2004-05 FSCC Minutes

Present: John Schroeter (Chair), Larry Booth (Vet Med), Sedahlia Crase (FCS), Laura Doering (Registrar’s office), Helen Ewald (LAS), Warren Franke (Education), Char Hulsebus (Records and Registration), Doug Jacobson (Engineering), Ken Kruempel (Graduate Curriculum), Gretchen Schultz (GPSS), Yoshi Suzuki (Business), Dave Holger (Provost’s office), John Cunnally (Design). Quinn Weninger (Agriculture), Kathy Leonard (Foreign Languages and Literatures, guest), Dawn Bratsch-Prince (Foreign Languages and Literatures, guest), Zora Zimmerman (LAS Dean's Office, guest)

1. A proposal for an undergraduate certificate in Latin American Studies was discussed. Currently ISU does not offer an undergraduate certificate, however they are offered at U. of Iowa. Some discussion focused on the differences among a minor, a certificate, and a major. Some of the detail of the Latin American studies proposal was discussed. Many more questions were raised about how a certificate would work at ISU. A motion by Crase, seconded by Kruempel, was made to table the proposal pending discussions with the Academic Affairs Council and the Executive Board to establish procedures for review and approval of proposals for undergraduate certificates. Motion passed.

2. Holger answered a few questions about the recent changes in Board of Regents procedures with respect to the review of proposals for new academic programs and the five-year post-audit review of existing academic programs. The new program proposals that are already in the pipeline will be allowed to continue under the old system. We can propose changes in the process.

3. The minutes of the April 7 meeting were discussed. Motion by Cunnally, seconded by Franke, to approve the minutes with suggested minor revisions. Motion passed.

4. Memos have been sent to departments and programs asking them to verify the Registrar's lists of repeatable courses for the 05-07 catalog biennium. Departments/programs may send these edited lists either directly to the college curriculum chairs, for their approval, or to Mary Smith in the Registrar's Office. If sent to Mary Smith, they will be routed to the college chairs in batch. College review of the lists should verify that the courses have new material each time and that the catalog lists the courses as repeatable.

5. A revised format for the experimental course announcement was distributed and discussed. A few edits were made.

6. Chin 272X, Chinese Cultural Tradition, was approved for use in meeting the IP requirement.

7. It was decided that LAS College approval is all that is needed for Computer Science to resurrect a minor that was dropped after the 1999-2001 catalog.

8. A draft of a proposal to plan for a MFA in Creative Writing and Environment was presented. Some minor editorial suggestions were offered. Based on comments by Holger, it was determined that the MFA could move forward using the old procedures. This means that the proposal to plan will probably not be needed.

9. There was additional discussion of the proposed changes in Board of Regents procedures (noted in 2 above) and how internal review procedures should be changed in response. In the limited time available, a few suggestions were offered and it was decided to continue the discussion next year.

Present: John Schroeter (Chair), Larry Booth (Vet Med), Laura Doering (Registrar’s office), Helen Ewald (LAS), Warren Franke (Education), Char Hulsebus (Records and Registration), Ken Kruempel (Graduate Curriculum), Gretchen Schultz (GPSS), Yoshi Suzuki (Business), Dave Holger (Provost’s office), Sedahlia Crase (FCS), Sheryl St. Germain (English, guest), Matt Liebman (Agronomy, guest).

1. The minutes of the March 22 meeting were discussed and two minor editorial changes were suggested. Motion by Franke, seconded by Crase, to approve the minutes with suggested revisions. Motion passed.

2. Laura Doering announced a change in the Registrar's procedures for compiling the schedule of classes. When a cross-listed course is scheduled for offering by the major department, all minor department cross-listings will be automatically added to the schedule. At the proof stage, departments may opt out if desired.

3. Sheryl St. Germain, Department of English, presented a proposal for a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Environment. The decision to restrict the program's scope to creative writing on environmental topics is a reflection of the strength of ISU curricula in that area. Students in the program take 15 credits in courses, outside of English, related to the environment. A field experience and a thesis are required. The program requires 54 credits and there was some discussion of whether this conflicts with a statement in the catalog (p. 112, 2005-2007 catalog) which could be interpreted as requiring a minimum of 60 credits for MFA degrees. Kruempel will seek a clarification of this statement by the Graduate Council. Crase moved (Booth seconded) approval of the proposal subject to minor editorial changes and, if necessary, subject to an increase in the number of credits to 60. Motion passed.

4. Matt Liebman, Department of Agronomy, presented the post-audit review of the interdepartmental graduate program in Sustainable Agriculture. There were suggestions of minor changes in the wording of the program goals and in the listing of student placements. Franke moved (Booth seconded) approval of the report subject to the changes. Motion passed.

5. The following two Honors seminars were approved for use in meeting the International Perspectives requirement:

Hon 323A Russian Culture through Film (1 cr.) (previously offered, and approved for International Perspectives credit, as Hon 322F in S04)

6. The following two experimental courses were approved for use in meeting the International Perspectives requirement:

Hist 338X History of Modern Japan (This is simply a restoration of a course that was previously offered and approved for International Perspectives credit.)

7. Bill David of the LAS Curriculum Committee suggested a modification to the experimental course form. The form's request for the "course description in catalog format" is often misinterpreted to mean just the description instead of the entire catalog listing (designator, number, title, contact hours, credits, and prerequisite, in addition to description). Hulsebus will work on a modification to the form that clarifies this.

8. Schroeter and Holger reviewed recent changes in Board of Regents procedures with respect to the review of proposals for new academic programs and the review of existing academic programs. Briefly:

The Regents now require that a "proposal to plan" a new academic program be submitted to the Council of Provosts, the Iowa Coordinating Council for Post High School Education, and the Board of Regents for review at a relatively preliminary stage. The proposal to plan will follow a prescribed format and will be considerably less detailed than the academic program proposals that have been sent to the Regents in the past. Once the authorization to plan is granted, detailed planning will commence and all further review will be internal to the university. Implementation of the new program will be no sooner than one year after the authorization to plan.

The post-audit requirement of new programs in their fifth year has been eliminated. The first review of new programs will be incorporated within the ongoing (seven-year cycle) review of all academic programs.

Schroeter asked the committee to consider what changes in internal review and approval procedures should be made to accommodate these changes in external procedures. The FSCC will return to this issue at the April 19th meeting. Members should involve their committees in the discussion if there is time.

Minutes Tuesday , March 22, 2005; 1 – 3 p.m. , 0330 Gerdin Building

Present: John Schroeter (Chair), Ken Kruempel ( Graduate College ), Sedahlia Crase ( FCS ), Char Hulsebus (Registrar's Office), Laura Doering (Registrar's Office), John Cunnally (Design), Quinn Weninger (Agriculture), Larry Booth (Vet Med), Warren Franke (Education), Helen Ewald (LAS), Doug Jacobson (Eng), Yoshi Suzuki (Business). Guests: Chiu-Shui Chan (Design), Kate Schwennsen (Design).

a. Stat is no longer objecting to BusAd 506X. They may make changes to their Stat 328 course so that Business will withdraw their plans to offer BusAd 506X as a substitute for 328.

b. Coming attractions are MFA in Creating Writing and the Environment. It has been approved by the Graduate Council. The post-audit review of Sustainable Agriculture is coming our way, the review of the MFA in Integrated Visual Arts is still being worked on. The joint major proposal for Software Engineering is coming sometime (LASCC approves, EngrCC objects to portions of it). Latin American Studies Certificate is being voted on by LAS and may be coming our way. Uncertain where the proposed merger of Industrial Technology and Agricultural Systems Technology is.

3. The post-audit review of the Information Assurance interdepartmental graduate major was approved with minor editorial changes.

4. Several courses were reviewed for either U.S. Diversity and/or International Perspectives credit.

Approved for IP credit: CE/AE/ME/EE 388X Sustainable Engineering and International Development

Approved for Diversity credit: U St 105, 106, 205, 206 Carver Academy Seminars (These approvals are retroactive to the first offerings of these courses.)

321D (proposed for Diversity and IP) and N (proposed for IP) were not approved and more information about them is needed.

5. The proposal for an undergraduate minor in Digital Media was reviewed with our 2 guests. This minor is for Design students only. Questions arose about requiring a foundations class ("Option A and B" in the proposal) for all students pursuing the minor. It was suggested that Section 7 of the application be re-phrased to follow more explicitly ISU requirements for a minor (p. 50 of the 05-07 ISU catalog). Otherwise approved pending these and other editorial changes. The FSCC empowers John Schroeter to review/approve these pending changes.

Minutes Tuesday , March 1, 2005
12-2:00 PM , 0330 Gerdin Business Building

Present: John Schroeter (Chair), Ken Kruempel (Graduate College), Sedahlia Crase ( FCS ), Char Hulsebus (Registrar's Office), Laura Doering (Registrar's Office), John Cunnally (Design), Larry Booth (Vet Med), Brad Weed ( GSB ), Helen Ewald (LAS), Gretchen Schultz (GPSS), Yoshi Suzuki (Business), Doug Jacobson (Engineering), Quinn Weninger (Agriculture), Mark Redmond (guest).

Meeting began at 2:00 p.m.

1) Mark Redmond presented the 5-year post audit review of the undergraduate major in Communication Studies. A few questions of an editorial nature were raised. The report was approved unanimously, subject to a few minor editorial changes.

2) Review of minutes from 2/17 meeting. The minutes were approved unanimously.

3) Ken Kruempel provided a spreadsheet (originally produced by the Graduate College ) that lists the graduate student enrollment, by major, by year, for each of the last three years. John Schroeter will distribute the spreadsheet electronically to all the committee members.

4) John Schroeter reported that the Academic Affairs Council may decide to amend the FSCC's recommendations on the U.S. Diversity and International Perspectives requirements by allowing learning objectives other than the ones specifically listed in the recommendations. Learning outcomes other than those listed would have to be justified by a course's proposer. Schroeter asked for the committee's reaction to this potential change. There were no strong feelings, either for or against.

5) The concept of university-wide learning outcomes was discussed. The committee feels there would be little, if any, enthusiasm for revamping current college- and department-level learning outcomes in response to a newly installed set of university-wide learning outcomes. And the committee also feels that there would be little purpose served by creating university-wide learning outcomes as a mere summary of what we currently do. So the only potential benefit of having university-wide learning outcomes is the possibility that they might help to facilitate re-accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission of the NCACS. Schroeter will check on this.

6) The committee reviewed the procedures used in the just-concluded catalog review/editing process. The points of discussions included: (1) changing the schedule of deadlines, (2) providing seminars on editing procedures for each college, (3) requiring authorization signatures for new co- or cross-listings of courses, (4) re-defining co-listed courses to clarify the meaning of "shared responsibility," and (5) adding some examples of "special grade point restrictions" to the Editing Guidelines document. John Schroeter also mentioned that it is helpful to have continuity of college's representation on the committee for the year prior to and the semester of catalog review.

Meeting ended at 4:00 p.m.

Yoshinori Suzuki, recorder

Minutes Thursday, February 17, 2005
12-2:00 PM , 0330 Gerdin Business Building

Present: John Schroeter (Chair), Ken Kruempel (Graduate College), Helen Ewald (LAS), Char Hulsebus (Registrar's Office), John Cunnally (Design), Sedahlia Crase ( FCS ), Warren Franke (Education), Laura Doering (Registrar's Office), Corly Brooke (CELT, substitute for Holger), Quinn Weninger (Agriculture), Yoshi Suzuki (Business), Gretchen Schultz (GPSS). Guests: Kay Palan (Marketing), Rick Carter (Finance).

1. Minutes: a motion to approve the minutes of February 1 was made by Crase and seconded by Franke. The minutes were approved.

2. Announcements: Kruempel alerted the committee to upcoming business from the Graduate College , namely the post-audit reviews of the MFA in Integrated Visual Arts and the MS in Sustainable Agriculture, and a proposal for a new MFA in Creative Writing and Environment. Cunnally noted an upcoming proposal for a new undergraduate minor in Digital Media.

3. Post-Audit Review of the Undergraduate Secondary Major in International Business. Palan explained that this program is limited to students in the Business College , mostly juniors and seniors, because of the course prerequisites. Students in the program have attended 35 universities in Europe and Latin America , and are well prepared for a business world that is becoming more and more global. Kruempel noted that the statistics on student numbers provided by the program indicate the number of graduates rather than number of students enrolled, as required by the regent's questionnaire. Palan agreed to correct the numbers and Doering offered to help with these statistics if needed. A motion was made by Franke and seconded by Crase to approve the recommendation for continuation of the program. The motion passed.

4. Post-Audit Review of the Master of Accounting. Carter explained that this program offers accounting students an eclectic learning experience, not just public accounting, and has turned out to be very successful. The program has surpassed the enrollment numbers originally predicted. At Schroeter's request Carter promised to clarify the remarks about the need for an additional full-time assistantship on pages 5-6 in the regent's questionnaire. A motion was made by Crase and seconded by Cunnally to approve the recommendation to continue the program. The motion passed.

5. Request for U.S. Diversity Credit for LAS 222X/WS 222X, Leadership Styles and Strategies in a Diverse Society. A motion was made by Franke and seconded by Suzuki to approve this request. The motion passed, with the understanding that the credit would be allowed retroactively, including all previous offerings of the course.

6. Proposal for University-Wide Learning Outcomes. Schroeter noted that the written responses from the various college curriculum committees to the proposed list of outcomes share a common concern that any university-wide outcomes, if adopted, should be few in number and broad in scope.

Franke observed that his faculty were not enthusiastic about the prospect of university-wide outcomes, and wondered what this would accomplish. Brooke noted that the push for assessable university-wide outcomes was partly driven by the Higher Learning Commission which has emphasized more and more measurable accountability in student learning. Alverno College is often cited as a model in this field, with its 5 or 6 well defined outcomes, and CELT wants to send more faculty there to study this approach. Brooke said that there has been tremendous response and interest from the faculty concerning the Alverno model and how it could be adapted to Iowa State .

Schroeter suggested that the Higher Education Commission is not committed to establishing university-wide general education standards as long as these are fulfilled in diverse ways by the individual colleges within the university. Ewald observed that the University's mission statement already sets out some universal principles or goals expected of graduates. Weninger responded that goals may be vague but outcomes are measurable, and this may be an advantage in having outcomes. The outcomes, however, should be guidelines that could be adapted by the colleges and not specific course requirements, and Weninger was concerned that a move toward required courses was indicated in the Feb. 16 e-mail message to the Committee sent by Associate Provost David Holger.

It was observed that many of the Colleges already have lists of measurable outcomes posted on their web pages. Kruempel wondered whether these lists were the result of deliberation and development by the college faculty, or were put together hastily by an Associate Dean. Crase suggested there may be some value in collecting these college outcomes statements and comparing them to determine common ideals or principles. This could lead to the discussion and establishment of an "umbrella" set of university-wide outcomes. Schroeter agreed to take on this task and asked the college reps to send him their college outcomes statements by Wednesday February 23.

Other Business: Kruempel asked if anything was happening among the colleges as a result of the recommendations of the Task Force on Small Programs. Ewald said that the LAS curriculum committee was looking into this, but could use more up-to-date statistics on enrollment in the programs. Doering said her office could provide tables of figures for course and section enrollments over time.

Present: John Schroeter (chair), Larry Booth (Vet Med), Corly Brooke (CTE - sub for Holger), Sedahlia Crase (FCS), John Cunnally (Design), Helen Ewald (LAS), Warren Franke (Education), Char Hulsebus (Registrar's Office), Doug Jacobson (Engineering), Ken Kruempel (Graduate College), Gretchen Schultz (GPSS), Yoshinori Suzuki (Business), Brad Weed (GSB), Quinn Weninger (Ag). Guests: Lee Alakel (FS HN), Danny Johnson (LOMIS), Steve Nissen (An Sci).

a. Schroeter reminded the committee that college reps (other than Vet Med and Grad college reps) were to discuss the proposed university-wide learning outcomes with their committees and provide a written summary of their reactions to the specific questions listed in the minutes of the November 10 meeting. Written summaries should be e-mailed to Schroeter by Monday, Feb. 14 for distribution to other committee members and for discussion at the Feb. 17 meeting.

b. Schroeter announced the results of the committee's e-mail vote on the proposal of Pol S 332X Latino Politics for U.S. Diversity and International Perspectives credit. (The experimental course form was circulated to committee members by e-mail after the last meeting of F04.) The committee approved the course for U.S. Diversity credit but not for International Perspectives credit.

c. The catalog has gone to press. Hulsebus announced that the final versions of the "Curriculum" and "Courses and Programs" sections are posted on the FSCC webpage.

3. Proposal to merge the graduate majors (M.S. and Ph.D.) in Animal Nutrition and in Nutrition.

It was noted that the proposal includes both curricular changes and administrative changes. The curricular changes include:

i. Discontinuation of the current graduate majors (M.S. and Ph.D.) in Animal Nutrition and in Nutrition, and formation of a new graduate major (M.S. and Ph.D.) in Nutritional Sciences.

ii. Creation of four graduate areas of specialization in the new Nutritional Sciences major.

The administrative change involves the creation of an interdepartmental graduate program in Nutritional Sciences.

The committee suggested that an "executive summary" be added to the proposal and that the list of resource "needs" distinguish more explicitly between genuine needs and wishes. Jacobson moved (Crase seconded) that the proposal be approved subject to attention to the committee's comments. Motion passed unanimously.

4. Five-year post-audit review of the Production/Operation Management major (recently renamed "Operations and Supply Chain Management").

The committee recommended a few small editorial changes. Jacobson moved (Crase seconded) that the post-audit review report be approved subject to attention to the committee's comments. Motion passed unanimously.

5. Proposal of LAS 222X/WS 222X, Leadership Styles and Strategies in a Diverse Society, for U.S. Diversity credit. Copies of the proposal were distributed. It will be considered at the next meeting.

6. The FS HN department curriculum committee has decided that FS HN 463 Community Nutrition should no longer be available for International Perspectives credit. The course will count for IP credit for the students taking it currently (S05), but will be dropped from the approved list prior to the next scheduled offering in S06.

7. The committee considered two experimental course proposals from the interdepartmental graduate program in Biorenewable Resources and Technology:

Jacobson moved (Franke seconded) approval of both proposals subject to the understanding that Schroeter would consult with Laura Doering about the use of the "590" number for this purpose and make a change if necessary.

8. Schroeter reviewed a list of topics that will be on the committee's agenda for S05. Items include 7 5-year post-audit reviews (including POM ), a proposal for an MFA in Creative Writing and the Environment, and an undergraduate certificate(?)/minor in Latin American Studies. There may also be a proposal for an undergraduate degree in Software Engineering. Additional topics might include standardization of the forms used to request a course or experience substitution in the fulfillment of U.S. Diversity and International Perspectives requirements, and a discussion of procedures related to a webpage of mid-catalog policy changes.

Present: John Schroeter (Chair), Larry Booth (Vet Med), Corly Brooke (CTE), Sedahlia Crase (FCS), John Cunnally (Design), Laura Doering (Registrar’s Office), Helen Ewald (LAS), Char Hulsebus (Registrar’s Office), Ken Kruempel (Graduate College), Gretchen Schultz (GPSS), Yoshinori Suzuki (Business)

2) John Schroeter announced that FSCC’s recommendations on DIP are being considered by the Academic Affairs Council. There is some indication that they favor the recommendations except for the publishing of the learning outcomes in the catalog. It was unclear why this exception was made.

It was also announced that FSCC membership would remain the same in the spring and that committee members would be asked to send their schedules to John in early January.

4)Catalog Misc. [Faculty Senate to vote on catalog Dec. 7, 3:30 p.m. , Sun Room. College reps to FSCC should attend, if possible.]

Proofs of "courses and programs" sections and "curriculum" sections are available on the FSCC webpage. For this "initial proof stage," college curriculum coordinators should forward corrections to Char by today.

There is a proposal to change the name of the Chemical Engineering department to "Chemical and Biological Engineering."

Char will do a search/replace on the references to the Biology courses that have changed designator and number.

Catalog proofs for the final proof stage will be available around Dec. 15 and due back Dec. 30.

Mat E proposes some changes to their integrated design sequence that could involve dropping one or more courses and changing credits for one or more courses. The department presented two possible courses of action; their choice between them will be determined at their faculty meeting later today. The FSCC approved both options with the following qualification: If the elimination of a required course is accompanied by a proposal to reduce the total number of credits required for graduation, the approval of the Engineering College Curriculum Committee must be obtained first. John and Char will work to incorporate the changes.

Issue regarding catalog wording in several "Graduate Study" sections: Most departments with graduate programs state that they "offer work toward" one or more graduate degrees. A few departments state that they "offer the degree" or degrees in question, implying that the department, rather than the university, confers the degree. It was decided that John would ask the Provost's Office for an opinion. If they believe it is important to use the "offer work toward" model (or some similar language) throughout, an effort will be made to make the changes.

6)John noted that he has urged the Academic Affairs Council to recommend that we drop the formality of Faculty Senate approval of the college catalog reports. Reasons: 1) the majority of the information in the reports is minutia, not appropriated debated at the Faculty Senate level, 2) any legitimate university-wide issues mentioned in the reports have already been approved by the Faculty Senate as separate docket items, and 3) Faculty Senate "approval" of the reports creates the illusion that the Faculty Senate is involved in small departmental decisions, such as how many credits to offer for a particular course.

John also asked the committee to generate suggestions for improving catalog procedures. These will be discussed in spring semester.

Present: John Schroeter (Chair), Ken Kruempel (Graduate College), Sedahlia Crase ( FCS ), Laura Doering (Registrar's Office), Char Hulsebus (Registrar's Office), John Cunnally (Design), Larry Booth (Vet Med), Warren Franke (Education), Helen Ewald (LAS), Gretchen Schultz (GPSS), Yoshinori Suzuki (Business), Doug Jacobson (Engineering), Brad Skaar (Agriculture).

2) John Schroeter asked that written responses to the proposal on university-wide learning outcomes be returned by February 15. Responses can include comments on the following:

c. Are the proposal outcomes compatible with existing college learning outcomes?

d. What is the meaning of adopting university wide learning outcomes? (how to assess them)

3) The ISUComm curricular plan was approved by the Faculty Senate. The Senate will consider the proposed catalog statement in their December meeting.

4) Catalog reports are due today to John except for LAS. The Provost has approved the name changes of two undergraduate majors in business and the graduate major of water resources to environmental science. Also approved by the Provost was the merger of two undergraduate majors in FCS. Material on the Diet and Exercise linked BS and MS major should go to Char.

Full copies of the college catalog reports will be posted on the FSCC web page. Sections I, II, and VIII will be sent to Faculty Senators. The Senate will consider the catalog revisions at their meeting on December 7 at 3:30 pm in the Sun Room. FSCC members should attend if possible.

The review of the curriculum sections should be completed by December 1, with edits returned on paper.

5) The LAS catalog section was reviewed. Some suggestions were made in the content and wording of Section I. In Section II, the drop of the undergraduate major in Applied Physics should indicate that it is pending. It was indicated that MAR and OTS course would be removed from the ISU catalog. The LAS catalog report was approved subject to updating and corrections.

6) Next meeting will be held in 107 Lab of Mechanics at 11:00 a.m. on December 1.

1) Review of minutes from 10/27/04 meeting. The minutes were approved without revision.

2) Proposed university-wide learning outcomes. David Holger shared his views about the issue and was available for questions. He pointed out that currently the university lacked a clearly articulated set of learning outcomes focusing on general education. John Schroeter indicated a similar list was developed in 1998 by the Student Outcomes Assessment Committee. He will try to locate the report so we can see how it compares to the present proposal. One of the concerns was what will adoption of these outcomes by the committee mean, and what are the ensuing implications for assessment? The general consensus of the group was that we did not have time to fully discuss the proposal this fall. John Cunnally suggested that each college curriculum committee develop a written response to the proposal. The committee agreed to a deadline of mid-February for the submission of the individual colleges’ responses. Since the proposal involves undergraduate education, it was agreed that formal responses from Ken Kruempel representing the Graduate College and Larry Booth representing the Veterinary College would not be required.

4) Reminders, updates, and questions on catalog review procedures: The college report for LAS will be discussed at the next meeting. The deadline for submission of the final versions of the college report is Wednesday, Nov. 10 for colleges other than LAS, and Friday, Nov. 12 for LAS. Reports should be sent to John Schroeter. Any new course drops resulting from recent inquiries about "course-not-taught" should be reported to Char.

Sedahlia Crase will ask Jean Anderson in Food Science and Human Nutrition ( FCS ) to do a basic curricular description of the B.S. portion of the new concurrent B.S./M.S. in Diet/Exercise which Sedahlia will then send to Brad and Warren so their faculty (FSHN/AG and HHP/ COE ) associated with the proposed degree can adjust it to fit the particular requirements for their respective colleges. These will go to Char early next week for inclusion in the "curriculum" sections of the catalog, pending Board of Regents approval of the new major.

Sedahlia Crase reported on the FSHN response to the FSCC vote last week to delete their BS/MS listings on pages 63 and 65 (AG) and 98 and 99 ( FCS ) in the Catalog. They asked to have the two curricula listed under one college (rather than the current two) and referenced in the other. Sedahlia made a motion that there be one listing of the description for BS/MS in Food Science and Technology and one for BS/MS in Nutrition (either in AG or FCS ) in the catalog. Ken Kruempel was of the opinion that they should not be listed in the catalog. The motion was defeated 7 – 2.

5) The College of Agriculture report was presented by Brad Skaar. A number of last minute changes had been made, so Brad distributed hard copies of an updated version of the report circulated earlier by e-mail. Several minor editorial changes were suggested. It was also suggested that the paragraph regarding the relationship of ISUComm and AgComm be rewritten for clarity. Ken Kruempel noted several changes that would have to be made regarding co-listed and cross-listed courses dropped. The question arose on how to report designator changes. The committee agreed that we should report designator changes as number changes and not as new courses. The report was approved unanimously with the understanding that the appropriate corrections would be made.

6) The College of Engineering report was presented by Doug Jacobson. An updated draft of his report was distributed. It was noted that Ken Kruempel would claim the new graduate major in Enterprise Computing and the discontinued graduate majors in Biomedical Engineering in his graduate college report. The committee suggested several changes to shorten and improve the section on Significant Trends. The report was approved unanimously contingent upon corrections suggested.

7) Meeting ended at 12:50 p.m. Next meeting will be held in 0330 Gerdin at 11:00 a.m. on November 10.

Present: John Schroeter (Chair), Ken Kruempel (Graduate College), Sedahlia Crase ( FCS ), Larry Dau (Registrar's Office), Jenny Froyd (Registrar's Office), John Cunnally (Design), Larry Booth (Vet Med), Warren Franke (Education), Helen Ewald (LAS), Gretchen Schultz (GPSS), Yoshinori Suzuki (Business), Doug Jacobson (Engineering), Brad Skaar (Agriculture), Tom Andre (guest).

1) Review of minutes from 10/20/04 meeting. The minutes were approved without revision.

2) Proposal for discontinuation of the B.S. degree program in Applied Physics was received. With little discussion, the proposal was approved unanimously.

3) A motion was received to drop the current listings of the B.S./M.S. in Food Science and Technology and in Nutrition from the FCS and Agriculture "curriculum" sections of the catalog. Kruempel expressed support for the motion because the listings are inconsistent with the catalog treatment of similar programs. Crase indicated that FCS preferred to keep the listings because of their advertising value for underclassmen. Motion passed 9 to 1.

4) A reminder was given by Schroeter that the Courses Not Taught list distributed at the previous meeting needs to be reviewed by each college. The courses not justified will be dropped from the catalog. Schroeter set a deadline of November 10 for receiving final college catalog reports (November 12 for LAS). All courses-not-taught issues would therefore have to be resolved by this deadline as well. A suggestion was made that Schroeter develop a list of those courses dropped for the information of other colleges.

5) The College of Education report was presented by Franke. Tom Andre was available to answer questions about copy relating to the teacher education program. Franke distributed hard copies of an update to the report circulated earlier by e-mail. A change to the wording of the title “Masters of Arts in Science Teaching” was suggested and it is to be included in Section II of the report. Some changes to the wording of the last sentence of section I were suggested, particularly with respect to the reference to tenured and non-tenured faculty. There was considerable discussion concerning the discrepancies between C I 417 and cross-lists in LAS departments. Several suggestions of number and name changes were offered, and it was determined by consensus that LAS and Education would work it out by the next meeting. Hg Ed 521 should not count as a drop as it is dual listed with 421. C I 488 has a prerequisite of a 500 level course and Franke indicated he would check the intention of this prerequisite. The report was approved unanimously with the understanding that corrections would be made.

6) The College of Business report was presented by Suzuki. An updated draft of page 1 was distributed. It was noted that the edit documents submitted by the college have the list of graduate-level SCM courses appearing in both the POM and LSCM sections. The committee encouraged the college to choose one location or the other. Schroeter suggested that a number of new and revised course descriptions needed to be shortened and rewritten in catalog "style." He distributed two descriptions ( SCM 502 and LSCM 460) as examples of what he was requesting. Suzuki indicated that he would present the concerns to his committee members for review. The report was approved unanimously contingent upon corrections suggested.

7) Meeting ended at 12:55 p.m. Next meeting will be held in 107 Lab of Mechanics at 11:00 a.m. on November 3.

Present: John Schroeter (Chair), Ken Kruempel (Graduate College), Sedahlia Crase ( FCS ), Char Hulsebus (Registrar's Office), Laura Doering (Registrar's Office), John Cunnally (Design), Larry Booth (Vet Med), Warren Franke (Education), Helen Ewald (LAS), Gretchen Schultz (GPSS), Yoshi Suzuki (Business), Doug Jacobson (Engineering), George Jackson (Graduate College).

1) Review of minutes from 10/13 meeting. The minutes were approved without revision.

2) The committee discussed the issue of four experimental courses; University Studies 301X, 302X, 401X, and 402X, regarding the number of credits for each course. George J. explained the course content. The committee suggested that all the courses be listed as (1-1) (1 lecture, 1 lab). 301X will be R credit. 302X, 401X, and 402X will be 1-credit courses. The committee also suggested that the reference to a prerequisite of Hg Ed 590C for U St 302X be removed because this would be relevant only during a first-year phase-in. The committee approved these four experimental courses unanimously subject to the changes noted above.

3) John S. made an announcement about the program discontinuation for Applied Physics. John S. will email the discontinuation proposal to the committee members. Committee members were asked to forward any questions to John S. prior to the 10/27 meeting.

4) John S. reported that the Registrar's Office has developed a procedure for e-mail circulation of approved experimental course announcements as pdf files. Hard copy of the announcements will be circulated for signatures in the conventional way. Fully-approved forms will be scanned by Laura D. and will be sent, by e-mail, to the current mailing list for experimental course announcements. The committee approved the following proposed file naming convention. The file name consist of the course designator (respecting standard upper case/lower case conventions and including any embedded blanks) followed by the course number, followed by a letter indicating the teaching style (L = lab course, A = topics course, X = non-lab, non-topic course). This will be followed by "-exp.pdf".

5) The committee discussed the procedures for handling the courses that have not been taught for some time. The committee agreed to implement the following procedure. The committee members (college reps) will communicate with their respective departments/programs, and inform them of all the courses that have not been taught since the spring of 2001. The departments/programs must provide legitimate reasons for retaining these courses in the catalog. Failure to do so will result in the courses being dropped from the 05-07 catalog. The committee members (college reps) will judge whether the reasons for retaining courses are legitimate.

6) The revised college report from FCS was presented. The committee unanimously approved the report subject to the following amendments. First, in section 2 rather than using “adds” and “drops” to describe the degree merger, the report should use the word “merger” (the same applies to section 1). Second, a few wording changes were suggested.

7) The college report from the College of Design was presented. The report was approved unanimously by the committee, subject to the resolution of certain minor discrepancies. John C. will see to it.

8) The college report from the College of Veterinary Medicine was presented. The report was approved unanimously by the committee, subject to the resolution of some co- and cross-listing issues of certain courses with Animal Science. Larry B. will see to it.

Present: John Schroeter (Chair), Ken Kruempel (Graduate College), Sedahlia Crase (FCS), Char Hulsebus (Registrar's Office), Laura Doering (Registrar's Office), John Cunnally (Design), Larry Booth (Vet Med), Kathi Thomas (Education), Helen Ewald (LAS), Gretchen Schultz (GPSS), Yoshi Suzuki (Business), Larry Booth (Vet Med), Doug Jacobson (Engineering), Susan Yager (Provost Office).

1) Review of minutes from 9/29 meeting. Corrections noted: Corly should be listed as a sub for Holger. Motion to approve edited minutes by Sedahlia, seconded by John; passed by voice vote.

2) John S. indicated that Dave Holger will attend the November 3^rd meeting to join the discussion of university-wide learning outcomes. Committee members should talk with their respective committees before November 3^rd.

3) A small change has been made to the experimental course form that requires the signers to print their name. John S. reminded the committee to use the new forms.

4) John S. indicated that there will be a program discontinuation from Applied Physics.

5) Experimental course University Studies 160X Gender Justice was discussed. A question was raised about whether the proposal should address the assessment method for the outcomes. Motion to approve by Sedahlia, seconded by Doug; passed by voice vote.

6) Experimental courses University Studies 301X, 302X, 410X, 402X where discussed. Several issues were raised including whether the number of credits is appropriate and whether the 1 credit for 2 hours of class was justified. John S. was going to invite George Jackson to the next meeting to address these issues.

7) John S. mentioned that the Teacher Ed section has been updated on the web site and that each college should check the references to courses in your college.

8) John S. referred the group to the presentation schedule from the last meeting. The order of presentation of reports was finalized:

9) John S. started a discussion offering tips for filling out the reports. These tips include:

b) Weed out the double counting of co/cross/dual listed courses. For example a new co/cross or dual listing with an existing course is not listed in section 3 or 8. A title or number change combined with a new co/cross listing should be counted only as a title/number change and not a new course.

c) Intra college new co-listing should only be listed once as a new course. College decides which course to list as new.

d) Cross college new co-listing should only be listed once as a new course. Colleges' representatives decide which college should list the new course.

10) John S. talked about the new programs and program discontinuations that were left over from the list discussed at the last meeting. There has been no Board of Regents approval of the M.S. in Enterprise Computing or the B.S./M.S. in Diet and Exercise. We expect approval at the Dec 15^th and 16^th meeting. We will put them in the catalog but we will have time to pull them if the board does not approve them in December. For the M.S. in Enterprise Computing: Ken K. will work with the program's participating faculty to develop a new catalog section. For the B.S./M.S. in Diet and Exercise: The departments and colleges involved will add the appropriate references to existing catalog sections. The colleges involved are Ed, FCS, Ag. Four other items from the last meeting's list have not been given final approval: name changes for "Water Resources," "Production/Operations Management," and "Transportation and Logistics;" and a merger of two majors in FCS. It is also assumed that these will be approved in time. Committee members were reminded to follow-up on their responsibilities to check that appropriate accommodations have been made in catalog copy for these and other items on the list.

11) John S. noted at the last meeting that the merger of I Tec and A S T will not be indicated in the 05-07 catalog; the majors will be listed separately. However, I Tec materials will be listed in the College of Agriculture sections with appropriate headings. This info will be part of COA’s report on Nov 3. Operationally, this merger will likely be in effect in Fall, 2005. A proposal was made to add the following text to the I Tec and A S T sections of the catalog. “Check with the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department for current requirements.” Motion to approve by Sedahlia, seconded by Doug; passed by voice vote.

6) B.S./M.S. curriculum listings in Ag and FCS college sections. Sedahlia was asked to get her committee's reactions to dropping these curriculum listings from the college sections.

7) Catalog report from Ken K. on the interdisciplinary programs was presented. Ken also handed out a sheet to help others prepare their reports. After discussion Ken moved approval and Doug seconded; passed by voice vote.

9) Catalog report from Sedahlia on the FCS programs was presented. We will vote on the program next week.

1) Review of minutes from 9/15 meeting. Corrections noted: Item 2 – “Sherry” is “Sherri;” item 3 was moved by Sedahlia and seconded by Doug; item 6b – “majors” really refers to “students.” Motion to approve edited minutes by Sedahlia, seconded by John; passed by voice vote.

2) John S re-distributed a list of the catalog's "courses" sections and contact people for each. He asked that each college representative identify missing contact people and send these names/contact info to John by October 1. The contact person should be the "decision maker" for that major.

Procedures to follow are: Char or Jenny will send college templates to the relevant committee member 1 week before that college is to be presented (e.g. Oct 6 for FCS and Interdisciplinary programs); the committee member should check the college template, complete sections #1, 2, 9, and 10. The committee member should send it by e-mail to the FSCC membership on the Monday before it is to be presented (e.g. Oct. 11 for FCS and Interdisciplinary programs).

4) John S indicated that the ISUComm report, which we had approved, was approved by the Fac Sen Academic Affairs Council and the FS Executive Board. It’ll go to the Faculty Senate on October 12.

5) John S noted that the merger of I Tec and A S T will not be indicated in the 05-07 catalog; the majors will be listed separately. However, I Tec materials will be listed in the College of Agriculture sections with appropriate headings. This info will be part of COA’s report on Nov 3. Operationally, this merger will likely be in effect in Fall, 2005.

Discussion ensued about a “heads-up” statement in the catalog to alert students to the pending merger of the two majors. Char suggested that, if a statement is done, it should be as generic as possible and should point to a URL. John S suggested that we ask Chuck Schwab for suggested text re: I Tec + AST, edit and approve as we see fit and then forward this text.

6) A list of new and discontinued programs was distributed. The nature and location of required changes in the catalog were discussed. Specific committee members were assigned to make sure that submitted edit documents include the appropriate changes.

7) We re-visited the issue of co-listing courses, i.e. Environmental Science. Co-listing implies "shared responsibility," but this term is subject to different interpretations. EnSci states that the majority of their proposed co-listed courses were “carefully deliberated” and “approved” by the department actually teaching the course. Ken K suggested that the extent of these deliberations was not as complete as it might have been. We discussed requiring departments that wish to co-list courses actually get written approval to do so by the offering department. We didn’t think we could implement this idea in time for the 05-07 catalog but should re-visit this issue well before the 07-09 catalog.

8) We approved modifying the Experimental Course Form to include the printed name of those who sign the form. It was suggested that “print and initial” would be the best format to use.

9) Re the BS/MS curricula in FCS and Agriculture, we discussed whether it was appropriate to have this listing in the undergraduate curriculum sections of the catalog (currently pp. 63, 65) since a) the name of the undergraduate degree which is earned differs from that listed in the catalog, b) the availability of B.S./M.S. concurrent degree programs should be noted in the department section of the catalog and c) a description currently exists in the department section of the catalog. The FCS and Ag committee members were asked to discuss this issue with their curriculum committees and report back on Oct 13.

10) Questions were asked about a) when will Char post the curriculum sections online (she’ll do it ASAP and Ken will help), b) has the LAS interdisciplinary section of the catalog been posted yet (no, but it will be soon) and c) have the Teacher Ed materials been posted online (yes; Helen and Sedahlia will review it to see if it misses any changes made in LAS or FCS).

11) John S re-opened the discussion about university-wide learning outcomes. He distributed proposed outcomes, a document from the office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Programs reinforcing the notion that general education requirements are part-and-parcel of most university-wide learning outcomes, and a list of relevant websites from peer universities. After some discussion, he tasked each committee member to go back to their curriculum committees and do the following:

a. develop a reaction to the outcomes, e.g. are they appropriate, need to change, should we have them, do we approve of them?

b. try to discern what "approval" would mean in this case. E.g. more window dressing (re: the university mission statement on p. 3 of current catalog), do we replace the current general education requirements with a university-wide curriculum, etc?

Present: John Schroeter (Chair), Brad Skaar (Agriculture), Yoshinori Suzuki (Business), John Cunnally (Design), Warren Franke (Education), Doug Jacobson (Engineering), Ken Kruempel (Graduate), Helen Ewald (Liberal Arts and Sciences), Gretchen Schultz (GPSS), Char Hulsebus (Catalog Editor), Sedahlia Crase (Family and Consumer Sciences).

program has nearly 50 co-listed courses (with areas such as geology, agronomy, engineering, biological sciences). Discussion ensued as to how to handle the large numbers of courses listed twice in the catalog. Do they do it to influence the course content (power)? Shared responsibility needs to have mutual consent. The committee discussed whether both the department and program should both be required to approve the co-list.

The FSCC discussed whether there is still time to accommodate in the new catalog a proposed merger of majors in Industrial Technology and Agriculture Systems Technology. (This proposal is a consequence of the Board-of-Regents- approved merger of the Departments of Industrial Education and Technology and Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, and the shift of the current Industrial Technology curriculum to the College of Agriculture .) There would need to be a discontinuation of the two current majors (I Tec with 240 students and A S T with about 100 students) and a proposal for one new one. They would like to have current I Tec and A S T courses merged into one designator. It was felt that there is definitely not enough time for the courses to be merged into one designator. The committee decided that, in order to consider a merger of the majors, the College of Agriculture Curriculum Committee would have to receive a proposal by October 15.

Present: John Schroeter (Chair), Ken Kruempel ( Graduate College ), Sedahlia Crase (FCS), Char Hulsebus (Registrar's Office), Laura Doering (Registrar's Office), John Cunnally (Design), Brad Skaar (Agriculture), Larry Booth (Vet Med), Warren Franke (Education), Helen Ewald (LAS), Doug Jacobson (Eng), Gretchen Schultz (GPSS), Yoshi Suzuki (Business). Guests: Jenny Froyd (Registrar's Office), Mack Shelley (RISE), Michael Mendelson (ISUComm), Mark Redmond (Communication Studies), Donna Niday (First Year Composition Director), Tony Hendrickson (Business).

2. Announcements: Schroeter suggested that future meetings be scheduled for Sept. 15, 29, Oct. 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10, and Dec. 1, all Wednesday 11 AM to 1 PM .

3. Catalog Report: Hulsebus and Froyd reported that the 2005-2007 catalog revision is on schedule. Hard copies will be printed as well as a Web version. The printed version will go to press in January and will be available on campus in March, and the electronic copy will be on line in February.

4. ISUComm Report: Schroeter called members' attention to the ISUComm Report to the Faculty Senate recently distributed, and noted that the actual voting document to be considered by the Senate is the "Proposed Catalog Copy" on pp. 32-33. Michael Mendelson, Mark Redmond, and Donna Niday from the ISUComm Steering Committee and Mack Shelley from RISE were present to answer questions.

Schroeter noted an apparent contradiction in the section on Assessment. On p. 13 is the statement that "for students overall mean post-course ratings were significantly higher" while p. 15 states that "no statistically significant differences exist between groups or over time." Mendelson responded that both statements are correct and the confusion revolves around the fact that the findings on p. 15 are adjusted for differences in ACT scores between the ISUComm group and the English 105 group.

Ewald objected to the term "control group" for the students in English 105 who were compared with the students in the ISUComm experimental course, and suggested "comparison group" would be a more accurate term. The English 105 group included many students who had placed out of 104 because of high ACT scores, unlike the students in the ISUComm class, so the two groups were not truly equivalent.

Mendelson emphasized that the assessment statistics demonstrate that the ISUComm group performed at least as well as the English 105 group in acquiring writing proficiency, while also learning other competencies--oral, visual, and electronic communication skills--that make up the WOVE curriculum.

Crase moved and Jacobson seconded that the Committee accept, endorse, and send forward to the Senate the ISUComm Report and its proposed catalog copy, subject to these editorial changes: "comparative group" should replace "control group" wherever it appears in the text; the reference to "two experimental foundation courses" in the catalog copy on p. 32 should be changed to "equivalent experimental foundation courses"; and the discussion of statistical significance in the assessment section should be rewritten to avoid confusing laymen. The motion passed by a vote of 9 in favor, 0 opposed, 1 abstaining.

5. BS/MBA Concurrent Program. Tony Hendrickson was present to answer questions about the College of Business and College of Engineering proposal for a concurrent five-year program leading to the BS in Engineering and MBA. He noted that many engineers find themselves in management positions and return to school to earn an MBA, so this program will meet a growing demand. The students who would opt for this concurrent degree are highly motivated. Kruempel moved and Crase seconded a motion to approve the program. The motion passed.

6. Honors Program IP and Diversity Credit. The Committee approved several proposals for allowing IP and/or Diversity credit for Honors seminars:

Hon 321L, Contemporary Arabic Culture, was recommended for both IP and Diversity credit. It was approved for IP Credit but not for Diversity credit at this time.

The meeting adjourned at 1 PM . The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday Sept 15, 11 AM to 1 PM , in Beardshear 3150.