Date: May 1, 2008
To: Academic Policy and Advisory
Committee
From:
Vice President for Academic
Affairs
Re: May 6, 2008 APAC Agenda
The
Academic Policy Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, May 6 at
3:00 p.m. in the Comstock Memorial
Union, CMU 205.
AGENDA
1.
Approval of the 4-22-08 APAC Minutes*
2.
Minor Changes
Music Department
(effective Fall 2008)*
Change course
description:
MUS 303: Western Traditions to 1750 (3 crs)
MUS 304: Western Traditions 1750-1900 (3 crs)
MUS 303: Western Traditions since 1900 (3 crs)
Women’s Studies (effective Fall 2008)*
(These changes have been approved by the Graduate
Council)
Change course description,
prerequisites, and reduce credits:
WS 412/512: Seminar in Women’s Studies (3-4 crs) to 3
credits (may repeat twice when topic
varies) effective Fall 2008
3.
Program Changes
BIOSCIENCES AND CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENTS (effective Fall
2008)
a)
Create
new BCBT rubric for Biochemistry and Biotechnology
b)
Change
course rubric, title, description and reduce credits:
BIOL/CHEM 475: Biotechniques I (5 crs) to BCBT 475: Biotechniques: Research and Communication I (2 crs)
(W)
BIOL/CHEM 476: Biotechniques II (5 crs) to BCBT 476: Biotechniques: Research and Communication II (2 crs)
c)
New
course proposals (Undergraduate):
BCBT 200: Introduction to the Biochemistry and
Biotechnology Industry (2 crs)
BCBT 450: Molecular and Biophysical Chemistry (3 crs)
BCBT 477: Biotechniques: Proteomics and Advanced Protein Expression (2
crs)
BCBT 478: Biotechniques: Plant and Mammalian Tissue Culture (2 crs)
BCBT 479: Biotechniques: Advanced
DNA and RNA Methodology (2 crs)
BCBT 480: Biotechniques: Integrative Physiology and Surgical
Instrumentation (2 crs)
BCBT 481: Biotechniques: Fluorescence Detection and Quantification (2
crs)
BCBT 482: Biotechniques: Biofuels (2 crs)
BCBT 483: Biotechniques: Topics in Biotechnology Techniques (2 crs)
New Course Proposals (Graduate):
(The
Graduate Studies Council has approved the following new courses)
BCBT 420/520: Introduction to Working in a Regulated
Biochemistry and Biotechnology Industry (4 crs)
BCBT 425/525: Introduction to Validation in the
Biochemistry and Biotechnology Industry (4 crs)
BCBT 430/530: Introduction to Quality Assurance and Quality
Control in the Biochemistry and Biotechnology Industry (4 crs)
BCBT 435/535: Ethics in the Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Industry (3 crs)
BCBT 440/540: Biochemistry and Biotechnology Internship (4
crs)
d)
Create
new B.S. in Biochemistry and Biotechnology
American Chemical
Society (ACS)
American Society for
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
e)
Close
the Biochemistry and Biotechnology emphases of the B.A. in Biology and B.A. in
Chemistry
(The
Graduate Studies Council has approved the following proposal)
f)
Create
new undergraduate and graduate Certificate in Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Industry
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION GRADUATE PROGRAM (effective
Fall 2008)*
(The
Graduate Studies Council has approved the following proposals)
a)
Reduce
required credits from 27 to 22 and increase elective credits from 5 to 10 (no
change to total credits)
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRADUATE PROGRAM (effective Fall
2008)*
(The
Graduate Studies Council has approved the following proposals)
a)
Program
Replication for the master’s degree in Education Leadership at Pine Point
School District
b)
Program
Replication for the master’s degree in Education Leadership at Red Lake School
District
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (effective Fall
2008)
a)
B.S. Degree in Health
Education: Teaching
Reduce credits from
77 to 72 by moving the following courses from the Major Requirements to
Requirements in Related Areas:
HLTH 200: Introduction to Health Education/Health
Promotion (2 crs)
HLTH 315: Health Agencies/Services (3 crs)
b)
B. S. Degree in
Physical Education: Teaching
Reduce credits from
88 to 85 by making the following changes:
Drop HLTH 250: Injury Management (2 crs) from the Major
Requirements
Reduce Electives from
4 crs to 3 crs
MUSIC DEPARTMENT (effective Fall 2008)*
a)
B.A. in Music
(no change in
credits)
Applied Study
requirements increased from 6 credits (1 at 200 level) to 8 credits (2 at 200
level)
Piano Study increased
from 1 credit included in the Applied Study of 6 credits to 2 credits
Ensembles increased
from 6 credits to 8 credits
Music Electives
increased from 3 credits to 5 credits from an approved list
Related
Requirements/General Electives reduced from 21 credits to 20 credits
b)
Minor in Music
(no change in
credits)
Requirements:
Remove the following
course from the list:
MUS 210: Survey of Western Music (3 crs)
Add the following
course to the list:
MUS 240: American Music (3 crs)
Restricted Electives:
Remove the following
course from the list:
MUS 240: American Music (3 crs)
Add the following
course to the list:
MUS 316: World Music Survey (3 crs)
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (effective Fall 2008)*
Accounting Minor for Business Majors and Non-Business
Majors
Replace ACCT 315:
Accounting Systems (3 crs) with “Students must take one three-credit
upper-level accounting elective.”
THEATRE ARTS DEPARTMENT (effective Fall 2008)*
a)
B. A. in Theatre Arts,
Emphasis in Acting, Emphasis in Directing, Emphasis in Theatre Technology and
Design
Core Requirements
reduced from 33 crs to 32 crs and Electives increased from 3 crs to 4 crs (no
change in total credits)
b)
Minor in Theatre Arts
Core Requirements
reduced from 19 crs to 18 crs and Electives increased from 6 crs to 7 crs (no
change in total credits)
c)
New
emphasis:
B.A. in Theatre
Arts: Emphasis in Performance: Musical Theatre
d)
Minor in Theatre
Dance
(no change in total credits)
Add the following
courses:
THTR 141: Ballet I (2 crs)
THTR 142: Tap I (2 crs)
THTR 440: Dance Production (1 cr) may repeat 4 times
for a total of 4 crs
WOMEN’S STUDIES (effective Fall 2008)*
a)
Women’s Studies Major change credits from
45-46 credits to 45 credits
Core Requirements
Remove the following course:
WS/PHIL 495: Topics in Feminist Theory (3 crs)
Related Requirements
Remove the following course:
WS/SOC 310:
Dominant-Subordinate Group Relations (3 crs)
Add the following course:
WS 312:
Rhetorics of Resistance (3 crs)
Area B:
Arts and Humanities
Remove the following course:
WS 312:
Rhetorics of Resistance (3 crs)
Electives
Remove from the course options:
WS/MDS 232 A/B: Women’s Roles and Socialization in 19th
and 20th Century America (3 crs)
Add to the course options:
WS
316: Women in Action (3 crs)
WS
390: Topics in Women’s Studies (1-4 crs)
WS
395: Research in Women’s Studies (1-3
crs)
WS
397: Independent Study (1-3 crs)
WS
412: Seminar in Women’s Studies (3 crs)
(may repeat twice; if taken in addition to
core course and with different topic)
WS/SOC
310: Dominant-Subordinate Group
Relations (3 crs)
WS/HIST
344: Women in World Religion (3 crs)
WS/SOC
334:
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,
and Queer Issues (3 crs)
b)
Women’s Studies Minor
reduced
from 24 credits to 21 credits
Core Requirements
Change course requirement:
WS 412: Seminar in Women’s Studies (3-4
crs) AND WS 420: Feminism in Global Perspective (3 crs) to WS
412: Seminar in Women’s Studies (3-4
crs) OR WS 420: Feminism in
Global Perspective (3 crs)
Electives
Remove from the course options:
MC 496:
Mass Communications Seminar (3 crs)
WS/MDS 232A/B: Women’s Roles and Socialization in 19th
and 20th Century America (3 crs)
Add to the course options:
WS
316: Women in Action (3 crs)
WS
390: Topics in Women’s Studies (1-4 crs)
WS
395: Research in Women’s Studies (1-3
crs)
WS
397: Independent Study (1-3 crs)
WS
412: Seminar in Women’s Studies (3 crs)
(may repeat twice; if taken in addition to
core course and with different topic)
WS
420: Feminism in Global Perspective (3
crs) (if not taken as core course)
*WS/HIST
344: Women in World Religion (3 crs)
*WS/SOC
334:
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,
and Queer Issues (3 crs)
c)
Remove
the following course from the curriculum:
WS/MDS 232 A/B: Women’s Rolls and Socialization in 19th
and 20th Century America (3 crs)
(already removed from
the Corrick Center curriculum)
4.
Policies
GRADUATE STUDIES*
Graduate
Appeal Policy
effective Fall 2008
Current
Wording:
1.
Course Grade Appeal: The
appeal process for course grades follows the standard procedures set for
undergraduate work at the university. Students first bring their appeal to the
faculty member of the course. If the matter is not satisfactorily resolved in
discussion, students bring their appeal to the Department Chair, and then to
the College Dean for informal discussion and appeal. If the informal process
does not resolve the issue, the students may request the forms from the College
Dean to begin a formal written review process. The Dean will give the students
the printed outline of the review process to follow if a formal review is
requested.
2.
Appeal of University Regulations: Retroactive withdrawal from courses or other appeals of
academic university regulations should be made to the Academic Appeals
Committee, and then, if contested, to the Vice President of Academic Affairs.
3.
Programmatic Appeals:
Admission, termination, degree requirements, and other such matters may be
appealed at the appropriate administrative level. For example, if the
department recommends admission but the College Dean denies it, the initial
appeal is made to the College Dean not the department
or program chair. The order of appeal is from the program coordinator or chair,
to the College Dean to the Graduate Studies Programmatic Appeals Committee, to
the Vice President for Academic Appeals.
Proposed
Wording:
All appeals from
graduate students are addressed on a Graduate Appeals Form available in the
Graduate Studies Office or online. The Appeal process must be started within a
year of the situation that generates the appeal with the exception of course
grade appeals which must be initiated within 6 weeks of the close of the
semester in which the student received the grade. Detailed procedures for
filing appeals may also be obtained from the Graduate Studies Office or online.
The graduate student is responsible for following the designated procedures and
filing the forms with the appropriate university offices.
Course
Grade Appeal
a.
Only arbitrariness, prejudice, and/or error will be
considered as legitimate bases for an appeal.
i.
Arbitrariness: The grade awarded represents such a substantial
departure from accepted academic norms as to demonstrate that the instructor
did not actually exercise professional judgment.
ii.
Prejudice: The grade awarded was motivated by ill will, and is not
indicative of the student’s academic performance.
iii.
Error:
The instructor made a mistake in fact, or failed to give
students adequate notice of grading policies.
b.
If a student believes that discrimination or harassment
was a factor in the determination of the grade awarded, a complaint should be
filed with the Affirmative Action Officer under Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities policy, 1B.1 Nondiscrimination in Employment and Education
Opportunity.
c.
A student may appeal a grade reduced for academic
dishonesty through this policy.
d.
Course grade appeals must be initiated by the student
prior to the close of week six of the following semester. If the graduate
student moves to the formal process that must be done before the end of the semester
in which the appeal was initiated. In cases where an incomplete was originally
assigned, an appeal must be made within six weeks of the date of the final
grade is posted by the Registrar’s Office and available to the student on the
web. In this latter situation, if the graduate student moves to the formal
process, that must be done during the first ten weeks of the next academic year
term.
e.
Normally, the Graduate course grade appeal process will
be completed during the semester in which the appeal is filed.
f.
The informal steps:
i.
The student will
discuss the issue with the instructor, and may consult with the graduate
program coordinator, in an attempt to resolve the matter
ii.
If the matter is not
satisfactorily resolved, the student will discuss the issue with the dean in
whose college the course was offered. If the matter cannot be resolved
informally, the student may choose to file a formal appeal
Appeal
of University Regulations
Retroactive withdrawal from courses or other appeals of
University regulations follow this sequence: Graduate Program Coordinator,
Graduate Appeals Committee, and Vice President of Academic Affairs. The student
may end the appeal process at any level by signing off on the Graduate Appeals
Form and returning it to the Graduate Studies Office.
Programmatic
Appeal
Admission, termination, degree requirements, course
substitutions, course waivers, and other such matters follow this sequence:
Graduate Program Coordinator, College Dean, Graduate Appeals Committee, and
Vice President of Academic Affairs. The student may end the appeal process at
any level by signing off on the Graduate Appeals Form and returning it to the
Graduate Studies Office.
Appeal
Timelines
a.
The graduate student must begin the appeal process within
a year of the occurrence for any type of appeal except for course grade appeals
which must be initiated within 6 weeks of the close of the semester in which
the student received the grade.
b.
Respondents have 15 faculty duty days to respond from
date of notification.
c.
If respondent does not respond within the 15 duty day
period, the graduate student may proceed to the next level.
d.
Graduate student must proceed to next level (if
warranted) within 15 days of response.
e.
If graduate student
does not submit request for next level within the 15 day limit, the appeal will
be closed.
TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT*
Graphic Communications Admissions Policy effective Fall 2008*
Students must apply for admission to
the Graphic Communications Program to enroll in
any upper-level (300 or above) GCOM
courses. To be admitted into the GCOM
Program, you must meet the following
requirements and complete the Application for
Admission:
1)
You must have an overall GPA of 2.5 to
be admitted, which includes all MSUM courses and courses accepted in transfer.
Students
must earn at least a “C” in all Pre-Graphic Communications coursework.
2)
You
must have completed, or be currently enrolled in your 60th credit.
3)
You
must have completed or be currently enrolled in the following MSUM courses (or
equivalent courses accepted in transfer):
GCOM 150
GCOM 216
GCOM 255
GCOM 266
MC 230
Pre-GCOM Digital Design Emphasis:
GCOM 152 and GCOM 252
--or--
Pre-GCOM MultiMedia Emphasis:
TECH 113 and MC 251 (or FILM 272)
Dragon Core and related Requirements:
ENGL 101
CMST 100
ECON 100
MATH 102
MATH 127
PSY 113 (or SOC 110)