Academic Affairs and
Curriculum Committee
Meeting Minutes of
Members
Present: Larry Bergin, Barbara Boseker, Pauline Christensen, Deb
Cumberland, Greg Edwards, Amy Hermodson, Sudharsan Iyengar, Dan
Kauffman, James Kobolt, Kendall Larson, Fred Lee, Rich MacDonald,
Charla Miertschin, Pat Paulson, Anne Plummer, Dan Rand, Alicia Reed, James Reidy, Richard Shields,
Cathy Summa, Ed Thompson, Kerry Williams
Guests: Pauline Christensen, Anne McDonald, Alex
Yard, Ken Gorman, Pam Wolfmeyer, Sara Barbor, Yogesh Grover, Ruth Forsythe,
I. Call to order by Chair Charla Miertschin
at 3:36pm
II. Adoption of agenda, added VII. E. Banking of PER dance technique courses. Adopted by consensus.
III. Approval of minutes of February 26, 2003.
(available at http://www.winona.edu/ifo/a2c2minutes/) m/s Kauffman/Summa, to
approve. Motion passed.
IV. Chair’s report
A.
2004-2005
& 2005-2006 Calendars, students have made a counter proposal to start before
MLK, lengthening spring break, adding a long weekend in April.
Faculty senate does not agree with this new
proposal.
B.
PER -> THAD dance technique courses.
PER courses will be banked. See
item VII. E. below.
V. Course and Program Proposal Subcommittee
(CPPS) report from March 5, 2003 Ed
Thompson delivered the report.
A. Revised Course Proposals
1. CHEM 208 General, Organic, Biochemistry I (3 SH) to 4 SH
B. New Course Proposals
1. ENG 324 - Projects in Writing and Language (1-2 SH)
2. THAD 315 - Japanese Classical Theatre (3 SH)
3. HIST 343 - Modern China (3 SH)
4. HIST 398 - Topics in History with Oral Communication Emphasis (3 SH)
5. ECON 430 - Asian Economies in Transition (3 SH) title corrected
6. ECON 435 - North American Economies (3 SH) title corrected
C. Program Revision
1. B.S. Major Biology - Cell and Molecular Option (BICM) – includes changes in the required and elective status of several biology, chemistry, and math courses.
D. New Course Proposals (for B.A. Minor - Leadership (ACEED))
1. PROF 401/501 Leadership Principles and Theories (3 SH)
2. PROF 402/502 Ethical Organizational Leadership (3 SH)
3. PROF 403/503 Organizational Analysis (3 SH)
4. PROF 404/504 Capstone (3 SH)
5. PROF 490/590 Seminars and Workshops (0.5-3 SH)
E. New Program - B.A. Minor - Leadership (ACEED)
F. New Course Proposals for B.A. Major - Global Studies
1. GS 205 Cultural Encounters (3 SH)
2. GS 210 Introduction to North America (3 SH)
3. GS 250 Introduction to Asia (3 SH)
4. GS 255 Peoples and Cultures of South and Southeast Asia (3 SH)
5. GS 355 Asian International Relations (3 SH)
6. GS 360 Contemporary Asian Issues (3 SH)
7. JPN 101 Beginning Japanese I (4 SH)
8. JPN 102 Beginning Japanese II (4 SH)
9. JPN 201 Advanced Beginning Japanese I (4 SH)
10. JPN 202 Advanced Beginning Japanese II (4 SH) course number corrected
11. CHIN 101 Beginning Chinese I (4 SH)
12. CHIN 102 Beginning Chinese II (4 SH)
13. CHIN 201 Advanced Beginning Chinese I (4 SH)
14. CHIN 202 Advanced Beginning Chinese II (4 SH) course number corrected
G. New Program - B.A. Major - Global Studies
All course proposals available for review at the A2C2 web site.
All
courses and program under A, B and C were approved by A2C2.
Quite
a bit of discussion was held concerning the leadership minor. (Items D and E)
Business
Administration-Ken Gorman, Sara Barbor, Pamela Wolfmeyer
Ken
Gorman addressed the committee on issues on non-faculty (MSUAASF not IFO)
member proposing courses, overload,
Sara
Barbor spoke next- did not get the proposal until when the subcommittee
met. Conflicts between PROF 401/MGMT
325; PROF 402/ PHIL which is an ethics class that Bus Admin
lets the PHIL department teach; PROF 404 Textbook is social research. Why is there a 500/graduate version of each
one of these courses? What about
conflicts with the U of M courses being offered? Staffing of courses by adjuncts.
Pamela
Wolfmeyer reiterated what Ms. Barbor stated with respect to MGMT 325
Comm.
Studies spoke about concerns, organizational communications, overloads,
prerequisites, resource duplication, course duplication and overlap.
ACEED-Pauline
Christenson, Anne McDonald
Ms.
Christensen responded. Prerequisites can
be handled by instructor consent. ACEED
does not feel that there is course duplication.
ACEED has done this from business/industry feedback; they feel that
these types of courses are needed. With
respect to who teaches these classes (Dave Conrad) will not be the only person
who teaches these, other IFO faculty (Pam Wolfmeyer) could teach these
classes. This program will be offered to
non-traditional students at nights and on weekends.
Questions
from the committee related to why there was not a review of this at the
subcommittee. m/s by Shields/Summa to
refer this back to the CPPS subcommittee.
M/sChristensen/Shields, that PROF 490/590 Seminars and Workshops not be
referred to subcommittee. Discussion
ensued. Seminars being offered for
credit -- Thompson asked credit applied to what? Christensen said towards
BS/MS, possibly students from UWL or Viterbo.
The question, “Is the role of ACEED expanding?” was asked. Motion failed by a vote of 6 aye to 14
nay. Motion to refer Leadership minor
program and associated courses to CPPS passed.
Kauffman
mentioned that the Program/courses should be addressed separately; and the program
needs to be approved first.
Items
F and G were discussed in light of memo from foreign language department. Questions about who would teach Japanese, it
will be someone from Akita University and that University will pay the salary. Issues were raised questioning why these are
not being offered by the Foreign Language department. Japanese has been taught at WSU, but more
than 5 years ago. Some schools offer
foreign languages in other departments.
Program appears to be driven by Chinese/Japanese universities wanting
exposure to the US and WSU courses.
A2C2
approved courses and program under F and G.
VI. University Studies Subcommittee (USS)
report from March 5, 2003 Kerry Williams
gave a report.
A.
Recommendation
Under I. Course Requirements, A. Basic
Skills, 2. Oral Communication, requirement f.: Delete “intrapersonal and”.
A2C2
approved this recommendation.
B.
Course Requirements.
1. Arts & Sciences Core - Humanities
HIST 214 The
Mississippi River in U.S. History (3 SH)
2. Arts & Sciences Core - Natural
Science
CHEM 106 Chemistry in
Our World (3 SH)
CHEM 107 Chemistry in
Our World with Lab (4 SH)
GEOS 201 Investigative
Science I: Earth – The Water Planet (4 SH)
3. Arts & Sciences Core - Fine &
Performing Arts
THAD 151 Tap Dance I (1
SH)
THAD 153 Jazz Dance I (1 SH)
THAD 253 Jazz Dance II
(2 SH)
THAD 155 Modern Dance I
(1 SH)
THAD 255 Modern Dance
II (2 SH)
THAD 157 Ballet I (1
SH)
THAD 257 Ballet II (2 SH)
C.
Flag Courses
1. Writing Flag
CS 410 Software
Engineering (3 SH)
CS 470 System Design
with CASE Tools (3 SH)
2.
Oral Flag
CS 411 Software Testing
(3 SH)
POLS 460 North American
Relations (3 SH)
3. Critical Analysis Flag
HIST 372 Legal Research
& Writing II (3 SH)
A2C2 approved the courses above.
The following course approvals are
pending due to receipt of revisions and/or web posting:
A.
Course Requirements
1. Unity & Diversity - Contemporary
Citizenship
MUS 298
B.
Flag Courses
1. Writing Flag
CMST 485, MTED 320,
POLS 450
2. Oral Flag
STAT 415, STAT 425
3. Critical Analysis Flag
CMST 480
VII. Notifications
A.
Geoscience - course description changes:
GEOS 130 Earth & Life Through Time (4 SH) -
Add “Focuses on the assembly and evolution of North America as a model for
global processes.”
GEOS 225 Environmental Geoscience (3SH) - Course
was previously offered in alternate years and will now be offered yearly
(fall). Prerequisite will change from
“GEOS 120 or Instructor’s Permission” to “Any University StudiescNatural
Science Course or Instructor’s Permission.”
GEOS 240 Hydrogeology (4 SH) - Course was
previously offered yearly (fall) and will now be offered in alternate years
(fall).
B.
Geoscience - B.S. Major - Geoscience: Geology Option
Substitute requirement of GEOS 315
Surficial Processes & Soils (4 SH) for GEOS 440 Basin Analysis &
Tectonics (4 SH).
C.
History - With the approval of the new course HIST 214 The Mississippi
River in U.S. History (3 SH), it will be added to the required course sequence
lists within the following programs with “Any two of the following:” added:
B.A. Major - History, United
States Sequence
B.A. Minor - History, United
States Sequence
B.S. Major - Social Science/History
(Secondary Social Studies Teaching), United States Sequence
D.
History - course title and description changes
title: HIST 336 History of American Sports (3 SH) to
History of North American Sports.
description: “A historical look at the place and
value of sport in American culture.” to “A historical look at the place and
value of sport in North American culture.”
E.
Carol Anderson has requested that the following courses be banked,
effective Fall 2003.
PER 118 Jazz Dance I, PER 228 Jazz Dance II, PER
116 Modern Dance I, PER 216 Modern Dance II, PER 316 Modern Dance III, PER 416
Modern Dance IV, PER 128 Ballet I, PER 227 Ballet II, PER 327 Ballet III, PER
427 Ballet IV, PER 136 Tap Dance
VIII. Old Business
A.
X. New Business
A.
Recommendation from
No course may be repeated more than one time
without the permission of the department and Dean of the College in which the
course is taken. No more than 16 credits
of WSU course work may be repeated in a student’s career. This does not apply
to courses, such as topics courses, which are designated “may be repeated
for credit” in the catalog.
M/s Hermodson/Summa to discuss this matter. Mr. Reilly discussed his points relating to
how many times students take a class (CMST 191 up to 4 times). Issues were discussed relating to checking
prerequisites. It was noted that some
students have problems with trying to pass Math classes. M/s Rand/Hermodson to refer this issue to ad
hoc subcommittee. An issue that will
continue to arise is how to enforce any policy that is developed. Motion passes by consent. Committee is Dan Rand and Dan Lintin, Kerry
Williams, Larry Bergin.
XII. Adjournment at 5:11 pm.