Academic Affairs
Council Agenda
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
9:00-10:30 a.m.
107 Lab of Mechanics
I. Introduce
ourselves
II. Review of committee charge and think about goals for the year.
III.
How can we improve the efficiency of the AAC without compromising
standards
A. I have suggested
to Ken that we not invite the chairs of the two proposals we are reviewing
and instead rely on him to represent the curriculum committee and
their thoughts on the items. Hopefully we won’t need to do their work
for them. He will send out the two documents via email. If you have
major questions, it would be helpful to get them to Ken ahead of time.
We hope in the future you will have the items much sooner. I don’t
think we need to try to do the curriculum committees job for them.
IV. Choose
a vice chair and secretary and representative to the curriculum committee.
A. Maybe we
will have some volunteers?
B. I have a template for whoever will be secretary
V. From
curriculum committee
A. Proposal for
a MFA in Creative Writing and Environment
B. Proposal for an undergraduate minor for students in the Design
College in digital media. This was approved by the Curriculum committee
last April.
C. Discuss of post-audit reports
i. Ken will bring us up-to date on BOR changes that affect last years
decisions
.
ii. Whether ISU wants to continue to require post audits for new programs
since the BOR no longer requires them. What to do with the stream
of new programs in process the provosts office has said the proposals
can be under the old system this semester if the Colleges have approved
it and the proposal will be finished this semester
VI. Future agenda items
A. Criteria for certificateswill discuss at the October meeting
B. Proposal on seed technology and business from the grad curriculum
committee
VII. Next meeting October 4
VIII. Adjourn
