Senate Committees - Program Creation and Reorganization Review Committee
The Program Creation and Reorganization Review Committee
is a standing committee of the University of Maine Faculty senate.
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- Policy and Procedures Manual (Approved by faculty senate vote of 11/19/08)
- PCRRC Appendix to Chapter 2 Fifteen Stage Process for Approval of New Academic Degree Programs (Approved by PCRRC on 1/15/10)
For posting of materials on this page, please forward them to:
Michael “Mick” Peterson, Chair of the PCRRC - michael.petersonn<at>maine.edu
Proposals Under Consideration 2012/2013
I. Academic Degree Program Eliminations
- B.S. in Aquaculture
- B.S. in Forest Ecosystem Science
- B.S. in Wood Science and Technology
- B.A. in German
- B.A. in Latin
- Master of Music in Conducting
II. Academic Degree Program Suspensions
- none proposed to date (several program suspensions from a previous year yet need to be acted upon and resolved – within three years of the suspension)
III. New Academic Degree Program Proposals
Reinstatement and renaming:
Stage 2 – Intent to Plan Proposals
MS in Spatial Informatics
1. Submitted Proposal (Chap 2, Stage 2, reference: PCRRC Appendix)
2. Distribution to all members of Senate for information and review
- 9/17/2012
3. Committee meeting with primary proponents of the FPP (if desired)
- no meeting requested/required
4. Campus-wide meeting to gather further comments regarding any concerns by the university community
- Friday, September 21, 2012, 4:00 pm
2. PCRRC Recommendation to the Full Senate
- Motion to Recommend Creation of the MS in Spatial Informatics
In accordance with the University of Maine’s Fifteen Stage Process of New Academic Program Creation, the PCRRC has held public hearings on Friday, 21 September, 2012, on the stage two, Intent to Plan Review of the proposed MS in Spatial Informatics. On the basis of these hearings, in which all attendees voiced unalloyed support for the program, the PCRRC recommends the Faculty Senate support this proposed program at this stage two review through passage of this motion.
3. Faculty Senate Action
- Motion Passed in Full Senate on 17 October, 2012. See minutes or http://umaine.edu/facultysenate/motions-passed-2/2012-2013-motions/
MS in Bioinformatics
1. Submitted Proposal (Chap 2, Stage 2, reference: PCRRC Appendix)
2. Distribution to all members of Senate for information and review
- 3 October, 2012
3. Committee meeting with primary proponents of the FPP (if desired)
- no meeting requested/required
4. Campus-wide meeting to gather further comments regarding any concerns by the university community
- Friday, October 19, 2012, 2:00 pm
2. PCRRC Recommendation to the Full Senate
- Motion to Recommend Creation of the MS in Bioinformatics
In accordance with the University of Maine’s Fifteen Stage Process of New Academic Program Creation, the PCRRC has held public hearings on Friday, 19 October, 2012, on the stage two, Intent to Plan Review of the proposed MS in Bioinformatics. On the basis of these hearings, in which all attendees voiced unalloyed support for the program, the PCRRC recommends the Faculty Senate support this proposed program at this stage two review through passage of this motion.
3. Faculty Senate Action
- PCRRC motion approved by Full Senate on 14 November 2012. See Faculty Senate Minutes of that date.
Stage 8 – Full Proposals
PhD in Communication
1. Submitted Full Program Proposal (FPP)
2. Distribution to all members of Senate for information and review
- second distribution on 9/17/2012
3. Committee meeting with primary proponents of the FPP (if desired)
- informational meeting on July 24 with President of FS
4. Campus-wide meeting to gather further comments regarding any concerns by the university community
- Friday, September 21, 2012, 2:00 pm
5. PCRRC recommendation to the Faculty Senate either in support of the FPP or non-support of the FPP with the reasons explicitly stated.
- Motion to Recommend Creation of the PhD in Communication
In accordance with the University of Maine’s Fifteen Stage Process of New Academic Program Creation, the PCRRC has held public hearings on Friday, 21 September, 2012, on the stage eight, Full Program Review of the proposed PhD in Communication. On the basis of these hearings, in which all attendees voiced unalloyed support for the program, the PCRRC recommends the Faculty Senate support this proposed program at this stage eight review through passage of this motion.
6. Senate Recommendation to the Administration
- Motion Passed in Full Senate on 17 October, 2012. See minutes or http://umaine.edu/facultysenate/motions-passed-2/2012-2013-motions/
B.A. in Human Dimensions in Global Change
1. Submitted Full Program Proposal (FPP)
- B.A. in Human Dimensions of Climate Change (modification of BA in Climate Change and Culture previously submitted in 2010/2011 and completed as below in 2011/2012)
2. Distribution to all members of Senate for information and review
- 9/18/2012
3. Committee meeting with primary proponents of the FPP (if desired)
- informational meeting waived after email correspondence
4. Campus-wide meeting to gather further comments regarding any concerns by the university community
- PCRRC recommends on 19 Oct 2012 waiver of a public hearing
5. PCRRC recommendation to the Faculty Senate either in support of the FPP or non-support of the FPP with the reasons explicitly stated.
- Motion to Recommend Creation of the BA in Human Dimensions of Climate Change
In accordance with the University of Maine’s Fifteen Stage Process of New Academic Program Creation, the PCRRC has discussed the proposed BA in Human Dimensions of Climate Change, which the Senate had approved on 19 October, 2011, to pass stage eight, as a Full Program Review, but under the original title of a proposed BS in Climate Change and Culture. Since then, the Faculty who originated the proposal have changed the name to a BA in Human Dimensions of Climate Change, altering also some program details principally in the particular balance of courses between Anthropology and the Physical Sciences. In reviewing their alterations, the PCRRC agreed that the proposal remained true in both substance and intent to its passed stages two and eight iterations, and so recommends the Senate support the continuation of this proposal at stage nine, in which the Provost’s Council considers approval of the program.
6. Senate Recommendation to the Administration
- Link to minutes containing motion on 14 November 2012 <forthcoming as appropriate>
IV. Unit Reorganization Proposals
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School of Food and Agriculture:
Pre-proposal
Proposal -
School of Policy and International Affairs:
Proposal
Stages of process: Summary of SPIA phases
Against: John Mahon email comments, Mahon Email 2, SPIA PROPOSAL comments
For: SPIA PAC PCRRC letter
Reference Documents: SPIApcrrc-final, CoverletterApril2008
The PCRRC has reviewed the proposal to move the School of Policy and International Affairs from the Graduate School to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Reservations were presented about the benefits of the move by the Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy in the Maine School of Business. These were distributed and posted and a committee meeting was held with deans, directors and chairs of the units involved. Responses were made to the questions raised and although not to the satisfaction of the original respondent there was strong support by all of the participating units. The committee decided that positive affects of the move were presented and that these do not appear to negatively impact students or faculty. Therefore the PCRRC recommends that the move of SPIA from the Graduate School to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences be approved without further meetings.