ACADEMIC, APPELLATE, AND SENATE COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT
2006-2007 Academic Year
DUE: May 1, 2007
COMMITTEE: Educational
Policies and Planning
1. Membership
(include ex-officio members).
REGULAR MEMBERS (with vote)
Rose Allen, Dale
Knickerbocker (Chair), Leslie Pagliari (Vice Chair), David Weismiller, Jim
Mitchell, Linda Kean, Sandra Warren (Secretary)
Ex-Officio Members:
Darryl Davis, Linner
Griffin, George Kasperek, Mark Taggart, Jan Tovey,
Sharon Bland of Academic
Program Development also attended all meetings
at the Chair’s request.
2. Meeting Dates
(include members present*).
* and members who contributed to committee action, but
were not at the meeting.
9-8-06,
10-27-06, 11-10-06, 12-8-06, 2-9-07, 3-9-07, 4-13-07
A
quorum was always met, and all members were present at all meetings except when
excused for scheduling conflicts.
3. Subcommittees
established during the year (include progress and/or completion of work).
None
4. Accomplishments
during the year, especially as addressed through committee goals. Please include recommendations made to any
University agency other than the
The following
recommendations for approval were made to the Chancellor:
Adult Nurse Practitioner Concentration
Adult Nurse Practitioner Post Master’s Certificate
Discontinuation of Sign Language minor
and BS Physician Assistant programs
New concentration,
Management of Recreation Facilities and Services (MRFS), in Recreation and
Leisure Studies (RCLS)
HSIM (Health
Services and Information Management) to establish a minor in Health Informatics
Discontinue Masters in Physical Therapy
EXSS (Exercise
and Sports Science) to change Master of Arts (MA)
designation for the exercise and sport science program to a Master of Science
(MS)
New
concentration in Quality Systems, Masters of Science in Technology Systems
New certificate
program in Lean Six Sigma, Masters of Science in Technology Systems
Change name of
the Manufacturing concentration to Manufacturing Systems.
New
concentration in biomedical engineering for the BS Engineering, Department of
Engineering
Transfer the M.S. in Software Engineering from the
Department of Technology Systems to the Department of
Computer Science
Dept.
of Business, Career, and Technical Education to offer BS degree in Business
Education as DE.
Change name of Department
of Business, Career, and Technical Education to the Department of Business and
Information Technologies Education
Department of Mathematics for
new concentration in MA degree: Mathematics in the Community College
Change the name of the PhD in Biochemistry to
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Other Accomplishments:
Revised Faculty Manual Part
V sent to Faculty Governance Committee., and revised it accordingly. Shared
this information with Academic Standards and the University Curriculum
Committee. The UCC suggested a minor change which will be considered next fall,
when the proposed language will also be put to the Senate.
Presented new language
requested by the Graduate School Administrative Committee for our charge
concerning voting rights of membership and the relationship between the two
committees to the Committee on Committees, which recommended we reconsider.
After further consideration, EPPC decided not to pursue the change.
5. Reports to the
The
committee chair reported to the Faculty Senate on the dates indicated, for
information only, its recommendations to the Chancellor to approve the
following:
9-12-06
1) Request Authorization to
Plan PhD in Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, Curriculum and
Instruction, 2) Notice of Intent to Plan Doctorate of Audiology degree (AuD.)
program, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Allied
Health Sciences, 3) Request for Authorization to Establish MS in Athletic
Training, Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and
Human Performance, 4) Request to change the name of minor in “Industrial
Supervision” to “Industrial Technology Management”, Department of Technology
Systems 5) new Graduate Certificate
program in Biofeedback, Department of Recreation Leisure Studies, College of
Health and Human Performance, 6) new Graduate Certificate program in Autism,
Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, 7) Request to discontinue the graduate
certificate, Social Work Practice with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, School of
Allied Health Sciences, and 8) Request to discontinue B.S. Degree in
Occupational Therapy, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Allied
Health Sciences.
10-10-06
1) new Adult Nurse Practitioner Concentration,
11-7-06
1) new concentration in
Quality Systems, Master’s of Science in Technology Systems, and a request for a
new certificate program in Lean Six Sigma, Master’s of Science in Technology
Systems (both in College of Technology and Computer Science). 2) change name of the Manufacturing
concentration to Manufacturing Systems (
12-5-06
Request
for Authorization to Establish a New Distance Education Degree Program in Business Education with a concentration in
Communication Technologies,
1-30-07
1) names changes for the Department of Business and Information
Technologies Education and BSBA in Management Information Systems 2)new
concentration in “Mathematics in the Community College” for the MA in
Mathematics 3) authorization to establish a post Master’s certificate for
Clinical Nurse Specialists 4) BA in African and African American Studies and
minor in African and African American Studies.
2-20-07
New concentration in
biomedical engineering for the BS Engineering, Department of Engineering,
College of Technology and Computer Science
3-2-07
1) new concentration
Management of Recreation Facilities and Services (MRFS) School of Health and
Human Performance, Recreation and Leisure Studies (RCLS) 2) Master of Arts (MA) designation be changed to a Master of
Science (MS) degree, School of Health and Human Performance, Exercise
and Sports Science (EXSS) 3) establish a health informatics
minor, School of Allied Health Sciences, Health Services and Information
Management (HSIM) 4) change name of the PhD in Biochemistry to Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine
4-17-07
Health and Human Performance:
Discontinue Masters in Physical Therapy
6. Business
carried over to next year (list in priority order).
Getting revisions to FM
Part V out of Faculty Governance and to Senate.
Revise Readiness Assessment
document to include expected funding sources and documentation
Revise following language
in Part V E of the Faculty Manual: “Undergraduate programs and courses
(numbered 4999 and below) require approval by the following: code unit
curriculum committee and voting faculty, the college or school curriculum
committee (if the college or school is not the code unit and has a curriculum
committee) [. . .]”
7. Evaluation of
the committee (include anything that hindered or assisted the committee's work
during the year).
A. Charge: No
change needed.
B. Personnel:
Excellent.
C. Attendance:
Good
D. Responsibilities:
Appropriate
E. Activities:
Appropriate
8. Suggestion(s)
to the Chair of the Faculty and/or
None.
9. Does the
Committee’s organizational meeting next year need to be earlier than the date
set this year?
At this point, there is no
reason to do so.
If yes, when
do you prefer:_____________________________________________
Signed: Chairperson ________________________________
Secretary _______________________________
Please forward the completed annual report to the Faculty
Senate office at facultysenate@ecu.edu
no later than Monday, May 1, 2006. Thank
you.