ACADEMIC,
APPELLATE, AND SENATE COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT
2009-2010
Academic Year
COMMITTEE: Educational Policies and Planning
Committee
1. Membership (include ex-officio
members).
Regular members: Rose Allen, Margaret
Bauer, Scott Gordon, James Holloway (replaced Elizabeth Hodge after the first
meeting), Edson Justiniano (Chair), Dale Knickerbocker (Vice-Chair), and Janice
Lewis (Secretary). Ex-officio members: Mary Glascoff, Linner Griffin, George
Kasperek, Justin Perry, David Siegel, and Marianna Walker.
2. Meeting Dates (include members present*).
* and
members who contributed to committee action, but were not at the meeting.
9-11-09: Allen, Bauer, Gordon, Hodge,
Justiniano,
Knickerbocker, Lewis, Griffin, Kasperek, Siegel, Sprague (for
Walker)
9-18-09: Allen, Gordon, Holloway,
Knickerbocker, Lewis, Justiniano, Glascoff, Griffin, Kasperek, Perry, Siegel,
Sprague (for Walker)
10-09-09: Bauer, Gordon, Holloway,
Knickerbocker, Lewis, Justiniano, Glascoff, Griffin, Siegel, Walker
11-20-09 (non-regular meeting):
Gordon, Lewis, Justiniano, Glascoff, Griffin, Kasperek,
Perry, Siegel, Walker
12-11-09: Allen, Bauer, Gordon,
Holloway, Knickerbocker, Lewis, Justiniano, Glascoff, Griffin, Kasperek, Siegel
1-8-10: Allen, Bauer, Gordon,
Knickerbocker, Lewis, Justiniano, Griffin, Kasperek, Perry, Siegel, Walker
1-22-10 (non-regular meeting):
Glascoff, Holloway, Knickerbocker, Lewis, Justiniano, Griffin, Kasperek, Siegel
2-5-10 (special called meeting):
Allen, Bauer, Glascoff, Gordon, Holloway, Knickerbocker, Justiniano, Lewis,
Griffin, Kasperek, Siegel, Walker
3-19-10: Bauer, Glascoff, Gordon,
Holloway, Justiniano, Lewis, Griffin, Kasperek
4-9-10: Allen, Glascoff, Holloway,
Justiniano, Lewis, Griffin, Kasperek, Siegel
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.
The
committee ranked the 17 proposed new degree programs using a matrix with the
following criteria: cost to ECU, academic need, value to the community,
external support, duplication at other UNC institutions, and readiness. The rankings were submitted to the Academic
Council on December 11, 2009.
The
committee proposed substantial revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part V, Academic Information, Section III, Curriculum Development.
The
following recommendations for approval were made to the Chancellor:
·
Request
to approve a new Undergraduate Certificate in Computer Game Development,
College of Technology and Computer Science
·
Request
to establish a new Interdisciplinary Minor in Film Studies, Department of
English
·
Request
to realign the Doctoral Degree in Educational Leadership Higher Education
Administration concentration, associated faculty, and appropriate resources
from the Department of Educational Leadership to the Department of Counselor
and Adult Education, College of Education
·
Request
to approve a new Graduate Certificate in Physical Education Clinical
Supervision, College of Health and Human Performance
·
Request
to approve a new Sport and Exercise Psychology concentration in the MS in
Exercise and Sport Science, College of Health and Human Performance
·
Request
to approve a new Master of Science in Security Studies, Department of Polical Science
·
Request
to approve a new concentration in Risk Management and Insurance in the existing
BSBA in Finance, Department of Finance
·
Request
to approve a new concentration in Health Physics in the existing MS in Physics,
Department of Physics
·
Request
to establish a new Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies, Harriot
College of Arts & Sciences
·
Request
to Rename the College of Technology and Computer Science to College of
Engineering and Technology. This action
was suspended at the Feb. 5, 2010 meeting by a motion stating, “in response to
a request from the Provost and new information from the Chancellor, the
committee, suspends the name change for the College of Technology and Computer
Science that was approved at the December 11, 2009 EPPC meeting.”
·
Request
to move the Media Production program from the School of Communication to the
School of Art and Design
·
Request
to approve a new Graduate Certificate Online Program in Ethnic and Rural Health
Disparities, Brody School of Medicine
·
Reqest
to change the name the degree offered by the School of Dentistry from Doctor of
Dental Surgery to Doctor of Dental Medicine
·
Request
to change the name of the School of Dentistry to the School of Dental Medicine
·
Request
for a new Undergradate Certificate in Cultural
Resources Management, Department of Anthropology
·
Request
to move forward with the Notification of Intent to Plan a new Master of Arts in
Gifted Education degree, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
·
Request
to move forward with the Notification of Intent to Plan a new Master of Science
in Network Technology, Department of Technology Systems
·
Request
to change the name of the Bachelor of Science degree in Health Education and
Promotion to Bachelor of Science in Public Health
·
Request
to approve a new Graduate Certificate in Hydrogeology and Environmental
Geology, Department of Geological Sciences
·
Request
to approve a new Graduate Certificate Program in Community Health Care
Management, Department of Public Health and Department of Health Sciences and
Information Management
·
Request
for Authorization to Plan the PhD in Epidemiology, Department of Public Health
·
Request
to move ahead with the Notification of Intent to Plan the Master of Science
degree in Health Informatics and Information Management, Department of Health
Services and Information Management
·
Request
to add concentrations in Sofware Design and
Development and in Software Project Management and Quality Assurance to the MS
in Software Engineering degree, Department of Computer Science
·
Request
to approve a new Graduate Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other
Languages (TESOL), Department of English
·
Request
to approve the discontinuation of the Undergraduate Certificate in Spanish,
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
·
Request
to approve a new Special Education concentration in the MA in Teaching degree,
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
5. Reports
to the Faculty Senate (include dates and resolution numbers).
11-9-09:
#09-39, #09-43
12-1-09:
#09-49
1-26-10:
#10-02, #10-03
2-23-10:
#10-11, #10-12, #10-13
3-30-10:
#10-43, #10-44, #10-45
4-20-10:
#10-54, #10-55, #10-56, #10-57, #10-58, #10-59, #10-60, #10-61, #10-62
6. Business
carried over to next year (list in priority order).
Consider
additional revisions to the ECU Faculty
Manual, Part V, Academic Information, Section III, Curriculum
Development, proposed by Chancellor Ballard in his March 24, 2010 memorandum to
Professor Marianna Walker.
7. Evaluation
of the committee (include anything that hindered or assisted the
committee's work during the year).
A. Charge:
Appropriate
B. Personnel:
The 2009-2010 EPPC membership went above and beyond their
“call to duty”.
Throughout the year, they attended special and “non-regular”
meetings, addressed complex, sensitive issues and spent
considerable time
drafting and revising documents. Their hard work is very much
appreciated!
C. Attendance: All members with the exception of the student
representative were
active and conscientious about attending meetings or
providing a reason for
an excused absence.
D. Responsibilities: Appropriate
E. Activities: The committee recommends that materials
relevant to agenda items
should be submitted to the EPPC mailing list at least one
week before the next
scheduled EPPC meeting (rather than being submitted to the
Chair and posted
on SharePoint) and that the agenda should be sent out on the
Monday prior to
the meeting.
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
Signed: Chairperson – Edson Justiniano
Secretary
– Janice Lewis