Chair Moffett discussed APC 15-16.05, a proposal for online courses. He noted that after discussion in the committee, APC added some minor points, including noting the Director of Online Programs should be provided with appropriate support and staff; faculty should indicate on syllabi when attendance requirements exceed those stated in the policy; and faculty should be allowed to choose if online course evaluations are used in annual review. A guest pointed out that PCC had passed an item in recent years that required all courses to be part of the annual review. President Thompson noted that online courses are becoming even more closely scrutinized than traditional courses. The committee therefore should strive to meet or exceed standards in course review. Chair Moffett agreed to take the item back to the committee. Senate voted unanimously to table the issue.

In the interest of time, the meeting moved on to the next committee report.

President Sipes asked Chair Rye if the report of BASC could be moved to after CC since Senate needed to be sure to address CC's action items and the meeting was running long. Chair Rye readily agreed.

7. Report of the Curriculum Committee – Ken Andries Chair Andries covered the action items presented to Senate:

16-17-01 NUR 118 Independent Study

Chair Andries noted that this course is proposed since many new students recruited from ITT need to have their skills brought up to speed. Nursing faculty will work with students individually.

16-17-02 NUR 699 Applied Statistics in Nursing

This course is needed for the Doctor of Nursing Practice program.

16-17-03 NUR 708 Psychopharmacology

Chair Rye asked if we faculty to cover the courses. Chair Andries affirmed we do. Chair Rye then asked if the independent studies will serve as an overload. Chair Andries replied that they would be. A guest asked if faculty will be compensated for the overload, to which President Thompson replied that faculty have volunteered to do these independent studies. Chair Andries noted that this extra work may need to last only a couple semesters by which point the new transfer students should be up to speed. President Thompson added that at his previous institution, once some had taught a number of courses like independent studies, they would be granted a course release. He indicated we could consider if that would be workable here. Chair Rye noted there is already a provision that specifies that a number of overloads add up to a course release.

The items all passed by unanimous vote.

Chair Andries then introduced other items: 16-17-04 Certificate of Food Safety, AFE: Nutritional Science and Food Systems Option