MEMORANDUM

TO:   Faculty, Staff and Students
FROM: Betty L. Siegel, President
SUBJ: Final Actions from February 2001 through Spring 2001 semester of the Undergraduate Policies and Curriculum Committee,
      the Graduate Policies and Curriculum Committee and the Senate.
     
APPROVED UNDERGRADUATE POLICIES AND CURRICULUM COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS:      
These approvals will be reflected in the 2002-2003 Undergraduate Catalog and will also be
published on KSU's undergraduate on-line web (2001-2002 fall 2001 updates version); 
copies are on file in the Office Academic Affairs and the Horace W. Sturgis Library.

* New Undergraduate Programs*
> The Bachelor of Science in Geographic Information Science (GISC) was approved by the Board of Regent's
in May 2001 and will be offered fall semester 2001.

* Change in Degree and Program Requirements*

College of Health and Human Services
> Major in Public and Social Services is renamed to Human Services under the existing Bachelor of Science degree. With the
approval of renaming of the PSS major to Human Services, several changes are made including prerequisite, course number,
and course description changes to existing HS and PSS courses, new HS courses, and deletion of PSS courses. Refer below
to new courses and course changes for specific changes.
> Sport Management major decreases free electives from 12 credit hours to 9 and increases HPS 4950 Internship from 9 to 12 credit hours.
It creates a 12-hour Internship that is more meaningful to students and is equal to the other two programs under the HPS department.

College of Humanities and Social Sciences
> Exercise and Health Science makes changes evolved from the ongoing evaluations of the curriculum based on trends in the
Exercise and Health Science field and feedback from the graduates. Three changes were made: 1) HPS 1530 and HPS 1570 are
dropped as lower division major requirements and allow students the option to select two courses from a menu of activities.
2) Add HPS 4500 - Physiological Basis of Training and Performance to the Exercise Specialist and Pre-Professional
concentrations. 3) Drop 4750 Internship as a requirement for the Pre-Professional concentration.

*Revisions in Existing Minors*

The minor in Gerontology is revised due to three of the courses being reassigned as core courses for the new Graduate
Certificate in Gerontology program. Even though these three courses have been eliminated in the undergraduate program,
other sufficient courses already exist to support this undergraduate minor.

*New Undergraduate Courses*

CJ 3320. Criminal Investigation. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: CJ 2205.
ECON 4530. Public and Urban Economics. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Business majors: Sophomore GPA requirement; Nonbusiness majors:
60 credit hours including ECON 2200.
HPS 4500. Physiological Basis of Training and Performance. 2-2-3. Prerequisite: BIOL 2222 . Corequisite: HPS 4300.
MGT 4124. Franchise Management. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: MGT 3100.
SOCI 3320. Exploring the Aging Network. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: SOCI 2201 or PSYC 2201.
SOCI 3360. Sociology of Violence. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: CJ 2205 and SOCI 2105 or SOCI 2201.
SOCI 3365. The Profile of the Serial Offender. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: CJ 2205.
SOCI 4410. Criminal Profiling and Analysis. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: CJ 2205, SOCI 3365.

*Undergraduate Course Changes*

CHEM 3100. Change in corequisite to: 3105L and change in course description.
CHEM 3100L. Change in course number to 3105L. Change in course title to Inorganic Synthesis and course description change.
CHEM 3110. Change in prerequisite to CHEM 3105L.
CHEM 3110L. Course number changed to CHEM 3105L.Title changed to Inorganic Synthesis and course description change.
CJ 3315. Change in course title to Criminal Procedure.
CJ 3400.Change in course title to Ideological/Group Violence and Law Enforcement and course description change.
CJ 4200. Change in course title to Alcohol, Drugs, and Crime and change in course description.
ECON 4550. Change in course title to The Economics of Strategy and course description change.
NURS 3301. Changed corequisite to prerequisite: Admission to BSN program, NURS 3209.
SOCI 3352. Change in course title to Juvenile Delinquency and Corrections.

*Undergraduate Course Deletions*

NURS 4424.
PSYC 4435.
SOCI 4424.

RECOMMENDATIONS STILL PENDING

*Coles College of Business*
> Proposal to change the major in Economics to Economics & Quantitative Analysis.

APPROVED GRADUATE POLICIES AND CURRICULUM COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS:

Changes will be reflected in the 2002-2003 graduate catalog and will also published in
KSU’s graduate on-line web (2001-2002 fall 2001 updates version); copies are on file in the Office of
Academic Affairs and the Horace W. Sturgis Library.

A double askterisk (**) beside an item indicates the recommendation will appear in the 2001-2002 graduate catalog.

*Graduate Policy Changes*

**< MAPW program changes admission requirement to read "a letter of recommendation is optional."
**< Under admission requirements, MAPW program adds an alternative option of a "minimum of 550 verbal score" which gives
applicants and the MAPW faculty a reasonable alternative to the 1350 minimum total GRE score.

*Graduate Programs/Concentrations Changes*

**< Master of Science in Information Systems modifies program to make the following changes: 1) prerequisite structure for
the entire program will change such that, once a student has received full admission, the only courses with prerequisites
are those in the Data Communications track. 2) IS 8030 is deleted from the core, and IS 8824 is renumbered to IS 8080 and
becomes part of the core. 3) Telecommunications track is revised and renamed as Data Communications track. IS 8624 and IS
8626 are deleted. IS 8625 become s a new track component. 4) Systems Administration track is revised, moving IS 8824 to
the core. A new course IS 8825 is slated to fill its place. 5) Hypermedia track is officially retired, replaced by the
e-Business Systems track. (Previously approved). 6) A new category of courses will be created, Common Electives, which
may be used as an elective for any track, or used as the Collaborative Study requirement. IS 8110 is the first new course
in this track.
**< MBA for Experienced Professionals and the MBA for Physician Executives programs incorporate changes in order to update
the curriculum content in the graduate catalog to properly reflect the distance learning component currently in the
curriculum. Accordingly, the proposed changes will increase the total credit hours from 36 semester hours to 48 semester
hours and therefore meet the requirements of the AACSB.

*Graduate Certificate Programs*
**< A certificate program in Creative Writing was approved and will be implemented in the Fall of 2001.
**< A certificate program in Gerontology was approved and will be implemented in the Fall of 2001.

*New Graduate Courses*

**GBA 6100. Analytical Business Applications. 6-0-6. Prerequisite: Admission to MBA or MAcc program.
**GBA 6200. Exploring Contemporary Business. 6-0-6. Prerequisite: Admission to MBA or MAcc.
**IS 8110. Information Security. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to the MSIS program or permission of the graduate program
director.
**IS 8625. Networking Protocols. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to the MSIS program or permission of the graduate program
director.
**IT 8825. Current Issues in Systems Administration. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to the MSIS program or permission of the
graduate program director.
**PAD 6400. Course title change to Ethical Issues in Public Administration and course description change.
**PAD 6450. Course description change.
**PAD 7550. Course title change to Regional and Local Policies and Administration and course description change.
**PAD 7985. Internship in Public Management. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Approval of program director.
**PAD 7995. Public Management Practicum. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Approval of program director.
**PRWR 7970. The MAPW Practicum. 1-6. Prerequisite: Completion of 27 credit hours in the MAPW program and at least four
courses in the concentration.

*Graduate Course Changes*

GBA 7006. Course number change to GBA 7005. Course title change to Team Development and Orientation Residency. Course hour
change to 1-6 and course description change.
GBA 7010. Course title change to Institutional Excellence and course description change.
GBA 7020. Course title change to Business Excellence. Course credit hours change to 11-semester hours and course description
change.
GBA 7026. Course title change to Organization & Industry Policy Issues Residency. Credit hours change to 1-6 and description
change.
GBA 7031. Course number change to 7030. Course title change to Product/Service Excellence and course description change.
GBA 7035. Course title change to International Residency. Course credit hours change to 1-6 and course description change.
GBA 7036. Course title change to Best Practices Residency. Credit hours change to 1-6 and course description change.
GBA 7041. Course number change to GBA 7040.Course title change to Decision-Making & Professional Development. Course credit
hours change to 9-semester hours and course description change.
**IS 8060. Prerequisite change to Admission to MSIS program or permission of graduate program director.
**IS 8224. Course number change to is 8120 and prerequisite change to Admission to MSIS program or permission of the program
director.
**IS 8424. Course number change to IS 8080 and course prerequisite change to Admission to MSIS program or permission of the
graduate program director.
**IS 8822. Prerequisite change to Admission to the MSIS program or permission of the graduate program director.
**IS 8824. Prerequisite change to Admission to the MSIS program or permission of graduate director and course number
change to IS 8080.

*Graduate Course Deletions*

**ACCT 5200.
**ECON 5300.
GBA 7006.
GBA 7011.
GBA 7021.
GBA 7031.
GBA 7041.
**IS 8030.
**IS 8222.
**IS 8226.
**IS 8624.
**IS 8626.
**PAD 7270.
**PAD 7370.
**PAD 7980
**PAD 7990

FINAL ACTIONS ON RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY SENATE ACTIONS SPRING SEMESTER 2001.
The following Senate recommendations have been approved for implementation. Where applicable, these approvals will be
included in the latest editions of the catalogs and/or handbooks of KSU.
* Amended admission policies for KSU limited freshmen as follows:
- adjust the minimum SAT verbal score required for placement testing to 480. The new institutional range would become 430-480
for traditional freshman instead of 430-510.
- Adjust the minimum SAT math score required for placement testing to 450. The new institutional range would become 400-450 for
traditional freshman instead of 400-470.
- Discontinue placement testing in Reading for all traditional freshman since they have already met system requirements for
the university admission. Reading test scores do not reflect a reliable correlation with reading success within subject areas
(such as philosophy and history). There is reading incorporated in the English 0099 course.

These testing procedures only apply to students just out of high school, as non-traditional students (5 years out of high
school) and non-native speaking students are tested with a different battery.

* Changes in the tenure and promotion policies from the University Oversight Committee. Sections to be changed in KSU Faculty
Handbook include pages 5.10 - Third Year Review, 5.21- Department Tenure and Promotion Committee Review, 5.22- College/School
Tenure and Promotion Committee Review, 5.23 - Tenure and Promotion, 5.24-University T&P Review Committee, 5.29-Post-Tenure,
and 5.44-Structure & Content of Departmental Guidelines. For detailed descriptions of these changes, see Senate minutes dated
April 9, 2001 and April 30, 2001 (unofficial minutes).
* Policy to Award Academic Credit for International Baccalaureate (IB) Courses passed and will read "Kennesaw State University
awards academic credit for certain International Baccalaureate (IB) classes, if students have achieved a required score on the
national IB examination. Details on required scores and course equivalencies, will be housed in the Office of the Registrar."

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SENATE RESOLUTIONS
Resolutions are considered to be advisory in nature and are not approved by the President as university policy. The President's
Cabinet acknowledges and appreciates the concerns expressed in the following resolutions and will take them under advisement
in the administration of the University's operation:

a) University Senate Resolution Regarding Planning & Resources (4/30/01)
b) University Senate Resolution on Environmental Policy (4/30/01)
c) University Senate Resolution for a Senate Subcommittee to Review Changes in the Campus
Master Plan Annually (4/30/01)

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