Undergraduate Council Minutes

Meeting Date: 10/01/2010
Meeting Time: 1 PM
Meeting Location: Lyceum 110

Attendance

Name Present Absent
Avery, Dr. Mitchell A.
Buskes, Dr. Gerard J.
Canty, Dr. Ann L.
Davis, Dr. Steven R.
Emanuel, Dr. Deborah M.
Fant, Dr. Charlotte N.
Haenfler, Dr. Ross J.
Humphries, Mr. James
Irvin, Dr. J W.
Knight, Dr. Kathy B.
Leslie, Mr. John C.
Major, Dr. Richard P.
Mallory, Dr. Stephen L.
McCaffrey, Dr. David J.
Mizenko, Ms. Jennifer M.
Murchison, Dr. Margaret L.
Novicevic, Dr. Milorad
O'Sullivan, Dr. Daniel E.
Rajendran, Dr. A M.
Rowland, Dr. Sidney T.
Rutherford, Dr. Angela S.
Shaw, Dr. J R.
Upton, Mr. Eddie J.
Wachter, Dr. Kathleen
Watt, Dr. Jeffrey R.
Wenger, Mrs. Debora R.
Young-Minor, Dr. Ethel

Other Attendance Information

Visitor: Dr. Joel Kuszmaul, Chair of Geology and Geological Engineering



Additional Minutes Notes
Announcements: Chancellor Jones approved the following minutes: Minutes of Undergraduate Council meeting on 6/4/2010 Minutes of Undergraduate Council meeting on 5/7/2010 Minutes of Undergraduate Council meeting on 9/03/2010 Minutes of Undergraduate Council meeting on 8/18/2010 Honors 550 was approved by Undergraduate Council on August 18, 2010, and Honors 551 was approved by Undergraduate Council on September 3, 2010. Although the Graduate Council denied the addition of the courses at their meeting on September 17, 2010, it was decided to present the courses to the Council of Academic Administrators for further review. Course Changes, Additions, Deletions College of Liberal Arts English, Modern Languages, Music, Psychology, Public Policy Leadership On a motion by Dr. Irvin and a second by Dr. Wachter, the course changes were approved unanimously. Change of Program School of Engineering – Dr. Joel Kuszmaul represented the School of Engineering and presented the attached Diploma Application procedures for the students under Additional Meeting Notes. The proposal is to move the B.S. in Geology degree program from the College of Liberal Arts to the School of Engineering. The Curriculum and Policy Committee of both the College of Liberal and the School of Engineering have approved the move. The motion was unanimously approved on a motion by Dr. Wenger and a second by Dr. McCaffrey. Course Changes, Additions, Deletions Meek School of Journalism and New Media- On a motion by Dr. Wegner and a second by Dr. Shaw to remove the prerequisites for Jour 376 and a change that required all Journalism students to take Jour 271 and 375 were considered. A friendly amendment was added to delete the phrase “for Journalism majors only” in Jour 375 by Dr. Shaw, and the motion passed unanimously. Other Items Deletion of B. S. in Geology Degree from the College of Liberal Arts – The change was approved in conjunction with the change of program to the School of Engineering. CLEP Credit – Upon a motion by Dr. Irvin and a second by Dr. McCaffrey, the revision to the English CLEP examination credit was unanimously approved. Change Minor in Linguistics - On a motion by Dr. Shaw and a second by Dr. Rutherford, a change to the requirements for the minor in Linguistics was unanimously approved. The Council adjourned at 1:40 p.m.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

ENGLISH

Change Course(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638006354 Engl 505 - History of the English Language

MODERN LANGUAGES

Change Course(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638006111 Ling 505 - History of the English Language

Delete Course(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638006382 Ling 205 - Anat & Phys of the Speech & Hearing Mech
638006385 Ling 211 - Introduction to Phonology
638006386 Ling 216 - Normal Development of Communication
638006387 Ling 505 - Neurophysiology of Communication
638006388 Ling 513 - Speech Science

Change Program(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638006112 B.A. in Linguistics

MUSIC

Add Course(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638005921 MUS 577 - DIASPORIC AFRICAN MUSIC CULTURES

Change Course(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638005920 Mus 523 - Advanced Instrumental Directing

PSYCHOLOGY

Change Course(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638006065 Psy 541 - Intellectual Disability & Dev. Disorders

Delete Course(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638006066 Psy 543 - Mental Retardation & Devel Disorders II

PUBLIC POLICY LEADERSHIP

Add Course(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638006177 PPL 328 - The Corporation and Public Policy
638006181 PPL 383 - Social Policy
638006178 PPL 401 - Directed Readings in PPL

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

GEOLOGY & GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Change Program(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638006332 B.S. in Geology

SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM & NEW MEDIA

Change Course(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638006384 Jour 271 - News Reporting
638006381 Jour 375 - Photojournalism
638006383 Jour 376 - Television Technology

No School Assigned

No Department Assigned

Add Other Request(s)

IDRequest SummaryApproved DeniedTabled
638006396 Change Minor in Linguistics
638006378 CLEP Credit
638006352 Deletion of B.S. in Geology Degree from the College
Chancellor's Notes