SIUE Faculty Senate Curriculum Council Meeting Minutes October 16, 2014, 2:30 pm International Room, MUC

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1 SIUE Faculty Senate Curriculum Council Meeting Minutes October 16, 2014, 2:30 pm International Room, MUC Participants Members: Jeffrey Sabby (Chair), Lenora Anop, Aminata Cairo, Liza Cummings, Bryan Jack, Susanne James (late), Hoo Sang Ko, Ram Madupalli, Sorin Nastasia, Gerald O Brian, Carl Springer, Jason Williams. Student Senate Members: Luke Chomko (absent), Daniel Gray (absent) Ex-Officio Members: Zenia Agustin, Scott Belobrajdic (absent), Denise Cobb (excused), Mary Ettling, Anne Flaherty, Yvonne Mitkos, Tyler Phelps, Laura Strom, Cheryle Tucker (absent) - Meeting started at 2:34 pm - Agenda and other materials were distributed to the participants 1. Announcements: a. All Curriculum Council members need to complete Open Meetings Act training at New Council members have 90 days. Following successful completion of OMA training, please forward a copy of the.pdf file to Vicki Kruse (vkruse@siue.edu). 2. Guest: Dr. Roberta Harrison from the School of Nursing a. Discussed the substitution of a 200 level humanities course for the IS requirement for students in the BSN completion program. - it is about 6 courses which require 22 credit hours - the program has corporate connections and has been the beneficiary of an important IBHE grant; program leaders intend to apply again for funding this semester - the program has IT support (they work specifically with students) and an interdisciplinary team teaching the courses - courses are taught in an 8-week, online format; Anne Flaherty maintains that we need institutional support to transform such classes from a 16-week to an 8-week format - Dr. Harrison mentioned that there will be approximately students enrolled in this program for Spring 2015 which will ensure about 23 sections for the 6 courses in the program 3. Consideration of Minutes from meeting on September 18, approved with two small corrections (page 2: Anne Flaherty is the chair of GEC; and page 3, top: which will be posted out on Sharepoint ) (votes: 15; 0; 0) 4. Reports a. Standing Committees and Operations i. Undergraduate Programs Committee a. Co-Chairs: Bryan Jack, Gerry O Brian The committee has been constituted: Gerald O Brien and Bryan Jack (co-chairs), Susanne James, Chris Leopold, Sorin Nastasia, and Karen Vardanyan The committee recommended for approval CAS 14-12, proposing a change in requirements to the major in Music Education, within the Department of Music. The proposal is to change the requirements to add two courses, MUS 201 Introduction to Music Education and CI 440 1

2 Adolescent Literacy. To make way for these courses, the department proposes to consolidate two two-semester courses into one semester each. The committee is in the process of scheduling open hearings for ENR and ENR from the School of Engineering to terminate the Manufacturing Engineering B.S. Program and create a Manufacturing Engineering Specialization. There are currently proposals from English (CAS 13-15), Speech Communication (CAS ), Music (CAS 14-38), and Speech Language Pathology and Audiology (SOE and SOE ) before the committee. ii. Undergraduate Courses Committee a. Chair: Hoo Sang Ko b. Members: Jason Williams, Liza Cummings - for the period June-July, 25 forms have been received; about half have been approved by UCC *Special note (Jeff Sabby): soon we will have a master spreadsheet for UCC and for UPC (for the A, B, and C forms) in an attempt to help streamline the process of course considerations. iii. General Education Committee a. Chair: Anne Flaherty October 2 Meeting Student appeals: none Form 90s: CAS 14_36 request for BFPA and DFAH was approved Experience Proposals: AD 115- GEN1 was approved to carry Health Experience Student Academic Success Sessions were reviewed; 6 will contribute toward completion of Health Experience this semester New Freshman Seminar The committee voted to deny the approval of online New Freshman Seminar courses Recommendation to Curriculum Committee: The committee recommends that the Curriculum Council clarify the policy language related to Breadth requirements under the Lincoln Program. This clarification should state that students must complete 3 credit hours in each of the Breadth areas (for a total of 18 credit hours in 6 Breadth areas). October 16 meeting Student Appeals The committee approved one student appeal to attach Health Experience Designation to a transfer course (Illinois Central College, Health 041) Form 90s CAS 13_80 request for BICS, DFAH, and EUSC was approved SON_UG_ 14_26 request for Skills designations was denied IS courses IS 399: Visual Culture and Diversity was approved iv. Academic Standards and Policies Committee a. Chair: Carl Springer b. Member: Ram Madupalli 2

3 v. Committee on Assessment a. Members: Lenora Anop, Aminata Cairo vi. Graduation Appeals Committee a. Members: Ann Kates (chair), Rick Essner, Greg Sierra, and Kim White b. Additional Reports i. Enrollment Management Scott Belobrajdic (absent) ii. Office of the Registrar Laura Strom Spring 2015 registration opens Monday. This will include registration for 15 classes currently scheduled in the Winter Session. Fall 2015 class schedules are due back from departments on Monday. Summer 2015 class schedules will go back to departments for review on November 3 and will be published for students November 17. Summer/Fall 2015 registration will open in March. We are in the process of implementing EMS (Event Management Systems) for classroom assignment. Currently we are publishing schedules to EMS. Beginning in the spring, we will utilize the campus planning interface to schedule classes and begin utilizing room optimization features. Before this we will be attempting to collect room attributes and class requirements. We will likely need to begin collecting the last date of attendance or academic activity during grade submission when grades of F are assigned. We may need to record this for grades of UW and WR as well. More information will be forthcoming. We expect to have conditionally admitted students on campus participating in the ESLI (English as a Second Language International) program beginning in January. iii. Educational Outreach - Mary Ettling iv. Academic Advising Cheryle Tucker-Loewe / Tyler Phelps v. Instructional Service Yvonne Mitkos vi. Assessment Denise Cobb (absent) 5. Unfinished Business a. School of Nursing substitution of a 200+ level humanities course in place of the IS requirement. - We need a motion to continue with this policy, but we need to understand how we can offer courses in 8-week online time frames as those are students who will receive the same BA degree like the rest of the CAS students - Yvonne Mitkos: what happens with community college transfers? - Anne Flaherty: the 1H1 policy now states that students are required to take 6 breadth courses, one from each of the following areas - Motion (introduced by A. Flaherty) to allow Nursing BSN completion program to continue substitution of 200-level humanities course for IS requirement. Second: Jeff Sabby Votes: 15; 0; 0. Motion passed. 3

4 - Proposal to change language in 1H1 to state that Students are required to take at least 3 credit hours in each of the 6 breadth areas, for a minimum of 18 credit hours. Proposal is at first read. b. QR 101 Requirement (Zenia: see attached document: QR_101_Requirement_Curriculum_Council.docx) - There are approximately 600 students per year enrolled in MATH 150; approximately 300 students/year would not have to take QR101; there would be about sections less of QR 101/year Motion (introduced by Zenia Agustin): To allow MATH 150: Calculus I or higher with a grade of C or better to count for the QR 101 requirement provided this course is passed within the first 60 hours. (Programs that require MATH 150 typically have their students taking MATH 150 during the first year so completing the QR 101 requirement within the first 60 hours is feasible. The Department of Mathematics and Statistics voted to allow a grade of C or better in MATH 150: Calculus I to substitute for QR 101.) Second: Jason Williams Votes: 15; 0; 0. Motion passed. c. Continue process streamlining of CC Review of Courses and Programs discussion. - Software contract for CurricuNet has been approved and will be implemented soon d. Continue etextbook discussion (Report from FSCC Chair). - Jeff Sabby is the chair of the committee in charge with these issues; they are using a top-down and bottom-up approach; - Provost works with the dean and they both work with department chairs to disseminate information; - There will be some type of townhall meetings to discuss about textbooks; there will be a report put together by this committee for Noby Emmanuel sometime next year, which will be implemented in the next 5-7 years; - Sorin Nastasia: will this be linked to the experience accumulated through the pilot OER classes of this semester? Will there be free access to richer library resources (as usually manuals come with CD-ROMs etc.)? Jeff: all these issues will be discussed/taken into consideration. e. Continue Health Science Task Force (Report from FSCC Chair). - Jeff is a member of that committee, too; this is also a committee that will work in an all-inclusive manner; they will explore cross-collaborations - They will go to chairs meetings to better understand issues; a report will be written for about March f. Other? - Carl Springer (ASPC): the Advisory Council for Honors courses met with new director; 3 subcommittees have been formed; there is enthusiasm for honors courses from faculty and students (especially in STEM areas); new courses will be integrated; in such courses there is a lot of thinking about how to promote innovation. 6. New Business a. First Read GEC- Policy 1K4 (Zenia: see attached: Policy1K4_Current Version.docx, Policy1K4_Proposed Version.docx). - Zenia Agustin: in the new version of the Policy 1K4 (Undergraduate Proficiency Examination Policy) it is proposed that the students who prove their knowledge from the beginning of the semester should be given credit right away and should not be carried in the roll until the end of the semester. 4

5 b. GEC requests change/clarification in language for Breadth Area Requirements under Lincoln Plan (Anne Flaherty) - This issue will be moved to Unfinished Business. c. Discuss Learning Styles Survey (UCC: see attached PDF). - Hoosang Ko: Ryan Fries (Department of Civil Engineering) has a suggestion to improve teaching at SIUE when students enter SIUE, they should complete a learning styles survey; their survey results should be linked to their student account and be accessible to faculty through Cougarnet; this information could help inform faculty when they choose class activities or when they help individual students. - Jeff Sabby: we will have to decide in a future meeting which subcommittee will take on this task. d. Other? No. 7. Public No 8. Adjourn - motion to adjourn: Ram Madupalli - seconded by: Anne Flaherty Meeting adjourned at 4:00 pm. Meeting minutes submitted for review by: Dr. Sorin Nastasia, Department of Applied Communication Studies 10/24/14 Approved November 20,

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