Minutes of the Educational Policies Committee February 5, 2002

The minutes of the January 29^th meeting were read and approved with two changes:

1. Dan Zeimet was present.

2. There was an exception to the statement in reference to DBA 951 that “discussion followed about matters unrelated to the course at hand.” In the revised minutes, Dan’s name has been added and the controversial statement has been expunged. (Terry Schlabach moved, Pam Long seconded.)

1. Proposals from Masters of Criminal Justice to

combine MCJ 630: Criminal Justice Planning and MCJ 640: Pro-Seminar Criminal Justice Leadership into one course MCJ 640: Justice Planning and Leadership
to keep the total credits at 30, add to Core Courses: choose one from MCJ 670, 671, or 672
for MCJ-JJE students the new MCJ 640 Justice Planning and Leadership would replace the old MCJ 640 in the core course requirements.

Michael Hustedde moved to accept, Greg Bereskin seconded. Melissa Burek clarified the time of course offering. Course will be offered in spring. Combining the existing courses makes the program more competitive. Intensity will be similar to the current offering. Motion carried.

2. Proposal from Theology to add two new courses with general education status - THEO 251: Introduction to Western Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and THEO 252: Introduction to Eastern Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism

Terry Schlabach moved to approve, Kris Eitrheim seconded. Father De Francisco explained that the two new courses would be offered for ACCEL initially, and possibly as interim offerings on campus, but may be offered later in the regular semester format. Students have indicated a desire for in-depth study of either Eastern or Western religions.. Some overlap for students taking one of the new courses and THEO 250 would not be a problem. The new courses will need to be added to the list of accepted general education courses in the catalog description. The new courses will not replace THEO250 so other programs requiring them will not be affected. Motion carried.

3. Proposal from Communications to change COMM 233: Topics in Communications to COMM 360 (keep the same course description and with pre-requisites determined as needed by the special topics.) Pam Long moved to accept, Michael Hustedde seconded.

Ron Wastyn explained that the new course will have the same credit hours as the course it replaces, but will not specify prerequisites. It is intended to cover material at a more advanced level than the previous offering. It was suggested that labeling the new course a junior level course might make the distinction clear to students. Motion carried.

The committee considered an unscheduled request from the Political Science Department that their program review be postponed one semester because of recent faculty and program changes. Greg Bereskin moved to approve the request, Kris Eitrheim seconded. Motion carried.

There is no business pending for EPC, so no meeting will be held February 12^th. Material for consideration should be sent to Marge Legg a week before the next scheduled meeting.

Meeting adjourned.

Submitted by Bonnie Leonhardt