Committee Report Senate Academic Affairs Committee (SAAC) October 11, 2016

1. Committee ReportSenate Academic Affairs Committee (SAAC)October 11, 2016 Derrek B. Dunn, Ph.D. School of Business and Technology

2. Submission Timeline for AY2015-2016 Submission Timeline currently posted to Division of Academic Affairs website.

3. Curriculum Process Changes Course Changes Only New Programs or Substantial Modifications Continue to use existing paper process • Use Course Action e-form • Additions • Modifications • Eliminations • HawkWeb → Faculty Center → View Faculty eForms

4. Frequency Asked Questions (FAQ) • I wish to update/change the language in the UMES catalog for my program, how is this done? • I wish to establish a new course prefix, how is this done? • I wish to have a current course designated as an HONORS course, how is this done? • I need to update my academic requirements page on Hawkweb, how is this done? • If I wish to make a course change (prefix, course number, course title, course description, pre-req.) to an existing HONORS or ONLINE course, how is this done?

5. Proposal Packet(s) Received by Deadline Proposal Packet(s) Received by SAAC for Review and Presentation: • Department of Fine Arts

6. Review of Curriculum Change Proposals

7. Fine Arts Proposal • Proposal document(s) received by SAAC on May 15, 2016 • Reviewed from August 25th to October 10th • Committee voted electronically on October 10th and approved all requested changes • Overview of course changes • Request to update catalogue description • From: The Applied Design Program accepts as its mission the role of providing learning experiences for students who wish to pursue careers in the applied design fields of graphic illustration, commercial photography, and sequential arts. The goal of this program is to offer an intensified curriculum in applied design that will enable students graduating from the program to think logically and creatively, and to function as practicing artists/crafts persons. Students in this program must complete 121 semester hours of University courses. Included in these 121 hours are 42 hours of required Foundation Courses and 38 hours of Fine Arts Core Courses. All students must earn a grade of C or higher in all ARTS Prerequisites. A student must earn a grade of C or higher in all ARTS courses to graduate. • To: The Applied Design Program accepts as its mission the role of providing learning experiences for students who wish to pursue careers in the applied design fields of graphic illustration, commercial photography, and sequential arts. The goal of this program is to offer an intensified curriculum in applied design that will enable students graduating from the program to think logically and creatively, and to function as practicing artists/crafts persons. Students in this program must complete 121 semester hours of University courses. Included in these 121 hours are 42 hours of required Foundation Courses and 38 hours of Fine Arts Core Courses. All students must earn a grade of C or higher in all ARTS Prerequisites. A student must earn a grade of C or higher in all ARTS courses to graduate. Fees may be applied.

8. Fine Arts Proposal (Con’t) • Request to make the following changes to the BA in Applied Design - Commercial Photography: • Under Foundation Knowledge, remove the following courses: • ARTS 342 Painting II(3 Credits) • ECON 201 Principles of Economics (3 Credits) • BUAD 132 Introduction to Business (3 Credits) • and eliminate under Major Requirements: • ARTS 498J Internship: Graphic Illustration (2 Credits) • Under Foundation Knowledge, insertthe following courses: • ARTS 309 Photography II (3 Credits) • ARTS 333 History of Sequential Arts (3 Credits) • Student may select one of the following free art electives:ARTS 204, ARTS 330, ARTS 334, or ARTS 340 (3 Credits) • and insert under Major Requirements: • ARTS 498K Internship: Commercial Photography (2 Credits)

9. Fine Arts Proposal (Con’t) • Request to make the following changes to the BA in Applied Design – Graphic Illustration: • Under Foundation Knowledge, remove the following courses: • ECON 201 Principles of Economics (3 Credits) • BUAD 132 Introduction to Business (3 Credits) • Under Foundation Knowledge, insertthe following courses: • ARTS 333 History of Sequential Arts (3 Credits) • Student may select one of the following free art electives:ARTS 207, ARTS 330, or ARTS 340 (3 Credits)

10. Fine Arts Proposal (Con’t) • Request to make the following changes to the BA in Applied Design – Sequential Arts: • Under Foundation Knowledge, remove the following courses: • ECON 201 Principles of Economics (3 Credits) • and eliminate under Major Requirements: • ARTS 498J Internship: Graphic Illustration (2 Credits) • Under Foundation Knowledge, insertthe following courses: • Student may select one of the following free art electives: ARTS 207 or ARTS 412 (3 Credits) • and insert under Major Requirements: • ARTS 498Q Internship: Sequential Arts (2 Credits)

11. Fine Arts Proposal (Con’t) • Request to make the following changes to the BA in Art Education: • Under Require Major Courses, remove the following courses: • PSYC 305 and PSYC 307 • and replace with: • PSYC 205 and PSYC 207 • Under Required Support Courses, remove the following courses: • ARTS 210 and ARTS 221 • and replace with: • Students may select 2 courses from the Fine Arts Electives for 6 credits: ARTS 204, ARTS 207, ARTS 313, ARTS 319, ARTS 321, ARTS 330, ARTS 334, or ARTS 411.

12. Motion to Approve, Discussion, and Vote Course change proposals from the Department of Fine Arts

13. Proposal Packet(s) Received by Deadline Proposal Packet(s) Received by SAAC for Review and Presentation at next Senate Meeting: • Department of Human Ecology

14. Thank You!