Faculty & Staff
Self Governance » Curricular Affairs Committee
Minutes
February 13, 2003
Review/Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the November 21, 2002 meeting were approved.
Follow-up on Curricular Changes - December Faculty Meeting
Herbals Task Force
The committee decided to establish a task force to form a new course syllabus for Herbals as a required course as approved at the December faculty meeting. The committee will appoint the existing Herbals elective team as the task force with the current team leader Neels Van der Schyf as chair. Dr. Bouma volunteered to serve on task force as CAC liaison. CAC will let the task force design their own course using the NABP guidelines
Letter to course team for Current Topics
The committee has made a recommendation that Current Topics be reclassified as an elective course. Dr. K.Haase will draft a letter to the current topics team advising them of the CAC recommendation.
Proposal for Systematic Review of the Curriculum by CAC
The ACPE standards for curriculum review will be the basis for the proposed curriculum review process. Hand-out was distributed of the draft of the proposal for the procedure for systematic curricular review. The CAC will coordinate the major curricular review on a 6-year cycle. The Dean advised that if we are in compliance with ACPE then we would have no problem with the SACS visit. The committee needs to review the schedule for ACPE site visits.
It was decided that we needed to re-establish the post-course review system and do a semesterly review of the courses. This will also encourage teams to discuss the course post-course and make suggestions for the next year. Will also utilize the data obtained from students' performance on the Assessment of Learning exam for areas that our students are deficient in as well as surveys of alumni, preceptors, and employers. The CAC decided agreed to implement a sequential review of the core curriculum to as part of the process for overall curriculum review. Additional recommendations regarding the document were requested to be forwarded to other CAC members by e-mail.
Review of APM Charge for Curriculum Review
The committee reviewed and discussed the memo from Dean Nelson to the Academic Program Management Committee regarding three curricular issues to be addressed and the overlapping of duties between the two committees. The role of CAC in this process was discussed. There was much discussion regarding the role of the Academic Program Management Committee and the Curricular Program Management Committee versus the Curricular Affairs Committee. After reviewing the APM memo to CAC the committee was unclear on the specific concerns for courses identified as "out of compliance". It was decided that Dr. K. Haase would draft a letter of response from CAC to APM addressing CAC's concerns and position and also offering a joint meeting of the two committees or offering to have a CAC member attend their meetings. The committee decided that this memo must have been driven by the fact that there is a March deadline for preparing the class schedule for Fall 2003. CAC will take a proactive role, including recommendation that APM and CAC work together to on identifying curricular issues and that CAC independently review course content for adequate SCH.
Pharmacy Practice Sequence Review Process / Timeline
The Committee decided to work on this review after the pharmacotherapy sequencing review process was completed.
Consideration of Petition from PC I Course Team
The Committee then reviewed the petition from the PC1 Team regarding their requested changes to this course. The CAC decided to table their petition until after the APM meeting. There was much discussion regarding the changes that have been implemented in several courses and the rationale for them. CAC recognizes that changed from lecture hours to lab hours or discussion hours or the number of credit hours per semester hours must be formally approved by the faculty. There was further discussion regarding what is a lab and the formula for credits hours involving lab and discussion together the funding issues involved. The committee decided that after the APM meeting they will ask the PC1 team to meet with the CAC to have a significant discussion regarding these changes.
Approval of Document on Pharmacotherapy Course Sequence
Dr. Bouma presented a brief review of her assigned pharmacotherapy courses sequencing review.
Next Meeting
Thursday, March 6, 2003 at 11:00.
The meeting was adjourned.