Meeting Date: 
May 17, 2019
Date: 
05/17/2019 2:45 pm to 4:15 pm
Location: 
319A Milam Hall
Event Description: 

A PDF of the agenda can be found here.

Agenda: 
  1. Curricular Proposals
    • Organic Farming Systems #105032 – New Undergraduate Certificate Program Proposal
      Reviewers: Carol McKiel, Michele Swift
  • English for Speakers of Other Languages  #106509 – New Online Graduate Certificate Program  Needs reviewers
  1. Curricular Policies and Procedures – Reviewing and Updating
    • Liaison
    • Liaison – 5/15/2018 revisions approved by the Curriculum Council  
  1. Request for Exception to Expedited Category II Policy to Drop Pre-requisite Courses
  2. Category II Proposals 
    • Proposals to be approved following the May 17 meeting:
      • All Category II Proposals
      • Non-course Proposals:
        • Bioengineering – MENG, MS, PhD #102204 – Change Graduate Major
        • Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences – BS, HBS #106601 – Change Undergraduate Major
        • French – BA, CRED, HBA #106174 – Change Undergraduate Major
        • Mechanical Engineering – BS, CRED, HBS #105462 – Change Undergraduate Major
        • Professional Dietetics #105493 – New Graduate Option
        • Soil Science #105705 – Change Undergraduate Option
    • Proposals to be approved following the May 24 meeting:
  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 tabled until May 3
      • 5/3/19 – At the proposer’s request, the proposal was returned by the Curriculum Council

    • Biological Data Sciences #106498 – New Degree Program Proposal – Jane Nichols, Allen Thompson
      • 5/15/19 – Approved by Budgets & Fiscal Planning

    • Contemporary Hispanic Studies, MA #106506 – Terminate Graduate Major – no reviewers
      • 5/3/19 – Curriculum Council approved proposal

    • Dual Language #106528 – New Grad Certificate Program – Online –  Nick Fleury, Terry Rooker
      • 5/14/19 - Pending Graduate Council approval

    • English for Speakers of Other Languages  #106509 – New Graduate Certificate Program – Online
      • 5/14/19 – Pending Graduate Council approval  needs reviewers

    • History and Philosophy of Science, MA, MS, PhD #82799 – Renaming an Academic Program – Jeff Reimer, Mina Ossiander
      • 5/14/19 – Pending response from originator at Graduate Council request

    • Master’s Degree in History, MA/MS #104974 – New Graduate Degree Program – Terry Rooker, Ann Zweber
      • 4/30/19, 5/14/19 – Pending approval by Budgets & Fiscal Planning Committee

    • Organic Farming Systems #105032 – New Certificate Program Proposal – Carol McKiel, Michele Swift
      • 4/30/19  – Budgets & Fiscal Planning Committee approved the proposal
      • 5/17/19 – Curric Cncl initial discussion

  • Policies
    • Hybrid Courses – G. Beach requested to revise based on 4/17/18 CC comments; req 4/26/18
    • Liaison
      • 5/14/19 – initial discussion by Curric Cncl

    • 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 2018 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 2018 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)

  • 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 April 21-23, 2019 – Reviewers: Candice Clark, Allen Thompson
    • Applied Economics – March 3-5
    • 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. – April 7-9, 2019 – Reviewers: Jeff Reimer, Carol McKiel  4/9/2019 – Report to APA
    • Joint review for two undergraduate programs housed in the same department, aka Applied Economics – March 3-5, 2019 – Reviewers: Michael Harte, Michele Swift
      • B.S. Agricultural Business Management
      • B.S. Environmental Economics and Policy

  • Course Designators
    • HUMA –  Humanities – The OSU Center for the Humanities #107096
      • 5/3/19 – Curriculum Council approved HUMA Course Designator #107096

  • Miscellaneous
    • Discuss review and approval of Ecampus proposals
    • Professional Degrees Workgroup appointed during 2/22/2019 CC meeting
      • Members: Gary Beach, Theresa Filtz, Lisa Ganio, Rosemary Garagnani, Rebecca Mathern, Ann Zweber

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

Meeting Schedule 
May 24 ~ 128B Kidder Hall
May 31 ~ 128B Kidder Hall