Members Present: S. Derry, J. Eglin, V. Hedquist, J. Luckowski,
D. McCormick, D. Potts, M. Roscoe, A.
Szalda-Petree, H. Thompson
Members
Absent/Excused: J. Campana, C. Henderson, C. Johnston, J. Prongua
Ex-Officio Present: L. Carlyon, M. Hoell, A.Walker-Andrews
Chair Luckowski called the meeting to order at
The minutes from
Communication
·
Associate Provost Walker-Andrews asked to be
added to the agenda as she has another meeting to attend. She then requested that ASCRC reconsider its
response to the proposed BA in Communicative Sciences. She shared excerpts from letters President Dennison
has received requesting the consideration of the program. One was from the President of the Montana
Speech Language Association, another from a Speech Pathologist who graduated
from the previous program, and another from two Regents. The President would like ASCRC to approve the
concept of such a degree program, if not the actual proposal. The plan is to request that the state
consider funding such a program.
Members stated that these letters of support do not address the concerns of
whether the state can pay the graduates to stay in
The legislature responds to citizens. If
there is enough interest from citizens, the legislature can ask the University
to consider developing a program that the legislature is willing to fund.
ASCRC would consider evaluating a revised proposal that has demonstrated
support from campus and external entities, but is not dissuaded from its
original assessment of the current proposal that has been delivered to ECOS.
·
Chair Luckowski informed the Committee of her
meeting with ECOS regarding ASCRC’s decision on the proposed BA in
Communicative Sciences. Graduate Council
set a memo to Dean Rowland with its decision:
The
Graduate Council reviewed the proposal for a Master of Science in
Speech-Language Pathology. After review, the Graduate Council determined that
the current proposal was not sufficiently complete to be able to assure that
the proposed program meets current academic policy and standards.
Specifically
the current proposal does not provide adequate details on the required courses
nor does it address any potential linkages with existing faculty or programs on
campus.
ECOS will now decide if it wants to
take either proposal to the Faculty Senate or not. She also informed ECOS that the issue of
vocational technical credits is not going away.
The revisions to BOR policy 301.5 will be discussed at the May Board of
Regents meeting.
New Business:
·
The Committee approved the September 29th
curriculum deadline for next fall. A
letter will be sent to departments soon.
·
Chair Luckowski is working on the annual report
and will disseminate a copy to members.
The committee has been very busy this year. Items pending for next year include:
o Oversight
of online courses
o Monitoring
the efforts of the Assessment Advisory Committee
o Transfer
Credit Policy
o General
Education
Unfinished Business -General
Education Models
Chair Luckowski reviewed the graphic submitted by the General Education
Committee and thought that it showed the overall concept of general
education. Some in the committee did not
find is as helpful.
There was further discussion about various aspects of the working model (below). It was agreed that this will be the model
ASCRC will begin with in the fall. At
that time the committee will need to refine the draft charge to the General
Education Committee and discuss the best way to bring the information to the
Senate. Major issues remain the lack of clear, useful criteria and student
learner outcomes and the growing number of courses that can satisfy the
competencies and perspectives. There
will need to be recognition from the administration and departments in terms of
supporting foundational courses, rotating general education assignments, and the
possibility of limiting general education courses to 100/200 level
courses. There is concern that student
credit hours will be disrupted and could have a negative impact on selected
departments’ budgets. A discussion will
also need to take place regarding department-specified requirements,
specifically with regard to the foreign language competency.
Competencies:
Composition and Writing Skills (English 101 and
at least one additional significant expository
writing course) 6
Mathematics 3
Perspectives:
Creative Arts 3
Literary Studies 3
Historical & Cultural Studies 3
Social Sciences 3
Natural Sciences 6
Ethical & Human Values 3
To be included in at least one of the above requirements:
Cultural Diversity/Indian Education for All
Total General Education: 30 semester credits
Department Specified:
Foreign language
Information/Technology literacy
Upper-division writing requirement
Direct the General Education Subcommittee to:
Draft a concise explanation of the purpose of
each competency and perspective.
Review and revise, if necessary, the criteria
for approval of courses for General Education.
Plan for ongoing review and assessment of
General Education.
Plan for dissemination and full discussion
across campus of proposed changes in General Education and for a vote in
Faculty Senate.
Out-going committee members were thanked for their service and the chair was acknowledged for a job well done. Professor Hedquist was given a Certificate of Appreciation for serving as chair of the writing committee.
The meeting was adjourned at