Programs Committee- School of Education

The Programs Committee for the School of Education met on Friday, March 19th at 12:30pm.

The agenda consisted of initiatives for changes from Curriculum and Instruction and Kinesiology.

First, a new program was proposed and passed for a graduate Certificate in French to accommodate needs from the graduate students in French Education, and to possibly generate more interest in the future.

Next, in conjunction with the Madison Metropolitan School District, C&I proposed a program for a new Certificate for 4K Professional Development in Early Childhood. This was created in order to further certify the EC teachers in the MMSD in working with 4yr-old students, as a new 4K program will start in the fall of 2011.

The majority of the meeting was spent updating/adding courses in the Kinesiology program. Ten courses were changed in either title, number of credits, or description (contact me for more specific information) and two changes were postponed due to lack of clarity. More significantly, there was an additional Graduate program added; a non-thesis option for an MS in Kinesiology. There is believed to be a lot of demand for a non-thesis program, and the Department was able to pull from already-existing courses and compile the program.

Other announcements: The Dance Program applied to become a department and was successful, so the University will have a Dance Department in the future.

Overall, this was a very productive meeting.

Contact me at: jabemis@wisc.edu

Programs Committee- School of Education

The Programs Committee for the School of Education met Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 at 12:30pm. There were five course proposals and one program change on the agenda, and all were approved after discussion.

Three new art classes were proposed and approved pending minor changes to the syllabi. Art 629: 3D Digital Studio III will complete a sequence of three courses in 3D animation. Art 660: Art & Technology has been proposed in the past, but turned down due to the existence of a similar course in the dance program. With that course no longer being taught, Art 660 was approved. Art 700: Intro to Graduate Studies in Art has been a required seminar for all art graduate students in the past, and now has an official course name. This changes the Art MFA requirements in a small way, so this program change was also approved.

One PE Activity Program course was changed in a minor way. 212: Basic Scuba I was changed from two credits to one credit to accommodate the requirements in the official Scuba certification program which now requires less time in the pool.

Lastly, a course in the Rehab Psychology and Special Education program was changed. Course 610: Multicultural Issues in Special Education was changed to course 710. The standards of the course were thought of to be more appropriate for graduate level students. A lower level course (300 or 400 level) with similar but more appropriate material for undergrads is in the process of being created.

The next meeting for this committee will be March 19th.