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AGENDA ITEM NO: 13.1
UNIVERSITY COUNCIL
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS COMMITTEE
FOR INFORMATION ONLY
PRESENTED BY: Trever Crowe, Chair, Academic Programs Committee
DATE OF MEETING: June 14, 2006
SUBJECT: 1. Reinstatement and revision of graduate programs in Music
2. Committee Annual Report for 2006-07
COUNCIL ACTION: For information only
1. Reinstatement and revision of graduate programs in Music
At its May 23, 2005 meeting, the Academic Programs Committee approved the reinstatement and revision of the graduate programs in Music. Following is the Calendar Entry for this program:
The Department of Music offers graduate programs in composition and music theory leading to the Master of Music (M. Mus.) and in musicology leading to the Master of Arts (MA). Special case programs are available in the Master of Music in performance, or in conducting (choral or instrumental), or Master of Music in Music Education (M. Mus. Ed.)
The Masters programs in composition, music theory, and musicology require 21 course credits plus a thesis. All areas of concentration also include the successful completion of a comprehensive examination and a foreign language. The normal time for completion is two years, including a one-year residency.
The following three new courses have also been approved:
- MUS 821.3 Pedagogy of Music History and Musicology: Materials, Methods, and Curriculum Development
- MUS 822.3 MUS 822.3 Seminar in Shenkerian Theory
- MUS 823.3 MUS 823.3 Seminar in Twentieth/Twenty-first Century Music
Attached is the documentation for this program change.
2. Annual Report of the Committee 2006-07
The Academic Programs Committee is responsible for:
1. Recommending to Council policies and procedures related to academic programs.
2. Undertaking the academic review of proposals for revision of existing programs, for new programs, and for deletion of programs.
3. Undertaking the academic review of proposals for the establishment, disestablishment or amalgamation of any college, school, department or any unit responsible for the administration of an academic program.
4. Undertaking the academic review of the proposed or continuing affiliation or federation of other institutions with the University.
5. Considering the academic implications of quotas and admission standards.
6. Approving minor program changes, including additions of new courses and revisions to or deletions of existing courses and reporting them to Council.
7. Approving the annual academic schedule and reporting the schedule to Council for information and recommending to Council substantive changes in policy governing dates for the academic sessions.
8. Approving minor changes (such as wording and renumbering) to rules governing examinations and reviewing and recommending to Council substantive changes.
9. Recommending to Council classifications and conventions for instructional Programs.
The Academic Programs Committee of Council held 12 meetings this year and may need to meet twice more in June. The Committee has dealt with 11 new programs and major program revisions this year, compared to nine the previous year. As well, three additional program proposals which were submitted in late May will be dealt with in August.
This workload continues to demonstrate college implementation of SPR recommendations and Integrated Planning initiatives.
Curricular Changes
Councils curricular approval process. As indicated in the Terms of Reference, the Academic Programs Committee has responsibility for oversight of curricular changes at the University of Saskatchewan. Before 1995, the U of S system required that every change, even so much as a course title, had to be approved by a university-level committee. The resulting complexity and gridlock were disincentives for curricular renewal. Approval authority has been devolved so that colleges are now in substantial control of their own curriculum.
University-level approval procedures now focus on major curricular changes or changes which may affect the students or programs in other colleges. Many curricular changes can be approved quickly and, for the most part, automatically through the Course Challenge. This allows the Academic Programs Committee to focus on the major curricular innovations and improvements which colleges propose. The Committee also deals with wider academic and curricular policy issues, and acts as a reference and approval body for various academic policies and policy exemptions for the Student and Enrolment Services Division .
New Programs and major program revisions. The Academic Programs Committee reviews major curricular innovations and improvements, and makes recommendations to the Planning Committee regarding their approval. The Academic Programs Committee has also been delegated the authority to approve several types of program changes from colleges, including new Options and Minors in new fields of specialization. This improves Councils ability to handle these types of program changes more quickly and efficiently, while still maintaining a university-level review of the changes to maintain quality and resolve any conflicts with other colleges.
The following new programs and major program revisions were dealt with by APC this year:
Agriculture & Bioresources
Minor in Food & Bioproducts Entrepreneurship
Arts & Science
BA in Prairie Studies
Music: program changes (undergraduate)
Minor in Crime, Law & Justice Studies
Minor in Entrepreneurship (for BA programs)*
Business
Cooperative Program Option*
Graduate Studies & Research:
PhD in Nursing
Graduate programs in Vaccinology & Immunotherapeutics
Music: reinstatement and revision of graduate programs
Engineering
Engineering Communications Option
Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate program revisions and options*
* Please note that the committee has not yet finished its review of these proposals but hopes to complete them in June.
Review of the following proposals will be undertaken in August, 2007:
Agriculture & Bioresources
BSc in Renewable Resource Management
Graduate Studies & Research
PhD in Economics
Masters of Public Policy
Course Challenge. Course challenges are now posted on the Course Challenge website [www.usask.ca/university_council/acad_prog/challenges.shtml ].
Since May 2006, a total of 12 Course Challenge documents have been posted (there were also 12 the previous year):
New courses, prerequisite changes, program changes and course deletions:
Agriculture & Bioresources, Arts & Science, Business (formerly Commerce), Engineering, Graduate Studies & Research, Medicine.
New minors:
Agriculture & Bioresources: Horticulture, Field Crop Production, Rangeland Ecology
Arts and Science: Minors in Biology, Computer Science, Geology, Mathematics, and Physics
Program changes:
Agriculture & Bioresources: deletion of Agriculture Economics minor
Arts & Science: program changes in Biology; Chemistry; Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Drama; Languages & Linguistics; Philosophy.
Graduate Studies & Research: changes to Geography PhD
Engineering: first-year course changes; revisions to majors
No challenges were received this year.
Policies and Procedures
There are a number of areas for Council policy and procedures which are reviewed on a regular basis by the Academic Programs Committee. These include issues around implementation of the enrolment plan, exam regulations, admission policies and procedures, and other areas of interest to students and faculty. This year, the Academic Programs Committee discussed a draft proposal from Associate Vice-President Hannah to consider whether an Undergraduate Council should be established.
Cross-College Minors
With the development this year of several new Minors proposals jointly from two colleges, the Committee identified a gap in the Nomenclature Report regarding the how such minors should be adopted and managed. At the May meeting, Council approved the Committees proposal for adoption and oversight of cross-college minors.
Academic schedule.
The Committee approved the 2007-08 Academic Schedule. The Committee also discussed the impact of the new February holiday and reported to Council.
Policy exemptions.
The Committee was not asked to deal with any exemptions to academic policies this year.
Committee members
Council Members
Trever Crowe (Chair) Agriculture & Bioresource Engineering
Gordon Hill Chemical Engineering
Francois Messier Biology
Chary Rangacharyulu Physics & Engineering Physics
General Academic Assembly Members
Alec Aitken Geography
Hilary Clark English
Michel Desautels Physiology
Fred Remillard Pharmacy & Nutrition
George Tannous Finance and Management Science
Sessional Lecturer
Elaine Hulse
Undergraduate Student Member
Brad Flavell to April 30, 2007
Josie Steeves
Graduate Student Member
Muyiwa (Samuel) Adaramola to April 30, 2007
Ex Officio (Voting)
David Hannah Associate Vice-President Academic
Kelly McInnes Registrar
Administrative Support
Cathie Fornssler Committee Coordinator, University Secretariat (Secretary)
Pauline Melis Director of Institutional Planning
I wish to thank Committee members for their willingness to undertake detailed and comprehensive reviews of program proposals. Their commitment to excellence and high standards resulted in improved programs for the University of Saskatchewan. In particular, I am grateful to Alex Aitken and Francois Messier who acted as vice-chairs of the Committee this year.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the Committee,
Trever Crowe, Chair
ASSOCIATE DEAN
MEMORANDUM
TO: Academic Programs Committee of Council
FROM: Trevor Gambell, Associate Dean, CGSR
DATE: April 17, 2007
RE: Reinstatement of and revisions to graduate programs in Music
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In 1991 the then Dean of Graduate Studies and Research suspended the graduate programs in Music because of the inability of the Department at the time to offer a suitable program for a variety of reasons (quality of student supervision, rifts among faculty, depaartmental and program administrative dysfunctions). Thus when it came time for the Systematic Program Review of Music programs in the spring of 2003, there were no active graduate programs in Music to review, and no students to survey. Nonetheless, the review team that came in to review the undergraduate programs felt the need to comment on graduate education as newer faculty members expressed the desire to become involved in graduate education.
Some special case students were admitted to graduate programs a decade after the 1991 moratorium had been effected; in December 2006 the Department had had six special case masters students since 2002, with four in progress. This information, namely a record of sustained success in managing a graduate program, most likely led the SPR reviewers to make suggestions about reinstating the graduate program. For example, the following comments appear in the SPR Music report:
4. Lack of a Graduate Program. The Department is overdue for a graduate program that goes beyond planning and "special case" students. We feel that Masters programs in Music History, Theory/Composition, and Music Education are possible with only modest investment in new faculty.
Graduate
The review committee observes that there is no mention in the Calendar that the graduate program has been suspended or that it is actually available only on a special case basis. The review committee recommends the re-establishment of a graduate program in music. It believes that such a program would let the faculty "stretch a bit" and would go a long way to ameliorating the dislocation observed in the department between the preparation of undergraduate students and that which is expected of them. Further, the review committee recommends that the detailed listing of courses at the graduate level is unnecessary and that generic courses in each of the areas, e.g., performance, music history, and music theory/composition is more appropriate given the availability of faculty to teach them. Moreover, generic courses would allow more flexibility and reduce such contentious issues as ownership.
These encouragements in the report, bolstered by new faculty members and a stable, progressive departmental administration and graduate chairship, led to this proposal which not only reinstates the graduate program, but modifies it along the lines of the advice offered by the SPR reviewers. This includes an increase in the number of credit units, from 18 to 21, to achieve two goals: generic courses that create a core for all programs, while also accommodating areas of specialization in the two M.Mus. (Composition, and Music Theory) programs and in the M.A. Musicology program. These programs are all thesis-based. The recommendations below from the SPR report, with the exception of #16, are obvious in the proposed graduate program revisions and reinstatement.
Curriculum-Graduate
Recommendation 15: The re-establishment of a graduate program in music.
Recommendation 16: That the degree in the area of Music Education be a Master of Music in Music Education and that it should be portfolio-based with final projects, teaching demonstration, and an oral examination.
Recommendation 17: That the degree in the area of Musicology/Theory be a Master of Arts degree and that this be a thesis-based program.
Recommendation 18: That the detailed listing of courses at the graduate level is unnecessary and that generic courses in each of the areas, e.g., performance, music history, and music theory/composition is more appropriate given the availability of faculty to teach them.
CGSR supports the proposal for both the reinstatement of the graduate program and revisions to the programs. Because the programs are thesis-based and meet all the requirements for such programs, the Masters Committee, Executive Committee and Graduate Faculty had no concerns beyond that of the viability of reinstating the program after a considerable lapse of time when no students had been admitted. The Department Head was asked to speak to this question at a meeting of the Masters Committee. Professor McNeill stated that the Department had been using the special case student experiences to "test the waters" of the ability of the unit to effectively offer graduate degrees in selected areas of strength, hence the specializations. Professor McNeill cited the case of Audrey Baduza in a M.Mus. (Theory) special case program who won the CGSR Thesis of the Year award in. When asked about the balancing of faculty workloads between graduate and undergraduate programs, Professor McNeill stated that a successful balance had been achieved and was sustainable with a reinstated graduate program that would have no more than 10 students. Of the six special case students admitted since January 2002, two have convocated, and each has been or is supervised by a different faculty member, revealing that there is sufficient supervisory experience and interest to sustain a graduate program of 10 students. The three new required core courses indicate the reinorientation of the programs, as well as the renewal of the graduate program to strategically benefit from the expertise of newer faculty.
The College of Graduate Studies and Research welcomes the return of graduate programs in Music.
Cc: Dean McNeill, Head, Department of Music
Greg Marion, Graduate Chair, Department of Music
Proposal for Curriculum Change
1. PROPOSAL IDENTIFICATION
Title of proposal:
Re-activation of the M.Mus. in Composition, M.Mus. in Music Theory, and the M.A. in Musicology
Degree(s): Master of Music and Master of Arts Field(s) of Specialization: Music
Level(s) of Concentration: graduate Option(s):
Degree College: Graduate Studies and Research
Department: Music Home College: Arts & Science
Contact person(s) (name, telephone, fax, e-mail): Dean McNeill
Date: April 17, 2007
Approved by the degree college and/or home college: February 6, 2007
Proposed date of implementation: 2007
2. Type of change
Requiring approval by Academic Programs Committee
XX A change in the total number of credit units required for an approved degree program.
3. Proposal Document
GRADUATE PROGRAM REVISIONS IN MUSIC: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Department of Music at the University of Saskatchewan was founded in 1931. For decades now the department has displayed strong leadership in music and music education across western Canada, historically focusing departmental resources (faculty and funding) at the undergraduate level. Over the past several years, however, a succession of positive initiatives and influential factors has created an environment whereby the reactivation and creation (addition) of a variety of graduate programs in music makes sense both from a departmental and an institutional perspective, and toward that end the first phase of a comprehensive approach to a Masters Program In Music- the reactivation of the M.Mus. in Composition, M.Mus. in Theory, and the M.A. in Musicology- has been proposed to the College of Graduate Studies, by the Department of Music.
What follows is an overview of the more notable and positive changes in the Department of Music:
Faculty Rejuvenation: Since the graduate program in music was suspended in the 1980s, the Department of Music has undergone massive faculty renewal. In fact, with the exception of one member, the entire faculty can be considered "new" appointments, in relation to the mid 1980s complement. These faculty renewals include: Dr. Garry Gable (Tenured); Dr. Gyula Csapo (Tenured); Dr. Gerald Langner (Tenured); Dr. Glen Gillis (Tenured); Professor Kathleen Solose (Tenured); Professor/Head Dean McNeill (Tenured); Dr. Greg Marion (TenuredTrack); Full-time Special Lecturer John Neelin; and Full-time Instructor Brian Unverichett. As Head, I am pleased to report that the general level of collegiality and synergy between all Department of Music faculty is exceptionally strong. This has made for cohesive and well-balanced interaction in reference to our Undergraduate Degree revisions and our Graduate Degree development. In essence, the department now has both the synergy and the professional expertise required to mount a full slate of graduate program offerings.
Undergraduate Revisions: In preparation for the remounting of Graduate Programs in Music, the Department of Music has recently instituted- and had approved by the University- substantial undergraduate program revisions. These revisions go into effect in the fall 2007 semester, and pertain to the following degree programs: B.Mus (Performance, Musicology, Theory/Composition, Individualized Streams); B.A. (in Music); and B.Mus/B.Ed (Elementary and Secondary streams). As well as improving the area-specific quality at the undergraduate level in the department, these degree revisions have enabled the department to streamline its operations with regard to faculty resource commitment at the undergraduate level, enabling sustainable graduate teaching possibilities within the Department of Music.
Special-Case Graduate Students: Over the past six years, the College of Graduate Studies and Research has accepted six Masters of Music Special-Case students. Two of these students have completed their degrees (one receiving a "Thesis of the Year" award), while the other four students are currently making expected progress at the various stages in their respective Masters degrees. Through careful management of faculty and departmental resources (i.e. physical space, budget, course rotations, etc.), the Department of Music has been successful at integrating a select number of Special-Case graduate students into the departments established roster of annual academic activities. In essence, these recent Special-Case Masters Degree Students have provided a "testing ground" of sorts for the department, with the net result enriching departmental, faculty, graduate student, and undergraduate student experiences alike.
Planning Processes: The Department of Music has been strongly motivated by the various planning processes on campus over the past several years (primarily SPR, Integrated Planning) and has become fully engaged in supporting the University mandate of growing the graduate programs campus wide. The proposed Masters Degrees in Music (the reinstatement of the three programs currently under review by the CGSR, and the next phases in our comprehensive plan) reflect the departments commitment to these University strategic directions and will enable the Department of Music to pursue more vigorously University strategic directions such as the move toward internationalization.
RESOURCE CONSIDERATIONS: The Department of Music has based its Undergraduate and Graduate degree revisions on the premise that funding to the department will remain constant into the foreseeable future: neither substantially increasing nor decreasing. Our Graduate Degree program development is based on the following premises:
Number of Graduate Students: The Department of Music will be able to accommodate a limited number of graduate students at any given time (between 5 and 10 students in total, in all Masters of Music degree programs combined). This will allow for the required flexibility within the department (to manage its resources such as budget, physical space, and sabbatical rotations), while still allowing for synergies between fellow graduate students. The biannual rotation of courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels will enable the department to grow at a measured pace, and without requiring significant increases in base-budget funding. Additionally, the department is instituting a core of graduate courses for all graduate music students thereby making the most efficient use possible of faculty teaching resources.
Undergraduate Implications: The department remains committed to its Undergraduate programs. These programs will only be enhanced through the presence of a coterie of strong graduate students in music.
SUMMATION:
The reactivation of the current Masters in Music Graduate Degree Programs(Musicology, Theory, Composition)- currently under review by the CGSR- and the next phases in the departments comprehensive plan (mounting programs in Conduction, and Music Education, and reinstituting a select program in Performance) represent a clear and vibrant vision enabling the Department of Music to remain relevant and visionary. We are striving to become one of the key and predominant figures in the fine arts in western Canada.
Thank you for your time and consideration,
Dean McNeill Head, Department of Music
Change in Program requirements:
These curriculum changes and new courses in Music were approved at Graduate Council on February 6, 2007.
Music Calendar entry:
The Department of Music offers graduate programs in composition and music theory leading to the Master of Music (M. Mus.) and in musicology leading to the Master of Arts (MA). Special case programs are available in the Master of Music in performance, or in conducting (choral or instrumental), or Master of Music in Music Education (M. Mus. Ed.)
The Masters programs in composition, music theory, and musicology require 21 course credits plus a thesis. All areas of concentration also include the successful completion of a comprehensive examination and a foreign language. The normal time for completion is two years, including a one-year residency. For further information, please contact the Department of Music.
Rationale:
The M. Mus degrees at the U of S have been on hiatus since the mid 1990s. With a rejuvenation of faculty since the 1990s (new appointments since the mid 1990s include Dr. Greg Marion, Dr, Glen Gillis, Dr. Gerald Langner and Dept Head Dean McNeill), the department is now uniquely poised to offer M. Mus degrees on a regular basis. Positive contributing factors also include the completion of a set of substantial undergrad program revisions (all undergrad music programs) and, the recent successful mounting of a select number of Special Case M. Mus degrees. When submitting the remounting proposal to Grad Studies for these M. Mus degrees, faculty jointly considered and ultimately devised, a plan that would enable the department to offer such M. Mus degrees, within the current resources of the department.
Undergraduate music programs are generally broader in their content than other academic honours degrees. Therefore it is only at the Masters level that students begin to specialize in areas of focus for their research work. The increase in credit units in the Masters programs, 21 CU from 18 CU, is the degree size required to accommodate the areas of specialty as specified in each of these three M.Mus degrees. The 21 CU degree will allow for high quality instruction, supervision and mentor guidance, ensuring that our M.Mus graduates can continue in their academic pursuits, following the completion of these M.Mus degrees. Additionally, 21 CU is well within the national and international norms for an academically-based Master in Music in the 21st century. This preparation ensures that Masters graduates are ready to enter doctoral programs in Canada and the United States.
The department is also proposing that its special case programs in performance, conducting and music education will be established as permanent graduate programs. This is now being considered by the College of Graduate Studies & Research.
New Courses
MUS 821.3 Pedagogy of Music History and Musicology: Materials, Methods, and Curriculum Development
1/2(3L)
Prerequisites N/A
Calendar Description This seminar provides an overview of multifaceted resources, relying on both primary and secondary sources, historic and contemporary, available for curriculum development including music history surveys for the major and non-major, topical classes, and seminars in musicology, organology, performance practices and paleography.
Rationale As a future musicologist in preparation for an academic career, this course is fundamental for any graduate students seeking a career in academia and musicology.
Contact Person Dr. Dean McNeill
Department of Music
MUS 822.3 Seminar in Shenkerian Theory
1/2(3L)
Prerequisites: Successful completion of the Graduate Assessment Examination in Music Theory, and permission of the instructor.
Calendar Description The focus of the course is on the development of analytical skills based on the theories of Heinrich Schenker. As the term progresses, and as students analytical techniques develop, they will be able to deal critically with some of the heated issues surrounding this theory.
Rationale The analytical methods developed by the music theorist Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935) rank among the central approaches in the exploration of total compositions. A course dedicated to Schenkers pioneering work is nothing short of a pillar in any reputable music theory program; moreover, the course will benefit all students pursuing a Master of Music degree, for Schenkerian analysis is concerned with music writ large, and as such exists at the intersection of theoretical, analytical, historical, cultural, and performative domains.
Contact Person Dr. Dean McNeill
Department of Music
MUS 823.3 Seminar in Twentieth/Twenty-first Century Music
1/2(3L)
Prerequisites N/A
Calendar Description Offers a unified focus: tone color, in taking the student through the fascinating repertory of twentieth century and contemporary music. Issues of orchestration, texture and electronic and computer music will be discussed, with technical projects to allow the student to master these areas
Rationale The most important recent developments in music composition (and still take) place in the domain of timbre.
Contact Person Dr. Dean McNeill
Department of Music
Excerpt from 2006-07 Calendar: list of existing Music graduate courses
[Note correction to MUS 844.6 should be 3 hrs per week per semester]
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