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COUNCIL ON ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

200 Bricker Hall

February 5, 2014

3:00 - 5:00 PM

MINUTES

Attendance

Faculty:

Dr. Heather Allen (Chemistry and Biochemistry)

ΠDr. Mollie Blackburn (School of Teaching and Learning)

ΠDr. Lisa Florman (History of Art)

Dr. Ken Goings (African American and African Studies)

ΠDr. Blaine Lilly (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)

ΠDr. Eric MacGilvray (Political Science)

Dr. James Rathman (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)

ΠDr. Fernando Unzueta (Spanish and Portuguese)

Dr. Kay Wolf (Health and Rehabilitation Sciences)

ΠDr. Henry Zerby (Animal Sciences)

Students:

Krista Bryson (CGS, English)

ΠSara Adelman (Inter-Professional Council, Medicine)

Elena Chung (CGS, Chemical Engineering)

Marnie Janson (USG, Pharmaceutical Sciences)

ΠSarra Kashyap (USG, Neuroscience)

Administrator:

ΠDr. W. Randy Smith (Academic Affairs), Vice Chair

Guests:

Mr. Bernard Forjwuor (Office of Undergraduate Admissions)

Dr. Steve Fink (College of Arts and Sciences)

Mr. Michael Gable (Office of the University Registrar)

Mr. David Roy (Office of Undergraduate Admission)

Ms. Melissa Soave (Office of Academic Affairs)

Dr. Bernadette Vankeerbergen (College of Arts and Sciences)

Dr. John Wanzer (Office of Undergraduate Education)

Mr. Andrew Zircher (College of Education and Human Ecology)

The meeting came to order at 3:35 PM.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF

JANUARY 22, 2014

Lilly moved to approve the draft minutes of the meeting of January 22, 2014; the motion was seconded by Unzueta and carried with all in favor.

REPORT FROM THE CHAIR – PROFESSOR HENRY N. ZERBY

Zerby reported that he will present the proposal for the New Online Masters in Global Engineering to the University Senate at its meeting on February 6, 2014.

He reminded the subcommittees that additional proposals have been received and have been assigned.

REPORT FROM THE VICE-CHAIR – PROFESSOR W. RANDY SMITH

Smith noted that there will be two Senate meeting in March and the Council is likely to put forward several proposals so that they can get to the April or June Board of Trustees’ meetings. This raises a long-standing issue: the time it takes for proposals to go through all current workflow steps for graduate program proposals: Academic Unit, College, Graduate School, Graduate Council, this Council and then in some cases, the University Senate, Board of Trustees, and Board of Regents.

With regard to Graduate-level proposals, Smith has discussed with Pat Osmer, Dean, and Scott Herness, Associate Dean, Graduate School, the possibility of merging the Graduate School and Council reviews. Discussions are ongoing as to how to do so. He has also spoken to the senior staff at the Ohio Board of Regents about parallel processing as it relates to submissions to the Regents Advisory Committee on Graduate Studies (RACGS).

In response to a question, he noted that the expectation from the Office of Academic Affairs is that no proposal, at any programmatic level, should ever come forward without a letter of support from the relevant College Dean’s office – especially given that the proposal may carry budgetary implications. That letter typically supplements the review from the College-level curriculum committee.

SUBCOMMITTEE C—HEATHER ALLEN, KRISTA BRYSON, LISA FLORMAN SARRA KASHYAP, BLAINE LILLY

• Revision to the BSED in Physical Education, Sport and Physical Activity-Physical Education Teacher Education Specialization, College of Education and Human Ecology

Guest: Professor Phillip Ward, Department of Human Sciences

Florman presented the proposal which seek revisions mostly necessitated by the accreditation requirements for the program. The national standards for Beginning Teachers in Physical Education have changed - in particular, the need for Teacher Candidates to demonstrate an ability to perform motor skills and achieve a specific level of fitness.

The proposal essentially separates 6 hours into two courses and there is no change to the overall credit hours. There was interaction between the subcommittee and the Department concerning consistency in course numbering.

Zerby moved approval of the motion; the motion was seconded by Blackburn and carried with two abstentions and all others in favor.

• New International Studies Major Leading to the Bachelor of Science Degree, College of Arts and Sciences

Guest: Professor Tony Mughan, Department of Political Science, and Director, International Studies Program

Lilly presented the proposal noting that it creates a Bachelor of Science (BS) to accompany the current Bachelor of Arts (BA) program in International Studies. He then invited Mughan to provide an overview.

• An early version of this proposal, which went to the College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum committee for review, included minors that were offered in departments that had either the BA or BS degrees. It was found, during the second iteration of the proposal, that a number of Departments (6 in total), offer the BS. The BA version of the International Studies would continue to require a minor in Foreign Language and the BS would require a science minor.

• The Division of Social and Behavioral Studies, the Division of Arts and Humanities and the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences all contribute to the BA in International Studies. The BS will take International Studies into new areas and result in qualified graduates in the sciences.

Clarifications sought/provided during the meeting:

• Currently, the major states that it has 42 credit hours, including the minor, and that contradicts the proposed new University-wide guidelines for undergraduate minors. It should be defined as a 30-credit major with 12-credit minor – that would also allow for the minor to be transcriptable, which Mughan suggested at the meeting was the intent. The major and minor need to be discrete. Mughan will make that change.

• Minors in the BS would be customized and advising would be the key to guiding students properly. These customized minors would adhere to the new minor guidelines.

• The proposal should be changed to reflect that the only Statistics course required should be 2450.

Contingent on small revisions being made in the next few days to the proposal (credit hours in the major and minor, the request for the minor to be transcriptable, removal of Statistics 1450), Lilly moved approval of the proposal, motion was seconded by Blackburn, and carried with all others in favor.

Smith noted that the International Studies program is one of the strongest majors at the University, and its administration is a model for other interdisciplinary programs.

• Discussion Item: University Undergraduate Minors Policy

Zerby presented the revised proposed guidelines for undergraduate minors (University wide) for further review.

Revisions:

• For clarity, change “12 distinct hours” to “12 hours distinct.”

• Two minor grammatical revisions (change “given” to “provided” in the preamble; change i.e., to e.g.)

• The word “subject” does not mean department.

• Change “3000-level and above” to “Upper-Level or Upper-Division as defined by the respective college” (some programs consider 2000-level courses to be upper-level).

• Fink mentioned that some individuals in the Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee felt that the 18-hour maximum should not be adopted and that the maximum should be left up to the department. Council members responded that this had been taken into consideration and that allowing more than 18 hours makes it too close to being another major, and in the spirit of what a minor should be, it is not in best interest of students (with regard to progress to completion and costs).

• ASC and EHE each have one minor that have 21 hours. It was noted that very few students complete the EHE minor.

• Units may seek an exception to the new guidelines.

Zerby moved approval of the motion and it carried with all in favor.

Smith added that the deadline for minors to come into compliance of the new guidelines is Autumn 2015.

This final version now will be shared with his Academic Program Advisory Committee (all the Curricular Associate Deans at the Columbus and regional campuses) on February 11, 2014 and then sent out to the University community.

The Meeting Adjourned at 4:15PM.

Respectfully submitted,

W. Randy Smith

Melissa A. Soave

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