COMMITTEE: Educational Policies and Planning
MEETING DATE: 3-9-07
PERSON PRESIDING: Dale Knickerbocker
REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: R. Allen, J. Mitchell, D. Knickerbocker, J. Mitchell, L. Pagliari; D. Weismiller
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: G. Kasperek, M. Taggart, J. Tovey
OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: S. Bland
EXCUSED: S. Warren, L. Kean, L. Griffin
ACTIONS OF MEETING
Agenda Item: Approval of minutes of 2-9-07
Discussion: Chair announced that minutes were not yet ready for approval
Action Taken: Tabled until next meeting by consensus
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Agenda Item: Announcements
Discussion: Chair informed the committee that there would be a meeting with Academic Program Development to discuss faculty representation on the APD team, and procedural matters, on 29 March.
Action Taken: None
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Discussion: None
Action Taken: None
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Agenda Item: Professors Nelson Cooper and Susan McGhee presented a Recreation and Leisure Studies (RCLS) proposal for a new concentration for the Management of Recreation Facilities and Services (MRFS)
Discussion: The increasing need for professional sports and recreational organizers was discuseed, as was the possible need for more resources—there will be none.
Action Taken: Approved by consensus.
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Agenda Item: Professor George Kasperek presented a proposal from Brody School of Medicine to change the name of the PhD degree in Biochemistry to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Discussion: Question concerning the relationship between their program and curriculum and the nomenclature were asked and answered.
Action Taken: Approved by consensus.
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Agenda Item: Professor Xiaoming Zeng presented an HSIM (Health Services and Information Management) proposal to establish a health informatics minor
Discussion: The increasing need for Information Technology personnel in the medical field, and the possible need for more resources—there will be none—, were discussed.
Action Taken: Approved by consensus.
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Agenda Item: Professors James Decker, Peter Farrell, and Sharon Knight presented a proposal from EXSS that the master of arts (MA) designation for the exercise and sport science program be changed to a master of science (MS) degree.
Discussion: Focused on the program’s evolution from being housed in Arts and Sciences to the present, and the standard degree denomination in the field.
Action Taken: Approved by consensus.
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NEXT MEETING: 13 April
ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: TBA