MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL ON ACADEMIC AFFAIRS 11-9-00

The November 9, 2000 meeting of the Council on Academic Affairs was held at 2:00 p.m. in the Arcola/Tuscola Room.

Members present: Dr. Bock, Mr. Brinkmeyer, Dr. Cosbey, Dr. Kory, Dr. Marlow, Dr. Methven,

Ms. Ninness, Dr. Owen, Dr. Shonk, Dr. Wall, and Dr. Wohlstein.

Members absent: Dr. Dietz and Ms. Rutter.

Staff present: Ms. Herrington-Perry and Mrs. Chancellor, Academic Affairs.

Guests present: S. Harvey, B. Kuykendall, S. Newby, and J. Ryan.

I. Minutes.

The Minutes of October 26, 2000 were approved as written.

II. Communications.
    1. 10-9-00, 10-17-00, and 10-24-00 Minutes of Faculty Senate.
    2. 10-13-00 Minutes of the College of Sciences Curriculum Committee.
    3. 10-19-00 Minutes of the Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences Curriculum Committee Meeting.
    4. Email (10-27-00) from Dr. Bud Fischer regarding number of hours left to finish degree and participation in graduation ceremony.
    5. Academic Waiver Report from the College of Education and Professional Studies for October 2000.
    6. Academic Waiver Report from the College of Sciences for October 2000.
    7. Academic Waiver Report from the College of Arts and Humanities for October 2000.
    8. Academic Waiver Report from the Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences for October 2000.
    9. Executive Action (11-3-00) from the Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences.
    10. Memo (10-27-00) from Student Body President, Katie M. Cox, regarding the 10-19-00 CAA meeting.
    11. 10-11-00 Minutes of the Staff Senate.

12. Letter (11-3-00) from Provost Wall regarding Articulation Policy Clarifications.

  1. Agenda item 00-39.

Dr. Shonk moved and Dr. Bock seconded the motion to add the following item to the agenda. Voting will be later.

00-39 Revision of the Internal Governing Policy #50, "Participation in Commencement Ceremony."

IV. Agenda item 00-36.

Dr. Methven moved and Dr. Marlow seconded the motion to add the following item to the agenda. Voting will be later.
      1. Revised Course Proposal, MAR 3490, Business-to-Business Marketing.

        2. V. Agenda item 00-37.

        Mr. Brinkmeyer moved and Dr. Kory seconded the motion to add the following item to the agenda. Voting will be later.

      2. New Course Proposal, ECN 3875, Health Economics.

        3. VI. Agenda item 00-38.

        Ms. Ninness moved and Dr. Methven seconded the motion to add the following item to the agenda. Voting will be later.

         

         

      3. Proposed Revision of Option in Economics with International Studies Major (B.A.)

  1. Agenda item 00-34.

Dr. Wohlstein presented history of repeating courses and answered questions of the Council. The motion passed unanimously.

This action approves the following to become effective immediately:

Repeating Courses (page 53 of current Undergraduate Catalog)

All Students

A student who repeats a course in which he or she has already earned a grade of A, B, C, or CR cannot count subsequent credit in the course toward graduation or in any grade point calculation unless otherwise indicated in the course description or approved by waiver.

Unless otherwise stipulated in the catalog description, only courses in which grades of D, F, or NC (NOT A, B, C, or CR) were received may be repeated. A student who receives a grade of D or F in an undergraduate course may repeat the course. The higher of the two grades received for the course will automatically be included in the computation of the cumulative GPA. The initial grade and the repeat grade will appear on the student's record. Grades for subsequent repeats of a course will both appear on the student's record and be included in the computation of the cumulative GPA.

The student must not have been enrolled in or received credit for a higher level course for which the repeat course is a prerequisite, nor may he/she repeat a course which substantially duplicates, at a lower level, a course or courses which he/she has already successfully completed.

This action also deletes item I B 4 in the Undergraduate Academic Waiver Policies:

    1. Repeating Courses -- If approved by waiver, a student may repeat a course in which he or she has already earned a grade of A, B, C, or CR and count only subsequent credit in the course toward graduation or in any grade point calculation.

VIII. Agenda item 00-40.

Dr. Shonk moved and Dr. Bock seconded the motion to add the following item to the agenda. Voting will be later.

00-40 Moratorium on the addition of New Courses to the General Education Program.

The meeting adjourned at 2:30 p.m. Kathy Chancellor, Recording Secretary.

All Council Minutes and Agenda are available on the Web at http://www.eiu.edu/~eiucaa. In addition, an electronic course library is being developed at http://www.eiu.edu/acaffair/courselibrary.htm.

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ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEXT MEETING

Thursday, November 16, 2000 at 2 p.m.

Arcola/Tuscola Room

Pending Executive Action Items:

CIS 3900. Business Programming with C++. Java Programming. (3-0-3). A study of object oriented programming using the C++ Java language. Includes scalar, aggregate, pointer and reference types, statements, expressions, functions, methods, libraries, classes, objects, and overloading. Emphasizes development of objects including the concepts of polymorphism, encapsulation and inheritance. Prerequisites; CIS 3320, junior standing, and admission to the School of Business or permission of the Associate Chair, School of Business.

 

CIS 4330. Business Programming with Java. Advanced Java Programming. (3-0-3) Emphasis on the object paradigm, object-oriented design, interactive development, class construction, test, version control, modification and extension and reuse. Exercises and team projects use the Java language in an object-oriented environment. Prerequisites: CIS 3900 and admission to the School of Business.

 

Agenda:

      1. Revised Course Proposal, MAR 3490, Business-to-Business Marketing.
      2. New Course Proposal, ECN 3875, Health Economics.
      3. Proposed Revision of Option in Economics with International Studies Major (B.A.)
      4. Revision of the Internal Governing Policy #50, "Participation in Commencement Ceremony."

00-40 Moratorium on the addition of New Courses to the General Education Program.