EDUCATIONAL POLICIES COMMITTEE Annual Report 2013-­‐2014 I.
Membership A. Educational Policies Committee First Last College Elected by Lawrence Becker (Chair) S&BS Senate Robert (Dale) Conner E&CS Senate Eric Garcia Library Presidential Appointee Daisy Lemus AMC Senate Vicki Pedone CSM Senate Janet Oh S&BS Senate Michael Rivas EDUC Presidential Appointee Cheryl Spector HUM Senate Konstantinos Vrongistinos HHD Senate David Wakefield HHD Senate Liam McConville* Associated Students Appointee Elizabeth Adams Executive Secretary Gregory Mena Recording Secretary *Liam McConville replaced Christopher Woolet beginning 10/16/13. Term ends 2016 2015 2014 2016 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2014 2014 B. General Education Council – Subcommittee to EPC First Cathy Susanna Julie Sharon Douglas Karen Diane Wayne Weimin Shad Paul John Vacant Beth Elizabeth Gregory Last Costin Eng-­‐Ziskin Gainsburg Klein McLaughlin Morgaine Schwartz Smith Sun Willingham Wilson Zhou Lasky Adams Mena College Elected by S&BS Senate Library Library EDUC EDUC HUM Senate HHD HHD S&BS S&BS E&CS E&CS B&E Senate HUM HUM AMC AMC CSM CSM B&E B&E Associated Students Appointee GE Director Executive Secretary Recording Secretary Term ends 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 II.
Meetings A. EPC Fall 2013 09.04.2013: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 09.18.2013: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 10.02.2013: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 10.16.2013: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 10.30.2013: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 11.13.2013: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 12.11.2013: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM Spring 2014 01.29.2014: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 02.12.2014: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 03.12.2014: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 03.26.2014: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 04.23.2014: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 05.07.2014: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM Fall 2013 09.11.2013: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 09.25.2013: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 11.06.2013: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 11.20.2013: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM Spring 2014 02.05.2014: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 02.19.2014: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 03.05.2014: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 03.19.2014: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 04.30.2014: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM 05.14.2014: 2:00-­‐4:00 PM B. GEC III. Curriculum Review A. EPC Curriculum Review Proposal Type New Courses Course Modifications New Programs Program Modifications Fall 2013 27 48 1 24 Spring 2014 14 27 0 7 Total 41 75 1 31 Experimental Courses Selected Topics Total # of Proposals 9 previously offered 4 new 9 122 7 previously offered 3 new 5 63 23 14 185 EPC reviewed the following General Education Proposals: New GE Courses 1.
GEOG 108 2.
GEOG/SCI/SUST 111 3.
GWS 230 4.
SCI 100 5.
TH 325 Modified GE Courses 1.
COMS 104/L 2.
PHYS 220A 3.
PHYS 220B 4.
TH 110 GE Pattern Modifications 1.
Marketing 2.
Theatre B. GE Council Curriculum Review GE Courses Recertified
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AAS 100 38. CHS 102 2.
AAS 340 39. CHS 246 3.
AAS 345 40. CHS 333 4.
AAS 360 41. CHS 364 5.
AFRS 100 42. CHS 365 6.
AFRS 165 43. CLAS 101L 7.
AFRS 226 44. COMS 356 8.
AFRS 300 45. ENGL 311 9.
AFRS 320 46. ENGL 371 10. AFRS 322 47. FREN 101 11. AFRS 324 48. FREN 102 12. AFRS 325 49. FREN 200 13. AFRS 366 50. FREN 204 14. AIS 101 51. GEOG 318 15. AIS 304 52. GEOG 322 16. ANTH 308 53. GEOG 324 17. ANTH 310 54. GEOG 326 18. ANTH 315 55. GEOG 334 19. ANTH 345 56. GWS 100 20. ARAB 101 57. GWS 110 21. ARMN 101 58. GWS 300 22. ARMN 102 59. HEBR 101 23. ARMN 310 60. HEBR 102 24. ARMN 360 61. HIST 161 25. ART 112 62. HIST 185 26. ART 315 63. HIST 192 27. BLAW 108 64. HIST 210 28. BLAW 280 65. HIST 349A 29. BLAW 368 66. HIST 349B 30. BLAW 391 67. HIST 369 31. BUS 480 68. ITAL 101 32. CAS 100 69. ITAL 102 33. CAS 102 70. ITAL 201 34. CAS 311 71. ITAL 202 35. CAS 365 72. ITAL 204 36. CHS 100 73. JOUR 371 37. CHS 101 74. JOUR 372 GE Courses not submitted for Recertification Courses recently approved or not yet offered 1.
ARAB 102 2.
FLIT 321 3.
FLIT 322 4.
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JOUR 390 JS 210 JS 330 KIN 385 LING 250 LING 325 MSE 302 MUS 309 MUS 310 PERS 101 PERS 102 PERS 201 PHIL 343 PHIL 344 PHIL 348 POLS 197 POLS 321 POLS 332 RS 150 RS 306 RS 365 RS 378 RS 380 RS 385 RS 390 SOC 306 SOC 307 SOC 333 SOC 335 SPAN 101 SPAN 102 SPAN 103 SPAN 210B SPAN 220A SPAN 220B URBS 350 GE Courses not submitted for Recertification (continued) Courses not offered in five or more years 1. AFRS 102 2. ANTH 339 3. ARMN 201 4. ARMN 202 5. CLAS 102L 6. FLIT 350 7. GEOG 323 8. GEOG 328 9. HEBR 201 10. HIST 302 11. PERS 202 12. PSY 265 IV. Policy Items 1.
During Summer 2013, the Faculty Senate Executive Committee (acting on behalf of the Faculty Senate) approved changes to the structure and mandate for the GEC. Beginning in Fall 2013, review of GE policies, curriculum, and pattern modifications returned to the EPC and GEC will continue to complete the full round of GE Recertification through Fall 2014. All members of GEC will remain as members of GEC until the committee finishes its work in Fall 2014. 2.
On September 4, 2013, the EPC revised its own Standard Operating Procedures to reflect changes in the status of GEC (see above), to provide more guidance to faculty, faculty committees, and Associate Deans in developing curriculum proposals, and to provide for streamlined review of less substantive curriculum changes. 3.
On September 4, 2013, the EPC adopted a policy recommendation to develop the Second Baccalaureate Disqualification Policy. The policy was approved by the Faculty Senate on December 4, 2013. 4.
On September 18, 2013, the EPC formed a GE Workload Subcommittee as requested by the Faculty Senate to look into the future of GE recertification and to look at the EPC’s workload as GE curriculum has returned to the EPC. This subcommittee met and, in Spring 2014 agreed to hold off on reporting until it receives the final report from the GEC in Fall 2014. 5.
On March 12, 2014, the EPC formed a subcommittee to review existing policy on faculty-­‐authored materials and to make recommendations on updating the policy. The subcommittee plans to work on the issue over the summer to develop a policy recommendation for the EPC’s consideration in Fall 2014. 6.
On May 7, 2014, the EPC adopted a policy recommendation to revise the undergraduate and graduate syllabi policies in the University Catalog. The new policy would replace the separate undergraduate and graduate policies that are currently in two different places in the Catalog and also update several aspects of the existing policies. The policy was not approved by the Faculty Senate during the academic year and will be submitted to the Faculty Senate during the 2014/2015 academic year.