COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Curriculum Committee
September 10, 2013
2:00 p.m.
2013-14 #1
Present
E. Towell (chair), L. Matuszewski, J. Johnson, J. Burton, E. Cronauer (for V. Krishnan),
C. Petersen, A. Dholkawala, J. Wiesemann, A. Buhrow, L. Marcellus, M. Salmon
Guest
A. Carrel (MBA Program)
Introductions
Members introduced themselves. Alifia Dholkawala (BS OM&IS major) was welcomed
to the committee.
Faculty Asst Chair/Secy
C. Petersen will serve as assistant faculty chair/secretary for the 2013-14 academic year.
Committee Orientation
The committee reviewed and updated the contents of the Curriculum Handbook which
includes the tentative meeting schedule for the year, the mission and scope of duties of
the committee, guidelines for curricular revisions, and the assurance of learning process
and assessments for 2013-14. The Assurance of Learning Team meetings will be held
on the Tuesdays College Curriculum doesn’t meet, with representatives from each
department. October 25 was announced as the catalog deadline.
AACSB Visit
The AACSB Peer Review Team visit will be January 26-28, 2014. The College
Curriculum Committee, together with the AOL Team, will meet with the team on
January 27.
Future Agenda Items
Members reported anticipated curricular items to come before the committee this year.
Double Majors in
Business
Although the college has a policy of not promoting double majors in business, the
committee felt catalog language stating this was not necessary at this time.
Interactive Marketing
Area of Study
The committee approved a revision to the Interactive Marketing area of study, deleting
MKTG 443. This course is already a required course for all marketing majors. (See
page 2 of 2)
Professional MBA
A name change from professional MBA to one-year MBA was approved by the
committee. Individuals considering an MBA find the term professional unclear in that
they think the program is only for a professional (e.g., doctor, lawyer, etc.), whereas the
term one-year is not associated with a specific profession and better defines the delivery
format of the program. (See page 1 of 2)
Global Articulation
Initiative
The committee discussed a proposal to allow adoption of credits from partner
international universities. Partnering programs at NIU would be able to accept the
completed international transfer curriculum as the equivalent of the lower division
general education requirements for a baccalaureate degree. This discussion will continue
at a future meeting.
Career Compass
Due to programmatic changes in UBUS 100, Career Compass, an update to the course
description was approved. This change affects the wording in the prerequisite for UBUS
310, which was also approved by the committee. (See page 1 of 2)
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 2:55 p.m.
Minutes approved: September 24, 2013________
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Charles Petersen, Assistant Faculty Chair/Secretary
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