June 2017 Virtual Meeting
- Date/Time
- Wednesday, 06/07/2017
- Location
- Virtual Meeting
- Submitted By:
- Tammye Knowles
Participating: Stefan Andrei, computer science; Kendrick Aung, mechanical engineering; Cynthia Barnes, Eileen Curl, Carmen Doering, library; Theresa Hefner-Babb, OPAA; Paul Hemenway (by proxy), communication; Lula Henry, education; Tammye Knowles, academic affairs; Boyd Lanier, political science; Kami Makki, computer science; John McCullough, economics and finance; Nicki Michalski, communication; Larry Osborne, computer science; David Short, Registrar; Judy Smith, nursing; Kevin Smith, Senior Associate Provost; Zanthia Smith (by proxy), deaf studies and deaf education
Call to order: Ballots and memos went out beginning on June 7 through June 12.
Minutes from May meeting: Minutes will be deferred until next meeting, July 17.
Old Business: (As of our balloting, only old business was on the agenda. All items were to be submitted to the Board agenda if approved.)
COSC 4350 BoR
- Syllabus contained two disability statements
- Approved with changes
CPSC 4324 BoR
- Several respondents agreed with Judy Smith that varied formatting may create some confusion
- Boyd Lanier admitted creating the problem of formatting while submitting corrections to the Word version and could not re-impose previous formatting scheme
- Approved
- Several respondents agreed with Judy Smith that varied justification was distracting
- As before, Boyd Lanier admitted creating the problem during editing
- Approved
CPSC 4355 BoR
Approved
CRIJ 4302 BoR
- Nicki Michalski noted course description referred to a “paper” rather than the course
- Judy Smith noted there was no mention of Drop dates
- Boyd Lanier responded that our guidelines make no mention of requiring mention of drop dates and deadlines
- Approved with changes
SOCI 4342 BoR
- Nicki Michalski noted office and phone # were missing and 10 points extra credit were not truly extra credit
- Boyd Lanier responded that the department indicated a few adjunct instructors do not have a campus presence, teach on line and can only be reached via an email address
- Grading scheme does extend to the total plus 10 points, however the break points for each segment (60, 70, 80, and 90%) are based on the regular assignments and do not include the extra credit in the totals
- Judy Smith referred to missing discussion of drop dates.
- Approved with changes
SPSH 1373 BoR
- A couple of you noted lack of office hours and location
- Approved with changes
The following were not able to be amended to comply with “approved with changes” and were returned to the departments:
SOCI 4355 BoR
- Syllabus is on hold until faculty makes clears up a question regarding number of exams and penalties for academic dishonesty
- Approved with changes (on hold)
SOCI 4370 BoR
- Many corrections were sought but no editable version of the syllabus has been forwarded
- Two votes were to reject and return the request.
- Approved with several changes (on hold)
B.S. in Data Analytics and Computation
- Many problems with prerequisites were pointed out
- Reject and return for clarification (on hold)
B.S. in Speech and Hearing Sciences
- Some prerequisite problems pointed out
- Approved with corrections (on hold)
New Business: None at time of meeting.
Next Meeting: Monday, July 17, 2017 at 3:30 p.m. in room 717 of the Mary and John Gray Library
Adjournment: Virtual balloting continues in an effort to reduce the backlog of ‘old business’