May 11, 2016

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL Wednesday, May 11, 2016 South Dakota State University Pioneer Room 0265 Brookings, SD 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CST

Agenda Download ZIP file of all items

1.	Agenda – Additions, Changes, and Approval

2.	Minutes

3.	Consent Agenda Items
	A.	Program Modifications
		1)	Dakota State University
		2)	SD School of Mines and Technology
		3)	South Dakota State University
		4)	University of South Dakota

	B.	Course Modifications
		1)	Black Hills State University
		2)	Dakota State University
		3)	Northern State University
		4)	SD School of Mines & Technology
		5)	South Dakota State University (Revised 5/9/2016)
		6)	University of South Dakota

4.	New Programs
	A.	New Program Requests
		1)	BHSU – BFA in Graphic Design
		2)	BHSU – BFA in Photography
		3)	BHSU – BFA in Studio Art
		4)	SDSU – Minor in Heavy-Highway Construction
		5)	SDSU – Minor in Human Resources
		6)	SDSU – Minor in Mental Health Services
		7)	SDSU – BS in Chemistry Education
		8)	SDSU – BS in Early Education and Care
		9)	SDSU – BS in Human Biology
		10)	SDSU – BS in Precision Agriculture

	B.	New Certificate Requests
		1)	NSU – Certificate in Biotechnology Entrepreneurship (Revised 5/9/2016)

	C.	New Site Requests
		1)	USD – Master of Science in Administration (Human Resource Management Specialization)

	D.	Intent to Plan Requests
		1)	SDSU – MS in Human Biology

	E.	Summary of Pending and in-Progress Requests (Revised 5/9/2016)

5.	Policy Revision and Development
	A.	BOR Policy Revisions
		1)	BOR Policy 2:5 – Transfer of Credit Revisions
		2)	BOR Policy 2:7 Revisions
		3)	BOR Policy 2:11 Revisions
		4)	BOR Policy 2:12 Revision – Distance Education

	B.	Academic Guidelines
		1)	Dean’s List Designations
		2)	Section Size Report Refinements
		3)	Class Visitor and Audit Guideline
		4)	CLEP Guidelines
		5)	Dual Credit and Reduced Tuition Guidelines

	C.	eLearning / Education Issues Link to PowerPoint Presentation
		1)	D2L Overview
		2)	D2L Issue Update
		3)	Remote Proctoring & ID Verification Update
		4)	Quality Assurance Review Process

	D.	Terminal Degree List Update – SDSMT & USD (Revised 5/9/2016)
	E.	Program Productivity Review
	F.	Approved Prefix List Cleanup Spreadsheet
	G.	U.S. DOE Transparency Agenda Attachment IV
	H.	HLC Faculty Qualifications Requirement
	I.	Retention of Research Data & Material
	J.	Shared Responsibility Taskforce

6.	Informational / BOR Items
	A.	Regental Library Network
		1)	Regental Library Consortium
		2)	Journal Database Access
	B.	Inactive Status and Program Termination Requests – DSU, SDSU & USD
	C.	New Prefix Request – SDSU
	D.	Artculation Agreement – BHSU
	E.	Request to Seek Accreditation – BHSU (Added 5/9/2016)