July 12, 2018


ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL Thursday, July 12, 2018 Conference Call 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. CST


Agenda

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1.	Agenda – Additions, Changes, and Approval

2.	Rolling Calendar

3.	Curriculum and Program Revisions
	A.	Program Modifications
		1)		Northern State University
		2)		University of South Dakota
		3)		Dakota State University (Added 07/06/2018)

	B.	Course Modifications
		1)		Dakota State University

	C.	New Program Requests
		1)		BHSU – Minor in Creative Writing
		2)		BHSU – AS in Business Administration
		3)		SDSMT – MS in Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
		4)		USD – Minor in Sport Management

	D.	New Certificate Requests
		1)		DSU – Mathematical Foundations of Cryptography
		2)		SDSMT – Esports
		3)		USD – Professional Writing

	E.	New Specialization Requests
		1)		USD – Specialization in Finance (MBA)
		2)		USD – Specialization in Analytics for Large Data Sets (MS in Physics)
		3)		USD – Specialization in Professional Writing (BA/BS in English)

	F.	Summary of Pending and in-Progress Program Requests

4.	Policy Revision and Development
	A.	BOR Policy Revisions
		1)		BOR Policy 5:5:4 – Tuition and Fees: Fees Revisions (Second Reading)
		2)		BOR Policy 7:7 – Personally Identifiable Information (New Policy)
		3)		BOR Policy 2:23 – Program and Curriculum Approval Revisions
		4)		BOR Policy 4:10 – Tenure & Continuing Appointments Revisions

	B.	Academic Affairs Guidelines
		1)		Placement Guidelines Update
		2)		Credit by Examination Administration Guidelines – Fee Structure (Added 07/06/2018)

	C.	COHE Negotiations*
	D.	Section Size Report – FY2018
	E.	Faculty Distribution Strategies*
	F.	Exploratory Tracks Implementation
	G.	Department Head 5-Year Evaluation
	H.	AAC Retreat Topics
	I.	Peer Analysis Update Project
	J.	Academic Leadership Training 2018
	K.	Wayne State Debt Forgiveness Program
	L.	Assessment Summit 2018 Update
	M.	Banner Projects Update
		1)		Delivery Method Transfer to Banner
		2)		Common Transfer Equivalencies – Banner
	N.	Discipline Council Membership

5.	Consent
	A.	Agreements on Academic Cooperation
		1)	SD School of Mines and Technology
		2)	South Dakota State University
	B.	Articulation Agreements – USD
	C.	Naming Requests
		1)	NSU – Department Name Change
		2)	SDSU – New Interim Department
		3)	USD – Department Name Change
	D.	Program Review Report – USD
	E.	USD Realignment Request – Division of Curriculum & Instruction (Added 07/10/2018)


	* Item(s) will not be posted / will be distributed to Council members via email