May 24, 2017


ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL Wednesday, May 24, 2017 AmericInn Lodge & Suites Convention Center 1981 East King Street Rooster Rush Room Chamberlain, South Dakota 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. CST

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1.	Agenda – Additions, Changes, and Approval

2.	Rolling Calendar

3.	Curriculum and Program Revisions
	A.	Program Modifications
		1)	Dakota State University
		2)	Northern State University
		3)	SD School of Mines & Technology
		4)	South Dakota State University
		5)	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
		6)	University of South Dakota

	C.	New Program Requests
		1)	SDSU – BS in Leadership & Management of Nonprofit Organizations
		2)	USD – BS in Technical Leadership

	D.	New Certificate Requests
		1)	DSU – Digital Humanities (Graduate)
		2)	SDSU – Workplace Intercultural Competence (Undergrad)
		3)	USD – Communication and Leadership (Undergrad)
		4)	USD – Healthcare and Leadership (Undergrad)
		5)	USD – Management (Undergrad)
		6)	USD – Personnel Supervision (Undergrad)
		7)	USD – Small Business Entrepreneurship (Undergrad)
		8)	USD – Science, Technology, and Math Pedagogy (Graduate)

	E.	New Site Requests
		1)	No Report

	F.	New Specializations Requests
		1)	USD – Bioinformatics (Biology, PhD)
		2)	USD – Conservation and Biodiversity (Biology, MS)
		3)	USD – Integrative Biology (Biology, PhD)

	G.	Intent to Plan Requests
		1)	SDSMT – MS in Innovation and Design
		2)	SDSU – MS in Medical Laboratory Science

	H.	Summary of Pending and in-Progress Requests

4.	Policy Revision and Development
	A.	BOR Policy Revisions
		1)	BOR Policy 4:11 Revisions – Rank & Promotion
		2)	BOR Policy 4:10 – Tenure on Appointment
		3)	BOR Policy 1:7:2 Revisions – Academic Affairs Council

	B.	Academic Guidelines
		1)	Reformatted AAC Guidelines
		2)	Discipline Council Guidelines
		3)	Department Chair Evaluation Guidelines
		4)	Course Prefix Limits
		5)	AAC Guideline and Form Updates

	C.	General Education
		1)	GE Assessment Guidelines
		2)	GE Assessment FAQ
		3)	GE Block Transfer
			a.	BHSU: Gillette College (pending)
			b.	BHSU: Northwest Iowa Community College (pending)
			c.	DSU: Iowa Lakes Community College
			d.	DSU: ND State College of Science
			e.	NSU: Northland Community Technical College – AS/AA
			f.	NSU: Rochester Community & Technical College – AS/AA
			g.	SDSU: Dakota Wesleyan University – AS/AA
			h.	SDSU: Northeast Community College (Nebraska) – AS/AA
			i.	USD: Ridgewater Community College – AS/AA
			j.	USD: Western Iowa Technical and Community College – AA
			k.	USD: Western Iowa Technical and Community College – AS

	D.	Program and Course Duplication
	E.	Banner Student Update
	F.	Joint Appropriations & Efficiencies
	G.	Uncommon Prerequisites
	H.	e-Text Pilot Results and Recommendation
	I.	Respondus Monitor Pilot Update
	J.	May 2017 BOR Workshop
	K.	WD Grade Thresholds
	L.	Department Head Training
	M.	Non-Degree Program Offerings
	N.	College Readiness Report
	O.	NACEP Proposed 2017 Concurrent Enrollment Partnership Standards
	P.	Academic Facilities Assessment (Joe Bilotta)

5.	Consent
	A.	Agreements on Academic Cooperation – SDSU
	B.	Revisions to Terminal Degrees Table – SDSU & USD
	C.	Inactive Status and Program Termination Requests – USD
	D.	New Prefix Request – DSU