ACADEMIC, APPELLATE, AND SENATE COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT
2007-2008 Academic Year
COMMITTEE: Educational
Policies and Planning
1. Membership
(include ex-officio members). Regular members:
Leslie Pagliari, David Weismiller, Jim Mitchell, Linda Kean, Sandra Warren,
Rose Allen, Dale Knickerbocker; Ex-officio members: Austin Bunch/David Conde,
Linner Griffin, George Kasperek, Mark Taggart, Jan Tovey, Ira Lawson
2. Meeting Dates (include members present*).
* and
members who contributed to committee action, but were not at the meeting.
8-7-07 to
8-13-07 (held electronically): Participating: Professors Allen,
9-14-07:
Present: Pagliari, Weismiller, Mitchell,
Allen, Knickerbocker, Bunch,
10-12-07 Present:
Weismiller, Allen, Knickerbocker, Bunch,
11-9-07 Present:
1-11-08 Present: Pagliari,
Weismiller, Mitchell, Allen, Knickerbocker, Bunch,
2-15-08 Present:
4-4-08 Present: Conde,
4-18-08 Present: Allen, Conde,
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 Faculty Senate
that will be noted under #5.
Progress was made on ECU Faculty Manual Part V
Reported to Senate on possible effects of UNC-Tomorrow Final
Report on EPPC procedures
The following recommendations for approval were made
to the Chancellor:
Request to rename the
Request to rename the
Request for
discontinuance of the Early Childhood Certificate Program in the Department of Child
Development and Family Relations,
Request to
offer existing MAEd in B-K Education Online, Request
for Authorization to Establish Doctor of Audiology (AuD)
Program, in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders,
Notice of Intent to Plan a Master
of Science in Biomedical Sciences in the Office of Research and Graduate Studies,
Request to establish minors in Clinical Microbiology,
Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Hematology and Immunohematology,
and Clinical Laboratory Science Generalist, Department of Clinical Laboratory
Science,
Request to deliver a Master of Science in
Environmental Health as a DE program within the Department of Health Education and Promotion,
Request for discontinuance of the Early Childhood
Certificate Program in the Department of Child Development and Family
Relations,
Request to
establish photography as an area of concentration within the Master of Fine
Arts degree,
Notice of
Intent to Plan Bachelor of Science in Applied Atmospheric Science and Bachelor
of Science in Geographic Information Science and
Technology, Department of Geography, Harriott College
of Arts and Sciences
Notice of
Intent to Plan Master of Science in Security Studies,
Department of Political Science, Harriott College of
Arts and Sciences
Certificate
title change - Department of English, Graduate Certificate in Multicultural
Literature to Graduate Certificate in Multicultural and Transnational
Literature
Degree
program title change - Department of Pharmacology to
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Brody School of Medicine.
Degree program
title change - Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Management of
Recreation Facilities and Services (MRFS) to
Recreation and Park Management (RPM),
Request to
establish a new MA concentration in Atlantic World History, Department of
History, Harriott College of Arts and Sciences
Notice of
Intent to Plan a Ph.D. program, Department of Economics, Harriott
College of Arts and Sciences
Request to
establish a Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Science and
Technology, Department of Geography ,Harriott
College of Arts and Sciences
Request to
establish a new Interdisciplinary Minor in Leadership Studies, Harriott College of Arts and Sciences
Request to establish new concentration in Theatre for
Youth,
Request to change name of minor from Management of
Recreation and Facilities Services (MRFS) to Recreation and Park Management
(RPM), Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, College of Health &
Human Performance
Notice of Intent to Plan Master of Science in
Sustainable Tourism, Division of Research and Graduate Studies
Request to establish new certificates: Global
Understanding and Global Understanding with Distinction, International Studies,
Harriott College of Arts and Sciences
Request to establish new graduate certificate: Health
Care Administration, Health Informatics, Department of Health Services &
Information Management,
Request to change name of Ph.D. in Bioenergetics to Ph.D.
in Bioenergetics and Exercise Science, Dept. of Exercise and Sports Science,
Request to establish new graduate certificate:
Deaf-Blindness, Department of Curriculum and Instruction,
Request to establish seven new M.A. concentrations in
Dept. of English, Harriott College of Arts and
Sciences: English Studies, Creative Writing, Linguistics, Literature,
Multicultural and Transnational Literatures, Rhetoric and Composition, Teaching
English to Speakers of Other Languages [TESOL], Technical and Professional
Communication
Request to establish new minors: Architectural Design
Technology and Mechanical Design Technology; Department of Technology Systems,
Request to establish new minor in recreational
therapy, Dept. of Recreation and Leisure Studies, College of Health & Human
Performance
Response to the UNC Tomorrow Report
The Educational Policies
and Planning Committee (EPPC) considers relevant to our charge part 5.2 of the
UNC Tomorrow Report, which states the need to “streamline the academic planning
process”, “eliminate unnecessary duplication”, and create seamless UNC
articulation or "integration" of course credit.
The EPPC believes that
curriculum and program development is a faculty responsibility. Any system-wide
changes to the planning process must reflect that principle. In addition, if
programs are to be reviewed for elimination on grounds of productivity or
duplication, the EPPC will need to draft formal guidelines on what criteria
other than productivity statistics will be used to draft our recommendation to
the chancellor on such matters. Furthermore, any articulation of course credit
or degree requirements must be achieved through faculty committees, respecting
each institution's mission and the strengths and goals of individual academic
units.
5. Reports to the Faculty Senate (include dates and resolution
numbers).
9-11-07 Resolution #07-19 ; 10-9-07 Resolution
#07-23; 11-6-07 (no resolution); 12-4-07 Resolution #07-32; 1-29-08 Resolution
#08-01; 2-19-08 Resolution #08-04 4-22-08 Resolutions #08-24 and #08-25
6. Business carried over to next year (list in priority order).
Consider criteria for program elimination and revise as
necessary
Consider ways to shorten time period between NIP and final
campus approval
Revision of ECU Faculty Manual Part V
7. Evaluation of the committee (include anything that hindered or
assisted the
committee's work during the year).
A. Charge:
Appropriate
B. Personnel: A
dedicated, thoughtful, cooperative group
C. Attendance:
All members except student representative were present except when excused for
scheduling conflicts. A quorum was not met on 11-9-07, the members present
conducted business as a subcommittee, and their actions were approved
electronically by the full committee.
D. Responsibilities:
Appropriate
E. Activities:
Appropriate
8. Suggestion(s) to the Chair of the Faculty and/or Faculty
Senate for improving the effectiveness of the committee. None
9. Does the Committee’s organizational meeting next year need to
be earlier than the date set this year?
No
Chairperson Dale Knickerbocker
Secretary Sandra Warren