Curriculum Council Meeting May 3, 2019

Committee
Curriculum Council
Meeting Date
May 3, 2019
Date
May 3, 2019, 2:45 to 4:15 p.m.
Location
319A Milam Hall
Agenda

Anticipated absences: Richard Nafshun, Jane Nichols

  1. Curriculum Proposals
    • Biological and Ecological Engineering – MENG #99844 – Change Graduate Major
      • CPS Proposal
      • Recap – the Curriculum Council first discussed this proposal on April 12. College of Engineering (COE) representatives requested that approval of the proposal be delayed: to allow COE time to review the online component, which was not initially included in the proposal; to wait until after the April 19 10-year review of the BEE graduate program; to provide time for the COE and College of Agricultural Sciences (CAS) deans to work out the revenue distribution since the MENG is a COE degree living in CAS; and, because there is an MOU between CAS and Ecampus, an MOU between COE and Ecampus needs to be established. A motion to delay approval until April 26 passed. Motion to table until May 3 passed on April 26.
    • Contemporary Hispanic Studies, MA #106506 – Terminate Graduate Major
      • CPS Proposal
        • Note: No reviewers were assigned – all members should review
    • Dual Language #106528 – New Online Graduate Certificate Program  Needs reviewers
    • English for Speakers of Other Languages  #106509 – New Online Graduate Certificate Program  Needs reviewers
    • History and Philosophy of Science, MA, MS, PhD #82799 – Renaming an Academic Program  Needs reviewers
  2. Course Designator Request
  3. Category II Proposals 
    • The proposals to be approved following the May 3 meeting will be sent separately.
  4. 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
    • Biological Data Sciences #106498 - New Degree Program Proposal – Jane Nichols, Allen Thompson
      • 4/23/19 – pending Budgets & Fiscal Planning approval
    • Dual Language #106528 – New Grad Certificate Program – Online  Needs reviewers
    • Engineering Management #104678 – New Graduate Certificate Program – Wesley Brewer, Carol McKiel
      • 4/26/2019 Approved by Curriculum Council
    • English for Speakers of Other Languages  #106509 - New Graduate Certificate Program – Online  Needs reviewers
    • History and Philosophy of Science #82799 - Renaming an Academic Program  Needs reviewers
    • Master’s Degree in History (MA/MS) #014974 – New Graduate Degree Program – Terry Rooker, Ann Zweber
      • 4/30/19 - 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
  • 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 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
  • Miscellaneous
    • Discuss review and approval of Ecampus proposals

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

Meeting Schedule
  May 10 – 128B Kidder Hall
May 17 – 319A Milam Hall