Courses and Curricula Committee Meeting
March 1, 2005
109 DH
1:00-2:00
Meeting called to order at 1:00 p.m. in 109 DH. Members present were Tricia Ferrigno (EDL),
Kim Miller (KHP), Doug Smith (EDC), Jane Jensen (EPE), Lee Ann Jung (EDSRC), Lise
DeShea (EDP) and Associate Deans Rosetta Sandidge and Eric Anderman (ex-officio). Also
present were Lars Björk (EDL) and Jim Rinehart (EDL). Administrative Associate Jason Horger
took notes.
Old Business:
The minutes of the January 25, 2005, meeting of the committee were approved.
New Business:
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Application for Change in Existing Courses: changing prefix for all EDL courses
(from EDA to EDL)
Tricia Ferrigno explained that this holistic change was made necessary when the
Department of Administration and Supervision changed its name to the Department of
Educational Leadership Studies.
Motion to ACCEPT changes carried unanimously.
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Application for Change in Existing Course: EDL 632 Leading Organizational
Change
Lars Björk clarified for the committee that this course was a refinement of its
predecessor, and was recast in the context of education reform. In response to Jane
Jensen’s query, Lars reiterated that the course would not be short on leadership issues at
the expense of reform.
Motion to ACCEPT changes carried unanimously.
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Application for Change in Existing Course: EDL 702 Leadership in Educational
Organizations II
Lars told the committee that this course essentially was getting a new title.
Motion to ACCEPT changes carried unanimously.
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Application for New Course: EDL 705 International Perspectives on Educational
Reform
Discussion of this new course did raise some concerns. Doug Smith and Jane Jensen
both wondered whether the course would be treading on Educational Policy Studies’
collective toes. Lars answered that, according to Alan DeYoung (EPE), no. This is not a
comparative ed course; instead, it focuses on the difference between old and new
leadership structures within each country. Doug also raised the issue as to what “consent
of instructor” entailed in the prerequisite line. Lars emphasized that he would need to
know what the students planned to do with the course, and would gauge the students’
overall aptitude in graduate courses. Jane mentioned that the proposed course sounded
nearly identical to the existing EPE 555, outside of the new course’s treatment of reform.
She believed that both courses could fulfill the comparative ed requirement in the
doctorate. Several members also pointed out typographical errors in the submitted
syllabus.
Motion to ACCEPT changes (with corrected syllabus) carried unanimously.
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Application for New Course: EDS 651 Distance Education: Delivery
Application for New Course: EDS 652 Distance Education: Management and
Support
Doug explained that these courses are part of a Distance Learning certificate with a future
EDC course. Lee Ann Jung mentioned that these courses are currently being taught
under special topic titles and numbers. Essentially, the courses will teach students how to
deliver Distance Education courses.
Motion to ACCEPT changes (with corrected syllabus) carried unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 1:40 pm.
NEXT MEETING (emergency-called): March 29, 2005, 1:30 PM @ DH 109.