Senator Gyawali also reported that APC had continued its discussion of a possible Pass/Fail (P/F) option for Fall 2020. The committee is preparing a survey of students so that the student perspective can be considered in whatever action item the committee may bring forward.
Dr. Schneller suggested that it might also be helpful to look at this semester’s midterm grades as compared to recent years to get a sense of the need for a P/F option. That information could be obtained from Institutional Research. Dr. Schneller also noted that if a P/F option were instituted, it needed to have a clear deadline for students to opt in, and the deadline must stick. In addition, she noted that some programs will not be able to participate in P/F at all due to accreditation standards.
Finally, Dr. Gyawali reported that APC and PCC are consulting on a resolution dealing with course evaluations for this semester. An action item on this issue will be coming at the next Senate meeting.
President Keeler urged faculty to direct comments on the evaluation issue to Senator Gyawali or Senator Valentine (PCC chair).
This action item would expand BUA 402 Senior Seminar from one credit hour to three. This will allow students to better prepare their portfolio for the Council on Post-secondary Education’s (CPE) Essential Employability Qualities (EEQ) initiative. A program change reflecting this course change will follow. One senator noted an inconsistency in the course title on the forms for the action item. With that noted, the action item passed unanimously.
SOW 353 will be a new course, Child Abuse Interventions, this will be part of a sequence of courses preparing students to take jobs in child protection with state government. This is needed to fulfill KSU's contract with the state to administer the Public Child Welfare Certification Program (PCWCP). This was approved unanimously.
This will be part three of a three part sequence in Generalist Social Work Practice (I, II, III) that will bring the content and nomenclature of the program in line with the standards of its accrediting agency, the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Approved unanimously.
This would be the predecessor to SOW 353 approved in item (b), preparing students to work in the child welfare system. Approved unanimously.
Part I of the three part sequence in Generalist Social Work Practice approved in item (c).
Course title changed from SOW 310 Foundations in Social Work to SOW 310 Cultural Inclusion and Social Justice. The changes in content and nomenclature will satisfy the CSWE accreditation standards. The catalogue description will also change. Approved unanimously.
Part II of Generalist Social Work Practice sequence approved in items (c) and (e). Approved unanimously.
This item incorporates all of the course changes just approved into the overall social work program curriculum and requirements for the social work major. Approved unanimously.