ASCRC Minutes 1/27/15
GBB 205, 2:10 p.m.
Call to Order
Members Present: C. Chestnut, D. Coffin, J. Deboer, L. Gillison, A. Lawrence, T.
Manuel, C. Meixner, T. Thibeau, E. Uchimoto, N. Vonessen, G.G. Weix
Ex-Officio Present: G. Bryant, J. Hickman, B. Hollzworth, B. Howard, M. Filer, N.
Lindsay
Members Excused: T. Manuel
Minutes: The 12/2/14 minutes were amended and approved after the guests left.
Communication
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Jean Loftus, Charlie Jansen and Doug Dalenberg were welcomed to the ASCRC
to discuss the proposed GLI Rubric.
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Professor Manual has agreed to serve as Chair-elect. He has a course conflict
this semester.
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Next week’s meeting will start at 3:10 p.m. due to a conflict with Registrar
candidates being on campus.
Business Items
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The Global Leadership Rubric request was discussed with the guests. The
sophomore leadership course and the senior capstone course need a rubric that
clearly identifies the course with the GLI program that transcends the current
disciplinary boundaries. Using discipline specific rubrics doesn’t make sense
given the interdisciplinary focus of the program. A rubric would give the
program recognition. The Registrar’s Office supports the creation of the rubric.
Although OCHE does not view interdisciplinary rubrics favorably (other
interdisciplinary regional rubrics have been denied), ASCRC agreed that the
rubric would be beneficial for students. However, it was suggested that some
combination of letters which may be more meaningful on transcripts, such as
GLBL or LEAD, would be more recognizable outside of UM. Of course employers
or others reviewing transcripts would likely consider the course title. GLI is now
included in the course title to differentiate the experimental courses. At this
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time the courses are all in the reserved course numbers (seminar-194 and
capstone-499).
The proposers will recommend an appropriate rubric.
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The following curriculum follow-up items were approved.
Business & Journalism Subcommittee Item
Course / Change
HEO 146T
Title
Safety and Basic Controls
Education and Fine Arts Subcommittee Items
Course / Change
Title
ARTZ 103
Art for Non-majors
C & I Level I
Distance Delivery Elementary
Ed
C & I Level II
Early Childhood Minor
Media Art program BFA Digital Film Making
modification
Humanities Subcommittee Items
Course / Change
Title
Level I
WGSS Minor
CWRW 310
CWRW 312
Intermediate Fiction Workshop
Intermediate Nonfiction
Workshop
Change
Add co-requisites
Change
New Course
add MART 310
Change
Change title to be consistent
with program title
Increase repeatability
Increase repeatability
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The program modifications to increase credits for some of the options in Parks,
Tourism, and Recreation Management (PTRM) and Resource Conservation
(RSCN) will be sent to committee members for consideration next week. The
General Education Committee approved the Language Exemption for RSCN and
will discuss the PTRM proposal at tomorrow’s meeting. It was not aware that
the program made changes to be eligible for the exemption.
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Members should consider the proposed changes to Policy 201.00 and suggest
modifications as appropriate. Given his experience with curriculum review,
Professor Vonessen recommends that there be minimal requirements for
department involvement in preparing proposals. The Chair’s signature should
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indicate the department approves the form. This should ensure better quality
proposals and shift the mentoring to the department level.
OCHE is considering a rolling review timeline for Level I and II proposals which
may pressure campuses to do the same. ASCRC will need to discuss this.
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ASCRC discussed the Cross-listing document (appended). It approved
recommendations 2 and 3 with an amendment to move the NASX courses from
category two to three given that the Office of Public Instruction does not
currently recognize Native American Studies as a social studies broad-field for
student licensure. These courses only count for licensure when cross-listed with
the History. A request has been sent to OPI to expand its categories, but there
has not been a response.
The first recommendation would allow programs to make changes to its
electives without submitted curriculum forms. This would be managed through
the editorial change procedure and would not be limited to cross-listing changes.
A communication will need to be sent to departments encouraging them to
update course lists to include interdisciplinary offerings and appropriately
advise students. The catalog is in the editorial mode from February until June.
ASCRC will consider the remaining recommendations next week.
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The committee discussed the draft Dual Enrollment document. Both the
Governor and Commissioner are pushing for increased dual enrollment
opportunities, so it is important that the University set standards to ensure
quality. The subcommittee met 4 or 5 times and has several email discussions to
work on drafts. Some concerns were raised regarding the language in section B,
Dual enrollment Faculty Affiliate Instructors. It was suggested that members
review BOR Policy. It was suggestion that there be a one page policy document
that references the guide. The document will be discussed again next week.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 4:00 p.m.
Cross Listing Subcommittee Report and Consent Agenda
The ASCRC Cross-listing Subcommittee offers the following recommendations as
consent items for consideration:
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Recommendation 1: Revise procedure 201.30.3 to include the following as an editorial
catalog change: “Adding courses to the list of approved electives within major, minor,
option, or certificate requirements with the consent of effected program directors and
chairs.” Changes to core coursework and the number of required electives will continue
to require ASCRC approval.
Rationale: This change would promote an interdisciplinary organizational principle
and mitigate the need for cross-listing and subsequent ASCRC review. Departments
and programs would have the ability to add interdisciplinary coursework to lists of
approved electives on a rolling basis.
Recommendation 2: Retain the following cross-listings for the next three years. Each
will need to be reevaluated in the fall of 2017 to ascertain if online Degree Audit has
made their continued maintenance unnecessary.
Parent
AAS 141
AAS 208
BGEN 160S
COMX 349
COUN 242
ECNS 445
ENST 476
ERTH
303N
GPHY 421
NRGY 102
NASX 354
NASX 464
NASX 465
NASX 466
NRSM 408
NRSM 418
NRSM 426
NRSM
449E
PSCI 324
RLST 232
RLST 353
RLST 366
RLST 368
RLST234
Title
Black: Africa to Hip-Hop and Beyond, An Introduction
Discovering Africa
Issues in Sustainability
Communication, Consumption, and Climate
Intimate and Family Relationships
International Environmental Economics and Climate Change
Environmental Citizenship
Sibling
HIST 141
HIST 208
EVST 160S
CCS 349
PSYC 242
CCS 445
CCS 476
Weather and Climate
Sustainable Cities
Introduction to Sustainable Energy Systems II
History of Indian Affairs to 1776
History of Indian Affairs, 19th Century
History of Indian Affairs since 1890
Indians of Montana Since the Reservation Era
Global Cycles and Climate
Ecosystem Climatology
Climate and Society
CCS 303N
CCS 421
CCS 102
HIST 354
HIST 464
HIST 465
HIST 466
CCS 408
CCS 118
CCS 426
Resource Conservation
Sustainable Climate Policies
Buddhism
Topics in South Asian Religions
Tibetan Civilization
Contemporary Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia
Hinduism
CCS 449E
CCS 324
SSEA 232
SSEA 353
SSEA 366
SSEA 368
SSEA 234
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LSH 328
LSH 416
Love in Bombay Cinema
Talking to God: The Bhagavad Gita
SSEA 328
SSEA 416
Rationale: The above courses demonstrated some need for continued cross-listing,
(e.g., raise students cognizance and endorse interdisciplinary collaboration for one
of the following reasons:
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The sibling rubric does not exist in CCN but is linked to an established program of
study at UM (for example CCS and SSEA). Cross-listing these courses allows students
in both the parent and sibling programs to register for the course and track their
progress as we wait for the implementation of degree audit, or
Limited offerings exclusively to the parent rubric might dissuade students from
pursuing introductory coursework in interdisciplinary programs (e.g., AAS and COUN
as well as BGEN, which often introduces students in EVST ).
The following course from Climate Change Studies might fit these criteria but we were
not sure how it even exists without a CCN rubric:
CCS 103X
Introduction to Climate Change: Science and Society
EVST 103X
As a reminder, these cross-listings will be for internal reference only. The student’s
official transcript will display only the parent rubric and number.
Recommendation 3: While the applications for the courses below were thoughtful, the
committee did not find a compelling need to continue cross-listing the following:
CLAS 160
CLAS 320
COMX 347
ENST 427
ENST 437
GRMN 317
GRMN 322L
Classical Mythology
Women in Antiquity
Rhetoric, Nature, and Environmentalism
Society, Economy and Environment of Mekong Delta
Environmental Studies
Introduction to Multicultural Literature in Germany
Advanced German Cinema
LSH 160
WGS 320
EVST 379
RSCN 427
RSCN 437
ENLT 317L
FILM 322L
HSTA 262
HSTA 342 H
HSTA 343H
HSTA 347
HSTA 415
HSTA 417
LSH 327L
LSH 329
LSH 415
Abolitionism: The First Civil Rights Movement
African- American History to 1865
African- American History since 1865
Voodoo, Muslim, Church: Black Religion
The Black Radical Tradition
Prayer and Civil Rights
Gender & Sexuality in Twentieth-Century English Fiction
Fathers and Daughters in Western Literary Traditions
Same-Sex Love: International Histories
AAS 262
AAS 342H
AAS 343H
AAS 347
AAS 415
AAS 417
ENLT 327L
ENLT 329
ENLT/WGS
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NASX 354
NASX 464
NASX 465
NASX 466
PHIL 363
THTR 335
THTR 337
History of Indian Affairs to 1776
History of Indian Affairs, 19th Century
History of Indian Affairs since 1890
Indians of Montana Since the Reservation Era
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Architectural History I
Architectural History II
415
HIST 354
HIST 464
HIST 465
HIST 466
MCLG 363
ART 335H
ART 337H
Rationale: Most students at the university are unfamiliar with the pre-CCN rubrics
(for example MCLG vs. CLAS, ENLT vs. LIT, or RSCN vs. NRSM). The subcommittee
believes that students in interdisciplinary programs will be more likely to find and
register for interdisciplinary elective course work through consultation with both
their academic advisor and the catalog.
This would also avoid creating unnecessary duplication of program listings in the
schedule that might ultimately distract and confuse a non-major finding their
desired elective (for example adding HIST to the schedule for the purposes of crosslisting might prevent a student from finding a general education course in HSTA or
HSTR).
Many applications referenced the number of required courses necessary to
complete a major as a need for cross-listing. However, no application cited an
external accreditation requirement or professional expectation requiring the student
to register under a particular rubric. There is also no University or OCHE policy that
requires all coursework for a major be taken under a specific rubric.
Recommendation 4: The Registrar’s Office should collaborate with the above programs
to add the requested courses to the necessary list of approved electives in time for Fall
2015 registration. Many Interdisciplinary programs on campus already integrate rubrics
from a vast array of subject areas and disciplines into their curriculum (for example,
Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Liberal Studies, and Anthropology) and more
should be encouraged to do so.
Recommendation 5: Advisors, as well as Faculty Senate, and its committees should
continue to have proactive involvement with the online Degree Audit implementation
team and recommend functions that would allow students to easily search and view
elective course work available in their program.
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