COUNCIL OF DEANS
May 10, 2000
The Council of Deans met in regular session at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 10, 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, and Ron Toll. Sally Roden was absent.
The COD minutes of April 26 were approved as circulated. The COD minutes of May 3 were approved pending review by Roden.
Buchanan presented items from the April 18 minutes of the Undergraduate Council that had been previously tabled by the COD.
Buchanan moved to remove from the table consideration of computer sciences degrees and courses. Toll seconded the motion.
Horton moved to recommend approval of the following new courses.
CSCI 1340 Introduction to Programming I
CSCI 1350 Introduction to Programming II
Toll seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.
Following discussion of a proposed BA in Computer Science and revisions to an existing BS in Computer Science, the proposals were sent back to the Undergraduate Council for further consideration.
Toll moved to recommend the following course changes:
CSCI 1370 and 1170 Computer Science I and Computer Science I Lab to CSCI 1470 Computer Science I
CSCI 1380 and 1180 Computer Science II and Computer Science II Lab to CSCI 1480 Computer Science II
Hattlestad seconded the motion. Following discussion regarding accounting difficulties in lecture/lab courses, the motion passed 7-yes, 1-no.
Following discussion, McNiece moved to send proposed computer science courses and level changes back to the Undergraduate Council for further review. Atkins seconded the motion, which passed 7-yes, 0-no, and 1-abstention.
New courses to return to UGC: CSCI 2290, 2440, 4340, 4345
Level changes to return to UGC: CSCI 33202320, 43752375, 43303335, 43803380, 43813381, 43853385, 33904490
The COD accepted the following information items. Other computer science information items remain tabled pending recommendation of the proposed BA degree and revisions to the BS degree.
Title Change: CSCI 1300 Introduction to Computing
Deletions: CSCI 1170 Computer Science I Lab
CSCI 1180 Computer Science II Lab
Information items regarding prerequisite changes in art were not accepted by the COD (ART 4328, 4335, 4371, 4388).
Mosbo distributed a tentative schedule for the COD retreat scheduled for June 8 and 9.
Dean Reports
Buchanan distributed a brochure for an upcoming Noel-Levitz meeting on student retention. He noted that Roden and Jayme Stone are featured in the program.
McNiece reminded deans that continuing education purchased a WebCT server to accommodate on-line courses. She distributed draft copies of booklets and asked the deans to look them over and send comments or concerns to her by next Wednesday.
Toll reported that a contingent from UCA would be going to Wake Forest University June 14-18 to participate in technology training. Dr. Gordon McCray, technology consultant, will return to UCA and conduct workshops June 28 through July 1.
Mosbo reminded the deans of commencement exercises scheduled for Saturday, May 13, and asked that they attend rehearsal on Friday at 9:00 a.m. He asked the deans if any space had been located in which the Staff Senate Office could be housed.
Following a motion by Everding and a second by Horton, the meeting adjourned at 10:35 a.m.
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