Curriculum Committee Meeting
Library Conference Room 219
10/3/16
Roll Call – Ken Andries, Donavan Ramon, Narayanan Rajendran, Robert Griffin, Changzheng Wang, Dantrea Hampton, Alice Collins and Tope Avinash and Kim Sipes
Meeting Called to order
Reading of the Minutes of the last meeting – Minutes were already approved via email
Approval of the agenda
Review of Action Items:
If a transfer student came in some IGS courses could be waived in years past before we changed programs to 120 hours. University requirements are 6-9 hours and KSU's core requirement is 42 hours and it disappeared from the catalog a few years ago. The Core General Education Transfer Policy for the State of Kentucky was reviewed and the minimum requirement is 30 hours. There were questions of whether this change should come through the Curriculum Committee. It was discussed that the State's core requirements need to be considered when discussing changes/plans for KSU's core requirements for transfer students.
This course was designed for the new incoming ITT Tech nursing students. Professors were hired to teach the additional courses. This course may also be taught as an independent study for ITT transfer students. It was explained that Independent Study does not count toward a professor's teaching load. There was a question concerning the expected number of students per class. Placement/competency tests will be given to the students. There was motion made and seconded to approve and it was approved by the committee.
This is a Statistics course for the Doctorate in Nursing Practice. There was a question of which academic year this class would be offered – Spring 16 or Fall 17. The class is already being taught this semester. There was motion made and seconded to approve and it was approved by the committee.
This is Psychopharmacology course can be used as an elective. This is not a special topics class. There was a question about prerequisites required for this class such as General Pharmacology and/or General Psychology. This will be a retroactive approval. There was motion made and seconded to approve with modification and it was approved by the committee.