Transcript Category I Proposals for the April 2013 Faculty Senate Meeting

Category I Proposals for the
April 2013 Faculty Senate Meeting
April 11, 2013
Proposal #83436:
MOU Extending the MFA in Creative Writing from OSU-Corvallis
to OSU-Cascades
Proposal #85404:
MOU Extending the BS/BA in Accountancy from OSU-Corvallis
to OSU-Cascades
Mike Bailey, OSU Curriculum Council
April 11, 2013
MOU Extending the MFA in Creative Writing from
OSU-Corvallis to OSU-Cascades
Executive Summary:
This proposal seeks to create a 2-year MFA in Creative Writing at OSUCascades that mimics the Advanced Creative Writing workshop side of the
OSU-Corvallis version. This program will be Low-Residency, that is,
students will not need to live in Bend fulltime, and instead will visit Bend four
times in two years to confer face-to-face with their mentors. This is not
meant to duplicate the Corvallis version of the MFA, but to add diversity to it.
Rationale:
This is a degree that is expected to be in demand. It will leverage the
Annual Literary Festival in Bend’s “The Nature of Words” 1 .
1
http://thenatureofwords.org
The mission of The Nature of Words is to strengthen and support the literary arts and
humanities in Oregon and the Northwest through community interaction with acclaimed
authors and through creative writing programs for students and adults.
Mike Bailey, OSU Curriculum Council
April 11, 2013
MOU Extending the MFA in Creative Writing from
OSU-Corvallis to OSU-Cascades
Classes:
36 credits in Advanced Fiction Writing / Advanced Poetry Writing
12 credits in Literary Craft courses
12 credits in writing the Thesis and/or Writing and Conference
Impacts to Students: Good for students. This program is designed for
students who cannot attend the university fulltime.
Budget Impacts: A Director will be hired, however, most of the budget is
travel and living expenses for the mentors during the residency periods.
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
$220,764
$326,494
$347,802
$351,694
Note: much of the cost budget scales with the number of
students paying tuition.
Mike Bailey, OSU Curriculum Council
April 11, 2013
MOU Extending the MFA in Creative Writing from
OSU-Corvallis to OSU-Cascades
Expected Steady-state Cohort Size: 40
Internal Letters of Support:
• Anita Helle, English
Mike Bailey, OSU Curriculum Council
April 11, 2013
MOU Extending the MFA in Creative Writing from
OSU-Corvallis to OSU-Cascades
Issues:
1. Why yet another MFA in Creative Writing? This program is unique.
It will leverage, and contribute to, Bend’s Annual Literary Festival in
The Nature of Words. The festival already attracts well-known authors.
The hope is that those authors would then become mentors for the
program.
2. Quality? This program will not live in a vacuum. Various faculty from
Corvallis will be involved. Also, a board will monitor the quality of the
program.
3. How long is each residency? Nine days -- this lets you only miss
one week of work at a time (Sat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri-Sat-Sun)
CC Vote: The Curriculum Council approved this proposal, with no
dissenting votes.
Mike Bailey, OSU Curriculum Council
April 11, 2013
MOU Extending the BS/BA in Accountancy from
OSU-Corvallis to OSU-Cascades
Executive Summary:
This proposal seeks to create a BS/BA in Accountancy at OSU-Cascades.
Rationale: There is a nationwide need for more accountancy majors. This
is expected to especially be true with the business growth in the Bend area.
Impacts to Students: Only good. For those students living in the Bend
area, this will allow them to earn their degree locally.
Mike Bailey, OSU Curriculum Council
April 11, 2013
MOU Extending the BS/BA in Accountancy from
OSU-Corvallis to OSU-Cascades
Expected Steady-state Cohort Size: 25
Budget Impacts:
A tenure-track faculty member will be hired in Year 1. This person will teach
5 of the 8 new classes that will need to be created. Instructors will be hired
to teach the other 3.
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
$214,899
$239,880
$245,067
$216,496
Note: lower division requirements will be met with COCC courses, at no
cost to OSU-Cascades.
Mike Bailey, OSU Curriculum Council
April 11, 2013
MOU Extending the BS/BA in Accountancy from
OSU-Corvallis to OSU-Cascades
External Letters of Support:
• Harrigan, Price, Fronk & Co
• Jim Ellis, Chair of Business and Aviation, COCC
• Harold Ashford & Assoc
• Chris Telfer, Oregon State Senator
Issues:
1. Support from OSU-Corvallis. This program will be administered
from OSU-Corvallis.
CC Vote: The Curriculum Council approved this proposal, with no
dissenting votes.
Mike Bailey, OSU Curriculum Council
April 11, 2013