Minnesota State University Moorhead
Office of Academic Affairs

Memorandum

 

Date:     December 4, 2006

 

To:        Academic Policy and Advisory Committee

 

From:    Bette Midgarden,

            Vice President for Academic Affairs

 

Re:       December 12, 2006 APAC Agenda

 

The Academic Policy Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, December 12 at 3:00 p.m. in the Comstock Room, CMU 101.

 

AGENDA

 

1.       Approval of the 11/28/06 APAC Minutes*

 

2.       Minor Changes

Corrick Center for General Education*

MDS 123:  Mathematics Ideas (4 crs) – change course title, description, prerequisites, and reduce credits:  MDS 123:  College Algebra (3 crs) effective Spring 2007

 

(The Dragon Core Committee has approved the following courses)

Anthropology/Earth Science Department*

GEOS 330:  Elementary Meteorology (2 crs, 1 cr) effective Fall 2007 in the Outer Cluster, DC 10:  People and the Environment

 

Honors Program*

HON 300:  American Society (3 crs) effective Fall 2007 in the Middle Cluster, DC 5:  History and the Social

Sciences

 

Physics and Astronomy Department*

PHYS 105:  Physics of Music (2 crs, 1 cr) effective Spring 2007 in the Middle Cluster, DC 4:  Natural Sciences

PHYS 200:  General Physics I (3 crs, 1 cr) effective Fall 2007  in the Middle Cluster, DC 4:  Natural Sciences

 

      Women’s Studies*

      Change Title and Course Description:

WS 312:  Women and the Humanities (3 crs) to WS 312:  Rhetorics of Resistance:  Feminist Responses

from the Humanities effective Spring 2007 in the Middle Cluster, DC 6:  The Humanities

 

(The University Writing Committee has approved the following courses as writing-intensive)

English Department*

ENGL 286:  Practical Writing (3 crs) effective Spring 2007

ENGL 288:  Intro to Creative Writing (3 crs) effective Spring 2007

(The Graduate Studies Committee has approved the following course credit modifications)

Nursing Department*

NURS 699:  Thesis for Nursing (4 crs) to 1-4 credits effective Spring 2007

 

School of Counseling, Ed Leadership and Student Affairs*

ED 697:  Individual Study (2 crs) to 1-2 credits effective Fall 2007

 

School of Teaching and Learning*

SPED 699:  Thesis (4 crs) to 1-4 credits effective Spring 2007

 

 


Speech/Language/Hearing Sciences Department – Undergraduate Program*

 

Speech/Language/Hearing Sciences Department – Graduate Program*

(The Graduate Studies Committee has approved the following changes)

 

3.       Course Changes

Speech/Language/Hearing Sciences Department – Undergraduate Program*

Speech/Language/Hearing Sciences Department – Graduate Program*

(The Graduate Studies Committee has approved the following changes)

 

4.       New Course Proposals

Honors Program*

HON 316:  The Dangerous 18th Century (3 crs) effective Fall 2007 in the Middle Cluster, DC 5:  History and the Social Sciences

 

Speech/Language/Hearing Sciences Department*

SLHS 271:  Hearing/Vestibular Disorders and Assessment (4 crs) effective Fall 2007

(The Graduate Studies Committee has approved the following new course)

SLP:  682:  Seminar:  Social and Cognitive Correlates of Communication Disorders (2 crs) effective Fall 2007

 

5.       Program Changes

Biosciences Department*

Program Replication at North Hennepin Community College effective July 1, 2008

 

Honors Program*

Vote on change to program effective Fall 2007

 

Speech/Language/Hearing Sciences Department*

Change Speech/Language/Hearing Sciences major from 59 credits total with 48 credits of requirements and 11 credits of related requirements to:

58 credits total with 50 credits of requirements and 8 credits related requirements effective Fall 2007.

 

(The Graduate Studies Committee has approve the following changes)

Change Speech-Language Pathology program from 48 credits total with 5-7 core requirements; 18 credits of restricted electives; and 23-25 credits in electives to:

53 credits total with 35 credits of requirements and 18 credits of clinical practicum effective Fall 2007.

 

Graduation with Distinction*

 

6.       Policies

Nursing Department*

(The Graduate Studies Committee has approved the following proposal)

Initiate policy to require Nurs 698:  Continuing Enrollment (1 cr) effective Spring 2007

 

7.       CMT Rubric for Dragon Core Critical and Multicultural Thinking courses*

 

*indicates item can be viewed electronically at:

      http://www.mnstate.edu/acadaff/APAC/2006-2007APAC/APACAgendasMinutes.htm

 

cc:        Continews, Department Chairpersons, MSUMFA Phillips, Registrar Washburn, Associate Dean & Director Walseth, Assistant VP Sando