CAC-Sciences Subcommittee Minutes
2015-10-08
In attendance: Steve Pernecky, Jeff Guthrie (recording secretary), Mike Angell, Gabriella
Dumitrascu, Rusty McIntyre, Diane Jacobs, Katherine Ryker, Pamela Moore, Tom Kovacs
I.
Call to order (3:30)
II.
Minutes approved from 2015-09-17 (Jacobs, Dumitrascu). (Vote: 5-0-1)
III. Previous Business
a. COT - CNST 220 - Design Manage Build - New Course
i. Guest speaker James Stein in attendance to address concerns
ii. Comments:
1. Suggestion to provide points for safety as a positive incentive
rather than taking away points for lack of safety.
2. Suggestion to add an end of project summation in addition to the
midterm summation
3. Prof. Stein agrees with both suggestions and will incorporate
them into the proposal
iii. Motion to approve course (Jacobs, Dumitrascu) with comments above
iv. Vote: 6-0-0 – Motion carries
b. COT – MS – Technology Studies Program Revision and TS 696 - New Course
i. Motion to approve TS 696 (Jacobs, Ryker)
1. Vote: 6-0-0 – Motion carries
ii. Motion to approve TS-MS program revision (Moore, Ryker)
1. Vote: 6-0-0 – Motion carries
c. HHS - HLAD 200 - Introduction to Epidemiology – Revision
i. Comment: Method of delivery needs to be checked on submission form
ii. Motion to approve HLAD 200 with comment above (Moore, McIntyre)
iii. Vote 6-0-0 - Motion carries
d. HHS - SPMT MS- Program Revision
i. Guest speaker Brenda Reimer in attendance to address concerns
ii. Committee members raised questions with respect to the need for new
faculty, a summary of the need for the program, budgetary impacts, and
the need for accreditation
iii. Reimer addressed the questions and will add a summary outlining the
need of the program in the proposal.
iv. Additional comment: Method of delivery needs to be checked (p 13,
SMGT 502) on submission form
v. Motion to approve SPMT MS Program revision with comments above
(Moore, McIntyre)
vi. Vote 6-0-0 – Motion carries
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IV.
New proposals
a. CAS - COB - Data Science and Analytics (DSA) – New Interdisciplinary Program
i. William Sverdlik in attendance to address concerns
ii. A lengthy discussion regarding the program resulted in several concerns
being raised by the committee.
iii. Motion to table pending more information & explanation (Guthrie,
McIntyre). The following issues need to be addressed:
1. Concerns about the release time, job description, and home
department/college of the program coordinator
2. Concerns about where the program will be housed (department
and college)
3. Concerns about how program changes will be made across
colleges (COT and COB) and which input system will be used.
iv. Vote: 4-0-2 - Proposal tabled
b. COB - IS 385 – Data Warehousing New Course (part of DSA program proposal)
i. Comments:
1. Section B-8 and B-12D of application - prerequisites need to be
clarified with respect to when department permission is required.
If it’s always (or sometimes) required, check “yes” in section B12D
2. Topics covered in this course were part of the previous IS 410
course. IS 410 is being split into this course and a ‘new’ IS 410.
Suggestion to renumber/rename the ‘new’ IS 410 to reflect the
new focus and to minimize student and transcript confusion.
ii. Motion to approve course with comments above (Jacobs, Moore)
iii. Vote: 6-0-0 – Motion carries
c. COB - IS 405 – Web Content Mining - New Course (part of DSA program
proposal)
i. Motion to approve course (Jacobs, Moore)
ii. Vote: 6-0-0 – Motion carries
d. COB - IS 410 – Business Intelligence - Course Revision
i. Motion to table pending clarification (McIntyre, Ryker)
ii. Clarification is needed in the following areas:
1. Need to check boxes on application regarding which features of
the course are being revised.
2. Course number should be changed to reflect change in focus, or a
rationale submitted for keeping the same course number and not
proposing this as a new course.
a. Concerns about student confusion
b. Concerns about student transcripts listing ‘old’ or ‘new’ IS
410, which would not be the same course.
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iii. Vote: 6-0-0 – Proposal tabled
e. COB - IS 420 – Social Media Network Analysis - New Course (part of DSA
program)
i. Comments:
1. Textbook should be listed in the syllabus
2. Add details to the syllabus regarding what the assignments and
exams entail
3. Verify that no prerequisites are required since this is a 400 level
course
ii. Motion to approve with comments above (Moore, McIntyre)
iii. Vote 6-0-0 – Motion carries
f. COSC 462 – Introduction to Information Retrieval - New Course (part of DSA
program)
i. Comments:
1. Syllabus includes several ‘notes to self.’ A complete syllabus needs
to be submitted.
2. Add detail to the syllabus about the final assessment (exam,
paper, project, etc)
3. A clarification of the requirements for the assignments should be
included in the syllabus
ii. Motion to table pending submission of complete syllabus addressing
issues above (Jacobs, Ryker)
iii. Vote: 5-0-1 – Proposal tabled
g. COSC 472 – Big Data I - Revision (refers to DSA program proposal)
i. Motion to approve course revision (Jacobs, Moore)
ii. Vote: 6-0-0 – Motion carries
h. COSC 473 – Big Data II - New Course (refers to DSA program proposal)
i. Comments:
1. Prerequisites should reflect approved Big Data I course
2. Include detail in the syllabus about the required work and how
students are evaluated.
3. Add detail to the syllabus about the final assessment
4. Add detail to the syllabus about the expectations for the
programming assignments
ii. Motion to approve course with comments above (Moore, Gabriella)
iii. Vote: 4-1-1 – Motion carries
i. ECON 480 – International Trade - Course Revision
i. Motion to approve course revision (Moore, Jacobs)
ii. Vote 6-0-0 – Motion carries
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j. ECON 481 – International Macroeconomics - New Course
i. Motion to table pending submission of a syllabus (Jacobs, McIntyre)
ii. Vote: 6-0-0 – Proposal tabled
k. HHS - CLSC Major - Medical Laboratory Science Concentration - Program
Revision
i. Motion to approve program revision (Jacobs, Moore)
ii. Vote: 6-0-0 – Motion carries
l. HHS-BS / MAT Athletic Training - New Program (combined BS/MA) + 19 new
ATTR courses
i. Due to the uniqueness and size of this proposal, there was no time
available for its discussion. In addition, although the proposal states a
September 10 submission date, the committee did not receive it until the
beginning of October.
ii. An extension beyond the November 9th due date is needed for this
proposal.
iii. Motion to table program and courses (Jacobs, McIntyre) – Motion carries.
V.
Meeting adjourned: 5:15 pm
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