4-22-2014 Administrative Boards Minutes | The Administrative Boards

MINUTES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARDS
of the General College and the College of Arts and Sciences
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

The meeting was called to order at 3:30 p.m. and chaired by Senior Associate Dean Bobbi Owen.

Members in attendance: Daniel Anderson,Navin Bapat, Jaye Cable, Li-Ling Hsiao, Deborah Jones, Erika Lindemann, Douglas MacLean, Anne MacNeil, Bobbi Owen, Michael Rolleri, Chris Roush, Margaret Scarry, Nick Siedentop, Barbara Wildemuth

Guests: Abigail Panter, Friederike Seeger

Absent: Yaakov Ariel, Marcie Cohen Ferris, Christopher Derickson, Karen Gil, Lee May, Louise McReynolds, Christopher Putney, Mark Schoenfisch, Keith Sockman, Michael Waltman

Staff: Ben Haven

1. Senior Associate Dean Bobbi Owen welcomed Boards members to the final meeting of the spring semester and thanked them for their excellent work this academic year.
Owen acknowledged Board members at the end of their terms, Jaye Cable, Deborah Jones, Keith Sockman, Mike Waltman, and Barbara Wildemuth. She welcomed Abigail Panter, who will be succeeding Owen as Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, effective June 30, and invited members to attend her party on June 2, from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m., at the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. The Boards applauded Owen and Erika Lindemann, who will be stepping down as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Curricula at the end of June.

2. Study Abroad Advisory Board Report and Proposals. Abigail Panter, Chair, Study Abroad Advisory Board, and Friederike Seeger, Director of Burch Programs and Honors Study Abroad.
Abigail Panter and Friederike Seeger responded to questions raised by the Boards and highlighted each of four proposals approved by the Study Abroad Advisory Board:
•    Burch Seminar in London and Florence: Musical Perspectives
•    Spanish for the Professions, Business Track, Summer Program in Sevilla, Spain
•    Exchange Agreement with Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
•    Course Correspondent Proposal
Discussion focused on the maximum number of students who might enroll in each program, the minimum GPA for the Spanish for the Professions Summer Program, and the use of the IDST subject code and the supervision of students in the course correspondent project. In response to a question about whether or not students outside the Department of Romance Languages can participate in the course correspondent project, Associate Dean Lindeman explained that the proposal had been developed in consultation with interested faculty members in the Departments of Asian Studies, Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, and African, African American, and Diaspora Studies; not all departments are currently prepared to use course correspondents, but the option is open to them. The boards also approved adding IDST 296 (one-credit hour, pass/fail) to the course catalog for the Course Correspondent program. The proposal for an Exchange Agreement with Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, was approved, contingent on clarifying which students were included in the proposal’s reference to “economic minors (PPE, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics; and/or Entrepreneurship)” and the major in Management and Society. The other three proposals were approved as distributed.

3. ENST BA–JOMC MA Dual-Degree Proposal
The proposed dual B.A.–M.A. degree program represents a unique partnership between the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology. This is the first dual degree proposal between the College of Arts and Sciences and a professional school. The Boards discussed and approved the proposal.

4. Latina/o Studies Graduate Certificate Proposal
Discussion of the proposed graduate certificate in Latina/o Studies raised several concerns. Though the proposal explains that the focus of the certificate would be on populations living within the geographical borders of the United States, some Board members were nevertheless concerned about overlap between this certificate and the graduate certificate in Latin American Studies. Other members wondered if the two certificates might unnecessarily compete for students but acknowledged that if some need is not being met, then greater collaboration might help to address it. After much discussion, members reached consensus on offering to discuss with the director of the existing certificate program and the submitter of this proposal some way to develop the parameters for a shared certificate, a single strong program, perhaps with several tracks in it. Daniel Anderson and Navin Bapat volunteered to mediate a conversation together with Dean Owen (or Abigail Panter beginning July 1, 2014).

5. Revisions to Carolina Research Scholars Program
The Boards approved revisions to the requirements for the undergraduate Carolina Research Scholar transcript designation. A link to the requirements will be available on the Office for Undergraduate Research’s website. Boards’ members were encouraged to review their unit’s course offerings to be sure that courses are accurately designated as research methods and research-intensive courses on the site.

6. Revisions to the “Criteria for General Education Requirements”
The Boards approved revisions to the “Criteria for General Education Requirements.” In addition to minor editorial changes, the revisions are intended to update the document in light of actions taken by the Boards and Faculty Council. Changes include deleting language referring to decommissioned divisions in the College of Arts and Sciences, adding a student representative to the Curriculum Committee, including ENGL 105 or 105i as fulfilling the English Composition and Rhetoric (CR) General Education requirement, deleting references to Level 4 of a foreign language, and removing the BS degree with a major in psychology from the list of degrees that require the Supplemental General Education Requirement. The Boards approved the revised document, with the addition of “portfolios” as an example of a nontraditional final exam.

7. Curriculum Committee Reports, Associate Dean Erika Lindemann
The Boards approved the Curriculum Committee Report for March 2014. It includes a list of new and revised Carolina Courses Online that Associate Dean Lindeman approved during the 2013-2014 academic year. The Curriculum Committee report for February 2014, which the Boards approved via email on March 4, 2014, is attached to these minutes for the record.

8. Miscellaneous Curriculum Changes, Nick Siedentop, Curriculum Director
The Boards approved the miscellaneous curriculum changes for April 2014 as distributed (attached). They become effective in fall 2015. The list of miscellaneous curriculum changes for February 2014, which the Boards approved via email on March 4, 2014, and which become effective in fall 2014, is attached to these minutes for the record.

The meeting adjourned at 4:38 p.m. Senior Associate Dean Owen invited members to join her at the Carolina Inn to celebrate the Boards’ excellent work this academic year.