ACADEMIC BOARD MEETING

7 MAY 2002

DRAFT MINUTES

BG Carter called the meeting to order at 1515 hours.

AGENDA ITEM # 1: APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF 23 APRIL 2002

The minutes were unanimously approved as written.

AGENDA ITEM # 2: CADET ACADEMIC RECOGNITION

BG Carter announced that he had intended to recognize Cadet Ryan Parker as the First Honor Graduate at the meeting, but Cadet Parker was not able to attend.

AGENDA ITEM # 3: CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE REPORT

BG Carter recognized MAJ Harry Davakos to present the report from the Curriculum and Instruction Committee

MAJ Davakos summarized the changes being recommended by the committee:

• Revise course description for SPAN 307, Business Spanish to read "introduction to the language and culture of economies, banking, commerce, sales, import-export, and corporations in Spain and Spanish America."
• Add SPAN 308, Spanish Business Correspondence: An extensive overview and practice of written commercial communications in Spanish.
• Eliminate SPAN 390, 391, and 392.

Based on the recommendation of the Curriculum Committee, the modern language curricular changes were approved unanimously.

• Add MATH 206, Introduction to Discrete Structures, as a prerequisite for pursuing the computer engineering concentration
• Add ELEC 425, Interference Control in Electronics, to add another elective in the field of electromagnetic compatibility
• Reschedule when students complete their core curriculum courses in English

Based on the recommendation of the Curriculum Committee, the curricular changes for electrical engineering were approved unanimously.

• Add the following political science courses:

• Change the title of PSCI 337 from Far Eastern Affairs to East Asian Affairs
• Change the title of PSCI 342 from Terrorism, Political Ideology, and Violence

• Delete the following courses

• Add PSCI 431, American Foreign Relations, as an elective for the American Politics concentration
• Change the catalog description for PSCI 498, Independent Study/Senior Research. Delete the statement "Required of all seniors as a prerequisite to graduation; an approved departmental elective may be substituted" as this has not been a requirement for the degree for many years.
• Add the following criminal justice courses:

• Change SOCI 302, Criminology, to CRMJ 202, Criminology
• Add the following courses as criminal justice electives in Cluster A:

• Add PSCI 310 to the criminal justice electives in Cluster B

Based on the recommendation of the Curriculum Committee, the curricular changes for political science and criminal justice were approved unanimously.

Eliminate the Education, History degree on the grounds that the Education, Social Studies degree better prepares students to obtain teaching jobs upon graduation.

Based on the recommendation of the Curriculum Committee, the elimination of the history concentration for education majors was approved unanimously.

• Delete the following courses:

Based on the recommendation of the Curriculum Committee, the curricular changes for the Department of Health, Exercise and Sport Science were approved unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM # 4: APPROVAL OF GRADUATION CANDIDATES

COL Metts moved, COL Askins seconded, and the Board unanimously approved the conferring of degrees on all those undergraduate students who are confirmed by the Registrar’s Office as having met the requirements for their degrees.

AGENDA ITEM # 5: ISSUES REGARDING ETHICS

BG Carter asked that department heads send him their reactions to the President’s remarks at the faculty meeting last week about cadet ethics.

COL Cleaver expressed concern about the issue of honor violations among students working collaboratively on laboratory assignments. He asked if guidelines might be developed that could be used campus wide. BG Carter said he would be working with BG Barrett, the Advisor to the Honor Committee, on this issue, among others.

AGENDA ITEM # 6: BUDGET

BG Carter announced that the budget situation looks worse rather than better.

The Legislature did not annualize last year’s salary increase which translates into another reduction since the college will have to identify funds to cover the ongoing costs.

AGENDA ITEM # 7: MISCELLANEOUS

BG Carter recognized the individuals who will be leaving Academic Board.

Al Finch is stepping down as head of the Department of Psychology and will be on sabbatical next year. Steve Silver has completed his term as Chair of Faculty Council and will be succeeded next year by George Williams in the Education Department. And Suzanne Ozment will be leaving The Citadel to take a position at USC-Aiken.

The meeting was adjourned at 1555 hours.

Submitted by

Suzanne Ozment

Dean of Undergraduate Studies