MEMORANDUM
TO: Faculty, Staff and Students
FROM: Betty L. Siegel, President
SUBJ: Final Actions from Fall 2001 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; copies are on file in the Office Academic Affairs
and the Horace W. Sturgis Library.
* New Undergraduate Programs*
> A Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice was approved by the UPCC and is pending final approval
from the Board of Regent's.
NOTE: This program received BOR approval at their January meeting. See email dated January 14, 2002 from Dean Nobel.
* Change in Degree and Program Requirements*
Bagwell College of Education
> The Secondary English Education major is changed with the following: 1) ENGL 3260 changes its course title and
description to align the course content and pedagogy to represent research-based best practice in grammar and
writing instruction. 2) ENGL 3035 Introduction to Language and Linguistics will replace ENGL 3040 History of the
English Language to more closely align program expectations with Praxis II objectives. 3) ENGL 3391 makes a title
and description change and adds this course to the secondary English education theory option.
> The Social Science Education major makes the following changes: 1) Removes the restriction requiring SSED majors
to take either Geography 3310 or Geography 3330 as one of the two upper level Geography courses used to complete
their Geography teaching field requirements, and allowing them to choose any two (6 hour) 3000 or 4000 Geography
courses chosen from the courses listed in section II. 2) Adds POLS 4435 to the choices of POLS 3334 or 3350 for
students completing their 6 hours of upper level Political Science courses for their Political Science teaching field.
The requirement to take either POLS 4415 or POLS 3315 remains unchanged. 3) Move HIST 4475 to the appropriate choice
placement as a course in Area Studies.
College of Science and Mathematics
> B.S. in Information Systems makes the following changes: 1) addition of new major electives to existing program:
FIN 3100, ACCT 4150, ISA 3100, ISA 3200, ISA 3300, ISA 3350, ISA 3396, ISA 3398 and the removal of electives:
CSIS 3650, CSIS 4010, CSIS 4250, CSIS 4540, CSIS 4620, CSIS 4800, IT 4525, and PHYS 3340. 2) in order to position
the degree for eventual accreditation recommend restructuring of electives into two categories: Business Electives,
and CSIS Electives. IS major must take at least one but not more than three business electives, and then the remainder
from the CSIS list. 3) deletion of CSIS 4010, CSIS 4250, and CSIS 4800 3) ACCT 3300 Accounting Information Systems was
incorrectly listed in catalog as ACCT 4500, which does not exist 5) CSIS 3400 has been replaced by MATH 3400 (created
by the MATH dept for this purpose).
Academic Standards and Study Abroad
> A proposal for setting minimum standards for the guidance of faculty and their department chairs in proposing study
abroad courses was accepted and approved for use in both graduate and undergraduate courses.
Request for Special Topics Course Approval
> A form created for Special Topics Course Approval was accepted and goes into effect immediately for both graduate and
undergraduate courses.
* New Certificate Program*
> A certificate program is being offered in Information Security and Assurance designed for both technology and
non-technology majors. It encompasses five new courses and a number of existing courses from CS, IS, Accounting,
Criminal Justice, and Political Science. This certificate program will be offered in Fall of 2002.
*New Undergraduate Courses*
CSIS 3550. Unix Administration and Security. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: CSIS 2520 and CSIS 3530.
ENGL 3035. Introduction to Language and Linguistics. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: ENGL 2110.
ENGL 3110. Careers in Writing. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: ENGL 2110.
ENGL 3111. Professional Editing. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: ENGL 2110.
ISA 3100. Principles of Information Security and Assurance. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: CSIS 2520 or permission of the department.
ISA 3200. Application in Information Security and Assurance. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: CSIS 2520 or permission of the department.
ISA 3300. Policy and Administration of Information Security and Assurance. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: CSIS 2520 or permission of
department.
ISA 3350. Computer Forensics. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: ISA 3100.
ISA 3398. Internships in Information Security and Assurance. 3-9 credit hours. Prerequisite: ISA 3100 and approval of
coordinator of cooperative education (Career Services).
ISA 3396. Cooperative Study in Information Security and Assurance. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: ISA 3100 and approval of
coordinator of cooperative education (Career Services).
*Undergraduate Course Changes*
ENGL 3140. Course title change to Technical Writing and course description change.
ENGL 3391. Course title change to Teaching Literature to Adolescents and course description change.
ENGL 3260. Course title change to Grammar in the Context of Writing and course description change.
ESL 1101. Course number change to ESL 1105.
ESL 1102. Course number change to ESL 1106.
THTR 2713. Change in class-lab-credit hours to 0-6-2 and change in course description.
THTR 3093. Change in course title to Storytelling I: Folktale and Legend and change in course description.
THTR 3693. Change in course number to THTR 3193, change in course title to Storytelling II: Myth and Epic and change in course description.
*Undergraduate Course Deletions*
CSIS 4010.
CSIS 4250.
CSIS 4800.
APPROVED GRADUATE POLICIES AND CURRICULUM COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS:
Changes will be reflected in the 2002-2003 graduate catalog; copies are on file in the Office of Academic Affairs and the
Horace W. Sturgis Library.
*New Graduate Programs*
> A Master of Science in Applied Computer Science was approved by Board of Regent's during the November 2001 meeting.
It is anticipated that this program will be offered beginning Fall 2002.
*New Graduate Programs Pending Final Approval*
> A Master of Science in Applied Computer Science was approved by Board of Regent's during the November 2001 meeting.
It is anticipated that this program will be offered beginning Fall 2002.
> A Master of Education in College Student Success/Higher Education was approved by the GPCC and is pending final
approval from the Board of Regent's.
> A Master of Education in Educational Leadership was approved by the GPCC and is pending final approval by the
Board of Regent's.
*Graduate Programs/Concentration Additions/Changes*
> A concentration in High Performance Computing is part of the Master of Science in Applied Computer Science program
and builds a base of study that forms the foundation of the Applied Computer Science track.
> The Career Growth MBA eliminates the eleven concentrations and now allows students to ēcustomizeģ their graduate
education by selecting 12 graduate credit hours from any of the graduate courses offered in the Coles College of
Business, excluding those in the core. Students may also take one course outside of the Coles College with approval.
The restructuring of the Career Growth MBA eliminates too many concentrations that makes it difficult for graduate
students to get the courses they need to meet each of the 11 concentration requirements. Now students can pick their
own concentration and then market themselves however they choose. The concentration is unofficial and does not appear
on their diploma. Thus, enabling the student to put together a concentration more geared to their background while
offering significantly more choices to the student. The new enrollment requirements of 12 students per class would be
difficult to sustain with the existing concentrations.
> The Master of Publication Administration (MPA) program is restructured. In January 2001, the MPA program moved
from the former Dept. of Public Adm. and Human Services, College of Health and Human Services to the Dept. of
Political Science and International Affairs, College of Humanities and Social Science. The move prompted a thorough
review of the program in light of their intent to conduct a required self-study of the program in academic year
2001-2002 in preparation for accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
(NASPAA) and in recognition of the particular faculty expertise now available. The restructuring of the program
includes the revision of the core, and the concentrations, the deletion of one concentration (College Student
Success and Enrollment Services), a new concentration (Regional Policy and Administration (MPAR), developing new
courses, deletion of courses, and renaming some courses.
*New Graduate Courses*
CM 7100. Introduction to Conflict Management. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study.
CS 8121. Computing Systems. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: Program admission.
CS 8122. Advanced Computing Systems. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: CS 8121.
CS 8511. Embedded Systems and Microcontrollers. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: Program admission.
CS 8512. Advanced Embedded Systems and Microcontrollers.3-0-3. Prerequisites: CS 8511.
CS 8531. Software Engineering. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: Program admission.
CS 8615. Optical Computing. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: CS 8122.
CS 8625. Parallel and Distributed Computing. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: CS 8122.
CS 8627. Security and Encryption. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: CS 8122.
CS 8628. N-Tier Client-Server Systems. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: CS 8121 or IS 8040.
CS 8635. Distributed Object Technology. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: CS 8122 and CS 8532.
CS 8940. Directed Studies. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Program admission.
CS 8916. Co-op. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Program admission.
CS 8918. Internship. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Program admission.
CS 8990. Special Topics. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Program admission.
GEOG 7100. Geographic Information Systems for Administrators. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: Admission to Graduate Studies.
MGT 8840. Reinventing Business Leadership. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to the MAcc or the MBA program.
PAD 6700. Public Personnel Administration. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to graduate studies.
PAD 6600. Program Evaluation. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: PAD 6250.
PAD 7130. Regional Politics and Policy. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study.
PAD 7180. Nonprofit Governance and Administration. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study.
PAD 7230. Local Government and City Management. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study.
PAD 7430. Regional and Local Planning. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: PAD 6200.
PAD 7455. Administrative Law. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: PAD 6200.
*Graduate Course Changes*
PAD 6200. Course title change to Fundamentals of Public Administration and Public Service.
PAD 7100. Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study.
PAD 7985. Course title change to Internship in Public Service.
PAD 7995. Course title change to Public Service Practicum.
SCED 7750. Course title change to Contemporary Issues in Science Education and course description change.
SCI 7726. Course title change to Life Science and course description change.
SCI 7727. Course title change to Physical Science and course description change.
SCI 7728. Course title change to Earth Science and course description change.
SCI 7729. Course title change to Astronomy and course description change.
*Graduate Course Deletions*
PAD 6400.
PAD 7170.
PAD 7200.
PAD 7400.
PAD 7550.
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.
* Changes to the membership of the Undergraduate Policies and Curriculum Committee:
> The Dean of Undergraduate and University Studies becomes a permanent administrative member and the Associate
Vice President for Academic Affairs is added as a nonvoting ex-officio member
* Student Code of Conduct proposes the following changes:
> Division of the current code into two separate and distinct documents: the Academic Code of Conduct, and the
Campus Code of conduct (General [non-academic] Misconduct). The Parking and Traffic regulations will be totally
removed from the Student Code ofConduct since the Traffic and Parking Regulations apply to all constituencies
across our campus, thus it should not be held within the Student Code. The Academic and Campus Codes will be
handled through the same means and process (as far as violation hearings go) through the Judiciary. The division
will, however, carry with it a change in the revision clauses of these documents. (See Senate minutes of
October 8, 2001 ).
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 resolution and will take it
under advisement in the administration of the University's operation:
* University Senate Resolution to Temporarily Assign to the Senate Executive Committee an Advisory Role for Campus
Planning (10/08/01)
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