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Current Status of Minutes: Final
Date	November 18, 2011
Time	9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location	Northridge

Members Present
Sheila Ammons, Cynthia Lovick, Tracie Nobles, Reed Peoples, James Pumphret, Brian Voss, Denise White
Guests Present
No guest attendance has been recorded.

Item # 0:	Next Meeting of the Accounting Task Force will be February 24, 2012 at the Northridge Campus.
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Item # 1:	In attendance: Sheila Ammons, David Floyd, Katy Gott, Norma Jacobs, Cynthia Lovick, Tracie Nobles, Reed Peoples, Greg Pratas, James Pumphret, Latasha Roberts, Brian Voss, and Denise White Absent: Jay Thibodeaux
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Item # 2:	Agenda Item: Approval of Minutes From Last Meeting Presented By: Reed Peoples Discussion: Action Taken: Minutes Approved
Presenter	Reed Peoples
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Item # 3:	Agenda Item: Class Limits on Upper Division Accounting Courses Presented By: Reed Peoples Discussion: Several faculty members presented reason for class limitation. Overall consensus that 36 students is too many for upper division courses. Acti
Presenter	Reed Peoples
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Item # 4:	Agenda Item: Recommended Changes to the Accounting Specialist Degree Plan and Professional Accountant Certificate Plan Presented By: Cynthia Lovick Discussion: The Professional Accountant Certificate Plan should replace electives with ETWR-2377, B
Presenter	Cynthia Lovick
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Item # 5:	Agenda Item: Assessment Test for Accounting 2301 and Accounting 2302 Presented By: Tracie Nobles Discussion: Tracie Nobles informed the Taskforce that the ACCT 2301 and ACCT 2302 final assessment test will be ready to be included on Cengage by the
Presenter	Tracie Nobles
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Item # 6:	Agenda Item: Accounting Program Review Presented By: Tracie Nobles Discussion: Tracie Nobles informed the Taskforce that the Program Review was scheduled for 2012. Tracie Nobles is the current chair of the Program Review Committee. Action Taken:
Presenter	Tracie Nobles
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Item # 7:	Agenda Item: Advising Presented By: Reed Peoples Discussion: Reed Peoples distributed the new recommended advisors by alphabetical order. The list was unanimously accepted Action Taken: Brian Voss will post the new list to the Accounting Website
Presenter	Reed Peoples
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Item # 8:	Agenda Item: Spring, Summer, and Fall Schedules Presented By: Reed Peoples Discussion: All faculty should review the Spring, Summer, and Fall schedules for accuracy and course selection. Action Taken: Faculty will review the schedules and make re
Presenter	Reed Peoples
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Item # 9:	Agenda Item: Assignment of Upper Division Accounting Courses Presented By: Reed Peoples Discussion: Faculty wanted to minimize the number of nights that they had to teach. Recommendation were made as follows: Starting in the fall of 2012, Sheila A
Presenter	Reed Peoples
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Item # 10:	Agenda Item: Training Session for Saturday November 19, 2011 Presented By: Tracie Nobles Discussion: Topics to be included in the training session Technology, Active Learning, and Accounting Department updates Action Taken: Develop and present the
Presenter	Tracie Nobles
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Item # 11:	Non-Agenda Item: Ensuring that all adjunct faculty members are following the Accounting Department Policies and Procedures. Presented By: Various faculty Discussion: Many members on the Taskforce believed that some of our adjuncts were not follow
Presenter	Various faculty
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