COUNCIL ON CURRICULAR PROGRAMS AND INSTRUCTION

Thursday, 28 February 2008

 

3:30 p.m.

Algonquin Room - University Union

 

A C T I O N   M I N U T E S

 

 

MEMBERS PRESENT: W. Bailey, J. Engel, P. Kornoski, A. Melkumian, K. Myers, K. Neumann, N. Parsons, C. Piletic, T. Waldrop

Ex-officio: B. Baily, D. Williams

 

MEMBERS ABSENT: C. Kovacs, E. Mannion

 

GUESTS: Vincent Auger, Bridget Carey, John Carlson, Rori Carson, Tej Kaul, Lea Monahan, Vicki Nicholson, Jim Olsen, Terry Rodenberg, Miriam Satern, Jim Schmidt, Murali Venugopalan, Marianne Woods

 

I.          Consideration of Minutes

 

            A.         7 February 2008

 

            APPROVED AS DISTRIBUTED

 

II.         Approvals from the Provost

 

            1.   Requests for New Courses

 

                  a.   KIN 308, Scuba Diving Specialties, 2 s.h. (repeatable to 4 s.h.)

                  b.   KIN 408, Divemaster, 2 s.h.

                  c.   KIN 490, Honors Thesis in Kinesiology, 3 s.h.

                  d.   MUS 157, Multicultural Percussion Techniques, 1 s.h.

                  e.   MUS 254, Methods and Materials in Music Therapy, 1 s.h.

                  f.    MUS 255, Music Therapy Clinical Skills I, 1 s.h.

                  g.   MUS 258, Practicum in Music Therapy, 1 s.h. (repeatable up to 3 s.h.; 2 hours required in degree                                 program with a C or better in both hours)

                  h.   MUS 355, Music Therapy Clinical Skills II, 1 s.h.

        i.    MUS 458, Practicum in Music Therapy, 1-2 s.h. (repeatable, maximum of 6 s.h., 3 s.h. required with a C or better

        j.    WESL 070, Business ESL, 0 s.h.

 

            2.   Request for Change in Option

 

                  a.   Music Therapy

 

            3.   Request for Change in Minor

 

                  a.   Physical Education

 

            4.   Requests for Changes in Majors

 

                  a.   Accountancy

                  b.   Economics

                  c.   Finance

                  d.   Human Resource Management

                  e.   Information Systems

                  f.    Management

                  g.   Marketing

                  h.   Supply Chain Management

 

            5.   Request for New Minor

 

                  a.   Scuba Diving

 

            6.   Request for New Concentration

 

                  a.   Youth Development

 

            7.   Requests for New Certificates of Undergraduate Studies

 

                  a.   Fire Administration and Management

                  b.   Fire Prevention Technology

 

III.       Announcements – None

 

IV.       Old Business – None

 

V.        New Business

 

          A.    Request for 275/475 Course

 

                  1.     HORT 475, Sustainable Practices in Landscaping, 3 s.h.

 

                          Changes:

·      Change date of first offering to Fall 2008. 

[Note: This was subsequently changed by the department to Fall 2009.]

·      Course objectives should reflect what students will achieve or accomplish through the class and  should be formatted with a bulleted list.

 

                          NO OBJECTIONS

 

          B.     Requests for New Courses

 

                  1.     INTL 100, Introduction to International Studies and Cross-Cultural Relations, 3 s.h.

 

                          Motion: To approve INTL 100 (Melkumian/Engel)

 

                          Changes:

·     Phrase course objectives to reflect what students will be able to achieve upon completion of the course.

·     Change abbreviated title to INTRO INTL STD with no punctuation.

 

Dr. Neumann asked if the Center for International Studies (CIS) has been granted college and academic department status in order to be able to put forward courses for credit.  Associate Provost Baily responded that request would need to go before the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE).  CIS Associate Director Murali Venugopalan told CCPI he contacted Senate Chair Steve Rock and Associate Provost Baily, who recommended completing the form with CIE as the college and “INTL/Provost’s Committee on International Studies” as the department since they developed the proposal.  Dr. Neumann stated she feels uncomfortable engaging in a discussion on the proposals until it is certain that CIS has been granted permission to issue credit for courses.  Associate Provost Baily said she would have to discuss the situation with the Provost and President before they could go forward to Senate. 

 

Chairperson Parsons noted that because there is no paperwork for the proposed International Studies (IS) major, although it is referenced in the forms, it is impossible to see how the three courses fit into that program.  Dr. Venugopalan responded that both Provost Thomas and former Provost Rallo recommended that the courses be submitted first since approval of the major is a much longer process and it is hoped that students could go ahead and take the courses with the intention of applying them toward the major once it is approved.  Tej Kaul, who serves on the committee developing the curricula, told CCPI the Provost’s Committee on International Studies has been in operation for three and half years, and their intention was to obtain approval of the courses pending resolution of the credit-granting status of CIS and the approval of the IS major.  He believes the major request will come before CIE no more than a month from now, and maybe as soon as two weeks.

 

Motion: To table the three international courses until the major comes before CCPI (Parsons/Bailey)

 

Chairperson Parsons predicted it would be difficult to push the courses through Faculty Senate when each explicitly references the IS major.  She said in the meantime CCPI can check on the academic status of CIS and whether it is acceptable for them to offer credit courses.  Dr. Kaul inquired if it will take a long time to go through IBHE for academic status and if the courses could be offered in the meantime.  Associate Provost Baily responded that she would have to check with IBHE to see if this is an issue.  Dr. Engel suggested that the courses could be taken as electives even if the IS major never materializes. 

 

MOTION APPROVED  8 YES – 1 NO – 0 AB

 

                  2.     INTL 300, Sharing International Experiences, 1 s.h.

 

                          TABLED

 

                  3.     INTL 400, Senior Seminar, 2 s.h.

 

                          Change: Change abbreviated title to INTL SR SEMINAR.

 

                          TABLED

 

                  4.     KIN 226, Net/Wall Games, 2 s.h.

 

                          Motion: To approve KIN 226 (Melkumian/Neumann)

 

                          Changes:

·     Change “ex.” to “e.g.” in catalog description and Relationship to Courses Within the Department.

·     Add KIN 327, Raquet Sports, currently in deep freeze, to List of Courses to be Deleted in   Conjunction with Approval of this Request.

                         

MOTION APPROVED WITH CHANGES  9 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB

 

                  5.     KIN 250, Instructional Foundations in Physical Education, 2 s.h.

 

                          Motion: To approve KIN 250 (Kornoski/Engel)

 

                          MOTION APPROVED   9 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB

 

                  6.     KIN 251, Invasion Games, 2 s.h.

                  7.     KIN 252, Contemporary Physical Activities, 1 s.h.

                  8.     KIN 253, Target/Field Games, 2 s.h.

                  9.     KIN 255, Elementary Movement Fundamentals, 2 s.h.

                  10.   KIN 265, Skill Analysis and Assessment in Physical Education, 2 s.h.

                  11.   KIN 477, Physical Education Curriculum, 3 s.h.

 

                          Motion: That CCPI consider KIN 251 through KIN 477 as a package consent agenda item (Neumann/Waldrop)

 

                          MOTION APPROVED  9 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB

 

In response to a question about the nature of “invasion games,” Kinesiology professor Marianne Woods explained that invasion games are related to tactics and the idea that the player is invading an opponent’s space.  She added that in net ball games, the teams are separated by a net, and in invasion games, teams play in the same space.  Football and boxing are considered contact sports, not invasion games.

 

Changes:

·     Change “ex.” to “e.g.” everywhere it appears in the Kinesiology requests.

·     Change KIN 253 course description to read, “Content knowledge and skill development in movement concepts and tactics in games where balls are pitched, hit, and fielded (baseball, softball) or where the objective is to place an object into a target (bowling, golf).  Development of resource notebook required.”

·     In the KIN 477 catalog description, change “curricula in P-12 physical education programs” to K-12.

 

NEW KINESIOLOGY COURSE REQUESTS APPROVED WITH CHANGES

9 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB

 

                  12.   NURS 305, Introduction to Professional Nursing, 3 s.h.

 

                          Motion: To approve NURS 305 (Melkumian/Engel)

 

When asked how nursing practice differs from nursing care, Director of Nursing Lea Monahan explained that with practice, there is no direct input from the patient, whereas care indicates interaction with the client and his or her family.  The suggestion was made to change the abbreviated title to NURSING INTRO, but Dr. Monahan responded that “NURS” was used to keep the abbreviated titles consistent throughout.

 

                          MOTION APPROVED  9 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB

                         

                  13.   NURS 310, Fundamentals of Nursing, 6 s.h.

                                                           

                          Motion: To approve NURS 310 (Melkumian/Piletic)

 

                          When asked the definition of a well client, Dr. Monahan explained that it can either be someone who is having a “well” check up or someone with no underlying pathophysiology.  Registrar’s office representative Donna Williams told CCPI that Western does not have a precedent for translating clinical hours into credit hours, although at Trinity College three hours of clinical experience relates to one standard undergraduate credit hour.  Dr. Monahan explained that in order to go through a nursing program, students must take a number of clinical hours, but the clinical sites in this area are so few that the course can only be offered once a year.

 

                           Change:  Indicate that NURS 302 and 305 should be taken as corequisites.

                         

MOTION APPROVED WITH CHANGE  9 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB

                         

                  14.   NURS 316, Transcultural Nursing, 2 s.h.

                          Motion: To approve NURS 316 (Piletic/Engel)

 

                          Changes: 

·     Change abbreviated title to TRANSCULT NURSING.

·      Explain in Relationship to Courses in Other Departments that other courses, such as HE 325, Multicultural Health Issues, deal with this topic, but not specifically in relation to nursing.

 

                          MOTION APPROVED WITH CHANGES  9 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB

 

                  15.   NURS 318, Nursing Theory and Trends, 2 s.h.

 

                          Motion: To approve NURS 318 (Melkumian/Piletic)

 

                          MOTION APPROVED   9 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB

 

                  16.   NURS 322, Adult and Child Nursing I, 5 s.h.

 

                          Motion: To approve NURS 322 (Melkumian/Neumann)

 

                          Changes: 

·     Change abbreviated title to ADULT&CHILD I.

·      Prerequisites should be NURS 303, 310, and 316, while corequisites are NURS 323 and 324.

[NURS 323 was subsequently removed as a coreq after discussions between Dr. Monahan and the two clinical agencies in Peoria.]

 

                          MOTION APPROVED WITH CHANGES  9 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB

 

                  17.   NURS 323, Nursing of Women of Childbearing Age and Young Children, 4 s.h.

 

                          Motion: To approve NURS 323 (Melkumian/Kornoski)

 

                          Changes: 

·     Change abbreviated title to WOMEN&CHILDREN.

·      Prerequisites should be NURS 303 and 310, while corequisites should show NURS 322 and 324.

[This was changed to “prerequisite or corequisite: NURS 322” after discussions between Dr. Monahan and the two clinical agencies in Peoria following the CCPI meeting.]

 

                          MOTION APPROVED WITH CHANGES  9 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB

 

                  18.   NURS 324, Pharmacology, 3 s.h.

 

                          Motion: To approve NURS 324 (Melkumian/Kornoski)

 

                          Change:  Eliminate NURS 302 from prerequisites.

 

                          MOTION APPROVED WITH CHANGE  9 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB

 

                  19.   NURS 422, Adult and Child Nursing II, 5 s.h.

 

                          Motion: To approve NURS 422 (Kornoski/Myers)

 

                          Change:  Change abbreviated title to ADULT&CHILD II.

 

                          MOTION APPROVED WITH CHANGE  9 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB

 

                  20.   NURS 423, Mental Health Nursing, 3 s.h.

 

                          Motion: To approve NURS 423 (Kornoski/Melkumian)

 

                          Change:  Change abbreviated title to MNTL HLTH NURS.

                          [Note: After discussions between Dr. Monahan and the clinical agencies working with the Nursing program, it was necessary to change the current prerequisite/corequisite to only NURS 322, removing NURS 405 and 422 from the list.]

 

                          MOTION APPROVED WITH CHANGE  9 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB

 

                  21.   NURS 424, Adult and Child Nursing III, 7 s.h.

 

                          Motion: To approve NURS 424 (Melkumian/Kornoski

 

                           In response to a question, Dr. Monahan explained that “client” has replaced “patient” in the nursing    lexicon.

 

                          Changes: 

·     Change abbreviated title to ADULT&CHILD III.

·     Prerequisites for the course should be NURS 422 and 423, and corequisite is NURS 425.

 

                          MOTION APPROVED WITH CHANGES  9 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB

 

                  22.   NURS 425, Senior Seminar, 3 s.h.

 

                          Motion: To approve NURS 425 (Kornoski/Piletic)

 

                          Change:   Prerequisites for the course should be NURS 422 and 423, and corequisite is NURS 425.

 

                          MOTION APPROVED WITH CHANGE  9 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB

 

          C.     Requests for Changes in Prerequisites

 

                  1.     AGEC 349, Agribusiness Management, 4 s.h.

                          Current:        AGRI 220

                          Proposed:      AGRI 220 or ECON 231 and 232

 

                          Motion: To approve AGEC 349 (Engel/Myers)

 

                          Change:   Add a comma after AGRI 220 prerequisite.

 

                          MOTION APPROVED WITH CHANGE  9 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB

 

                  2.     MKTG 327, Marketing Principles, 3 s.h.

                          Current:        None

                          Proposed:      ACCT 201 and ACCT 202/ECON 231

 

                                  Motion: To table MKTG 327 until a representative of the department can be present (Neumann/Engel)

 

                           CCPI noted that the prerequisite change will affect several majors that require this course.  Some majors and many minors list this course as an elective, as well.  CCPI felt that some communication needs to be provided to show that affected departments have been informed of the proposed change.