April 25, 2016

Attending: Judy Smith, nursing; Lula Henry, education; Paul Corder, engineering; Cain Chiasson (Zanthia Smith), deaf studies; Carmen Doering, library; Nicki Michalski, communication; Tony Martin, OPAA; Stefan Andrei, computer science; Boyd Lanier, political science; David Short, registrar; Vivek Natarajan, faculty senate

Call to Order: 3:36 p.m., Boyd Lanier presiding

Approval of Minutes: Lula Henry made a motion to approve the minutes from the last meeting. Boyd Lanier seconded the motion, and it was approved.

• SPAN 3311:
  
  • The pre-requisites need to match on form and syllabus.
  • Change the title on the form to “special topics”.
  • Change the title on the DRC policy.
  • Drop the duplicate academic continuity policy that is under the Emergency Procedures heading.
  • Judy Smith made a motion to approve the course with revisions. Stefan Andrei seconded the motion, and it passed.
• Syllabus Template:
  
  • The team added the “upload previous file” button to allow the computer to fill in many of the spots.
  • The faculty member can then fill in and change information as needed.
  • The default needs to be changed to 7 days per week for both office hours and classes.
  • It is possible to copy a table into the course outline section.
  • There needs to be a button at the end to add extra policies (college, department, course, etc.).
  • A space needs to be added before “catalog course description”.
  • Bold only the titles.
  • The template will be an option for Fall to give faculty time to try it out.
  • There will be a survey done after that to determine how big the desire is for the template program
  • It will probably be implemented in Spring for everyone.
  • The council members will receive an email with contact information so that we can do a test run of the template.
  • The teacher education degree plans will be dealt with after the PEDG and READ classes are done.
• DSDE 1377:
  • The final line of the DRC policy is missing.
  • The academic honesty policy (including penalties) needs to be added.
  • Fix the typo is Cherry Building.
  • Judy Smith made a motion to approve the course with changes. Lula Henry seconded the motion, and it passed.
• DSDE 2372:
  
  • The final line of the DRC policy is missing.
  • There is a typo in the pre-requisite on the syllabus.
  • A course outline needs to be added.
  • Move the pre-requisite to its own space/heading.
  • Nicki Michalski made a motion to approve the course with changes. Boyd Lanier seconded the motion, and it was approved.
• DSDE 2378:
  
  • The pre-requisite needs to be on the form and syllabus.
  • The course descriptions need to match.
  • List the pre-requisite minimum C on syllabus and form.
  • The DRC is missing its final line.
  • Judy Smith made a motion to approve the course with revisions. Lula Henry seconded the motion, and it passed.
• DSDE 3301:
  
  • Add the pre-requisite to the course description.
  • The pre-requisite needs a minimum grade.
  • The DRC is missing its final line.
  • Add a course schedule to the syllabus.
  • Bold the heading for the Academic Honesty Policy.
  • Judy Smith made a motion to approve the course with revisions. Lula Henry seconded the motion, and it passed.
• DSDE 3307:
  
  • The pre-requisite needs a minimum grade.
  • Fix the typo on objective 11.
  • The DRC is missing its final line.
  • Clarify that it is 50 points each in the presentation description.
  • The syllabus needs to include actual office hours.
  • Check the syllabus for errors caused by scanning or conversion.
  • Change Tom Matthews’ title to Director of Assessment.
  • Drop “course” from the course description heading. You could use the title “further information”.
  • Lula Henry made a motion to accept the course with changes. Judy Smith seconded the motion, and it passed.
• DSDE 4308:
  
  • The pre-requisite needs a minimum grade.
  • Drop “course” from the course description heading. You could use the title “further information”.
  • The DRC policy needs its final line.
  • Change Tom Matthews’ title to Director of Assessment.
  • Lula Henry made a motion to approve the course with changes. Nicki Michalski seconded the motion, and it passed.
• MEEN 2301:
  
  • In the justification for change, 3223 should be 3320.
  • Add the CB administration code.
  • Change dishonesty to honesty policy.
  • Judy Smith made a motion to approve the course with revisions. Paul Corder seconded the motion, and it passed.
• MEEN 2372:
  
  • Add the CB administration code.
  • Be more specific regarding penalties in the academic honesty policy and include a reference to the handbook.
  • The DRC policy is missing its final line.
  • Include a heading for the continuity policy.
  • Include time (week 1, etc.) on the course topic list.
  • Paul Corder made a motion to approve the course with changes. Lula Henry seconded the motion, and it passed.

Adjournment: 5:07 p.m.