Undergraduate Curriculum
and
Academic Policy Committee

Minutes
of
May 12, 2005 Meeting

Present May 12: Jeanne Fraker, Scott Graham, Nathan Klingbeil, Joe Law, Henry Limouze, Carol Loranger, KT Mechlin, Richard Mercer, Virginia Nehring, Tom Sav, Karen Wilhoit. Guests: Songlin Cheng, Jean Edwards, Jan La Forge.
Present May 17 (continuation of May 12 meeting): Jeanne Fraker, Scott Graham, Nathan Klingbeil, Henry Limouze, Carol Loranger, KT Mechlin, Virginia Nehring, Tom Sav, Karen Wilhoit.

Approved Minutes of April 12, 2005.

UCAPC Subcommittee Reports

Writing Across the Curriculum Committee: Joe Law, WAC Chair, reported that No Report.
University General Education Committee: Henry Limouze, UGEC Chair, reported that the committee conducted business per the following: UGEC minutes:

Course Inventory and Modification Requests

COSM

Approved Tabled Inventories from the April 12 UCAPC Meeting (with changes noted by "*")

PSY 211    Human Sexuality-Fall 2005
PSY 251    Stereotyping & Prejudice - Fall 2005
PSY 291    Drugs and Behavior - Fall 2005
PSY 294    Mind, Body, Consciousness, and Reality - Fall 2005*

Approved Tabled Modifications from the April 12 UCAPC Meeting (with changes noted by "*")

EH 461    Careers in Environmental Health Sciences – Fall 2005
GL 105    The Planet Earth – Fall 2005
GL 106    The Evolving Earth – Fall 2005*
GL 107    The Earth and Human Affairs – Fall 2005*
GL 201    Hydrology and Water Resources – Fall 2005*
GL 342    Fossil Vertebrates and Plants – Inactive -Fall 2005
GL 346    Earth Systems – Fall 2005
GL 381    Mineralogy and Crystallography – Fall 2005*
GL 383    Sedimentary Petrology – Fall 2005
GL 405    Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation – Summer 2005
GL 421    Groundwater Law and Regulatory Principles – Inactive -Fall 2005
GL 423    Seismic Exploration – Fall 2005
GL 427    Regional Structural Synthesis Laboratory – Inactive - Fall 2005
GL 434    Field Geology – Fall 2005
GL 461    Geologic and Environmental Applications of GIS – Fall 2005*
GL 463    Geological and Environmental Application of Remote Sensing – Aerial Photographs
GL 475    Applied Hydrogeology – Inactive - Fall 2005
PSY 105    Psychology:  The Science of Behavior - Fall 2005
PSY 110    Psychology:  Science and Practice - Fall 2005
PSY 200    Psychological Study of Contemporary Problems - Fall 2005
PSY 208    Environmental Psychology - Fall 2005
PSY 210    Psychology of Women and Men – Fall 2005
PSY 208    Environmental Psychology - Fall 2005
PSY 215    Psychological Principles in Commercial Films - Fall 2005
PSY 301    Basic Research Methods in Psychology – Fall 2005
PSY 302    Experimental Methods in Psychology - Fall 2005
PSY 304    Industrial and Organizational Psychology - Fall 2005
PSY 306    Engineering Psychology – Fall 2005
PSY 307    Tests and Measurements - Fall 2005*
PSY 311    Abnormal Psychology - Fall 2005
PSY 321    Cognition and Learning - Fall 2005
PSY 323    Cognition and Learning Methods - Fall 2005
PSY 323    Cognition and Learning Methods Lab - Fall 2005
PSY 331    Psychology of Personality - Fall 2005
PSY 333    Personality Research Methods - Fall 2005
PSY 333    Personality Research Methods Lab - Fall 2005
PSY 341    Life Span Developmental Psychology - Fall 2005
PSY 343    Developmental Psychology Methods - Fall 2005
PSY 351    Social Psychology - Fall 2005
PSY 353    Social Psychology Methods - Fall 2005*
PSY 361    Conditioning and Learning - Fall 2005
PSY 363    Conditioning and Learning Methods - Fall 2005
PSY 371    Perception - Fall 2005
PSY 373    Perception Methods - Fall 2005*
PSY 391    Behavioral Neuroscience - Fall 2005*
PSY 392    Behavioral Neuroscience II - Fall 2005*
PSY 393    Behavioral Neuroscience Methods - Fall 2005
PSY 393    Physiological Psychology Methods Lab - Fall 2005*
PSY 401    Advanced Experimental Design: Packaged Computer Programs - Fall 2005
PSY 411    Advanced Topics in Abnormal Psychology - Fall 2005
PSY 419    Advanced Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience - Fall 2005
PSY 421    Advanced Topics in Cognition and Learning – Fall 2005
PSY 425    Human-Computer Interface - Fall 2005
PSY 431    Advanced Topics in Personality - Fall 2005
PSY 432    Practicum in Applied Psychology - Fall 2005*
PSY 433    Developmental Psychopathology - Fall 2005
PSY 439    Theory and Research in Clinical Psychology - Fall 2005
PSY 441    Advanced Topics in Developmental Psychology - Fall 2005
PSY 443    Psychometrics - Fall 2005*
PSY 444    Advanced Industrial Psychology – Fall 2005
PSY 447    Psychology of Aging - Fall 2005
PSY 451    Advanced Topics in Social Psychology - Fall 2005
PSY 455    Psycholinguistics - Fall 2005
PSY 461    Advanced Topics in Conditioning and Learning - Fall 2005
PSY 465    Information Processing - Fall 2005*
PSY 471    Advanced Topics in Perception - Fall 2005
PSY 475    Signal Detection Theory - Fall 2005
PSY 478    Animal Behavior - Fall 2005
PSY 481    History of Psychology - Fall 2005
PSY 487    Capstone Seminar on Select Topic - Fall 2005
PSY 488    Seminar in Special Topics - Fall 2005
PSY 498    Independent Research - Fall 2005

* The committee had to correct minor but important spelling, grammatical, technical, and/or administrative errors on the noted proposals.

Approved Resubmitted Inventories that were Returned from the April 12 UCAPC Meeting for several grammatical problems or inconsistencies that need to be corrected and resubmitted to the committee:.

PSY 438    Work Stress & Well Being - Fall 2005*
PSY 452    Cross-Cultural Psychology - Fall 2005
PSY 454    Applied Sport Psychology - Fall 2005
* The committee had to correct a minor but important administrative error.

Approved New Submitted Inventories: GL 456, PHY 440
Approved New Submitted Modifications:  ANT 320, ANT 320 (Lab), ANT 392, ANT 491, P&B 469

CEHS
Approved Inventories: SLI 310*, SLI 320, SLI 330*, SLI  340*, SLI 360*, SLI 370*, SLI 380*, SLI 390*, SLI 410, SLI 420*, SLI 430*, SLI 440*, SLI 480, SLI 490 and the following Inventory Deletions: AVI 100, AVI 202, AVI 203, AVI 301, AVI 302, AVI 303, AVI 304, AVI 488, HPR 151, HPR 170, HPR 213, HPR 240, HPR 242, HPR 260, HPR 310, HPR 341, HPR 380, HPR 383, HPR 419, HPR 435, HPR 440, RHB 203,  RHB 213, RHB 214, RHB 223, RHB 409, AT 360, AT 370, AT 371, AT 420, AT 429, AT 444, AT 444 Lab.

*The committee returned the proposals but approved such subject to the college making substantial corrections to spelling, grammatical, technical, and/or administrative errors and resubmitting such to the committee chair for final processing. Following the UCAPC meeting, on May 24 the college submitted the necessary corrections -- hence approved.

From  a Writing Across the Curriculum perspective, the college was commended on doing an outstanding job of incorporating and clarifying writing requirements in all the SLI course proposals and syllabuses. It was the hope of the committee that other colleges would do likewise in the future.

COLA
Approved Inventories: ATH 405, ATH 415*, GER 482, HST 199 and HST 217*, HST 218, HST 219, HST 311, HST 315, HST 331, HST 335, HST 360, HST 393, HST 394, HST 395, HST 415, HST 460, HST 487, RIA 400, RIA 420, RIA 450, SW 464, SW 477

Approved Modifications: FR 311, FR 312, FR 313, FR 323, FR 331*, FR 332*, FR 351, FR 361, FR 403, FR 421**, FR FR 422**, FR 423**, FR 441, FR 442*, FR 443, FR 451, FR 452, FR 453, FR 454, FR 462, FR FR 463, FR 464, FR 465, GER 102, GER 103, GER 203, GER 215, GER 322, GER 331, GER 351, GER 361, GER 399, GER 403**, GER 405, GER 406, GER 410**, GER 415, GER 416, GER 417, GER 418, GER 425**, GER 426**, GER 427**, GER 431, GER 432**, GER 433**, GER 434, GER 442, GER 450, GER 481*, HST 400, HST 402*, HST 465*, ITA 102, ITA 103, JPN 102, JPN 103, JPN 201, JPN 202, RUS 102, SPN 312, SPN 402, SPN 421*, SPN 422, SPN 431, SPN 441, SPN 462, PLS 222** and #, PLS 322, PLS 341** and #, PLS 344** and #, PLS 345, PLS 351, PLS 352, PLS 354, PLS 360, PLS 362, PLS 372, PLS 403, PLS 405, PLS 411, PLS 425, PLS 427, PLS 429, PLS 430, PLS 434, PLS 435, PLS 437, PLS PLS 439, PLS 442, PLS 446, PLS 450, PLS 454, PLS 455*, PLS 456**, PLS 457**, PLS 473**, PLS 487,  SW 272, SW 291, SW 320*, SW 380, SW 389, SW 462, SW 463, SW 473, SW 480, SW 481, SW 487*, SW 488*, SW 489*, SW 490, SW 491, SOC 210**, SOC 221, SOC 231.

* The committee had to correct numerous spelling, grammatical, technical, and/or administrative errors on the noted proposals.
** The committee noted either spelling, grammatical, technical, and/or administrative errors on the noted proposals and/or potential curricular problems that the college may need to reconsider. The committee did approve the proposals subject to the college making necessary corrections and, where necessary, justifying the curricular changes. Following the UCAPC meeting, on May 24 the college submitted the necessary corrections and justifications -- hence approved.
# Following the UCAPC meeting, on May 24 the college WITHDREW the proposals.


UC
Approved Inventories: (deletions) DEV 071, DEV 072, DEV 073, DEV 081, DEV 091 --- HOWEVER on June 1 the UC informed the UCAPC chair that the Inventory deletions need to be withdrawn. The Faculty Office and the Registrar's Office were informed of such and the Inventory deletions were hence withdrawn on June 2.
Approved Modifications: SS 094*, UVC 111*
* The committee had to correct minor but important administrative and curriculum errors.

Program Changes


Academic Policy

Graduating With Latin Honors Policy
WSU G.P.A. ranges for awarding Latin Honors are presently 3.4 for cum laude, 3.6 for magna cum laude, and 3.8 for summa cum laude. Of the thirteen Ohio institutions, seven institutions have higher G.P.A. requirements for each of the Latin Honors awards. Based on information the committee collected, the Latin Honors policy for each Ohio institution is as follows: Latin Honors Policy Among Ohio Universities. While the current WSU Latin Honors Policy was approved by the Academic Council (faculty governance predecessor to Faculty Senate) 5/6/91, the University Faculty 5/14/91, and the Board of Trustees 6/6/91, the committee was unable to find any information on the rationale of the proposal and its approval in comparison to other institutions. Moreover, the committee was unable to find a national higher education standard recommendation for awarding Latin Honors. The committee felt that in the best interests of WSU, the Latin Honors Policy be changed to 3.5 for cum laude, 3.7 for magna cum laude, and 3.9 for summa cum laude. The proposed change in policy will also affect student eligibility for the "Deans List" of each college being that it is set at the Latin Honors Policy. The committee recommends the following:

Second Degree Policy
When students earn a second degree from WSU, they are treated differently in the calculation of their final G.P.A. if they earned the first degree from WSU compared to if they earned the first degree from another institution. In the former case, all WSU course work (first and second degree) is used in the final G.P.A. calculation whereas in the latter case only WSU course work (second degree) is used in the final G.P.A. calculation. Hence, the two groups of students are placed on different playing fields for second degree G.P.A. calculations and, in addition, for the awarding of Latin Honors. The committee recommends, via the following, that both groups of students be treated equally by calculating the G.P.A. for all second degree students based only on second degree course work and grades.

Adjournment

The University Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee adjourned for the 2004-05 academic year. The next meeting of the UCAPC will be in the 2005-06 academic year in the later part of September or early part of October.




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