Spring 2006
Council on Academic Affairs Activities Report
January – May 2006
Professor Raymond Noe served as chair for the 2005-2006 year, Professor W. Randy Smith, Vice Provost, as vice chair.
CURRICULA
Council approved the following proposals - presented alphabetically, by College/School, with date(s) of formal CAA discussion/action in parentheses.
Arts and Sciences
Amend the “With Distinction” Graduation Honor for Arts and Sciences Students (2/15/06)
Engineering
Revise Charter and Pattern of Administration for the Center for Automotive Research (4/5/06)
Request an Additional Degree Designation for the Master of Architecture: Master of Architectural Studies (4/19/06)
Graduate School
Establish a Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Comprehensive Engineering and Science of Biomedical Images (2/1/06)
Establish a Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in University Teaching (2/1/06)
Establish a Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Disability Studies (2/1/06)
Honors and Scholars Center
Offer “Honors Embedded” courses on the regional campuses (4/19/06)
Humanities
Revise Chinese B.A. Major, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures (2/13/06)
Establish a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (1/18/06)
Revise the Japanese Major (4/5/06)
Establish an Undergraduate Major in World Literatures (4/19/06)
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Establish a Graduate Minor in Statistics (2/1/06)
Establish a Graduate Minor in Statistical Data Analysis (2/1/06)
Medicine and Public Health
Graduate Specialization and Transcript Designation in Translational Research, Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate Program (IBGP) (2/1/06)
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Establish a Graduate Minor in Speech and Hearing Science (2/1/06)
School of Communication
Revise the Undergraduate Major Tracks (2/1/06)
Social Work
Deliver a Master of Social Work in Collaboration with Wright State University (4/5/06)
CREATION, ABOLITION, & REORGANIZATION OF PROGRAMS, ACADEMIC UNITS, AND CENTERS/INSTITUES
Establish the John Glenn School of Public Affairs (a merger of the School of Public Policy and Management and the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy with a reporting line to the Office of Academic Affairs) (5/18/05, 3/1/06)
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, REPORTS, AND DISCUSSIONS
Discussion of Timeline for Review of Report of the Committee on the University-Wide Review of Undergraduate Education (1/4/06)
Discussion of the Status of the Center for Survey Research – Professor Paul Beck, Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (1/18/06)
Update on the Undergraduate Major in Biomedical Sciences – Professor Bruce Biagi, Associate Director, School of Biomedical Sciences, and Lori Martensen, Program Manager, School of Allied Medical Professions (2/1/06)
Discussion of the Report of the Committee on the University-Wide Review of Undergraduate Education (2/15/06)
Discussion of the Report of the Committee on the University-Wide Review of Undergraduate Education – Professor Brian McHale, Chair (3/1/06)
Discussion of the Proposal to Merge the School of Public Policy and Management with the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy (3/1/06)
COUNCIL ON ACADEMIC AFFAIRS MEMBERSHIP
Faculty Members
Laura Dobos
Richard Gunther
Kay Halasek
Margaret McMahon
Raymond Noe (Chair)
Electra Paskett
Nancy Reynolds
W. Randy Smith (Provost’s Designee)
Harald Vaessin
Brian Winer
Student Members
Jane Evans (CGS)
Kevin Freeman (IPC)
Scott Pearson (CGS)
Amanda Ransburgh (USG)
Elaine Yeh (USG)
