Academic
Council
Reporting Synopsis
February 8,
2007
REPORTING
SYNOPSIS
For February 8, 2007, the
LMU Academic Council reports the following synopsis:
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dr. Cheryl Cardell, Vice-President, Commission on Colleges, SACS, will be LMU’s SACS liaison and will also be the speaker on August 17 at LMU’s fall conference.
Dates of program re-accreditation and visits were reviewed.
Reminders:
Summer and fall schedules due February 26; workloads submitted to Barney - ASAP; full-time and adjunct faculty submit vitas to Barney by March 1.
BUSINESS
ACTIONS
·
ARTS & SCIENCES – Proposal to delete Interdisciplinary Science major; approved.
·
ARTS & SCIENCES – Proposal to approve course – SOCW 420; approved.
· ARTS & SCIENCES – Proposal to add courses to the Criminal Justice (CJ) program. Committee agreed to vote as a package on courses proposed (CRIM 205, 215, 220, 300, 310, 315, 380, 420, 480, 498); all proposals approved.
· Concept approval: NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH Nurse Anesthesia concentration located within the Master of Science in Nursing program; approved.
·
SPECIAL TOPICS
at the undergraduate level – when submitting the proposed course
schedule submit the UNDERGRADUATE
Special Topics Course Approval Form. Motion that any Special Topics x95 course will use the form with
signatures (chair and dean); to be effective immediately; motion approved.
How students are recruited for academic programs at LMU – review and discuss ways to improve Admissions’ recruits for all majors.
OTHER
Academic Services:
Extended Sites, announced there is a new computer lab at the Corbin facility.
Faculty/Staff conference: planning an advising summit for the conference and a discussion about how to improve advising, working with students, scheduling, etc.
Reiterated: students must be reminded to check and use their LMU email accounts as this is the required method for university correspondence.