Decisions on
proposals from UGS Agenda Nov8-2005
Old Business:
A. The revision to
the FINC BS program consisted of a set of eight proposals rolled into one. The first two of these (dealing with written/oral
communication requirements and with reduction of social science requirements)
are still under review and will be discussed tomorrow (Jan 10), based on the
email revision supplied by Paul Laux.
The remaining six proposals (i.e. #3-8) were approved unanimously.
B. Many of the
multicultural decisions are completed, but a few remain. Those remaining require some additional input
from the faculty and will be dealt with at the meeting after the one
tomorrow. Those that have been decided
will be listed in a separate email shortly.
C. The Major/Minor/Concentration
definitions were discussed/edited and are now
finished.
D. The revision to
the UGS committee charge (indicating that the committee considers advice from
the General Education Committee in its deliberations) was approved.
E. Review of the
FYE Guidelines remains to be discussed.
New Business:
A. APPROVED. MEEG441 (Combustion) deleted from courses
allowed for Aerospace Engineering Concentration; MEEG419, 616, 636 and 655 to be added.
B. APPROVED. ELEG471 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering
(3cr) added to list of advanced courses for Minor in Biomedical Engineering.
C. APPROVED. Adding ENWC 215 (Entomology
Laboratory, 1 cr). Requirements for the Entomology Minor are to
be reduced from “18 credits of ENWC courses including 205, 305, 406, and 408”
to “16 credits of ENWC courses including ENWC 205, 215 [a new 1-credit version
of 305], 406, and at least 6 additional credits from courses focused primarily
on insects.
D. APPROVED. New Honors Bachelors of
Science Degree in Plant Science.
E. APPROVED. New Honors Bachelors of
Science Degree in Environmental Soil Science.
F. APPROVED. New Honors Bachelor of
Science Degree in Landscape Horticulture.
G. APPROVED. Environmental Soil Science
BS Degree program to drop FREC 135 and computer science requirement. Entering students are expected to already have
basic computer skills (word processing, spreadsheets, etc.).
H. APPROVED. Plant Science BS Degree program to drop FREC
135 and computer science requirement.
Entering students are expected to already have basic computer skills
(word processing, spreadsheets, etc.).
I. APPROVED. Landscape Horticulture BS
Degree program to drop FREC 135 and computer science requirement. Entering students are expected to already
have basic computer skills (word processing, spreadsheets, etc.).
J. APPROVED. Deletion of Major and Minor in Plant
Biology. Low enrollments in major and
minor in spite of recruiting efforts. Students
can still major in Plant Science and take plant biology courses using elective
credits.
K. APPROVED. International Business
Studies BS and Honors BS Majors to be added. Excellent and timely
proposal. Credit load is somewhat
high at 126, but very well justified. Business collaboration with Foreign Languages and Literature. All courses already exist.
L. PENDING. TWO changes proposed in core requirements for
the BS Majors in three departments: Management, Marketing, and Operations
Management. (1) Adding new freshman
course (BAUD 110) as "first year experience" introduction to business
surveying relevant topics. (2) Proposing
decrease in written/oral communications requirement from 6 to 3 credits
allowing either written OR oral 3 credit course to satisfy requirement. First change is approved, but second change is
not approved. The latter is the same as
that proposed for FINC and an alternative FINC change will be considered at the
UGS Committee meeting tomorrow (Jan 10) to provide an interim solution to the
conflict of the proposal with the General Education Goals of the