MINUTES OF ACADEMIC
COUNCIL
April 7, 1998
Present:
Holt, presiding, Buis, Caskey, Dahiya,
Hinni, Jones, Kellerman (McDougall), Kogge, Nahikian-Nelms, McGowan, Roeder,
Schoonmaker (Skelton)
Guests:
A. Minutes of March
3, 1998. Approved as corrected.
Holt observed that the March 3, 1998 Minutes
contains an error. Under B.4. (New Major in Organizational Administration)
the sentence “The motion passed unanimously” should
be replaced with the following sentences.
“After discussion, it was moved to table the motion. The motion was
approved with one dissenting vote.”
B. Action Items
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Two-Year Administrative Assistant Program,
Deletion of Option. Holt explained that Administrative Services proposes
to delete the legal option from its Two Year Administrative Assistant Program.
Jones moved and Kogge seconded approval. The motion passed unanimously.
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New Option on M.S.A. and M.A. in School Administration.
Linda Schoonmaker from the Department of Physical Education reviewed the
proposed programs. The M.S.A. option in Athletic Administration is
targeted at students who wish to pursue a course in athletic administration
at the university level. The M.A. in School Administration option
is Athletic Administration is targeted at physical education teachers and
coaches in the schools who sign professional advancement through athletic
administration. Caskey pointed out that this proposal is fully supported
by the Graduate Council. Jones made numerous editorial suggestions.
More generally, he advised that all future proposals should be page noted
to support easy reference to the text. McGowan moved and Caskey seconded
approval. The motion passed unanimously.
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Sport Management Minor. Schoonmaker
reviewed the proposal for a new minor in Sport Management. Kogge
pointed out that Physical Education Department majors could not take this
minor. Schoonmaker indicated that this restriction will not impact
the intended audience of the minor. Jones identified several lines
in the proposal needing to be revised for clarification. Jones moved
and Caskey seconded approval. The motion passed unanimously.
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New Major in Organizational Administration.
The agenda was amended to change the B.S.B.A. in Organizational Administration
from a discussion to an action item. McGowan moved and Jones
seconded a motion to remove the proposal from the table to be considered
again for approval. The motion passed unanimously. Kellerman
commented that the proposal is a generalized program which may be of particular
interest to non-traditional and off-campus students. Caskey remarked
that Dean McDougall has assured her that the program will be available
to on-campus students. A purely off-campus program will require a
special North Central review. Kellerman and Caskey agreed that the
extent of the market for this program is not yet known. Hinni asked
for a clarification of hours required in University Studies. the
numbers do not add up. Holt agreed to work with McDougall to clarify
the count of credit hours. Jones added that this problem could have
been resolved if the whole curriculum had been laid out in detail.
All future proposals should include complete curricula detail. McGowan
moved and Jones seconded approval. The motion passed unanimously.
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Limitation on Off-Campus Hours. The
proposed charge in limitations on off-campus hours was moved from a discussion
to an action item. The Council believes that policy changes of this
kind require review by University Academic Council. Under this proposal
“In residence is defined as courses administered by or taken on a campus
of Southeast Missouri state University.” McGowan moved and Jones
seconded approval. the motion passed unanimously.
C. Discussion Items
Policy and Procedure on Non-Native Speakers
of English. Parsons summarized a document detailing changes in testing
and placement procedures for non-speakers of English. The new process
will be more streamlined and enable a seamless transfer for IEP students
into the University. Caskey expressed concern about how ESL students
who already have English proficiency will be handled. Parsons assured
the Council that such circumstances are handled easily by special waiver.
Caskey also suggested several editorial changes to correct inaccuracies.
Jones noted that the document appears to contain policy changes and asked
that these be identified and brought back to University Academic Council
as action items. Holt concurred. Parsons agreed to do so.
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