AGENDA

 

College of Education Council

December 10, 2003

Room 301B, Porter Building

2:00 p.m.

 

 

 

            1. Call to Order. 

 

            Establishment of a Quorum. (There are 14 voting members; eight voting members constitute a quorum.)

 

 

 2. Approval of the minutes of November 12, 2003.  These may be found at

http://www.emich.edu/coe/governance/COECouncil/111203m.html

(COE Council agenda and minutes, 1992 forward, may be found at http://www.emich.edu/coe/governance/COECouncil/)

 

 

3. Reports of Committees

 

A. Reports from Standing Committees

                                 i. Basic Programs Committee. 

 

Recommends approval of:

 

a.  Change in description of BIOL 303 Life Science for Elementary Teachers to: AImportant biological concepts, especially relating to the interrelationships of organisms within their environment; the investigative or >discovery= approach; methodology involved in the new approaches to teaching science.  One hour of lecture and four hours weekly involving recitation, laboratory or fieldwork.  Concluding course in the elementary science sequence.  Prereq: CURR 304.@

 

b.  Deletion of SPSI 336 Physiologic Phonetics: Anatomy and Physiology and SPSI 332 Acoustic Phonetics: Speech Science from requirements of program in Hearing Impairment (only).

 

 

                     ii. Advanced Programs Committee

 

No report.

 

                          iii. Professional and Affiliated Programs Committee

 

Recommends approval of:

 

a.  Proposed new course INDT 263 Aircraft Systems (3).  This course is designed to provide an understanding of aircraft systems.  The course will focus on applicable theories, principles and operations of the components that make up aircraft systems.  The course will prepare the student to succeed in future employer-required aircraft systems classes.

 

b.  SPMD 430 Electrocardiography (3) for graduate credit.

 

c.  11 new graduate courses for Ph.D. in Technology (additional information available at the meeting)

 

COTD 600 Introduction to the Interdisciplinary Study of Technology

COTD 601 Technology Trends and Issues

COTD 602 Planning for Technological Change

COTD 605 Technology Design, Development and Transfer

COTD 610 Introductory Research Design and Applied Statistics in Technology

COTD 611 Advanced Research Design and Applied Statistics in Technology

COTD 612 Qualitative Research Methods and Design in Technology

COTD 615 Implementing and Managing Technological Change

COTD 704 Legal and Policy Aspects of New Technologies

COTD 780 Technology Impact Assessment

COTD 895 Dissertation Research and Design

 

 

           iv. Personnel Committee

 

No report.  (Note.  Per suggestion made at last COE Council meeting, Personnel Committee was invited to participate in the Hall of Fame selection process.  No response has been received.)

 

 

                    v. Planning and Finance Committee

 

No report.

 

 

                        B. Reports from COE Council ad hoc committees (None)

 

 4.  Reports from other College or University Groups

                        A. Faculty Council

                        B. Graduate Council

                        C. Continuing Education Advisory Council

                        D. EMU Research Advisory Council

                        E. COE Program and Policy Advisory Board

                        F. COE Resource Development Board

                        G. COE Human Subjects/Research Advisory Committee

                        H. COE Student Advisory Committee

                        I. ad hoc Technology Advisory Committee

                        J. ad hoc Building Appearance Committee

                        K. ad hoc Diversity Committee

                        L. ad hoc Porter Chair Advisory Committee

                        M. ad hoc Education Alumni Hall of Fame Committee

N.  ad hoc Education Students Data Assessment Committee

            O. Other COE Groups

                        P. COE Departments or Offices

                        Q. Porter Building status

R.  NCATE/State status. 

i.  NCATE oral report

ii.  AProblem programs@ with State

S.  Dean=s report

i.   Negative recommendation re secondary Aintegrated science.@

ii.  Provost=s suggestion for Afaculty involvement in the campus debates@ over financial and other issues.

iii.  Other

 

 

5.  Old business

 

None.

 

 

6.  New business (carried over from previous meeting)

 

Proposed motion: Effective immediately, all proposals for new programs for teachers and other educational personnel and all proposals for revisions of existing programs for teachers and other educational personnel, in order to be considered by the COE Council, must be accompanied by

 

(a) an analysis (usually the State or SPA Standards grid, or relevant portion thereof) of how the new or revised program meets the applicable state or national standards; and


 

(b-1) (for new programs) a statement of the minimum total number of hours necessary to complete the entire degree program, or

 

(b-2) (for program revisions) item (b-1) for the present program and a statement of the effect of the proposed revisions on the total length of the program. 

 

(For (b-1), it is recommended that a list be provided of all courses required for degree requirements, grouped by general education, by major, by minor, by professional education sequence, with notations of those courses that are being used to satisfy multiple requirements [Adouble dipping@].)

 

 

            7. Adjournment.

 

 

Next meeting: January 14B2:00 p.m., Porter 301B