Academic Affairs and
Curriculum Committee
Meeting Minutes of
Members
Present: Larry Bergin, Barbara Boseker, Deb Cumberland, Dan Kauffman, Kendall Larson, Fred
Lee, Win Lewis, Dan Lintin, Rich MacDonald, Celeste
Matthews, Charla Miertschin, Pat Paulson, Dan Rand, Alicia Reed, James Reidy, Greg Schmidt, Paul Schumacher, Richard Shields, Cathy
Summa, Ed Thompson, Kerry Williams
A2C2
Meeting agenda for April 16, 2003 3:30 p.m. Maxwell Teleconference Center
I. Meeting was called to order by Chairperson Charla Miertschin at 3:36pm
II. Adoption of agenda by consensus
III. Approval of minutes of April 2, 2003. (available at http://www.winona.edu/ifo/a2c2minutes/) m/s Summa/Boseker
IV. Chair’s report,
A. MnSCU system-wide new programs and revised programs, Chair
Charla Miertschin can review these, but not comment. VP Richardson can comment.
1. #13257-58 New Massage
Therapist Diploma, NWTC-Bemidji, NWTC-Wadena.
2. #13344-47 RCTC:
Replication of Health Information Technology and Coding Specialist Certificate
to Virtual-RCTC.
3. #13289
Alexandria TC: Replication of Practical Nursing Diploma to a Melrose
location.
4. #13451New Virtual
Paraprofessional Certificate at MN West CTC.
B. Thank you’s
V. General Education Substitution Requests
A. Angela Britton and Anna Hoffman - RESC
233 Interdisciplinary Approach to Latin American and Caribbean Immigration in
the United States (4 SH) from WSU for Different Culture. m/s
Shields/MacDonald to approve. Motion passed.
B. Ahmed Fazly -
FLAN 100 Beginning Arabic (3 SH) from WSU for Humanities. m/s Boseker/Thompson to approve. Motion passed.
C. Abigail Peters - GEOG 360 Geography of
Travel & Tourism (3 SH) from St. Cloud State for Different Culture. m/s Shields/Williams to approve. Motion failed. Thompson objected based on requirements of
Different Culture classes at WSU.
MacDonald pondered whether there was in depth study. Summa spoke against based on course
assignments such
as the vacation itineraries
D. Sarah
Roberts - POL 195 Democratic Citizenship: American National Government (3 SH)
from St. Cloud State University for Social Science. Fred Lee taught this course at St. Cloud and
states this is a reasonable request. m/s Boseker/Thompson to approve.
Motion passed.
VI. University Studies Subcommittee (USS) report from April 9, 2003. Kerry Williams reported on subcommittee and recommended approval.
A.
Math 440 Abstract Algebra (4 SH) -m/s
Williams/Shields, to
withdraw
Math 440 as
an oral flag.
Upon approval below, it will become
a writting flag course. Note that
the web catalog and Registrar identifies it as an oral flag.
Change will be effective
Fall 2003.
Motion passed.
B. Course
Requirements
1. Unity & Diversity
- Science & Social Policy
ECON 450
Health Economics (3 SH)
2. Unity & Diversity
- Multicultural Perspectives
ECON 435 The North American Economies (3 SH)
THAD 315
Japanese Classical Theatre (3 SH)
3. Unity
& Diversity - Global Perspectives
ECON 430
Asian Economies in Transition (3 SH)
B. Flag
Courses
1. Writing Flag
ECON 303
Intermediate Macroeconomics (3 SH)
EDUC 410
Foundations of Early Childhood Education (3 SH)
GEOS 280
Field & Analytical Methods I (2 SH)
GEOS 340 Sedimentology & Stratigraphy
(4 SH)
MATH 440
Abstract Algebra (4 SH)
STAT 450
Introduction to Mathematical Statistics I (3 SH)
STAT 460
Introduction to Mathematical Statistics II (3 SH)
2. Oral Flag
3. Critical Analysis
Flag
The following course approvals are
pending due to receipt of revisions and/or web posting:
A. Flag
Courses
1. Writing Flag
POLS 450
A2C2 approved the courses above.
VII. Notifications
A. Business
Administration - B.S. Minor – Production and Operations Management (POM). Add
to the electives list: DIS 342 Advanced Business Computer Applications (3),
ACCT 361 Intermediate Managerial/Cost Accounting (3).
B. English
- Prerequisite change: ENG 220 Multicultural American Literature - remove ENG
111.
C. Psychology - PSY 308, retroactive credit for University Studies, 3 hrs for critical analysis, 2 hours for oral flag for fall 2002, spring 2003.
VIII. Old Business
A. Ad
hoc Repeated Course Committee report:
We
briefly examined data that sizes the problem of students repeating courses for
a grade 3 or more times. From sampling some high occurrence courses, we
estimate that a range of 40 to 80 seats per semester are taken up by these
"serial repeaters" across campus. The impact on any individual course
is rather small. Here is an accounting of the approximate number of students taking
a course for a grade a third (or more) time since 1998 (semester conversion)
for the most frequently listed 13 courses:
Course - max students
PSY
210 - 47
CS
234 - 25
ENG
111 - 24
STAT
110 - 23
BIOL
211 - 16
ACCT
211 - 16
ECON
202 - 12
FIN
360 - 10
MATH
140 - 10
MCOM
130 - 10
SOC
150 - 10
MATH
160 - 10
PSY
250 - 10
We
discussed some policy changes that could be considered, but we considered most
to be unactionable under registrar policies,
typically limited by MNSCU programming constraints. The main policy change that
fell into this category was a way to detect and eliminate registration for a
course a third time for a grade.
One
action that we ask to have discussed by the larger A2C2 body is the potential
elimination of erasing or bracketing a grade from a student's GPA once the
student has re-taken the course and received a higher grade. Currently, the
prior grade is listed on a transcript, but not counted in GPA, with or perhaps
without filing a form requesting re-taking the course for a grade. A2C2 could
recommend that the grades of all earlier attempts at a Winona State course are
included in the calculation of cumulative GPA. We are also investigating how
these two primary policies are handled at other MNSCU institutions.
We
recognize that this discussion probably cannot take place until A2C2 reconvenes
next fall.
Dan
Rand
Math
& Statistics
Winona
State University
507-457-5655
m/s Rand/Paulson to average the highest 2 out of 3 grades for the GPA calculation. Discussion around what happens when person takes the course 4 times or more times for GPA calculation....This issue should be discussed with the Registrar’s office to obtain their input. Motion withdrawn.
IX. New Business
A.
X. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned by Chair Charla Miertschin at 4:30 pm
The following notifications from English were presented via e-mail to A2C2 members by Chair Miertschin on 4/17/03: There were no objections.
1. ENG 221 Topics in World Literature - Remove the prerequisite of ENG 111.
2. B.A. Minor - English: Creative Writing Option - Remove ENG 447 Modern Literary Criticism (3 SH) from the list of required courses. Without this course, the listed courses total 17 SH as the section header indicates.