Minutes of the Academic Policies Committee
for November 19, 2001

Present: Laura Gellott, Dwayne Olsen, Mary Power, Scott Thomson, and Lisa White Excused: A. Crist and E. Zepp

Call to Order: D. Olsen, Acting Chair, called the meeting to order at 12:05 PM.

1. The minutes of the November 5, 2001, meeting minutes were approved as presented.

2. In response to a request from Chairperson Zepp, a memo summarizing departmental policy on workload credit for faculty for laboratory/discussion courses was provided to the committee. Major points follow:

Department	Policy
Teacher Education	Supervision of 2 student teachers = 1 credit
Bioscience 101	3 hours of lab = 1 credit
Chemistry	Assigns contact hours = to actual number of contact hours
Geology	3 hours lab = 1 credit
CSCI 241	2 hour lab = 1 credit
CSCI 375	Informal lab component in course but not included in course schedule
CSCI 440	Informal lab component in course but not included in course schedule
English Dept.	No standing policy on such matters

Sue Lemens of the Registrar's Office indicated the following policies in reporting data to the UW-System: 100-200 level classes: Disc = .5 cr; Lab = .5 cr; Lec = rest of credit. 300-400 level classes: Lec = 1 cr per hr of lec; Disc = 1 cr; Lab - rest of cr.
The question was raised whether this information presented was based on UW System policy or UW-Parkside policy. It was also indicated that this policy would not fit performance disciplines.

D. Olsen provided information on a related topic from the October 30, 2001, minutes of the University Committee in which Dean Cress was invited to discuss workload for supervising internships. It was indicated that Dean Cress would present data on this issue at a future meeting and a workload policy would be developed together with the University Committee.

After extensive discussion it was apparent that there is no common policy on this issue. The committee also wishes information from departments which have not yet reported their policies such as art, dramatic arts, music, etc. The committee suggested that Dean Cress and Dean Wafa be invited to the next meeting to share their College and School policies on credit for laboratory/discussion and similar courses with particular concern for distinguishing between credits hours for students and contact hours for faculty.

3. The committee briefly discussed Winterim based on an e-mail message fromUW-Platteville provided by Larry Duetsch. It was concluded that, while many courses could fit into the Winterim schedule, others could not and therefore criteria need to be developed for identifying appropriate Winterim courses. The issue of additional compensation or credit for faculty teaching Winterim courses on Spring Semester workload was mentioned.

4. D. Olsen distributed the material titled "Academic Programs with Non-Standard Formats" provided by E. Zepp. There was no time to discuss this so it will be saved for a future meeting.

5. The committee suggested that the Dean Cress and Dean Wafa be invited to the next meeting to share their College and School policies on credit for laboratory/discussion and similar courses with particular concern for distinguishing between credits hours for students and contact hours for faculty. If there is time, the committee will begin discussion of criteria for Winterim courses.

The meeting adjourned at 1 PM. Next meeting: Monday, December 10, 2001, GRNQ 210.

Respectfully submitted

Dwayne G. Olsen
Secretary for the Day