OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Curriculum Council
MINUTES - #00-01.05
Thursday, November 30, 2000
MEMBERS PRESENT:
I. Delson - Oceanic and
Atmospheric Sciences
T. Dick - Math Learning Center
L. Friedman - Public Health, Chair
J. Gross - Anthropology
G. Olson - Human Development and Family Sciences
M. Quinn - Computer Science
N. Scott - Crop and Soil Science
G. Tiedeman - Sociology
NON-VOTING
MEMBERS, SUPPORT STAFF, AND GUESTS PRESENT:
B. Allen - Information
Services/Library
G. Beach - Academic Affairs, Academic Program Coordinator, Ex-officio
L. Burns - Undergraduate Academic Programs, Ex-officio
F. Leibowitz - Philosophy/Budgets and Fiscal Planning Committee
M. Merickel - Information Services/Distance Education
G. Craig - Administrative Assistant to AVPAA
I.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of 10/26/00 were approved with
changes.
II.
REPORT FROM
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS:
A. Guidelines for review of Professional Teaching licensure areas is on the Graduate Council agenda today.
B. The Baccalaureate Core Committee bylaws include a policy to periodically review Baccalaureate Core courses to ensure that they continue to meet the Baccalaureate Core criteria. This Academic Year (2000-2001) the Baccalaureate Core Committee will review all Writing Intensive Courses approved prior to 1996. Letters will be sent out in December requesting information by the end of January.
III.
NEW
BUSINESS
A. Bill McCaughan, Dean of Distance and Continuing Education was present to discuss the direction and potential expansion of DCE. The goal of the discussion was to establish communications about issues that interface between the curriculum process and DCE. Dean McCaughan will return to an upcoming council meeting for further conversations.
B. The Council reviewed the Category I proposal for a Master of Public Policy with Brent Steel (Political Science) and Rebecca Warner (Sociology) present. The College of Liberal Arts will be the unit awarding the degree. The submitted budget does not include the library costs. This Category I Proposal was approved conditionally, dependent upon inclusion of library allocations in the budget and review by the Budgets and Fiscal Planning Committee.
C. The Council reviewed and approved the Category I Proposal to drop the MS degree in Home Economics.
D.
The Council reviewed and approved the new Early Childhood Development and
Education Option of the Human Development and Family Services (BS) degree
program. There was discussion to
confirm that the proposal would not adversely affect current students.
IV. ACTIONS OF THE COUNCIL VIA EMAIL - all proposals are viewable on the World Wide Web, OSU Curriculum Home page: http://osu.orst.edu/dept/academic/aa/curric/
COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
Change
in Existing
FW 340.
*MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN NATURAL RESOURCES (3). Effective Spring 2001
(00-C210) [change - number].
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
New
PHAR 537.
BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3). Effective Winter 2001 (00-C262) approved with changes
to description.
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
Change in Existing