David Delker (TC), Karen Pence (HE), Ike Ehie (BA), Carol Shanklin (Grad School), Monty Nielsen (RO), Al Cochran (PO), Doris Carroll (AA), Kevin Donnelly (AG), Dave Stewart (DCE), Mike Perl (ED), Ray Hightower (EN), Alison Wheatley (AS), Kevin Donnely (AG), and Lynn Ewanow (CAPD)
Kelli Cox
Mike Lynch (EDP), Larry Moeder (Adm/SFA)
David Delker, Chair, called the meeting to order at 10:00am
Approval for minutes of April 11, 2007 was moved by Ray Hightower and seconded by Al Cochran. Motion carried
Correction to Maureen Herspring - CAPD, Continuing Education (Alerd)
The issue of greatest concern that Kelli and her committee faced were expediting certain courses and curriculum changes from the old flowchart documents.
A subcommittee met and created a flowchart for new courses which will be put on the Course and Curriculum Information Tracking System website ( http://www.ksu.edu/committees/ccits ) for committee review. It was suggested that perhaps it would be more appropriate to first tackle a flowchart for course changes since course changes occur more frequently than new courses. They designed a flowchart that could simplify renaming or changing a course description within the same course number sequence without going through the complete approval process as long as it does not affect any other college.
Each college would notify its members for approval of a course change, prerequisite confirmation and curriculum changes. The committee would like for this proposal to be approved and active by fall of 2008.
The iSIS terminology is being added and presents a challenge to all. To ensure clarity, course and curriculum changes must be clearly stated.
They have created a face-lift approach by adding a glossary such as flowchart, step by step instruction, checklists, program forward, program proposal inserts, definitions, standardized forms, and etc. . .
Kelli commented that if the length of time necessary for the discussion and voting process for the electronic system seems longer than with the green sheets, the system may be in direct conflict with the committee's objective to decrease the amount of time to process proposals.
Another dilemma for the committee is to create a plan to put in place an interdisciplinary program at the undergraduate and graduate level. A proposal was made to make a new position or elect a coordinator / unit with added responsibility for the undergraduate studies. By having this proposal in place, it would help the process, verification and communication within all the disciplines and undergraduate type programs coming through the system. In the near future, electronic cataloging will be common place and approved changes will be immediate. This issue and information regarding the approval process should be communicated to the iSIS task force.
NST and OCR document is complete and is posted on the website. (Delker will send website address to you)
Archives for the previous NST and OCR document are also preserved on the website as well
Discussion was addressed to decisions that need to be made on how the document will be maintained and kept current. It was recommended that the Chair and secretary must maintain the document each month. The Chair will write a letter to the Provost for support. Support staff is recommended to keep all information current.
All CAPP Minutes should be given to Nancy Baker, Computer Information Specialist at Planning and Analysis.
The committee is making progress with the electronic catalog. iSIS is ongoing and changes are being made to PeopleSoft transcripts.
CAPP meeting will start at 10:30am and keep standing reports at end of the meeting.
Next CAPP meeting will be held on Wednesday, 11 July 2007 with Kevin Donnely serving as chairperson and Mike Perl serving as secretary.