Minnesota State University Moorhead
Office of Academic Affairs

Memorandum

 

Date:     April 27, 2007

 

To:        Academic Policy and Advisory Committee

 

From:    Bette Midgarden,

            Vice President for Academic Affairs

 

Re:       May 1, 2007 APAC Agenda

 

The Academic Policy Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, May 1 at 3:00 p.m. in the Comstock Room, CMU 101.

 

AGENDA

 

1.       Approval of the 04-17-07 APAC Minutes*

 

2.       Minor Changes – University Writing Committee approval or Dragon Core Committee approval designated by (W) or (DC).

 

Art and Design Department*

Art 375:  Secondary Methods and Materials (3 crs) effective Fall 2007 (W)

 

Business, School of*

Change in prerequisites:

 

Change course number and prerequisites:

 

Communication Studies, Film Studies and Theatre Arts Department*

FILM 480:  Film Theory and Criticism (3 crs) effective Fall 2007 (W)

THTR 221:  Drama I (3 crs) in Liberal Studies Division D1 effective Spring 2007 (DC)

THTR 322/ENGL 343:  Drama II (3 crs) effective Fall 2007 (W)

THTR 323/ENGL 344:  Drama III (3 crs) effective Fall 2007 (W)

 

Economics Department*

ECON 202:  Principles of Economics I: Microeconomics (3 crs) in the Middle Cluster, DC 5:  History and The Social Sciences effective Fall 2007 (DC)

 

Languages and Cultures Department*

SPAN 201:  Intermediate Spanish I (3 crs) in the Middle Cluster DC 7:  Human Diversity effective Fall 2007 (DC)

SPAN 202:  Intermediate Spanish II (3 crs) in the Middle Cluster DC 7:  Human Diversity effective Fall 2007 (DC)

SPAN 211:  Intermediate Spanish Conversation I (3 crs) in the Middle Cluster DC 7:  Human Diversity effective Fall 2007 (DC)

SPAN 212:  Intermediate Spanish Conversation II (3 crs) in the Middle Cluster DC 7:  Human Diversity effective Fall 2007 (DC)

 

Change in course description:

 

Change in prerequisites:

 

Mass Communications Department*

MC 210:  Media Writing (3 crs) effective Fall 2007 (W)

 

Music Department*

Change course title and description:

 

Psychology Department*

PSY 330:  Experimental Psychology (3 crs) effective Fall 2007 (W)

 

Sociology and Criminal Justice Department*

CJ/SOC 309: Law and Society (4 crs) effective Fall 2007 (W)

 

Women’s Studies*

WS 420:  Global Feminism (3 crs) in the Outer Cluster DC 8:  Global Perspective and DC 11:  Information Literacy effective Fall 2007 (DC)

 

3.       Other Proposals

Anthropology and Earth Science Department*

Change course title, description, number and level:

  • GEOS 225:  Conservation (3 crs) to GEOS 335:  Environmental Geography and Conservation (3 crs) in the Outer Cluster DC 10:  People and The Environment and DC 11:  Information Literacy (DC)

 

Music Department*

Change course prerequisites and increase credits:

 

Change course title, description and increase credits:

 

Nursing Department* (Graduate Studies Committee has approved these changes)

Change course description and increase credits:

 

Increase course credits:

 

Teaching and Learning, School of*

Addition of Disposition Awareness requirement to ED 205E:  Early Field Experience (1 cr) effective Fall 2007

 

4.       New Course Proposals

English Department*

 

Languages and Cultures Department*

Graduate Studies has approved these courses.

  • TESL 625:  Social, Cultural, and Political Contexts of Language and Literacy (3 crs) effective Fall 2007
  • TESL 654:  Pedagogical Grammar (3 crs) effective Fall 2007
  • TESL 670:  Designing ESL Courses (3 crs) effective Fall 2007
  • TESL 675:  Assessment in TESL (3 crs) effective Fall 2007
  • TESL 690:  Special Topics (3 crs) effective Fall 2007

 

Teaching and Learning, School of*

Graduate Studies has approved this course.

 

5.       Program Change Proposals

Art and Design Department*

Change wording for Art Education Major Restricted Electives from “students must also complete at least eight credits in studio art at the 303 level and at least four credits at the 304/305 level” to “students must also complete at least 12 credits in studio art at the 303/304/305 level” effective Fall 2007

 

Business, School of*

Changes to Accounting Major effective Fall 2008

  • Add MGMT 370:  Management Information Systems (3 crs) to the Business Core for accounting majors
  • Add ACCT 375:  Accounting Systems (3 crs) to the required courses for accounting majors
  • Move ACCT 431:  Non-profit Accounting (3 crs) to the electives for accounting majors

 

Remove ENGL 102:  Composition and Literature II (4 crs) from the School of Business Admission requirements effective Spring 2009

 

English Department*

Remove the following courses from the curriculum effective Fall 2007:

  • ENGL 361:  Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics (3 crs)
  • ENGL 472/572:  Introduction to Sociolinguistics (3 crs) Graduate Studies has approved this proposal.
  • ENGL 479/579:  Methods of Teaching ESL and Bilingual Learners (4 crs) Graduate Studies has approved this proposal.

 

Languages and Cultures Department*

New Graduate Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) effective Fall 2007 Graduate Studies has approved this proposal.

 

Music Department*

Change requirements for all degrees:

  • Replace MUS 209: Survey of Non-Western Music (2 crs) with MUS 316: World Music Survey (3 credits)
  • Increase credits for core requirements from 28 to 30 credits (MUS 300 from 2 to 3 crs)

 

Change restricted electives (for relevant programs):

  • Replace MUS 343:  Jazz History (2 crs) with MUS 215:  History of Jazz (3 crs)
  • Replace MUS 342:  History of Rock/Pop Music (2 crs) with MUS 217:  Pop/Rock Music for Non-Majors (3 crs)
  • Increase credits for restricted electives (for relevant programs) from 2-3 credits to 3 credits

 

Changes to the B. S. in Music Education (Instrumental):  Total credits decreases from 136 to 129 credits

  • Eliminate two MUS 291–Individual Projects (1-credit each) courses from the degree.
  • Add a Choral Ensemble requirement (1-credit).

 

Changes to the B. S. Music Education (Vocal):  Total credits decreases from 136 to 129 credits

  • Eliminate one MUS 291–Individual Projects (1-credit) course from the degree.
  • Add an additional credit (1-credit) of Voice Performance Study.

 

Change title Bachelor of Music – Major in Music Performance, Option in Composition to Bachelor of Music – Major in Composition effective Fall 2007

 

Nursing Department*

Graduate Studies has approved these proposals.

  • Drop NURS 602:  Ethics of Health Care and Nursing (2 crs) from the Graduate Program requirements effective Fall 2007
  • Add NURS 608:  Transcultural and Social Perspectives (3 crs) to the Graduate Program requirements effective Fall 2007

·         Discontinue the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) track as a specialty focus

·         Increase the total credits for the Adult Health CNS track from 39-41 to 44 credits.

·         No change in the total credits (36 crs) for the Nurse Educator track.

 

Religious Studies Minor*

Add courses to the elective options of the Religious Studies Minor (total credits will not change)

  • HIST 317:  Medieval Europe (4 crs) effective Fall 2007
  • HIST 390:  History of Christianity (4 crs) effective Fall 2007
  • HIST 390/WS 390:  Women in Islam (4 crs) effective Fall 2007

 

6.       Policies

a.       Graduate Studies*

·         New graduate policy on procedures for submission of graduate proposals

·         Proposed change to graduate council membership

 

b.      Graduation with Distinction*

·         Arts and Humanities (effective Fall 2007)

 

c.       Honors Program Dragon Core Foundation Four Approval procedure*

 

d.      Course Syllabus Policy*

 

e.       2008-2009 Calendar*

 

*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