March 28, 2022

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL Monday, March 28, 2022 Black Hills State University Student Union – Presidents Conference Room 205 Spearfish, South Dakota

1:00pm – 5:00pm MT

Tentative Agenda

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NOTE: Items below are embedded within the Academic Affairs Council Team Site of the SDBOR InfoShare portal (log in credentials required).

1.	Agenda – Additions, Changes, and Approval

2.	e-Education and Technology Initiatives
	A.	LMS RFP Project Update
	B.	Nebraska Book Changes
	C.	LMS Storefront Bookstore
	D.	Transact Card System Migration
	E.	Sodexo Update

3.	Strategic Initiatives*
	A.	Mission Reporting
	B.	Seamless Transfer, Joint Meeting with BOTE/BOR
	C.	Grant Math Project Proposal

4.	Other Initiatives
	A.	Course Delivery Methods
	B.	Academic Leadership Training Update
	C.	Professor of Practice – Draft Guidelines
	D.	Tenure Credit Issue
	E.	Workload Pilot and Workload Lean Project
	F.	Credit by Exam Review – Draft Revisions of AP & CLEP Placement Guidelines

5.	Policy Revision and Development
	A.	BOR Policy Revisions
		1)	Academic Calendars Update and Revisions to BOR Policies 2:6 and 4:31 – Addition of Juneteenth Holiday
		2)	BOR Policy 2:13 – Third Party Requests for Academic Credit
		3)	BOR Policy 2:7 and 2:26 – General Education
		4)	BOR Policy 2:11 – Assessment
		5)	BOR Policy 2:29 – Definition of Credits and Related Institutional Requirements

	B.	Academic Affairs Guidelines
		1)	AAC Guideline 2.22 – Program Modification Requiring Board Approval
		2)	Draft Program Evaluation Guidelines
		3)	AAC Guideline 8.7 – General Education Assessment Guideline Revision
		4)	AAC Guideline 7.1 – Dual and Concurrent Credit Administration Guidelines
		5)	Course Enrollment Guidelines Update
		6)	New Program Requests Guideline and Forms Update
		7)	AAC Guidelines 8.3 and 8.4 – Revisions to General Education Curriculum Requirements

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

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

	C.	New Program Requests
		1)	DSU – BS in Individualized Studies
		2)	USD – Minor in Deaf Education
		3)	USD – Minor in Public Policy

	D.	New Certificate Requests
		1)	DSU – Ethics in Technology (Undergraduate)
		2)	DSU – Supply Chain Management (Graduate)
		3)	NSU – HyFlex Pedagogy (Graduate)
		4)	USD – Data Science (Undergraduate)
		5)	USD – Fundamentals of Medical Spanish (Undergraduate)

	E.	New Site Requests
		1)	SDSU – BS and Minor in Agricultural Business (Online)
		2)	USD – Kinesiology and Sport Management, M.A. Exercise Science specialization (Online, Hybrid)

	F.	Intent to Plan Requests
		1)	DSU – BS in Digital Content Creation

	G.	Summary of Pending and in-Progress Program Requests

7.	Consent
	A.	Articulation Agreements – NSU
	B.	Inactive Status and Program Termination Requests – DSU & USD
	C.	Site Termination Request – USD
	D.	Revisions to Terminal Degrees Table – USD
	E.	Dual / Concurrent Credit Transfer of Credits Agreement Amendment – Wayne State College (Added 03/23/2022)


* Item(s) will only be accessible to official members of AAC or other authorized personnel.