The College of Education Executive Committee met on Tuesday, April 8, 1997, at 8:30 a.m. in the Conference Room in the Education Center with Dean Toth presiding. Members present were: Drs. McGahee, Ducharme, Slate (for Morgan), Gunter, Bauer, Price, M. Reed, Corbin, Dorminey, and T. Reed. Guest: Dr. Robert Welch.

Copies of the Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music Education degree programs were distributed. Dean Toth asked Dr. Corbin to provide an overview of the proposed changes in these programs. These two program will be voted on at Thursday's Executive Committee meeting.

Dr. Corbin explained that approval had been given by the Board of Regents for the B.M.E. program to exceed 120 semester hours; the program is 128 hours in length. She explained that there were three new courses in the program and that the program contained two options: instrumental and choral/general. Dr. Corbin also explained that outcomes for the program were based on the standards of the National Association of Schools of Music.

Dean Toth suggested that that COE Conceptual Framework Principles be incorporated into the B.M.E. program outcomes. Dr. Ducharme noted that the program did not have the required health, first aid/CPR, and activity courses; Dr. Corbin agreed to add these. It was noted that this program did not include BVE 240Computer Technology for the Workplace. Dr. Corbin responded that technology was incorporated into several of the curriculum and theory courses in the major. Dean Toth asked that Dr. Corbin provide the Executive Committee with a list of the technology-related outcomes from these major courses. Dr. McGahee noted that the course number used for the Professional Practices Seminar did not match the agreed-upon number for this course; the number should be MUE 4800. Dr. Corbin will make this change.

Dr. Welch discussed the proposed changes to the M.M.E. program. The program will be 36 semester hours in length. MUE 7680Foundations of Music Education would replace EDF 700Foundations of Education, and MUE 7660Psychology of Music would replace PSY 702Conditions of Learning. Dean Toth pointed out that this program would not meet the proposed COE graduate core. Dean Toth reviewed the proposed semester core for master"s programs in education. Those four courses would be: ethics and law, research methodology, issues and trends, and learning and assessment. Dean Toth distributed a list of the undergraduate COE core curriculum and the proposed graduate COE core curriculum; he stated that any program which deviated from the core would have to have ample justification. Dr. Price suggested that perhaps the title of MUE 7680 could be changed to "Issues and Trends in Music Education."

Dean Toth reviewed the results of the "vote" taken on the proposed graduate core courses. The courses ranked, in order, from high to low were: research, ethics and law, issues and trends, learning and assessment.

Dr. Corbin asked what topics/concepts would be included in the learning and assessment course. After discussion of numerous possible topics/concepts to be included, Dean Toth appointed a committee to determine topic/concepts, based on appropriate outcomes, to include in this course. The committee will be made up of the following: Drs. Bauer, Slate, Price, Gunter, and one faculty member from the Psychology Department to be selected by Dr. Bauer.

Dean Toth noted that the issues and trends course in the graduate core would be taught by individual departments; it may also be one, two, or three semester hours credit.

Dr. Bauer moved approval of the proposed COE graduate core curriculum; seconded by Dr. McGahee. The core would be: Issues and Trends (1-3 hours credit), research methodology (3 hours credit), ethics and law (1 hour credit), and learning and assessment (3 hours credit). The motion was passed by a vote of 8 to 1. Dr. T. Reed made a motion that a waiver process for the four graduate core courses be explored; Dr. M. Reed seconded. Dr. McGahee noted that if all graduate programs did not adhere to the core, then it was no longer a true core. The amendment passed by a unanimous vote.

Dr. M. Reed moved approval of the proposed COE undergraduate core curriculum; Dr. Ducharme seconded. Dr. Corbin noted that one of the core courses, BVE 240, which had been included in the Area F"s of most undergraduate education programs, had not been included in the Area F of the Bachelor of Music Education program. She also noted that this Area F had been approved by the COE Executive Committee without BVE 240 in it. The motion passed by a vote of 7 to 1.

Dean Toth announced that several of the positions in the COE had been filled.

The programs to be presented at Thursday"s meeting will be the programs from Art, Music, Educational Leadership, and the doctoral programs.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:45 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Donnie J. McGahee