MONTANA
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
2500 Broadway� �� PO Box 203101� �� Helena, Montana 59620-3101� �� (406)444-6570� �� FAX (406)444-1469
MEMORANDUM
September 18, 2000
�September 17, 2000
TO:���� ����������� Board
of Regents
FROM:���������� Joyce A. Scott, Deputy
Commissioner for Academic & Student Affairs
SUBJECT:����� Level I Announcements & Approvals
Since the July Board of Regents meeting,
the Office of the Commissioner has been contacted by the following groups
planning to do business in Montana:
1.
Dr. Dan Harrington reports that Interactive Technology
Group, an Oregon corporation, will relocate to Butte to offer pre-clinical, pre-med
courses with 75 percent on-line and 25 percent on site.
2.
Dr. Jim Benton plans to relocate his institution, the University
of America, from Germantown, Tennessee to Superior and to offer doctoral
degrees in a limited number of fields.
3. Dr. Stephen Bettinger indicated that Virtual Academics, currently operating in Florida, will establish itself as a private institution in Montana.
Montana State University-Bozeman
Approved�a request to change the current number of credits required for the Master of Science inHealth and Human Development (with an option in Family and Consumer Sciences) from 30 credits to variable 30 to 42 credits. The variable credit is to accommodate Certified Financial Planner (CFP) graduate students who will be pursuing post-degree certification in Family Financial Planning by sitting for the certification examination through the National Certified Financial Planning Licensing Board. To qualify to sit for this examination, students must complete the additional 12 credits. The M.S. in Health and Human Development with the additional 12 credits has registration from the National Certified Financial Planning Board.
Montana
State University-Billings
Approved�a request
to offer selected teacher re-certification courses on-line for in-service
professionals and initial certification courses on-line for the �changing
career� individual beginning fall semester 2001.
Approved a request to offer
the Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts electronically.
Montana
State University-Northern
Approved a request to grant the
Master of Science degree in Learning Development in the state of Alaska.� The degree will be offered in a cohort group
format.� The Master of Science in education, learning development option, assists
K-12 teachers interested in improving their classroom teaching skills.� The degree has been offered on
MSU-Northern�s interactive television system and in a cohort format in Great
Falls via partnering with Performance Learning Systems (PLS).� The same model and format will be adopted to
provide the degree to Alaska teachers.
University of Montana Missoula College of
Technology
Request to place the College of
Technology Human Services program on moratorium.� The College of Technology Human Services program enrollment has
not and does not appear likely to meet an expected and justifiable SCH
production level anytime soon.
cc:������ Commissioner Crofts
Chief Academic Officers
Sherry Rosette