description: 

A PDF of the agenda can be found here.

Agenda: 

 

Curriculum Council

April 29, 2016 ~ 12:00-2:00 PM

442 Austin Hall

Agenda

 

 

Anticipated absence: John Bailey, Ann Zweber

 

  1. Suspension Policy? – determine from Janine whether it’s on the APAA site

From 4/15/16 CC minutes: Per Rebecca, Larry Bulling would like CC to decide how long a program can be suspended or on hold. Prem thought that a new policy was approved; Janine will determine whether the policy is on the APAA website.

  1. Pending Approval Policy 

Below is from the 4/19/16 CC minutes

  • 4/8/2016 Draft Policy 
  • 6/2/2015 Draft Policy
  • What can they do to advertise programs prior to CC approval?
  • Prem - under program policy doesn’t indicate what would be an appropriate time when units can say it’s pending approval. Should be parallel to the Course policy.

Action: Janine moved the following text to the end of the Program policy: “For a course to qualify as “Pending Approval”, it must have moved past Liaison review and has been submitted to the College Approver for review by the college curriculum committee.  If a course proposal remains in Draft, the course will not be considered as “Pending Approval.” This will be resubmitted and voted on next Tuesday.

            Janine will communicate to Gary Beach that it will be noted in the flowchart.

 

  1. Course Designator Policy– Tasha & Michael Harte

 

  1. 1:00-2:00 – Reduction of Foreign Language Requirement in Programs – Joan Gross 

 

  1. Report from the Co-chairs – Prem Mathew, Richard Nafshun
  • Discuss approving Category I proposals (terminations?) via email that appear to have no issues.

 

  1. Report from Academic Affairs

 

  1. Matters Arising

 

  1. Category II Proposals for Discussion

All Curriculum Council members are asked to review the below proposals which were previously distributed by Richard Nafshun. Please inform Vickie Nunnemaker if there is a proposal(s) that needs to be discussed during the meeting (additional information can be found via the link). If there are no concerns, all of the below Category II proposals will be approved by a co-chair

 

  • #96373 - Recreation Resource Management - BS, CRED, HBS - College of Forestry (https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ap/cps/proposals/view/96373)
    • Change Undergraduate Major - effective summer 2016
    • Proposal removes several courses that have been dropped from the catalog and adds some new required courses and course options, as well as removing duplicate listings for two of the blocks.

 

  • #96538 - Digital Communication Arts - BA, BFA, BS, CRED, HBA, HBFA, HBS - College of Liberal Arts (https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ap/cps/proposals/view/96538)
    • Change Undergraduate Major - effective Fall 2016
    • New Media Communication has embarked on a new strategic plan for the DCS major that allows the changes indicated in the proposal.

 

  • #96897 - Computer Systems - College of Engineering (https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ap/cps/proposals/view/96897)
    • Change Undergraduate Option - effective Fall 2016
    • Added ECE 272 lab as a requirement for ECE 271; moved MTh 351 from required in the professional program to the list of restricted electives. Lowered Computer Science credits to 6 and increased restricted electives to 12 credits.

 

 

 

  • #97037 - Business Administration - BA, BS, CRED, HBA, HBS - College of Business (https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ap/cps/proposals/view/97037)
    • Change Undergraduate Option - effective Summer 2016
    • Adding a 3-course sequence of courses as a first year experience requirement; moving professional development course from the 3rd year to the 2nd year; and added a required ethics course for all majors. Placing an increased emphasis on business analytics within the majors by: removing Math 245 as a requirement and changing 4 credits of business statistics to eight credits of statistics and business analytics. Also changed catalog so majors appear in a similar format.

 

  • #97093 - Biocultural Option - College of Liberal Arts (https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ap/cps/proposals/view/97093)
    • Change Undergraduate Option - effective Fall 2016
    • Made necessary corrections to credit totals: Subtotal of “Foundations” should be 10 rather than 9; ANTH 446 should be 4 credits; and the 3 subsections of the Biocultural option should add up to 30.

 

  • #97181 - Art and Design - College of Forestry (https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ap/cps/proposals/view/97181)
    • Change Undergraduate Option - effective Fall 2016
    • Because ART 351 will now only be offered at Cascades, it is being moved from the required Core courses to the Restricted Electives list; ART 263 is being added to the Art and Design Core; and ART 101 is being moved from the Art and Design Core to the restricted electives.
       
  • #97287 - Forest Operations Management - College of Forestry (https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ap/cps/proposals/view/97287)
    • Change Undergraduate Option - effective Fall 2016
    • Remove FOR 442 from the Junior year requirements; reduce the Junior year Bacc Core credits from 6 to 3; and FOR 442 is being removed from the option because it’s being added to the major requirements.

 

  • #97449 - Anthropology - College of Liberal Arts (https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ap/cps/proposals/view/97449)
    • Change Undergraduate Minor - effective Fall 2016
    • The proposed change better reflects actual coursework possibilities, and the proposed change should allow for more effective recruitment of students to the Anthropology Undergraduate Minor.

 

  • #97466 - Mathematics Education - College of Education (https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ap/cps/proposals/view/97466)
    • New Graduate Option - effective Summer 2016
    • The Mathematics Education (MS) option is being created to replace the existing MS degree in the Mathematics Education major due to College reorganization.

 

  •  #97466 - Mathematics Education - College of Education (https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ap/cps/proposals/view/97466)
    • New Graduate Option - effective Summer 2016
    • The Mathematics Education (MS) option is being created to replace the existing MS degree in the Mathematics Education major due to College reorganization.

 

  • #97468 - Science Education - College of Education (https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ap/cps/proposals/view/97468)
    • New Graduate Option - effective Summer 2016
    • The new Science Education (MS) option has been created in the Education major due to College reorganization. Eventually, the Science Education Major will be terminated.

 

  • #97557 - Human Services - College of Public Health & Human Sciences (https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ap/cps/proposals/view/97557)
    • Change Undergraduate Option - effective Summer 2016
    •  To comply with honoring the catalog year rights of students who have the Human Services option declared prior to the 16-17 AY, we are asking that the Human Services option be changed so that HDFS 410 has variable credits (changing 6 OR 12 to 6-12).

 

As time allows (not in rank order):

  • language requirements and new degrees
  • determine the expectation of liaison for Category II proposals.

 

Information Items:

 

 

Pending Issues:

  • Course designator vs. Subject Code – S. Dawn (see 1/24/14 minutes)
  • Comm courses
  • MA, MS in Communication #82032 - https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ap/cps/proposals/view/82032
  • Accessibility – invite DAS re: procedures to ensure programs are accessible?
  • MOU & Articulation Process – verbiage from Gary
  • Action Plan Review: Applied Visual Arts/Art, (see 11/2/15 JT msg)
  • Minimum grade for grad level enforced pre-req in CPS is C rather than D-  ~GB to draft policy
  • Self-study parameters – Janine Trempy
  • Revise course designator policy with deadlines (see 12/3/15 & 2/5/16 minutes)
  • Course Designator AJ (Applied Journalism) – hold – discuss with AJ minor
  • Course Designator AERO (Aerospace Engineering) – hold to discuss with AERO ug minor
  • Potential list of institutional risk factors – due Fall 2016 – Rebecca Mathern (see 4/15/16 minutes)

 

 

Meeting Schedule

Tuesday, May 3 – 9:00-11:00 – 442 Austin Hall

Friday, May 13 – 12:00-2:00 – 128 Kidder Hall

Tuesday, May 17 – 9:00-11:00 – 442 Austin Hall

Friday, May 27 – 12:00-2:00 – 128 Kidder Hall

Tuesday, May 31 – 9:00-11:00 – 442 Austin Hall