Eastern Michigan University
College of Arts and Sciences
College Advisory Committee – Science Subcommittee
Minutes
Thursday September 18, 2014 at 3:30 PM
545 MJ Science Complex
Present: Dove (PSY), Moore (COSC), Angell (BIO), Laporte (AD), Johnson (Chem), Jacobs (P&A),
Kovacs (G&G), Dumitrascu (Math)
Absent: Sambrook (DH)
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Approval of Minutes from the April 3, 2014 meeting – Motion to approve; motion passes (4-0-1)
Old Business: None
New Business
Committee Elections: Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary – All officers from last year were re-nominated for
service this year. Amy Johnson (Chem) was nominated as Chair, Mike Angell (Bio) was nominated as
Vice Chair, and Natalie Dove (Psy) was nominated as secretary, and there was a motion to approve
these officers as nominated. Motion passed by a vote of 5-0-0.
EAA Resolution: The draft of the CAC subcommittee’s resolution against EMU’s participation in the
EAA was circulated and discussed. There was a motion to approve this resolution for forwarding to
Dean Venner’s office. The motion passed with a vote of 4-2-0.
College of Arts and Sciences
COSC 426: Software Development for Mobile Devices new course proposal
COSC 472: Introduction to Big Data new course proposal
Motion to approve these courses as a package was passed by a vote of 6-0-0
ENVI 488: Internship new course proposal
Motion to approve this course was passed by a vote of 6-0-0
IESS Interdisciplinary Environmental Science and Society BS program revision
Motion to table this proposal so that clarifications regarding how the program will be listed in
the catalog can occur and Biology has a chance to go back to their faculty (as a whole) for
input was passed by a vote of 4-2-0
College of Business (response date Oct 30)
Web and Mobile Technologies new undergraduate certificate proposal
Motion to approve this proposal was passed by a vote of 6-0-0
College of Health & Human Services (response date Oct 30)
AGIN 418: Introduction to Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Related Dementias new course proposal
Comment: There are no prerequisites or restrictions on this course, and the grading scale
mirrors grading from a graduate level course even though this is an undergraduate course. In
addition, the word “Other” in the title is redundant and should potentially be removed.
Motion to not approve this course based upon the comments above passed by a vote of 5-1-0
HLED 355*: Health Education Program Planning course description and prereq/coreq revision
HLED 380*: Psychosocial Health and Service Learning course description and prereq/coreq revision
HLTH Health Education Minor program revision
*proposals included in the Health Education Minor package
Motion to approve the above HLED courses and the program revision as a package passed 60-0
College of Technology (response date Oct 30)
EM 531: Engineering Management Analysis new course proposal
Motion to table this course until Math is consulted about this course passed by a vote of 6-0-0
EM 630: High Tech Engineering Innovation new course proposal
Motion to approve this course passed by a vote of 6-0-0
IDE 507: Sustainable Design: LEED for Interior Design new course proposal
IDE 508: Universal and Barrier Free Design course title, credit hours, and description revision
IDE 509: Evidence-Based Design new course proposal
Comment: There is no faculty vote on the paperwork for this course.
IDE 601: Interior Design Research Methods credit hours and description revision
Interior Design MS program revision
Comments: It is confusing how many times IDE 602 can be taken for credit. There is a
discrepancy in the paperwork, with one section of the paperwork saying the course can be
taken 3 times for credit, and another section of the paperwork saying the course can be taken
“3 additional times.” This needs to be clarified. In addition, IDE 416G is not in the graduate
catalog but is part of this graduate program.
Motion to approve the IDE courses and program revision with above comments passed by a
vote of 6-0-0
MET Mechanical Engineering Technology BS program revision
Motion to approve this program revision passed by a vote of 6-0-0
Honors College (response date Oct 30)
HNRS 100: Interdisciplinary Exploration of Global Issues: Space/Place, Purity/Danger, Hope/Activism
new course proposal
Motion to table this course until IESS faculty can be consulted was passed by a vote of 6-0-0
Meeting was adjourned at 5:13pm.
Respectfully submitted by Natalie Dove, CAC-S Secretary for 2014-2015