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February 8, 1993

 

                                    MINUTES

                      COMMISSION ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

                            President's Board Room

                               February 8, 1993

 

  PRESENT:  Prof. R. Daniel, Chair; Drs. T. Cobb, G. Egger, L. Geyer, B.

                Heath Camp, M. Lewis, M. Murray, M. Ogliaruso, B. Sgro, N.

                Spencer, J. Taper, J. White, D. Smith for G. Brown;  S.

                Wheeler, Classified Staff, Jennifer Chilton, SGA; Jennifer

                Gold, Honor System; Fred Bailey III, GSA.

 

 

  ABSENT:   Drs. E. Brown, J. Buffer, E. Carlisle, G. Clough, H. Doswald, J.

                Eaton, P. Feret, R. Hendricks, R. Purdy, S. Ritchey, R.

                Sorensen, C. Steger, L. Swiger, C. Burch-Brown, Associate

                Provost; D. Bousquet, Admissions; W. Dean, University

                Registrar; B. Obenhaus, Newman Library; Stefan Hall, C. Wade

                Hasle, SGA.

 

 

  VISITORS  B. Cassell, E. Guertin, S. Wilson.

 

 

 

  1.  CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

      Prof. Daniel called the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m.  He asked that

      members verify their electronic mail ID's and to notify the Office of

      the University Registrar if they are not receiving their mail.  He also

      asked that agenda items be forwarded to himself or to Wanda Dean as

      soon as convenient to allow time for placement on the agenda.

 

 

  2.  The AGENDA was approved as distributed.

 

 

  3.  The MINUTES of the January 25, 1993 meeting were approved as corrected.

 

 

  4.  ATHLETIC COMMITTEE MINUTES - B. CASSELL

 

      Bennett Cassell, Chair of the Athletic Committee presented the minutes

      of the committee from September 9 and October 21, 1992.  Referring to

      the minutes of the 9th, Marge Murray questioned what issues were confi-

      dential.  Mr. Cassell explained that issues surrounding resource allo-

      cation, revenue and non-revenue sports were held in confidence until

      approved by the executive committee.  Mike Ogliaruso asked that the

      number of student athletes be put into comparison year by year, this in

      reference to the figures reported by Jerry Via in the minutes of the

      9th.  The motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes.  Prof.

      Daniel noted the commission does not need to approve, but accept the

      minutes as approved by the Athletic Committee.  Motion was made and

      seconded to accept the minutes.  The motion CARRIED.

 

 

  5.  COURSE CRITERIA COMMITEE REPORT - L. GEYER

 

      Dr. Geyer presented the February 8, 1993 report for first reading.

 

      A motion was made and seconded to approve for second reading the Janu-

      ary 25, 1993 report.  The motion CARRIED.

 

      Courses approved Fall 1993

 

      o   BIOL 2604, General Microbiology

      o   BIOL 2614, General Microbiology Lab

 

      o   MATH 1205-1506, Calculus (revised course)

 

      o   MKTG 4734, Real Estate Marketing

 

      Action on Curriculum Checklists, Options and Concentrations

 

      o   FCD Minor, No new applicants accepted after Spring 1993

 

      o   Marketing Checksheet, Addition of MKTG 4704 as MKTG Elective,

              Effective for Graduating Class of 1993

 

      o   Real Estate Concentration, Effective Fall 1993

 

      o   Urban Affairs (UAP) Checksheets, Graduating Class of 1994

 

  6.  CLARIFICATION OF ACADEMIC PROBATION POLICY - N. SPENCER

 

      Norrine Spencer, Chair of the Academic Appeals Committee, addressed the

      issue of exceptions made to the Academic Probation/Suspension Policy.

      She stated that all colleges do not interpret the policy in the same

      manner and asked the commission that clarification be made on this is-

      sue.  Dr. Spencer cited examples where the appeals policy would be in-

      terpreted differently under the same appeals circumstance and the

      outcome would either benefit or penalize the student.  Elizabeth

      Guertin asked if it is fair to impose additional penalties on those

      students who do choose to appeal.  Leon Geyer asked that examples of

      different appeals situations and outcomes be drafted for the commission

      to study.  Norrine Spencer agreed to draft the documentation requested

      and return it to the commission for final clarification.

 

  7.  OTHER BUSINESS

 

      No other business was presented.

 

 

  8.  Meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m.

 

                                     Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

 

                                     Wanda Hankins Dean

                                     University Registrar

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