May 22, 2019


ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL Wednesday, May 22, 2019 Arrowwood Cedar Shore Resort and Conference Center Room – Breakwater 1500 Shoreline Drive Oacoma, South Dakota 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. CST



Agenda

Download ZIP file of all items (Updated 05/21/2019 -- 12:40pm CST)

1.	Agenda – Additions, Changes, and Approval

2.	Rolling Calendar

3.	e-Education Initiatives
	A.	D2L Banner Integration & Contract Update
	B.	Open Educational Resources (OER) Update
	C.	Respondus Renewal
	D.	Starfish Renewal
	E.	Turnitin Update
	F.	Zoom (Web Conferencing) Update
	G.	Accessibility Taskforce Update (Blackboard Ally demonstration)

4.	Curriculum and Program Revisions
	A.	Program Modifications
		1)		Black Hills State University
		2)		Dakota State University
		3)		SD School of Mines and Technology (Revised 05/16/2019)
		4)		South Dakota State University (Revised 05/16/2019)

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

	C.	New Program Requests
		1)		BHSU – BS in Liberal Arts for the Market Place
		2)		BHSU – Minor in Exercise Science
		3)		NSU – Minor in Art History
		4)		SDSU – MS in Interdisciplinary Studies
		5)		SDSU – Minor in Bioprocessing Sciences
		6)		SDSU – Minor in Sustainable Local Foods
		7)		USD – Minor in Neuroscience
		8)		USD – BS in Neuroscience (with specializations in Cognitive Neuroscience -&- Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience)

	D.	New Certificate Requests
		1)		BHSU, DSU, NSU, SDSMT, SDSU, USD – Graduate Mathematics -&- Advanced Graduate Mathematics
		2)		BHSU – Adventure Education
		3)		SDSU – Bioprocessing Sciences

	E.	New Specialization Requests
		1)		SDSU – Agricultural Economics Specialization (BS in Economics)
		2)		SDSU – Rangeland Ecology and Management Specialization (BS in Ecology and Environmental Science)
		3)		SDSU – Geography Specialization (PhD in Geospatial Science & Engineering)

	F.	New Site Requests
		1)		SDSU – Management Foundations Graduate Certificate
		2)		SDSU – Post-Graduate Clinical Nurse Leader Certificate
		3)		SDSU – Post-Graduate Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate
		4)		SDSU – Post-Graduate Nurse Educator Certificate
		5)		USD – American Indian Education Graduate Certificate

	G.	Intent to Plan Requests
		1)		SDSMT – MS in Green Chemistry

	H.	Summary of Pending and in-Progress Program Requests

5.	Policy Revision and Development
	A.	BOR Policy Revisions
		1)		BOR Policy 1:29 – State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) Revisions
		2)		BOR Policy 3:6 – Housing and Meal Plans Revisions (Added 05/16/2019)

	B.	Academic Affairs Guidelines
		1)		Changes to Program Request Forms (AAC Forms 2.4 to 2.11)
		2)		Credit by Exam Project Update – AP Modern Languages (AAC Guideline 7.5)
		3)		In-District Delivery Guidelines (AAC Guideline 7.1)

	C.	General Education
		1)		Gen Ed Modifications – New Course Proposal & Review Process
		2)		Gen Ed Modification Requests – Revisions to AAC Form 8.2
		3)		Gen Ed Zero Sum Matrix Update (Excel File)
		4)		Transferrable Gen Ed – SD Technical Institute Courses
		5)		General Education Rubric Updates – SGRs 2 & 4 (AAC Guidelines 8.3, 8.4 & 8.7)

	D.	COHE Negotiations (discussion topic only)
	E.	X93 Workshop Courses
	F.	Dual Credit In-District Delivery Approvals
		1)		NSU & Brandon Valley
		2)		USD & Harrisburg High School
		3)		USD & Lincoln High School
		4)		USD & Tea Area High School
	G.	High School Dual Credit Legislative Program Analysis
	H.	Diversity Reports for Legislature
	I.	Occupational Wages Dashboard
	J.	International Student Trends
	K.	Discipline Council Reports
	L.	AAC Retreat Discussion Topics
		1)		AAC August Retreat Preparation
		2)		FAFSA Completion Initiative
	M.	Banner Implementation Update (Revised 05/21/2019)

6.	Consent
	A.	Agreements on Academic Cooperation
		1)	Black Hills State University
		2)	Northern State University
		3)	SD School of Mines and Technology
	B.	Articulation Agreements
		1)	South Dakota State University
		2)	University of South Dakota
	C.	Memorandum of Understanding – SDSU & Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation
	C.	Inactive Status and Program Termination Requests – SDSU & USD
	D.	Program Review Reports – SDSU & USD