Minutes
Curriculum Committee
Tuesday, November 19, 2002
Members: James Swartz (Chair), Gerald Adams, Diane Robertson, Andy Hamilton, Jerry Lalonde, Mark Montgomery, and Devan McGranahan.
Agenda:
1. The minutes
from the 11/05/02 meeting were approved.
2. The following
proposal was approved regarding an exception to the rule that the only 2 credit
MAPs are permitted as follow-up to 4 credit MAPs.
All MAPs, with the exception of follow-up MAPs, must be at least 4 credits.
Follow-up MAPs may be 2 credits. On those occasions when the MAP director can
show that two 2-credit segments of a MAP taken in consecutive semesters best
meet the research requirements of the project, the project director should speak
with the Associate Academic Dean regarding an exception. In such cases, the
student would enroll in a 397 for the first 2 credits of work, and then would
enroll in a 499 for the following 2 credits of work in the subsequent semester.
3. The Committee discussed a proposal that would limit the number of MAPs one can teach in any one term. This would help to protect faculty from being asked to do too many MAPs in any one term or summer. To date no one has done more than 5 MAPs in a given term or summer. This proposal only applies to individual projects and not seminars. The committee decided that this proposal should be discussed in the divisions before we take any action on this proposal.
An essential element of a Mentored Advanced Project is that it be intensively mentored. The level of mentoring, combined with the advanced quality of the research distinguishes MAPs from other forms of Independent Study. Summer MAPs, the most intensively mentored of the MAPs, also draw especially heavily on the resources of the College. For these reasons, the Dean's Office proposes that a limit be set on the number of MAPs that can be directed by a faculty member in a single term.
1. No more than 6 MAPs in a summer term or any term where a faculty member is teaching one or no courses.
2. No more than 2 MAPs during a regular academic term when the faculty member is teaching two or more regular courses.
3. No more than 3 MAPs during a regular academic term when the faculty member is teaching two or more regular courses, and when the MAP students are pursuing a common project.
4. The committee
reviewed the proposed changes to the course proposal form. The revised form
will be brought to the next meeting for final approval.