Minnesota State University Moorhead
Office of Academic Affairs


Memorandum

 

Date:     March 29, 2006

 

To:        Academic Policy and Advisory Committee

 

From:    Bette Midgarden,

            Vice President for Academic Affairs

 

Re:       April 4, 2006 APAC Agenda

 

The Academic Policy Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, April 4 at 3:00 p.m. in the Comstock Room, CMU 101.

 

AGENDA

 

1.      Approval of the 3/21/06 APAC Minutes*

 

2.      New Course Proposals

Health and Physical Education Department

HLTH 422:  Alcohol and College Life (1 cr)

HLTH 420:  Health Policy and Payment (3 crs)

 

3.      Program Change

a.  Economics Department*

Economics Major and the Economics Major, Emphasis in Business Economics:

Dropping CSIS 103:  Computer Concepts and Applications (3 crs) as a Related Requirement and adding “must also take three elective credits in Mathematics, Computer Science, or Statistics,” to the Related Requirements.  No change to required number of credits.

 

b.  Health and Physical Education Department

Health Services Administration Major

Increase credits from 65 to 66 which includes the following course changes:

Drop from the major: 

HLTH 315:  Health Agency & Services (3 crs)

POL 340:  Public Administration (3 crs)

 

Add to the major:

MGMT 420:  Organizational Theory (3 crs)

HLTH 420:  Health Policy and Payment (3 crs)

 

Change the 9 credits of elective study to the following 10 required credits:

ECON 202:  Principles of Economics I (3 crs)

MATH 234:  Introduction to Probability and Statistics (4 crs)

HLTH 326:  Epidemiology (3 crs)


4.      Policies*

Require HLTH 422:  Alcohol and College Life (1 cr) as a graduation requirement for new entering freshman effective Fall 2006

 

5.      Liberal Studies*

a.      Science laboratory course levels within the Dragon Core. 

b.      Distribution of course selection within Dragon Core Competency Areas.

c.      Course Levels for Inner, Middle, and Outer Cluster Courses.

d.      Outer Cluster Course Policy.

e.      Doubling Counting of Major Rubric Courses within the Dragon Core.  

 

 

 

*indicates item can be viewed electronically at: http://www.mnstate.edu/acadaff/APAC/2005-2006APAC/APACAgendasMinutes.htm

 

cc:       Continews, Department Chairpersons, MSUMFA Phillips, Registrar Washburn, Associate Dean & Director Walseth, Larry Schwartz