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Approved Minutes
Undergraduate Curriculum And Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 2, 2004, 3 pm Memorial Library , ML 2042

Present:  L. Baures, D. Cronn-Mills, L. Good, K. Greer, M. Pomije, L. Reeves. 

1.  The minutes of 2/17/04 were approved. 

2.  The status of the tabled proposals was reviewed.  The following proposals remain tabled at this time.  Proposal 160 is awaiting additional information and both proposals 192 and 193 are awaiting Gen Ed committee action.  Gen Ed has been tentatively scheduled to address these on 3/04/04. 
AA tracking #    Designator/course #    Action requested
160    PHYS program    Program: add/delete courses/chg in credits
192    ENG 201    new course
193    ENG 301    Change in number and title

3.  Guests:  W. Sandmann and E. Lilly met with UCAP members to answer questions regarding the following proposed policies: 
Academic Misconduct Policy (http://www.mnsu.edu/acadaf/pdfs/draftMisconductpolicy.pdf)
Conflict of Interest Policy (http://www.mnsu.edu/acadaf/pdfs/draftCOIpolicy.pdf)
From this discussion, the following suggestions were made for the proposed Academic Misconduct policy:
Language regarding student status for a whistleblower would be consistent throughout.
Pagination and a table of contents would be added for clarity.
From this discussion, the following clarifications and suggestions were made for the proposed Conflict of Interest policy:
The $10,000 is set by statute and will be clarified where it is defined by project length vs. calendar year.
References to the NSF code will be added as appropriate.

4.  Several proposals were reviewed.  Please see appended Excel® spreadsheet for a complete overview in the academic affairs numerical tracking order. 

The following proposals were given tentative approval. 
AA tracking #    Designator/course #    Action requested
210    COMS 296    new course
212    CIVE 380    new course
213    CIVE 438/538    new course
214    CIVE 452/552    new course
215    CIVE 454/554    new course
216    CIVE 458/558    new course
217    CIVE 461/561    new course
218    CIVE 471/571    new course
219    CIVE 476/576    new course
       

The following proposal was tabled. 
AA tracking #    Designator/course #    Action requested
220    CIVE 481/581    new course

The following proposal was not acted on since it is a graduate level proposal.
AA tracking #    Designator/course #    Action requested
211    Phys MA    Graduate Committee Proposal--No UCAP act.

5.  Several curricular proposals from business were discussed.  Pomije will contact Holmes with appropriate information.

6.  Committee Reports
Baures reported to UCAP on the activities of the Distance Learning Task force.

7.  Co-chair (standing item)
No discussion

8.  Policies
From our discussion today, UCAP will be providing invited guests with appropriate minutes or the purpose of our request for meeting with them, prior to their attending a UCAP meeting.  We believe this will facilitate the discussion for all.

9.  Other
Updates from college reps regarding proposals in the pipeline.
The creation of the Cultural Diversity Taskforce by the Executive committee was confirmed in the 10/30/03 minutes.

Meeting adjourned at 5:00 pm

10.  Next Meeting
The next UCAP meeting will tentatively occur on Tuesday, March 16th, 2004 from 3:00-5:00 in ML 2042. 

Respectfully submitted,

Marie K. Pomije
UCAP Secretary 2003-2004


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