COUNCIL ON CURRICULAR PROGRAMS AND INSTRUCTION

Thursday, 7 September 2006

 

3:30 p.m.

Algonquin Room - University Union

 

A C T I O N   M I N U T E S

 

 

MEMBERS PRESENT: L. Conover, J. Engel, B. George, J. La Prad, A. Melkumian, K. Myers, N. Parsons, T. Waldrop, E. Woell

Ex-officio: B. Baily, D. Williams

 

MEMBERS ABSENT: W. Bailey

 

GUESTS: Julia Albarracin, Rick Hardy, Vicki Nicholson, Steve Rock

 

I.     Consideration of Minutes – 27 April and 4 May 2006

 

       APPROVED AS DISTRIBUTED

 

II.    Announcements

 

       Chairperson introduced new CCPI member Jeff Engel and Faculty Senate Chair Steve Rock.  Dr. Rock told CCPI that senators really rely on their expertise in considering new courses, majors and minors before they come before Faculty Senate.  Dr. Rock stated that if changes in gen ed are proposed by the General Education Review Committee, CCPI will be asked to look at those as well.  He encouraged CCPI members to attend a forum on the foreign language/global issues subcommittee report to be held at 3:30 Tuesday, September 26 in the Union Capitol Rooms and to provide feedback on the report (http://www.wiu.edu/FacultySenate/FLGIrpt4-06.htm) to senators.  Dr. Rock also told CCPI that the Council for International Education’s policies and procedures are expected to be finalized this fall, which will add an additional layer to the curriculum approval process and will be instrumental in consideration of the proposed new international studies major.  This proposal will also come through CCPI at a later date. 

 

III.   Old Business – None

 

IV.  New Business

 

          A.    Requests for New Courses

 

                  1.     POLS 308, Political Psychology, 3 s.h.

 

                          Motion: To approve POLS 308 (Melkumian/Conover)

 

Change:  Change abbreviated title to POLITICAL PSYCH

 

MOTION APPROVED WITH CHANGE  9 YES – 0 NO – 1 AB

 

                  2.     POLS 400, Comparative Public Policy, 3 s.h.

 

                          Motion: To approve POLS 400 (Woell/Conover)

 

                          Changes:

·Change abbreviated title of course to COMP PUB POLICY

·Change second course objective to “Develop students’ skills in conducting comparative research by assessing their applicability in different contexts.”

 

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

 

          B.     Expectations of Service on the Council

 

Chairperson Parsons told members that CCPI is a very important council that deals with a lot of different undergraduate curriculum issues, and that it is very important that they consider how the various proposed curriculum requests blend across campus.  She stated that last year CCPI saw a lot of issues requiring verification of communication between departments where there may be overlap issues with proposed new courses. 

 

          C.     Serving as Mentors for College Curriculum Committees

 

        Chairperson Parsons told the members that since CCPI is a Senate committee with representation from every college at WIU, it would be beneficial for its members to serve as mentors for their respective college curriculum committees.  She stated that CCPI members could act as sounding boards for departments that may need assistance with proposals or changes.  Chairperson Parsons will set up meetings with each college curriculum committee that she would attend along with the CCPI representatives of that college.  She hopes that this may answer some questions and catch some potential issues early in the process. 

 

Members discussed whether it should be suggested to college curriculum committees that they consider the timing of proposals so that they are not all presented to CCPI at the last meeting of the year.  It was suggested that there may be no solution for this problem because course proposals must go through so many steps before coming to CCPI.

 

V.      Reports

 

          A.    CCPI Subcommittee on Academic Terms

 

                  Chairperson Parsons stated that the purpose of the subcommittee is to attempt to standardize language used for academic terms and what appears on transcripts.  The subcommittee has been asked to define academic terms, examine the number of hours for majors, and look at each major for best case/worst case scenarios of what a student would need to do to graduate in that field.  She added Provost Rallo has stated that proposals for guidelines for new majors that may be recommended by the subcommittee, such as maximum semester hour requirements, will be directed only toward future proposals and will not be retroactive.  The subcommittee will also determine a list of reasons why some majors must have credit hours above the standard norms.  Chairperson Parsons asked the Senate Recording Secretary to set up subcommittee meetings for the Thursday afternoons that CCPI does not meet.

 

          B.     Provost’s Report

 

                  Associate Provost Barb Baily told members that the Emergency Management and Telecommunications Management majors were approved by the IBHE.

      

Motion:  To adjourn (Woell)

 

The Council adjourned at 4:10 p.m.

 

 

Ed Woell, Secretary

 

 

Annette Hamm, Faculty Senate Recording Secretary