REVISED
Educational Policies and Planning Committee
Meeting Minutes
March 19, 2010
I. Call to order: Edson Justiniano, Committee Chair, called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. on March 19, 2010 in Rawl Annex 142.
The following persons were present:
Members: Margaret Bauer, Dee Dee Glascoff, Scott Gordon, James Holloway, Edson Justiniano, Janice Lewis
Ex-Officio Members: Linner Griffin, George Kasperek
Guests: Sharon Bland
Absent: Justin Perry
Excused: Rose Allen, Dale Knickerbocker, David Siegel
II. The minutes of the February 5, 2010 meeting were approved as presented.
III. The Chair announced that he will stand for election to the Faculty Governance Committee, so plans to resign from the EPPC before the beginning of fall semester.
IV. Culture Resources Management Certificate Program
Professor Randy Daniel presented a request from the Department of Anthropology for a new Certificate in Cultural Resources Management. The faculty is in place to teach the courses, and in fact the courses for the certificate are being taught on a regular basis. The certificate will identify archaeology as a professional career option. Motion passed unanimously to approve the new certificate.
V. Master of Arts in Gifted Education
Professors Elizabeth Fogarty and Katie O’Connor presented a request from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction for permission to move forward with the Notification of Intent to Plan a new Master of Arts in Gifted Education degree. Fogarty and O’Connor noted that eight of the courses required for the degree are already being taught and that four new courses are needed. The degree program will help develop leadership in gifted education in the state. Motion passed unanimously that signified the EPPC’s permission for the Department to move forward with the Notification of Intent to Plan.
VI. ECU Faculty Manual, Part V
Glascoff moved and Bauer seconded a motion to add the University Service-Learning Committee to the groups from which campus approval for undergraduate curriculum changes must be sought (Part V, Section III, B.), to separate the two items in bullet 7 of Part V, Section III, B and create a separate bullet for Council on Teacher Education (for Teacher Licensure Areas), and to delete the reference to specific Administrative Memoranda in the first paragraph of Part V, Section III, ending that sentence after “General Administration (GA)”. Motion passed unanimously. Lewis will make an editorial change to Part V, Section III, C.1. [Copy of ECU Faculty Manual, Part V. Academic Information, Section III. Curriculum Development showing the changes approved above is attached to these minutes.]
VII. Master of Science in Network Technology
Professor Tijjani Mohammed presented a request from the Department of Technology Systems for permission to move forward with the Notification of Intent to Plan a new Master of Science in Network Technology. Professor Mohammed noted that the degree will be created out of existing concentrations within the Master of Science in Technology Systems, so the faculty, laboratory equipment and other resources needed to support the program are already in place. The new degree will recognize the strength of the networking-related concentrations and the importance of this field of study; its name will correspond to employers’ expectations. Motion passed unanimously that signified the EPPC’s permission for the Department to move forward with the Notification of Intent to Plan.
VIII. Change of name of Bachelor of Science degree in Health Education and Promotion
Professors Sloane Burke and Karen Vail-Smith presented a request from the Department of Health Education and Promotion to change the name of the Bachelor of Science degree in Health Education and Promotion to Bachelor of Science in Public Health. Motion passed to approve the request, with Glascoff abstaining.
IX. Adjournment
There being no further business, Chair Justiniano adjourned the meeting at 2:05 p.m.
The next EPPC meeting will
be on Friday, April 9, 2010, at 1:00 p.m. in 142 Rawl
Annex.
Minutes submitted by Janice S. Lewis
(Please refer to Faculty Senate
Resolution #10-03 for additional revisions already incorporated into the text
noted below.)
Proposed
Additional Revisions to the ECU Faculty
Manual, Part V. Academic Information, Section III. Curriculum Development
Revise Part V. Section III. Curriculum Development to read as follows:
(Deletions are noted in strikethrough and additions are noted in bold
print):
III. Academic Program and Curriculum Development
Program and curriculum development is a faculty responsibility. Program and
curriculum changes may be initiated, prepared, and presented for review to all
relevant ECU campus bodies by voting faculty as defined in ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix
L. Development of new academic degree programs and certificates is governed
by the policies and procedures of the General Administration (GA). , specified in Administrative Memorandum
406 and in Administrative Memorandum 407 for Distance Education. Consultation
with the ECU Office of Academic Programs is recommended before preparing program
development requests. Instructions on
specific procedures and documents for program and curriculum development
proposals are available on the office of Academic Programs website.
The Academic Program Development Collaborative Team,
an advisory body to the Academic Council, collaborates with units to strengthen
program proposals and informs the Educational Policies and Planning Committee
of its recommendations to the Academic Council and to the dean of the
A. Definitions
1. Degree
Programs
A degree program is a program of study in a discipline
specialty that leads to a degree in that distinct specialty area at a
particular level of instruction. All degree programs are categorized
individually in the University's academic program inventory at the twelve-digit
CIP code level. As a general rule, a degree program requires coursework in the
discipline specialty of at least 27 semester hours at the undergraduate level and
21 semester hours at the doctoral level. A master’s-level program requires that
at least one-half of the total hours be in the program area. Programs with
fewer hours are designated a concentration within an existing degree program.
Degree programs require the approval of the GA and the Board of Governors
(BOG). Minors and concentrations receive final approval at the campus
level.
2. Certificates
A
certificate program provides an organized program of study that leads to the
awarding of a certificate rather than a degree.
Certificate programs are offered at the pre-baccalaureate,
post-baccalaureate, and post-master’s levels.
UNC-GA has indicated that post-baccalaureate and post-master’s
certificates must require a specified number of hours (18 sh
for post-baccalaureate, and 24 sh for post-master’s)
to be reported to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
(IPEDS). Program planners should be
aware that not meeting these criteria may impact consideration of financial aid
eligibility. Once a certificate is
approved, ECU will submit it to the Department of Education to determine if the
program is eligible for participation in the Title IV (financial aid) programs.
3. Teacher
Licensure Areas (TLA)
These are specific
course clusters which meet licensure requirements of the State Board of
Education but do not lead to the conferral of a particular degree or a
certificate. These may be at the entry level or advanced level of teacher
licensure. When an institution receives authorization from the State Board of
Education to offer a TLA, the senior vice president for academic affairs of
UNC-GA must be notified. A current inventory of teacher licensure programs
approved by the State Board of Education is available from the North Carolina
Department of Public Instruction.
B. Curriculum
Approval Process
Curriculum development includes
developing courses and requirements for new
academic programs, and developing and revising courses and requirements for
existing programs.
The following is the order for seeking campus approval for undergraduate
curriculum changes (1000-4000-level):
§ Curriculum
committee of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
§ Voting
faculty of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
§ Academic
Standards (if requesting Liberal Arts Foundations Curriculum Credit);
§ Writing
Across the Curriculum Committee (if requesting Writing Intensive credit);
§ University Service-Learning
Committee (if requesting Service-Learning credit);
§ Communicate
with units and programs that may be directly or indirectly affected by the
curriculum;
§ Chairperson/director
of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
§ Curriculum
committee of the college in which the program is/will be housed and TLA proposals to Council on Teacher
Education;
§ Council on Teacher Education
(for Teacher Licensure Areas);
§ Dean
of the college in which the program is/will be housed;
§ University
Curriculum Committee;
§
§ Chancellor
The following is the order for seeking
campus approval for graduate curriculum changes
(5000-level and above):
§ Curriculum
committee of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
§ Voting
faculty of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
§ Communicate
with units and programs that may be directly or indirectly affected by the
curriculum;
§ Chairperson/director
of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
§ Curriculum
committee of the college in which program is/will be housed and TLA proposals
to Council on Teacher Education;
§ Dean
of the college in which the program is/will be housed;
§ Graduate
Curriculum Committee;
§
§ Chancellor
C. Program
Development Approval Process
Program development includes developing new academic
degree programs, minors, certificates, and new concentrations within existing
degree programs, as well as requesting degree title changes, and moving or
discontinuing programs.
1. New Degree Programs
Proposals for new
academic degrees must include a list of all UNC and private in-state institutions
that offer the same or a similar degree. Program planners are
expected to contact those institutions regarding their experience with
program productivity (applicants, majors, job market, placement, etc.). To
facilitate this portion of the planning process, the UNC-GA Division of
Academic Affairs provides a link to the UNC Academic Program Inventory and a
link to program inventories for other in-state institutions. In addition,
proposals must include the Classification of Instructional Programs code
under which the proposed program is to be classified. Faculty should allow
ample time for review of proposals at all levels.
The
approval process to plan or establish new undergraduate or graduate degree programs involves three
distinct steps:
Step I:
Notification of Intent to Plan (NIP) for bachelor's or master's; Request
for Authorization to Plan (RAP) for doctoral
Step II: Program Requirements/Course
Approval
Step III: Request for Authorization
to Establish (RAE)
In Step I, the appropriate planning
document (NIP for bachelor's or master's; RAP for doctoral) is submitted in the
following order for seeking campus
approval:
§
Consultation
with Academic Program Development Collaborative Team
In Step II, the approval of new
degree requirements and courses is completed as specified above in “Curriculum
Approval Process” for undergraduate and graduate programs.
In Step III, a request for
authorization to establish a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral program is
submitted in the following order for
seeking campus approval:
§
Consultation with Academic Program
Development Collaborative Team;
§
Curriculum committee of dept/school
in which the program is/will be housed;
§
Voting faculty of dept/school in
which the program is/will be housed;
§
Chairperson/director of dept/school
in which the program is/will be housed;
§
Curriculum committee of the college
in which the program is/will be housed; TLA proposals to Council on Teacher
Education;
§
Dean of the college in which the
program is/will be housed;
§
External
review (master’s and doctoral programs only);
§
University Curriculum Committee or Graduate
Curriculum Committee as appropriate for degree level;
§
External review (master's and
doctoral programs only);
§
Graduate School Administrative Board
for master's or doctoral programs;
§
Appropriate Vice Chancellor (for information
only)
§
Educational Policies and Planning
Committee;
§
§
Chancellor
2. New Minors, Certificates, Concentrations;
Degree Title Changes; Teacher Licensure Areas; and Discontinuing Degree Programs
The
following is the order for seeking campus approval for undergraduate or
graduate minors, certificates, concentrations, degree title changes, teacher
licensure areas, and discontinuing a degree program. (Discontinuing minors, certificates,
concentrations, and teacher licensure areas are considered curricular actions.)
▪ Curriculum
committee of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
▪ Voting
faculty of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
§
Chairperson/director of dept/school
in which the program is/will be housed;
§
Curriculum committee of the college
in which the program is/will be
housed; TLA proposals to Council on
Teacher Education;
§
Dean of the college in which the
program is/will be housed;
§
University Curriculum Committee or Graduate
Curriculum Committee as appropriate for degree level;
§
Graduate School Administrative Board
for graduate programs;
§
Educational Policies and Planning
Committee;
§
§
Chancellor (Once new teacher
licensure areas are approved by the North Carolina State Board of Education,
they must be submitted to UNC-GA.)
3. Moving Degree Programs
The
following is the order for seeking campus approval for moving a program.
▪ Curriculum
committee of dept/school in which the program is currently and will be housed;
▪ Voting
faculty of dept/school in which the program is currently and will be housed;
§
Chairperson/director of dept/school
in which program is currently and will be housed;
§
Curriculum committee of the college
in which program is currently and will be housed; TLA proposals to Council on
Teacher Education;
§
Dean of the college in which the
program is currently and will be housed;
§
University Curriculum Committee or Graduate Curriculum Committee as
appropriate for degree level;
§
Graduate School Administrative Board
for graduate programs;
§
Educational Policies and Planning
Committee;
§
§
Chancellor
4.
Process Completion
The proposing academic unit, in
collaboration with the office of Academic Programs, prepares the final version
of undergraduate and graduate program requests for the chancellor’s
consideration. Once the chancellor has made an affirmative decision, the office
of Academic Programs submits the new program request and chancellor’s
communiqué to UNC-GA.
(
(Editorially revised Section III.B. October 2003)