Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy
Committee
Draft Minutes of Meeting
February 6, 2013
Present:
Matt Rizki (CECS),
Bev Schieltz (CoSM),
Sherrill Smith (CoNH), Richard Mercer (CoSM), Tom Sav (RSCOB), Sean
Pollack (CoLA), Stephanie Davis (CEHS), Sarah Twill
(CoLA), Marty Kich (Lake), Joe Law (WAC/GE), Jennifer Barbabera
(SG), Matt Haran (SG)
Guests:
Marian Brainerd (Registrar), Mary Holland
(Assoc. Registrar), Jared
Shank (Veterans and Military-Connected Student Committee), Bruce LaForse (Veterans and Military-Connected Student Committee)
1) The committee approved the minutes of the January 23, 2013
meeting
2) Course and Program Inventory Requests
a) UCAPC reviewed the following course inventory
requests:
Approved
as submitted:
CEG 4120, TH
3810
Tabled
(waiting for additional information):
OL 4020, OL 4025
Approved
as submitted:
CEG 3980, CS 3980, CS 4980, AFS 3000
(preapproved)
Approved
as submitted:
AFS 3000, AFS 3990
With departmental consent, approved a modified
version of the following course:
CECS 3170
b) UCAPC reviewed the following program inventory
requests:
Approved
as submitted:
Women’s
Studies (WMS BA)
Chemistry
(CSD AS)
Tabled (pending approval of OL 4020 and OL
4025):
Organization
Leadership (OL BS)
3) The committee reviewed a revised version of
the Excused
Absence Policy. After discussion, several modifications were suggested and
a final version of the Excused
Absence Policy was drafted. The UCAPC Chair asked the committee members to
seek input from their constituents before final approval.
4) The committee reviewed a revision of proposed University
Admission Standards forward by the Richard Bullock, Chair of the Ad Hoc
Admission Committee along with data analysis
provide by the Chair of UCAPC. The
committee discussed the use of ACT Math and ACT English scores as a requirement
for admission. The committee decided to use an ACT combined score to approximate
the individual scores (Math, English) and also simplify the admission criteria.
5) The committee briefly discussed a policy
proposal forward from the Lake Campus defining requirements for earning an
associate degree and bachelor degree. The committee asked the UCAPC Chair to
requested additional information from the Lake Campus.
6) Adjourned