Committee ReportCommittee Report

Senate Academic Affairs Committee (SAAC)Senate Academic Affairs Committee (SAAC)November 10, 2015November 10, 2015

Derrek B. Dunn, Ph.D.

School of Business and Technology

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Submission Timeline for AY2015-2016

Submission Timeline currently posted to Division of Academic Affairs website.

Receipt of Documents by

SAAC

Window for SAAC to Review Program

Documents

SAAC Meeting and Determination of Recommendation

Senate Meeting

             9/8/15  9/7 – 10/2/15 10/5/15 10/13/15

10/2/15 10/5 – 10/30/15 11/2/15 11/10/1510/30/15 11/2-11/27/15 11/30/15 12/8/1512/18/15 12/23/15 -1/29/16 2/1/16 2/9/161/29/16 2/1 - 2/26/16 2/29/16 3/8/162/26/16 2/29 - 4/1/16 4/4/16 4/12/164/1/16 4/4 – 4/29/16 5/2/16 5/10/16*

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Proposal Packet(s) Received by SAAC for Review and Presentation at Future Senate Meetings:

1)Department of Natural Sciences

2)Department of Technology

Proposal Packet(s) Received by Deadline

Curriculum Process ChangesCurriculum Process Changes

Course Changes Only

Use Course Action e-form– Additions– Modifications– Eliminations

HawkWeb → Faculty Center → View Faculty eForms

New Programs or

Substantial Modifications

Continue to use existing paper process

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Review of Curriculum Change ProposalsReview of Curriculum Change Proposals

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Overview of Overview of Curriculum and Course ProposalsCurriculum and Course Proposals

Course changes:– (7) from Department of Criminal Justice

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Criminal Justice ProposalCriminal Justice Proposal

Proposal document(s) received by SAAC on October 2, 2015– Reviewed on November 4th

– Committee voted electronically on November 4th and approved all requested changes

Overview of course changes– Request to Convert Experimental/Special Topic Courses to

Permanent Courses, i.e.• CRJS 492A - now listed as CRJS 480; Criminology and

Corrections• CRJS 492B - now listed as CRJS 475; Women in Corrections• CRJS 492C - now listed as CRJS 471; Crime, Class, and Ideology

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Criminal Justice Proposal (Con’t)Criminal Justice Proposal (Con’t)

– Request to Convert Experimental/Special Topic Courses to Permanent Courses continued, i.e.

CRJS 492D - now listed as CRJS 455; Unequal Justice

CRJS 492E - now listed as CRJS 453; Drugs and Crime

CRJS 492F - now listed as CRJS 485; Police, Law, and Society

CRJS 492G - now listed as CRJS 492; Special Topics: Variable

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Motion to Approve, Discussion, and VoteMotion to Approve, Discussion, and Vote

Course change proposals from the

Department of Criminal Justice

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Thank You!Thank You!

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