Excerpts from the Charge to the Committee to Review the CAD

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Excerpts from the Charge to the Committee to
Review the CAD

• The committee is charged with a thorough review
  of the CAD with the aim of making recommendations
  to the Academic Senate that would increase the
  efficiency of curricular change while insuring
  the highest quality curriculum.
• Specific areas to review include
• Structure, function, and charge of the various
  curriculum committees
• Length of time to get curricular material through
  the process
• General Education committees and their charges,
  and procedures for review of courses and program
• Approval procedures for addendum for distance
  learning
• Publication vs. Action items clarity and
  purpose
• Clarity of the criteria and forms utilized in
  curricular review
• Master Course Syllabus what needs to be
  included, and who needs to review
• Use of explanatory notes for students to assist
  in communicating the appropriateness of the
  course
• Clean-up editorial changes

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Course of Action

• Solicited input from CMU community
• Solicited input from all curricular bodies
• Discussed and integrated findings
• Revised CAD Solicited input
• Presented to Academic Senate (10.21.08)
• Received written comments from senators revised
  and resubmitted (01.24.09)

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Goal For Today

• Discuss structural changes
• 1. Routing and approval of curricular items
• 2. Academic Senate Appointed curricular
  committees
• 3. Curricular forms
• 4. New program proposals

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Proposals Vetted by College Curriculum Committees

• Some curricular changes are vetted by College
  level curriculum committees
• Minutes are forwarded to relevant curricular
  bodies, the Academic Senate, and posted online
  through the Academic Senate Web site for entire
  CMU community to review (new function)

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Academic Senate Appointed Curriculum Committees

• Many curricular changes are still vetted by the
  four main Academic Senate appointed curriculum
  committees
• Minutes are forwarded to the Academic Senate and
  posted online for review (currently done)

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Proposals Vetted by the Academic Senate

• Academic Senate is still informed of all
  curricular items
• Many program changes are still vetted by the
  Academic Senate
• Minutes are posted online for review (currently
  done)

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Change in Academic Senate Appointed Curriculum
Bodies

• Four Academic Senate Appointed Curricular Bodies
  are Committees that Review and Finalize Above
  Described Curricular Changes
• General Education Committee
• Graduate Program Committee
• Professional Education Curriculum Committee
• Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

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Change in Committee Structures

• Combine General Education Council and General
  Education Subcommittee into General Education
  Committee. GE Committee would not be a
  subcommittee of UCC.
• Change Name of Graduate Council to Graduate
  Program Committee
• Professional Education Curriculum Committee would
  not be a subcommittee of UCC or GC. New program
  proposals must proceed to the UCC or GC before
  action at the Academic Senate.
• Members of curricular committees can serve two
  successive terms.

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Change in Forms

• Master Course Syllabus (seven year review)
• Streamlined
• Integrated format for delivery
• Course proposals
• Adjusted routing to match proposed changes
• Program Modification proposals
• Adjusted routing to match proposed changes
• Changed format for identifying number of credits
• Added statement regarding impact on students

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Change in New Program Proposals

• Explicit program evaluation criteria
• - APC and curricular review bodies using same
  criteria
• Documents follow evaluation criteria
• - Identical forms for planning, curricular
  approval, and state
• review
• Review process streamlined
• - Doctoral programs Two, versus current three,
  step process