June 2013

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL Wednesday, June 19, 2013 University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD AAC, BAC, & SAC will meet jointly in MUC 216/216A 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. AAC will continue our meeting in MUC 211A 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Tentative Agenda Download ZIP file of all items

1.	Agenda - Additions, Changes, and Approval

2.	Minutes
	A.	February 2013
	B.	April 2013

3.	Consent Agenda Items
	A.	Program Modifications
		1)	University of South Dakota

	B.	Course Modifications
		1)	Dakota State University
		2)	University of South Dakota

4.	New Programs
	A.	New Program Requests
		1)	Dakota State University
			a) Minor in English for New Media
			b) Minor in Production Animation – 2D and 3D
			a) Minor in Web Development

	B.	New Certificate Requests
		1)	No report

	C.	New Site Requests
		1)	Dakota State University

	D.	Intent to Plan Requests
		1)	No report

5.	Policy Revision and Development
	A.	BOR Policy Revisions
		1)	Revision to Board Policy 2:8 – Levels and Numbering of and Enrollment in Courses
		2)	Revision to Board Policy 2:10 – Grades and Use of Grade Point Averages (GPA)
		3)	Revision to Board Policy 2:29
	B.	Settlement between the University of California - Berkeley and Disability Rights Advocates
	C.	System Placement Guideline Revisions
	D.	Course Offerings to Support Programs Approved for Off-Campus Delivery
	E.	System Conference on Academic Quality – Next Steps
	F.	Redesign of Teacher Education and Education Leadership Programs – Update
	G.	Recruiting International Students – Use of Agents
	H.	Draft of AIAN College-Going Study
	I.	StraighterLine Course Review
	J.	Cooperative Agreements
		1)	Northern State University
		2)	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
		3)	University of South Dakota
		4)	Northern State University and South Dakota State University
		5)	Dakota State University