Undergraduate Academic Affairs Council

UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL

MINUTES

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Present: Brett Jones, Chuck Reichert, Tim Crow, Dick Hudelson, Uwe Leck, Olawole Famule, Glenn Carlson, Gary Johnson, Mark Spitzer, Suzanne Griffith, Deborah Schlacks, Scott Smith, Michelle Arnhold Davies, Diane Douglas, Faith Hensrud Guests: Mary McCauley, Raychel Reiff

I. CALL TO ORDER
Meeting was called to order at 2:34

II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion to approve minutes for October 26, 2010 (Griffith/Johnson) Approved

III. REPORTS
A. Chair: No report
B. Secretary: No report
C. General Education Committee:
Tim Crow, liason to UAAC, reported that work continued on developing an assessment
plan. He also reported that WLLC 203 was reconsidered for General Education
Humanities (Language, Culture and Philosophy) and was approved. He also asked that
UAAC members send him suggestions regarding what General Education courses should be or do.
D. Registrar:
Diane Douglas mentioned two proposals that will be coming to UAAC.
E. Other Announcements:
Suzanne Griffith reported that the recently approved first year seminar in natural science should have been numbered IDS 107 (rather than 106) and that IDS 103 had been re-named “Going Global.”
IV. OLD BUSINESS
A. New Policy regarding ‘in-progress’ grades:
Held over for subsequent meeting
B. Approval list for curriculum items:
Amended to change line seven under ‘NEW/CHANGE/DELETE MAJORS’ to read:
‘New Track/Title Change (within concentration or minor)’
Motion to approve as amended (Griffith/Carlson) Approved

V. NEW BUSINESS
A. Designate ANTH/WGST 310 as fulfilling ‘focus on social structures and institutions’ category
category for the WGST Minor: Motion to approve (Johnson/Schlachs) Approved
B. HIST/WGST 317 as fulfilling ‘focus on the gendered experience’ category for WGST Minor
Motion to approve (Johnson/Reichert) Approved
C. New Course Proposal—CHIN 399: Motion to approve (Schlachs/Crow) Approved
D. Credits Committee – Petition from student: Motion to approve (Griffith/Schlachs) Approved

VI. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 3:25.

Respectfully submitted,
Dick Hudelson