Meeting Date: 
October 11, 2019
Date: 
10/11/2019 9:00 am to 10:30 am
Location: 
442 Austin Hall
Agenda: 

 Anticipated absences: Michele Swift

  1. Welcome and Introductions
  1. Orientation – Vickie Nunnemaker
    Several of the below resource materials will be reviewed during the meeting; you may review the other materials at your leisure.
  1. Category I Proposals – Reviewers Needed
    • New Degree Program
      • Creative Writing #106904 – New Degree Program Proposal    
            With Budgets & Fiscal Planning 10/8/19; needs CC reviewer
  • Engineering #102102 – New Degree Program Proposal
        With Budgets & Fiscal Planning 10/8/19; needs CC reviewers
  1. Category II Proposals
    The proposals in the attached files will be approved following the October 11, 2019 meeting. Please review the Curriculum Council proposals in the Curriculum Proposal System (CPS) – the purpose of this is to do a peer review of Category II proposals; all courses have already been approved by the relevant college representative. See Information Items below for instructions for accessing the CPS – Janice Nave-Abele will also discuss CPS access during the October 11 meeting.
    • All Category II Proposals
      • 104305 (AG 445) – Social Media Advocacy in Agri Sciences & Natural Resources
        • Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources is in the course title and referenced extensively in the proposal justification but there isn’t any reference to either in the syllabus. I’d like to know how this course is specific to Ag Sciences and Natural Resources.
    • Non-course proposals

The proposal in the attached file will be approved following the October 18, 2019 meeting.

  1. AI Course Designator
    A new course designator request was sent on June 6, which was after the June 7 agenda was distributed, but none of us saw it come in. Please review the attachment which requests the AI (Artificial Intelligence) course designator.

Both the attachment and a message from the Registrar indicating that AI course designator is available are linked from the CPS at the end of the proposal under ‘Documents’ at https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ap/cps/proposals/view/107499.

This was first discussed on June 7, 2018 but, because some concerns were identified related to the AI Course Designator request, this item will be discussed in October 2019.

  1. 10:00-10:30 – Curriculum Proposal System (CPS) Orientation – Janice Nave-Abele, Academic Programs and Assessment
    It may be helpful, particularly for the new members, to bring a laptop or some device on which you can access the CPS as Janice is describing how to access the system.
  1. Matters Arising
  1. Report from Co-Chairs – Carol McKiel
  1. Report from Registrar – Rebecca Mathern
  1. Report from Faculty Affairs – Janice Neve-Abele

Information Items:

  • Please advise Vickie at [email protected] if you’ll miss a meeting.
  • Curriculum Proposals – The Curriculum Proposal System can be found at https://secure.oregonstate.edu/ap/cps/proposals. To access Curriculum Council proposals, select the appropriate CC Rep in the ‘Review Group’ box, then click on ‘Search’ below the boxes; the proposals will be listed below the ‘Search’ button.
  • Access the CIM Training Schedule to determine available sessions, and scroll to the bottom of the page to access the registration site.  
  • All Fall term meetings will be in 442 Austin Hall. 

Meeting Schedule 
October 18 ~ 9:00-10:30 – 422 Austin Hall
October 25 ~ 9:00-10:30 – 422 Austin Hall
November 1 ~ 9:00-10:30 – 422 Austin Hall

Pending:

  • Cat I Proposals
    • 20th Century Studies (CERT) #107397 – Termination of an Academic Program Proposal  ALL REVIEW
      • 6/7/19 -  Approved by Curriculum Council
    • Applied Physics, MS/PSM #107018 –Termination of an Academic Program  ALL REVIEW
      • 6/7/19 -  Approved by Curriculum Council
    • Biological Data Sciences #106498 – New Degree Program Proposal – Jane Nichols, Allen Thompson
      • 5/15/19 – Approved by Budgets & Fiscal Planning
      • 5/17/19 – Approved by Graduate Council
      • 5/31/19 – Scheduled for Curriculum Council review
      • 6/7/19 – Further discussion with Jeff Chang and Joey Spatafora
      • 6/10/19 – Approved by Curriculum Council
    • Dual Language #106528 – New Grad Certificate Program – Online –  Nick Fleury, Terry Rooker
      • 5/14/19, 5/22/19 – Pending Graduate Council approval
      • 6/3/19 – Approved by Graduate Council
      • 6/7/19 -  Approved by Curriculum Council
    • English for Speakers of Other Languages  #106509 – New Graduate Certificate Program – Online – John Schuna, Allen Thompson
      • 5/14/19, 5/22/19 – Pending Graduate Council approval 
      • 6/7/19 – Approved by Curriculum Council
    • Master’s Degree in History, MA/MS #104974 – New Graduate Degree Program – Terry Rooker, Ann Zweber
      • 4/30/19, 5/14/19, 5/22/19 – Pending approval by Budgets & Fiscal Planning Committee
      • 5/28/19 – Per Budgets & Fiscal Planning, proposal does not appear to meet minimum requirements.
      • 6/4/19 – Approved by  Budgets & Fiscal Planning; pending Graduate Council approval
    • Bachelor of Music #102162 – New Degree Program – Michael Harte, Michele Swift
      • 5/29/19 –  Approved by Budgets & Fiscal Planning
      • 6/7/19 – Approved by Curriculum Council
    • 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 – Curriculum Council initial discussion; approved, but placed on hold until liaisons are received
      • 6/5/19 – Approved by Curriculum Council
    • Creative Writing #106904 – New Degree Program Proposal – needs reviewers
    • Engineering #102102 – New Degree Program Proposal
      • 10/8/19 – With Budgets & Fiscal Planning – needs reviewers
    • Molecular and Cellular Biology, MS, PhD #107612 – Suspension of an Academic Program 
    • Foreign Languages & Literatures #107026 – Drop Graduate Minor 
      • 10/6/19 – Approved by Graduate Council
    • Health Management & Policy#107640 – Drop Graduate Minor 
      • 10/6/19 – Approved by Graduate Council
  • Policies
    • Hybrid Courses – G. Beach requested to revise based on 4/17/18 CC comments; req 4/26/18
      • 9/24/19 – Cub Kahn and Shannon Riggs reviewing the final draft. 
    • Liaison
      • 5/17/19 – initial discussion by Curriculum Council
      • 5/24/19 – approved by Curriculum Council, with revisions
    • 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
    • AI Course Designator
      • 10/11/19 – Curriculum Council review
  • 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.