Request Type: New Acad. Program

Request: AS Event Management

Board Action: Conditional approval

Action Text: The Board of Regents granted conditional approval for the proposed Associate of Science (A.S.) in Event Management degree program (CIP Code 19.0604) at Southern University at Shreveport, effective immediately. By August 1, 2009, and on that date annually thereafter until otherwise indicated, the University shall submit a progress report to the Associate Commissioner for Academic Affairs addressing the following: 1. The hiring of an additional, full-time faculty member for Fall 2009; 2. An assessment of future program faculty needs; 3. Numbers of program enrollees/completers and placement of graduates; and 4. Status of program accreditation.09/24/2009: The Board of Regents received the August 2009 progress report from Southern University - Shreveport relative to development of the Associate of Science in Event Management. The next progress report, as required by initial Board action, shall be due August 1, 2010.The Board of Regents accepted the August 2010 progress report (August 2010 meeting) from Southern University at Shreveport relative to the implementation and development of the A.S. program in Event Management. A progress report is due no later than September 1, 2011, updating the Board on program enrollments and completers and pursuit of specialized programmatic accreditation. 2011/10/26 The Board of Regents accepted the 2011 progress report. A subsequent progress report is due no later than September 1, 2012, updating the Board on that which was previously requested. 2012/10/24: The Board of Regents received the 2012 progress report. A subsequent report shall be due by September 1, 2013. In May 2013 the program was terminated as a result of the Board of Regent's Academic Program Review. No further reporting is necessary.

Action Date: 10/23/2008 12:00:00 AM

Institution: Southern University in Shreveport