Minutes of the Education Policy Committee
Tuesday, September 24, 2002
Present:
Kris Eitrheim
Mike Hustedde
Pam Long
Nathan Schlueter
Barb Wiese
Terry Schlabach
Randy Richards
Bonnie Leonhardt
Richard Legg, Director of General Education
Nate Mundy
Lori Rodriquez-Fischer
Guests:
Bill Parsons
Chris Westensee
Richard Dienesch
Charlie Minnick
Regina Stephens
William McCleer
Allison Ambrose
V. Singh
Kristin Quinn
Leslie Bell
John Schmits
Terri Switzer
Organizational Business:
1)
Motion to
approve minutes:
a) Richards
b) Mundy second
c) Approved
2)
Motion to thank
Marge Legg for dedicated service to EPC and University:
a) Eitrhem
b) Leonhardt second
c) Approved
3)
MOL:
a) Motion to accept whole proposal.
i)
Randy
ii)
Eitrhem second
b) Approved
c) Parsons walked through proposals
i)
Summary of
Proposed Changes:
(1) Exit/candidacy requirement:
(a) Complete either MOL 719. Research Methods and
MOL 720. Thesis or MOL 722
(b) Capstone/CompsRemove MOL 722. Practicum.
(2) Total credits / core credits / elective credit
hours:
(a) 36 total credit hours for the capstone/comps
option; 36 hours for the thesis option.
(b) Increase core requirements from 15 to 18
credits.
(c) Decrease electives from 12 to 9 credits for
the thesis option.
(d) Remaining credits fulfilled by completing LTPS,
and either the thesis or comps option.
(e) Increase total degree requirements by 3, from
33 to 36 credits.
(3) New Courses to be added to the MOL
curriculum:
(a) MOL 621. Organizational Theory &
Behavior.
(b) MOL 719. Research Methods.
(c) MOL 722. Capstone/Comps.
(4) Courses to be dropped from the MOL
curriculum:
(a) MOL 710, 715, 717, 719 (Logistics courses. If
these courses are needed they will be offered under MOL 792: Special Topics.)
(b) MOL 722. Practicum. (Replaced by capstone /
comps course.)
(5) Curse # changes for the purposes of cross
listing with MBA:
(a) MOL 710. Ethics, Integrity, Social
Responsibility. (old # MOL:518)
(6) Changes in Courses listed in Core
Requirements:
(a) MOL 512 or MOL 555. (old requirement: MOL 512
or MOL 515)
(b) Add
MOL 621.
(7) Changes to Course listed as Electives:
(a) Move MOL 515 from core to electives.
(b) Add MOL 719 Research Methods.
(c) Remove logistics courses 710, 715, 717, &
719 from catalog.
(8) Courses to be cross-listed with MBA
(Certificate in Org. Mgt.):
(a) MOL / MBA 690 (LTPS), 621, 685, 701, 710.
(9) Update and Clarification of Catalog
Description of the MOL:
(a) Policies and procedures approved four years
ago have not been placed in the catalog. Further, three years of implementation
necessitates clarification of previously approved policies and procedures. These points of clarification and expanded
catalog descriptions are provided to EPC for your information.
(b) Proposed changes to the MOL are also included
as part of the catalog update
(10)
Update
Admission Criteria
d) Revision to MOL
i)
Submit updated
MOL 719 (Research Methods) syllabus and fact sheet
(1) 2b course fact for 719 sheet: should say
"qualitative" not "quantitative"
4)
Accounting
a) Motion to approve Accounting proposals as
whole
i)
Randy
ii)
Pam Long second
b) Allison Ambrose presented proposed changes:
i)
The addition of
ACCT 314, Internal Auditing
ii)
Prerequisite
changes for Upper Level Accounting Courses
iii)
Permanent
continuance of Accounting/ACCEL program offering
c) Request was made to specify new
Qualification:
i)
2.5 for THOSE
COURSES! (201, 202)
d) Schlabach motion to accept
i)
Approved
5)
Motion to
continue proposals for BUS 336, 337 next meeting:
a) Eitrehm
b) Hustedde second
c) Approved
6)
Art
a) Motion to approve Art department proposals as
whole
i)
Randy Richards
ii)
Mundy second
iii)
Approved
b) Kristin Quinn presented the proposals
i)
The addition of
two new general education courses: ART
120: Topics in Art History, and ART
320: Upper Level Topics in Art History,
to be included as General Education courses in the Humanities
ii)
Proposal for
general education status for ART 206, 207, 208, 234, 303,304, 331, 430, and 431
in Creative Arts
iii)
*Treats were
provided to members of the committee by the Art Department, which GREAT
FACILITATED DELIBERATION OF THE PROPOSALS
iv) *Revision of 320 prereq: Junior status or
permission of instructor
c) Leonhardt motioned for approval
i)
Approved
7)
Motion to
Adjourn
i)
Eithrem
ii)
Long second
iii)
Approved
Submitted by Nathan
Schlueter
Proposed Agenda
for Oct. 1:
1)
Bachelor of Applied Management: Curriculum changes for the new general
education component; Contact
person: Hope Gardina
2)
Physical
Therapy: Addition of new course DPT
674: Integumentary Therapeutics Reduce credit hours for DPT 670: Orthotics and
Prosthetics from 4 to 3; Contact person:
Sandy Cassady
3) Managerial Studies: The addition of BUS 336: Mediation; The addition of BUS 337: Gender Issues; Contact person: Hope Gardina
4)
Bachelor of Elected Studies: Curriculum changes with the new general education requirements; Contact person: Hope Gardina
5)
Bachelor of
Business Administration: Curriculum
changes for the new general education component; Contact person: Hope Gardina
6)
BASS: Curriculum changes for the new general
education component Contact person:
Hope Gardina
7)
MSW: Change MSW 830: Supervision in Social Work
to an elective from required course; Contact person: Brenda DuBois
8)
Theology: New course:
Theology 312: Rome and
Christianity; Contact person: Bud Grant
9)
Sociology: Numbering changes; New courses: Soc. 225: Sex and Gender; Soc. 270: Social Change; Soc. 280: Conflict Resolution; Soc. 315: Qualitative and Ethnographic Research
Methods; Soc. 336: Death and Dying;
Soc. 356: Sociology of Religion General
education justification for Soc. 220 Cultural Anthropology, Soc. 230. Intro. to
Gerontology; Contact person: Walt Kurth