Curriculum Council

Anticipated absences: Alfonso Bradoch (v. R. Powell), Richard Nafshun, Anne Zweber

1. 9:00-9:40 – Alix Gitelman, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
   • New program proposal and external letters of support
   • Pre-approval step to streamline the Category I approval process
   • Efficiencies of Proposal Review
     • Proposal from Alix Gitelman 
     • Proposal for a New Academic Program – HECC 

2. Category I Proposals
   • Undergraduate Certificate in CyberSecurity #105390 – New Certificate Program Proposal – Wesley Brewer, Ann Zweber
     • CPS Proposal

Update: Following approval by the Curriculum Council on January 29, 2019, the College of Business (COB) withdrew support of the certificate. The Faculty Senate Executive Committee sent back the proposal since it appeared to no longer be viable without support from the COB. The Colleges of Business and Engineering (COE) subsequently worked things out as follows:

• There will be a change in terms of which BA class is required – BA 370 will be struck from the program, and BA 482 will now be a required class.
• COE commits to designing a bridge class for non-CS students to catch them up and help them be successful. This will be developed and offered after the certificate itself is approved.
• COE is also committed to adding additional COB (and other discipline) classes as electives as these are developed.

Action: The Faculty Senate Executive Committee requests that the Curriculum Council review the updated proposal (at the above URL) and advise Faculty Senate President Mina Carson whether the changes are acceptable to the Curriculum Council.

• Business Analytics #106038 – New Degree Program Proposal – Terry Rooker, Allen Thompson
  • CPS Proposal
• Russian Studies Undergraduate Certificate #100119 – Termination of an Academic Program Proposal
  • CPS Proposal

3. Policy – Experimental “X” Courses
   • Policy

Background:

This is a joint request from the Office of Academic Programs and Assessment (APA) and the Office of the Registrar (OtR). When the Curriculum Council reviewed the Experimental “X” courses policy in April 2018, text was added indicating a proposal was not required to add an X course. APA and OtR both feel a CPS record is required when an X course is added, which means a proposal must be submitted. Attached is a document with the suggested edits from APA and OtR. (From Caryn Stoess)

4. Category II Proposals  
   • The proposals in the attached file will be approved following the March 1, 2019 meeting.
   • The proposals in the attached file will be approved following the March 8, 2019 meeting.
   • The below Category II non-course proposals are on the above spreadsheets, but are also listed separately to bring them to your attention.
     • March 1 list:
       • Natural Resources, MNR #105586 – Change Graduate Major
       • Apparel Design #106074 – Drop Undergraduate Option
       • Interior Design #106077 – Drop Undergraduate Option
       • Sustainable Rangeland Ecosystem Stewardship #105346 – New Undergraduate Option
       • Education, BA, BS, HBA, HBS #105537 – Change Undergraduate Major
       • Environmental Sciences, MA, MS, PhD, PSM #106188 – Change Graduate Major
     • March 8 list:
       • Business – MSB #106354 – Change Graduate Major
       • Computer Science #105049 – Change Undergraduate Minor
       • Apparel Design – BS, CRED, HBS #106051 – Change Undergraduate Major
       • Design and Innovation Management- BS, CRED, HBS #101601 – Change Undergraduate Major
       • Interior Design, BS, CRED, HBS #106062 – Change Undergraduate Major
       • Merchandising Management, BS, CRED, HBS #106080 – Change Undergraduate Major
5. Matters Arising

6. Report from Co-Chairs – Carol McKiel, Allen Thompson

7. Report from Academic Programs and Assessment – Gary Beach

8. Report from the Office of the Registrar – Rebecca Mathern

Information Items:

• Please forward your Spring term meeting availability to Caitlin Calascibetta and Vickie Nunnemaker as soon as possible so meetings dates and locations can be determined. The original request was emailed by Caitlin on February 19 at 1:09 PM.
• The next three items are from Rebecca Mathern:

1. Please be prepared for an in-depth CIM (CPS replacement) discussion on March 8, 2019. Mike Jefferis will attend to demonstrate the system and review the process that the stakeholder/implementation team has followed to date. 
2. The broader non-credit discussion will occur on March 14, 2019 (not during a Curriculum Council meeting). Attendees include Penny Diebel, Prem Mathew, Lindsey Shirley and Rebecca Mathern. If anyone else would like to attend, please email Rebecca so that she can get you the details. 
3. The CC will invite Sherm Bloomer and the UEC Associate Deans to a discussion on March 22 during the CC meeting related to the possible revision of the minors policy. Please be prepared to discuss this – specifically related to the previous discussion about equity around a certain number of credits being exempt from double dipping for multiple requirements.

• Please advise Vickie at [email protected] if you will miss a meeting.
• EC 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.

Meeting Schedule
March 8 – 128B Kidder Hall
March 15 – 128B Kidder Hall
March 22 – TBD