Minor/Concentration

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Request for New Request for Change Request to Delete

Please Note: The EPCC will consider new and existing course changes at any of its regularly scheduled meetings. Documentation must be submitted at least one calendar week prior to EPCC discussion.

Form Instructions:

Please complete this form and forward as an electronic attachment to the appropriate persons for their Approval/Denial in the order indicated below. To submit please follow the instructions under PROCEDURE.

Submitted by the College of: Arts and Sciences
Prepared by: April Curtis & Xioawei Chen / Date: Jan. 29, 2013
To be offered in the program of:
Media Arts and Communication / Minor/Concentration Title: Communication Minor
Expected Implementation Date: Summer 2013
DELETE MINOR/CONCENTRATION
Why is this being deleted? Effective date for deletion:
Catalog Year: Affected Catalog Page Numbers:
List other programs that are affected by the proposed change:
Have these programs been notified of the proposed change? Yes Provide dates of contact:
CHANGE IN EXISTING
Present Program Requirements: 14 credit hrs of required courses plus 16 credit hrs of electives (13 being upper division)
Total Credit Hours in Current Program: 30 credit hrs
What has prompted this proposal: see attachment
List other programs that are affected by the proposed change: Bus Admin, Intact FM Broadcasting, CS/MM, Writing (their courses will no longer be listed as electives which may impact their enrollment)
Have these programs been notified? In Process
Yes Provide dates of contact:
Expected Implementation date: Spring 2013. / Proposed Program Requirements: 14 credit hrs of required courses plus 18 credit hrs of electives (13 being upper division
Total Credit Hours in Proposed Program: 32 credit hours

Institutional Requirements:

Minors: Minimum 30 credits, including 15 upper division.

Concentrations: Minimum 21 credits, including 15 upper division. Concentrations are restricted to students of a specific major.

Procedure

A.  The EPCC will consider new minor or concentration proposals at any of its regularly scheduled meetings; however, proposals must be received by the Committee at least one week prior to the meeting at which they will be considered.

B.  New minor or concentration proposals will be developed according to the following format.

Proposal

A.  Minor/concentration description and objectives:

1.  Describe the curriculum, including clinical, internship or other important components.

Required (5 courses, 14 credit hours): COM 111 (3), COM 112 (3), COM 250 (3), SOC 344 (2) and WR 222 (3).

Electives (selection from 22 courses, 18 credit hours with 15 being upper division): COM 211, COM 214, COM 215, COM 235, COM 285, COM 320, COM 325, COM 330, COM 329, COM 335, COM 340, COM 345, COM 347, COM 350, COM 310/410, JNL 230, JNL 364, JNL 365, MA 260, MA 360, WR 330 and move MM125 from required to electives.

2.  Discuss the overall objectives of the minor or concentration.

Communication minor teaches basic principles and practices in human communication, Students learn to be a rhetorically efficient, ethically sensitive, and technologically competent communicator.

B.  Program’s Justifications:

1.  Indicate the projected enrollment in the minor or concentration for each of the next three years and the projected number of student graduated at the end of the three-year period. Also indicate the probable source of students. Justify any depletion from other disciplines.

We project there will be 20-40 communication minors each academic year.

2.  Justify the minor or concentration in terms of its uniqueness and distinctiveness.

Communication minor is the one of the best supplementary minors for most majors.

C.  Program’s Integrity

1.  Provide a list of faculty members associated with the minor or concentration and include pertinent information as to their qualifications. If the new minor or concentration requires additional faculty, indicate the number and general qualifications of such new faculty.

April Curtis, Professor of Communication and Theater Art

Neil Gustafson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Journalism/English

Kevin Roy, Associate Professor of Media Arts/Multimedia

Richard Croft, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science/ Multimedia

Michael Sell, Assistant Professor of Media Arts/Art

Xiaowei Chen, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Media Arts/Communication

Chris Bonney, Adjunct Professor

Cori Brewster, Ph,D. Associate Professor of English/Writing

Heidi Harris, Ph,D. Assistant Professor of English/Writing

Bill Grigsby, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Sociology

2.  Describe the physical facilities available to support the proposed new minor or concentration, including the adequacy of classroom, laboratories, teaching and research equipment and offices.

Physical facilities are sufficient

3.  Describe the library support that is available to meet the needs of the new minor or concentration, indicating what new acquisitions will be required for library development.

Library support is sufficient

D.  Program’s Cost

1.  Project the estimated expenditures for the proposed minor or concentration, including faculty, administration, library, research and teaching supplies and equipment, internship, and clinical opportunities, secretarial and technical assistance, and other related costs.

n/a

2. Identify the sources of revenue, including amounts which are available, or are expected to be available, to support the minor or concentration. Describe any special grants, which maybe sought to support this proposal.

n/a

E. Appropriateness of program for Eastern Oregon University

1.  Discuss the appropriateness of the minor or concentration in relation to the role and scope of the institution, e.g., how the proposed minor or concentration relates to the overall educational efforts of the institution.

2.  Describe the relationship between this proposed minor or concentration and other programs in the institution, e.g., possible linking of business courses for a minor concentration.

F. Approval/Denial of New Minor or Concentration

1. / xx Approved
Denied / College Signature April Curtis, Discipline Chair, Media Arts & Communication / Date: 1/29/2013
2. / xx Approved
Denied / College Dean Signature Steve Gammon, Dean College of Arts & Sciences –
College Council meeting, 1/31/2012 / Date: 1/31/2013
3. / Received / Library,
Resource Costs: / Date:
4. / Approved
Denied / Chair, EPCC / Date:
5. / Approved
Denied / Chair, Faculty Senate / Date:
6. / Approved
Denied / Provost / Date:

Form revised 1.18.11