Academic Council Agenda, October 6, 2015

Academic Council

October 6, 2015, 10:30-11:45 a.m.

Tyler Haynes Commons 305 

Please review the agenda below and the cited materials in advance of the meeting.

Agenda

1. Survey of Dean's Office Communication - Dr. Jon Dattelbaum, Chair of DAC

2. Approval of Minutes of AC Meeting September 15, 2015 

3. New Course Proposals for Spring 2016

• ANTH 303
• FREN 412
• JOUR 370
• LAIS 308
• MSEN 205

4. Revised Major & Minor (Studio Art)

a. Changes to Major and Minor

b. New Courses

• VMAP 211
• VMAP 212
• VMAP 250
• VMAP 253
• VMAP 255
• VMAP 256
• VMAP 261

c. Changes to Course Name and Number

• VMAP 112
• VMAP 113
• VMAP 114
• VMAP 115
• VMAP 116
• VMAP 117
• VMAP 251
• VMAP 252
• VMAP 254
• VMAP 257
• VMAP 258
• VMAP 259
• VMAP 260
• VMAP 300
• VMAP 302
• VMAP 304
• VMAP 306
• VMAP 308
• VMAP 310
• VMAP 375
• VMAP 465

d. Changes to Course Code only

• VMAP 279
• VMAP 351
• VMAP 466

5. New Minor in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Design  (cross-school minor)

6. Minor Changes to Courses

a. Title Change/Course Description

• PLSC 326
• SOC 319
• SOC 340
• WGSS 202

b. Course Number Change

• MUS 136 (was MUS 236)
• MUS 137 (was MUS 237)

7. New Courses Proposals for Fall 2016

• EDUC 451
• EDUC 452
• EDUC 454
• EDUC 465
• EDUC 468
• EDUC 469
• EDUC 471
• EDUC 480
• WGSS 350

8. Lecture Budgets - Dean Skerrett

9. Calibration of Merit Scores Across Divisions - Dean Skerrett

At our next Academic Council meeting on October 20, 2015, the department chairs will meet in small groups to discuss calibration of annual merit scores across the quadripartite divisions. This meeting is required by the Guidelines for Merit Review: "Each October, Academic Council will dedicate one meeting to allow department chairs to meet in small groups to discuss discipline-sensitive benchmarks for applying the merit rubric. Individual cases will not be discussed in these meetings."

Emerging Agenda

• Strategic Planning Process
• Departments and Advancement