Minutes of Meeting #17
17 FEB 05
Present:
Joseph
DiMartile Amy T. Johnson
Tom
Johnston Charles E. Mason
James L.
Morrison Jeff Jordan
The AGENDA was
revised & adopted.
The MINUTES were
approved.
OLD BUSINESS (order
changed from original Agenda)
UGSC met with
Professor Belinda Orzada and discussed various concerns with two CNST proposals,
in particular the elimination of CHEM102.
e. Revision to the existing major in Fashion
Merchandising
f. Revision to the existing major in Apparel Design
UGSC members will be polled via
email on:
1. Approval of the proposals as
presented. YEA or NAY.
2. Approval of the proposals, minus
the provision to
eliminate CHEM102. YEA or NAY.
a. New Minor in Sexualities and Gender
Studies
Approved for a four year provisional
status. The granting of permanent status
will be contingent upon the following conditions being met.
1. The Minor is housed in an
academic unit below and that reports to the
2. 75% of the courses offered in the
Minor are cross-listed with regularly-offered courses in existing academic
units.
3. 75% of the faculty who teach in
the Minor have a terminal degree in disciplines that are relevant to the Minor.
b. Revision to the Concentration in
Agricultural Technology and Education / Agricultural and Natural Resource
Education
Consideration of this proposal will
be done via e-mail.
c. Revision to the Concentration in
Agricultural Technology and Education /
Technology Education
Consideration of this proposal will
be done via e-mail.
d. Request to change the name of a
major: Family and Community Services to Human Services
1. Request to revise and change the
name of a concentration: Human Services to Clinical Services
2. Request to revise and change the
name of a concentration: Family Research to Administration & Family Policy
Consideration of this proposal will
be done via e-mail.
NEW BUSINESS
a. Discussion on Variable Topic courses
Variable content courses are
eligible for M/C certification, but each variable must be specified, and must
pass the “three of five” rule.
b. Revision to existing policy on Academic
Renewal.
Approved. The language of the policy addition will be
fine-tuned by John Courtright & Joe DiMartile, and forwarded to Jeff Jordan.