CUP: February 2, 2010

Report to the Senate from

Committee on Undergraduate Programs

Chair: Laura Reissner

First Reading: February 2, 2010

Subjects:

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CUP: February 2, 2010

1.Department of Health, Physical Education & Recreation:

  1. Create a new course: RE 482 New and Portable Media in Interpretation (3 cr.)
  2. Revise the bulletin description for RE 382 Interpretation II: Self-Guided Media
  3. Revise the Outdoor Recreation Leadership and Management major by:
  4. Removing the following courses from the major:
  5. RE 294 Field Work (A, B, C and/or D) (3 cr.)
  6. MKT 230 Introduction to Marketing (4 cr.)
  7. Adding the following courses to the major:
  8. RE 482 New and Portable Media in Interpretation (3 cr.)
  9. MKT 430 Services Marketing (4 cr.)
  10. Revise the Interpretation and Outdoor Education minor by:
  11. Removing the following courses from the minor:
  12. RE 155 Outdoor Living Skills (2 cr.)
  13. RE 371 Protected Area management (3 cr.)
  14. Adding the following course to the minor:
  15. RE 482 New and Portable Media in Interpretation (3 cr.)

2.Clinical Sciences Department/ Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences:

  1. Create a new course: SL 370 Observation in Speech, Language, and Hearing Science (2 cr.)
  2. Add the following courses to the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences major:
  3. SL 370 Observation in Speech, Language, and Hearing Science (2 cr.)
  4. SL 465 Methods of Treatment (4 cr.)
  5. Revise the prerequisites for the following courses:
  6. SL 200 Phonetics (4 cr.)
  7. SL 220 Speech and Voice Science (4 cr.)
  8. SL 351 Introduction to Audiology (4 cr.)
  9. SL 355 Language Development (4 cr.)
  10. SL 459 Cognitive Neuroscience (4 cr.)
  11. SL 464 Methods of Diagnosis (4 cr.)
  12. Revise the bulletin description for the following courses:
  13. SL 356 Language Disorders (4 cr.)
  14. SL 357 Fluency Disorders (4 cr.)
  15. Revise the bulletin description and prerequisites for the following courses:
  16. SL 359 Introduction to Neurogenics (4 cr.)
  17. SL 400 Phonological Disorders (4 cr.)
  18. SL 460 Cognition and Aging (4 cr.)
  19. SL 465 Methods of Treatment (4 cr.)

3.Departments of History and Modern Languages and Literatures

  1. Create a new course: HS/GR 311 (X) Central European Culture and Civilization (4 cr.)

4.Department of Technology and Occupational Sciences:

  1. Create the following new courses:
  2. HM 220 Hospitality Management Corporate Communication (Disney) (3 cr.)
  3. HM 221 Disney Experiential Learning (3 cr.)
  4. HM 222 Advanced Studies in Hospitality Management (Disney) (3 cr.)
  5. HM 223 Hospitality Personnel Management (Disney)(3 cr.)
  6. HM 224 Organizational Leadership for the Hospitality Industry (Disney) (3 cr.)
  7. HM 225 Hospitality Management Corporate Analysis (Disney) (3 cr.)
  8. HM 226 Marketing You: Personal and Career Development (Disney) (3 cr.)
  9. HM 227 Hospitality Management Creativity & Innovation (Disney) (3 cr.)

Recommendations:

1.Department of Health, Physical Education & Recreation:

  1. Create a new course: RE 482 New and Portable Media in Interpretation (3 cr.)

Proposed Bulletin Description:

RE 482 New and Portable Media in Interpretation 3 cr. (2-0-2)

Prerequisites:Senior standing and RE 381

Planning, design and production of multimedia interpretive programs for use on portable media devices (e.g., iPods, smart phones, and tablet PC’s). Course includes the exploration of the use of locative media and object-based media in parks, museums and visitor centers.

Abbreviation: New Media in Interp

Rationale:RE 482 New and Portable Media in Interpretation is a logical enhancement of RE 382 (Self-guided Media). Adding 482 would permit students to focus more accurately on written self-guided interpretation (i.e., brochures, booklets, newsletters, signs and exhibits) in RE 382 while RE 482 would focus on new media or purely digital publication in interpretation (i.e. audio and video podcasts, digital magazines and movies). Currently,students are overloadedtrying to learn both print design and digital media design in RE 382. A distinct course for digital, or new media, is needed to provide students with proficiency in all media aspects of interpretation.

  1. Revise the bulletin description for RE 382 Interpretation II: Self-Guided Media

Rationale: The creation of RE 482 allows RE 382 to focus on interpretive series including publications, exhibits, signs, self-guided tours and trails. See Appendix A for complete bulletin changes related to this proposal.

  1. Revise the Outdoor Recreation Leadership and Management major by:
  2. Removing the following courses from the major:
  3. RE 294 Field Work (A, B, C and/or D) (3 cr.)

Rationale: Field experiences are still important in the curriculum but will be accommodated through portfolio requirements already in place in the Professional Development seminars (RE 191, RE 291 and RE 391) and in the Professional Assessment Seminar (RE 491) in order to make room for the new RE 482 course.

  1. MKT 230 Introduction to Marketing (4 cr.)

Rationale:The majority of agencies in the profession are service agencies. MKT 430 provides marketing strategies that are specifically targeted for the service industry. It is a better fit than MKT 230.

  1. Adding the following courses to the major:
  2. RE 482 New and Portable Media in Interpretation (3 cr.)

Rationale:RE 482 New and Portable Media in Interpretation is a logical enhancement of RE 382 (Self-guided Media). Adding 482 would permit the department to focus more accurately on written self-guided interpretation (i.e., brochures, booklets, newsletters, signs and exhibits) in RE 382 while RE 482 would focus on new media or purely digital publication in interpretation (i.e. audio and video podcasts, digital magazines and movies). A distinct course for digital, or new media, is needed to provide students with proficiency in all media aspects of interpretation.

  1. MKT 430 Services Marketing (4 cr.)

Rationale:The majority of agencies in our profession are service agencies. MKT 430 provides marketing strategies that are specifically targeted for the service industry.

  1. Revise the Interpretation and Outdoor Education minor by:
  2. Removing the following courses from the minor:
  3. RE 155 Outdoor Living Skills (2 cr.)
  4. RE 371 Protected Area management (3 cr.)

Rationale:In order to accommodate the new RE 482 class these courses were seen as the most appropriate ones to delete given the general content and expectations of the minor. The other remaining courses have a more direct correlation with the minor than do RE 155 and RE 371.

  1. Adding the following course to the minor:
  2. RE 482 New and Portable Media in Interpretation (3 cr.)

Rationale: RE 482 New and Portable Media in Interpretation is a logical enhancement of RE 382 (Self-guided Media). Adding 482 would permit the department to focus more accurately on written self-guided interpretation (i.e., brochures, booklets, newsletters, signs and exhibits) in RE 382 while RE 482 would focus on new media or purely digital publication in interpretation (i.e. audio and video podcasts, digital magazines and movies). A distinct course for digital, or new media, is needed to provide students with proficiency in all media aspects of interpretation.

Effect on other Departments: The College of Business was contacted and supports the change from MKT 230 to MKT 430.

Staffing: No additional faculty will be needed to teach these courses.

Costs: There will be an increased expense for the RE 482 course as Adobe Photoshop will be required. Additional licenses will have to be purchased.

Implementation Date: Fall 2010

2.Clinical Sciences Department/ Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences:

  1. Create a new course: SL 370 Observation in Speech, Language, and Hearing Science (2 cr.)

Proposed Bulletin Description:

SL 370 Observation in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences 2 cr.

Offered: Fall, Summer

Prerequisite: SL 150, SL160, SL 200, SL355; SL356 may be taken concurrently, junior standing or instructor's permission.

Students complete 25 hours of supervised clinical observation as required by the American Speech-Language-and-Hearing Association (ASHA).

Rationale:A separate course that focused on clinical observation was part of the curriculum prior to 2006 (CD 370). Based on the recommendations of an external evaluator which led to reorganization within the Department, the Observation course was eliminated and the content incorporated into two other courses (SL357: Fluency Disorders and SL400: Phonological Disorders). Clinical observation is a pre-professional requirement of the American Speech-Language-and-Hearing Association (ASHA) Document: Knowledge and Skills Acquisition (KASA) for Certification in Speech-Language Pathology. The faculty in SLHS has determined that a) there is sufficient content within SL357 and SL400 to offer these courses without the observation component and b) many students have been unable to complete the observation requirement within these courses which has resulted in Incompletes. For this reason, SLHS wishes to re-institute a separate clinical observation course. See Appendix B for all bulletin changes related to this proposal.

  1. Add the following courses to the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences major:
  2. SL 370 Observation in Speech, Language, and Hearing Science (2 cr.)

Rationale: Many students have been unable to complete the observation requirement within other courses which has resulted in incompletes. Reinstating the SL 370 course as a separate clinical observation course will help students complete program requirements in a timely manner.

  1. SL 465 Methods of Treatment (4 cr.)

Rationale: In 2006, the department decided to continue to offer an existing course, SL465 (Methods of Treatment), as an elective. This course includes one hour of lecture/discussion of treatment methods in speech, language, and hearing sciences and supervised clinical practicum with one or more clients in the Speech and Hearing Clinic at NMU. Initially we chose to offer SL465 as an elective because not all students in the major met the minimum qualifications. The course has since been revised so that all students in the major will have clinical experiences prior to completion of the baccalaureate degree. This capstone experience prepares students to be successful in their application to graduate programs in speech-language pathology or audiology or qualifies them for positions as speech/language pathology assistants which is a baccalaureate-level position.

  1. Revise the prerequisites for the following courses:
  2. SL 200 Phonetics (4 cr.)

Rationale:Students must understand the basic anatomy and physiology of the speech mechanisms in order to acquire knowledge in how speech sounds are produced. These prerequisites will ensure students have the appropriate background for success.

  1. SL 220 Speech and Voice Science (4 cr.)

Rationale: SL220 requires a working knowledge of the International Phonetics Alphabet and the physiological basis for speech production. These are covered in SL200.

  1. SL 351 Introduction to Audiology (4 cr.)

Rationale:Adding the Physics course which is required for the major (PH101 or PH102) as a prerequisite encourages students within the major to complete a foundation in physics prior to undertaking specialized content within acoustics. This was the intent of ASHA when foundation courses in Physics, Biology, Behavioral Sciences, and Math were added to the Certification requirements within the profession.

  1. SL 355 Language Development (4 cr.)

Rationale:The content in SL200 (Phonetics) forms the basis for study of the development of phonology which is covered in this class.

  1. SL 459 Cognitive Neuroscience (4 cr.)

Rationale:Students within the major have been enrolling in this class without basic foundation knowledge in Biology. This class was intended for students to take within their senior year after successfully completing SL359 but many students enroll during their junior year, taking this course out of the sequence in which it was originally intended.

  1. SL 464 Methods of Diagnosis (4 cr.)

Rationale:Students should have completed SL 355 before enrolling in this course in order to have the necessary background knowledge.

  1. Revise the bulletin description for the following courses:
  2. SL 356 Language Disorders (4 cr.)

Rationale: Academic Service Learning is not included on a regular basis.

  1. SL 357 Fluency Disorders (4 cr.)

Rationale: Clinical observation is removed from SL357 and this content is placed within a new course, SL370.

  1. Revise the bulletin description and prerequisites for the following courses:
  2. SL 359 Introduction to Neurogenics (4 cr.)

Rationale: SL150 is the introductory course within the major. Academic service learning is not included in this course on a regular basis.

  1. SL 400 Phonological Disorders (4 cr.)

Rationale:Clinical observation is removed from SL400 and this content is placed within a new course, SL370. Adding SL 160 will ensure students have necessary prerequisites for success in the course.

  1. SL 460 Cognition and Aging (4 cr.)

Rationale:Since SL460 covers content in areas within the Behavioral Sciences, the foundation course of PY100 is added a prerequisite. In addition, like SL459, this course was designed for students to take during their senior year, following the completion of the majority of courses within the major and students have taken this course out of the sequence in which it was originally intended. SL460 is a required course for the Gerontology minor. Gerontology minors are not expected to meet the prerequisites within the major but should have the basic content available in PY100 which is the introductory course in psychology at NMU.

  1. SL 465 Methods of Treatment (4 cr.)

Rationale: Updates requirements for the course and expectations of students.

Effect on other Departments: None

Staffing: No additional faculty will be needed to teach these courses.

Costs: There are no additional costs associated with these changes. Physical facilities are currently adequate to meet the needs of course changes.

Implementation Date: Fall 2010

3.Departments of History and Modern Languages and Literatures

  1. Create a new course: HS/GR 311 (X) Central European Culture and Civilization (4 cr.)

Proposed Bulletin Description:

HS/GR 311 (X): Central European Culture and Civilization [Cent Europe Cult/Civ]

4 cr.

Prerequisites: EN 211 with a grade of "C" or better or HON 102 and HON 112 and sophomore standing. If part of a FLSA, instructor permission and completion of all OIA documents.

A multidisciplinary introduction to the culture and civilization of Central Europe, loosely defined as the lands of the Hapsburg Empire, and a comprehensive view of the historical, geographical, political and economic factors which have helped shape today’s Central Europe.*

*Note: When offered as 311X, a mandatory field experience abroad will be required.

Rationale:The course builds upon the experiences of the Vienna Study Abroad Program run since 2003 by Dr. Goodrich and Dr. Strauss, and in 2009 by Dr. Sherman, as an interdisciplinary experience that links language immersion with cultural and historical study in Vienna, Austria. It has thus been offered in a variety of forms as a FLSA but without a Bulletin course designation and description that precisely represents the emphasis on Central Europe, historically the German-speaking lands of the Hapsburg Empire. This course would create these through a cross listing that draws on the shared expertise in German Studies of the MLL and HS faculty. The rich experience of leading faculty-led study abroad by Drs. Goodrich (History) and Strauss and Sherman (Modern Languages and Literatures) has underscored both the student and faculty interest in these field experiences and the need to create a clear listing for them.

The course would be listed as an elective toward the major and the minor in International studies (See Appendix C), as an elective toward the major or the minor in History, and as an elective toward the German minor and the Secondary Education German minor listed under “Course descriptions” in German and History.

Effect on other Departments: None

Staffing: No additional faculty will be needed to teach these courses.

Costs: There are no additional costs associated with this program

Implementation Date: Fall 2010

4.Department of Technology and Occupational Sciences:

  1. Create the following new courses:
  2. HM 220 Hospitality Management Corporate Communication (Disney) (3 cr.)

Proposed Bulletin Description:

HM 220 Hospitality Management Corporate Communication (Disney) 3 cr. Offered: Contact department for information.

Graded: Pass/Fail

Introduces students to hospitality management corporate communication reaching a variety of publics including customers, investors, employees, media, agencies and communities located in the proximity of the corporation. Students gain greaterunderstanding of the Disney corporate communication process.

Rationale: Walt Disney College’s “real world” programs are designed to meet the learning needs of adults in today’s hospitality business world; hence, NMU’s Hospitality Management Program is proposing an academic partnership with Disney.

Proposed Disney courses have been approved by the American Council on Education and would be taught by Disney faculty at the Orlando site. Courses would be offered by NMU for elective credit and all tuition dollars would be paid to Northern.

  • The rigorous course content provides students with tools to apply their learning on the job, help them continuously improve their interpersonal skills, expose them to a diverse organization, and offer them relevant educational experiences, training, and development for more than 3,000 plus job classifications at Disney World. Objectives for the course include: Identify key functions of organizational communication departments within a corporation
  • Identify the design of a corporate communication strategic planning model
  • Recognize special communication functions, including government, investor, and consumer relations
  • Recognize the significance of communication research
  • Appreciate the value of cost-effective communication planning
  • Define and identify the impact of communication technologies on reputation management and surveillance functions
  • Explore problem solving strategies associated with crisis communication
  1. HM 221 Disney Experiential Learning (3 cr.)

Proposed Bulletin Description:

HM 221 Disney Experiential Learning 3 cr.

Offered: Contact department for information.

Graded: Pass/Fail

Combines academic classroom education with on-site learning opportunities across the Walt Disney World Resort property. Centers on theories of adult education, experiential learning, the role of learning in corporations, and the importance of intellectual capital.

Rationale:Walt Disney College’s “real world” programs are designed to meet the learning needs of adults in today’s hospitality business world; hence, NMU’s Hospitality Management Program is proposing an academic partnership with Disney.

After completing this course, the student should be able to:

  • Recognize the importance of adult education and commitment to life-long learning
  • Build transferable skills and knowledge related to adult learning styles
  • Integrate experiential learning, academic learning, and work-related experiences to their experiential learning assignments
  • Explore the historical foundations of adult learning (Erik Erikson, Carl Jung, Abraham Maslow, Fritz Perls, Jean Piaget)
  • Explore the learning theories of John Dewey, Malcolm Knowles, David Kolb, Kurt Lewin, Edward L. Throndike, Peter Senge, and Thomas Stewart
  • Identify and participate in self-directed learning activities at the Disney Learning Centers
  • Participate in at least one career insight activity designed to promote understanding of a variety of career paths and various lines of business
  • Explore the value of diversity on a personal and a professional level
  • Learn the benefit and value of community service on a corporate as well as a personal level
  • Engage in specific guest experiences to identify the value of and relationship between education and entertainment
  1. HM 222 Advanced Studies in Hospitality Management (Disney) (3 cr.)

Proposed Bulletin Description:

HM 222 Advanced Studies in Hospitality Management (Disney) 3 cr.