COUNCIL OF DEANS

May 3, 2000

The Council of Deans met in regular session at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 3, 2000, in the Provost's Conference Room. John Mosbo presided, and the following council members were present: Kathleen Atkins, Sam Buchanan, Bob Everding, Neil Hattlestad, Joe Horton, Maurice Lee, Elaine McNiece, Sally Roden, and Ron Toll.

Mosbo asked the deans to remind chairs that the university is contractually obligated to provide textbook information on all courses to the University Bookstore.

Roden presented items from the Undergraduate Council minutes of April 18, 2000, which were not previously considered by the COD.

Roden moved to recommend approval of the BS curriculum revision and new BA degree in Computer Science, and Toll seconded the motion. Following discussion, Buchanan moved to table consideration of the Computer Science program and curriculum revisions until additional information could be obtained. Hattlestad seconded the motion to table, which passed unanimously.

Roden presented the remaining information items:

ART 4328 - Graphic Design III prerequisite change from ART 2140, 3353, 3354 to ART 2140, 3353 & 3354 with grades of "B" or above, and permission
ART 4335 - Graphic Design IV prerequisite change from ART 3353, 3354, 4328 to ART 3353, 3354, 4328 with grades of "B" or above, and permission
ART 4371 - Directed Studio prerequisite change from Departmental approval to 6 hours ART 4388 in one area with grade of "B" or above, or ART 4328 & 4335 with grade of "B" or above, and departmental approval
ART 4388 - Advanced Studio prerequisite change from ART 2140, 6 hours in one studio area and permission to ART 2140, 6 hours in one studio area with grades of "B" or above, and permission

Following discussion, consensus was reached that Everding should take the deans' concerns regarding the requirement of "B" grades back to the department.

Roden presented the following information item regarding AP credit in Chemistry:

CHEM 1450 - score four on AP and earn a grade of "C" or higher in CHEM 1451, or
CHEM 1450 & CHEM 1451 - score five on AP exam

Concerns were raised regarding the grade requirement, and consensus was reached that Toll should take the information back to the department for further review.

The following information items were accepted by the COD:

State Teacher Licensure: statement of intended compliance with future teacher licensure requirements in Secondary Education for the following areas: Art Department

Music Department

Speech/Theatre/Mass Communications

Course number changes: INFO 3325 Problem Solving with COBOL to INFO 3301

INFO 4310 File Processing Applications with COBOL to INFO 4301

Roden moved to recommend approval of a Curriculum Process: New Program Proposals in the Curriculum Development Process Guide. Following a second by McNiece, the motion passed unanimously.

Dean Reports

Atkins reported that a meeting has been scheduled for Thursday for all secondary education majors. The purpose of the meeting is to share the transition plan for teacher preparation. She asked that the deans help to encourage secondary education students to attend.

McNiece reminded the COD that a graduate program review team will be on campus Thursday afternoon. She distributed information prepared for financial aid purposes, which clarifies the definition of full-time and part-time graduate students.

Toll encouraged the deans to attend on Friday a poster display of student research projects in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.

Roden expressed her appreciation of the deans' support of a recent event sponsored by the residential colleges. She reported that the Gordon McCray visit went well, and thanked Toll for recommending McCray as a technology consultant.

Mosbo (1) added his appreciation to those involved in bringing McCray to campus; (2) informed the deans that topics for the retreat would be on the agenda for the next COD meeting; (3) stated that next week's COD meeting may be the last before the retreat; (4) reminded college deans to provide a clear picture of staffing needs; (5) reminded deans to submit information about introductory computer skills and statistics courses; (6) informed the deans of materials John Roy is developing relative to computer standardization on campus; (7) reminded the deans that undergraduate catalog material must be submitted by Friday; (8) asked for possible space that could be made available for use by the Staff Senate.

The meeting adjourned at 10:25 a.m.