May 23, 2018


ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL Wednesday, May 23, 2018 Arrowwood Cedar Shore Resort 1500 Shoreline Drive Oacoma, South Dakota Breakwater Conference Room 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. CST


Agenda

Download ZIP file of all items (Updated 5/18/2018 -- 9:00am CST)

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)	South Dakota State University
		4)	University of South Dakota
		5)	SD School of Mines and Technology

	B.	Course Modifications
		1)	Dakota State University
		2)	Northern State University
		3)	South Dakota State University
		4)	University of South Dakota
		5)	SD School of Mines and Technology

	C.	New Program Requests
		1)	DSU – PhD in Cyber Operations
		2)	DSU – PhD in Information Systems
		3)	NSU – BFA in Digital Media
		4)	NSU – Minor in Legal Studies
		5)	SDSU – AS / BS in Data Science
		6)	SDSU – Minor in Ranch Management
		7)	SDSU – Minor in Sustainability
		8)	USD – Minor in Sport Medicine
		9)	USD – Minor in Linguistics
		10)	USD – Minor in Nonprofit Studies

	D.	New Certificate Requests
		1)	SDSU – Community Development (Graduate)
		2)	SDSU – Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Undergrad)

	E.	New Site Requests
		1)	SDSU – Spanish Minor (Online)
		2)	SDSU – Workplace Intercultural Competence Certificate (Online)

	F.	Intent to Plan Requests
		1)	DSU – PhD in Computer Science
		2)	USD – BS in Public Health

	G.	Summary of Pending and in-Progress Program Requests

4.	Policy Revision and Development
	A.	BOR Policy Revisions
		1)	BOR Policy 2:5 – Transfer of Credit Revisions (Second Reading)
		2)	BOR Policy 2:12 – Distance Education Revisions (Second Reading)
		3)	BOR Policy 5:5:4 – Tuition and Fees: Fees Revisions (Second Reading)
		4)	BOR Policy 3:3 – Freedom of Speech

	B.	Academic Affairs Guidelines
		1)	Advanced Placement Credits
		2)	Gen Ed Implementation Guidelines
		3)	Gen Ed Assessment Guidelines
			a. Assessment Summit Update
		4)	Associate and Baccalaureate Degree Gen Ed Curriculum Requirements
		5)	Program Productivity Guidelines
		6)	Dual Credit Guidelines – In-District Delivery Update

	C.	E-Education Initiatives
		1)	New and Revised Online Quality Assurance Guidelines
		2)	Web Conferencing Renewal & Review
		3)	Turnitin Renewal
		4)	Respondus Renewal
		5)	Open Education Resource (OER) Taskforce Update

	D.	COHE Negotiations
	E.	Degree Program Cross-Curricular Skills
	F.	HLC Credit Hour Definitions
	G.	Capstone Experiences and HSDC
	H.	Faculty Distribution Strategies
	I.	Banner Student Update (Updated 5/23/2018)
	J.	Reports
		1)	Tribal Higher Education Departments Report
		2)	Freshmen Migration Report 2018
		3)	Section Size Report FY18
		4)	Teacher Education Report 2017

	K.	SDBOR Peer List Update Project
	L.	Transfer of Credit – Online Course Providers

5.	Consent
	A.	Agreements on Academic Cooperation – NSU
	B.	Dual / Concurrent Credit Transfer of Credit Agreement – Wayne State College
	C.	Program Review Reports – USD
	D.	Inactive Status and Program Termination Requests – NSU, SDSU & USD
	E.	New Prefix Requests – DSU & SDSU
	F.	Request to Seek Accreditation – DSU
	G.	Agreements on Academic Cooperation – SDSU (Added 5/18/2018)