Greetings,
AGENDA - 10/27/06 - Minutes follow
1. Consent Agenda (Items 4 through 14) Items 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, and 14 remained on the
consent agenda and were approved unanimously.
2. Why does Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering have two representatives while every other
department/college has only one? Should they remain with two representatives or should they
have only one representative? On motion, Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering will now have
one representative. Motion passed, 12 in favor, 2 against, 1 abstain. Mark Archambault stated
he will remain the representative.
3. Questions posed by Clayton Baum as to University Alliance (see UniversityAlliance.doc) The
majority of the meeting was devoted to questions and answers. The UGCC put together a
subcommittee with representatives from COB, COPLA, COS, COE to come up with a draft
position statement from the UGCC with specific points for the next meeting.
4. University College: Adding new courses EAC 2211 Accounting Principles 1 (see EAC
2211.pdf); EAC 2212 Accounting Principles 2 (see EAC 2212.pdf); EEC 2303 Intro to
Macroeconomics (see EEC 2303.pdf); EEC 2304 Intro to Microeconomics (see EEC
2305.pdf); ELA 2601 Law 1 (see ELA 2601.pdf); EST 2703 Statistics (see EST 2703.pdf) . Item
tabled to 12/01/06 meeting.
5. College of Science: Adding new courses PHY 3901 Research Experience in Physics and
SPS 3901 Research Experience in Space Sciences (see PHYSPS-3901-package.pdf) to
11/3/06 meeting
6. College of Science: Adding a new minor in Physics (see PhysMinor-package.doc) to 11/3/06
meeting
7. College of Engineering: Change in graduation requirements - BS in Mechanical
Engineering (see UGCC_design courses.pdf) Approved on consent agenda
8. College of Science: Change in graduation requirements - BS in Pre-Professional Biology (see
Pre-Professional Biology.pdf) Approved on consent agenda
9. College of Science: Adding new course BIO 4420 Pre-Columbian Ecosystems (see BIO
4420ed.pdf) Approved on consent agenda
10. College of Science: Adding a new course BIO 4421 Neotropical Archeoecology (see BIO
4421ed.pdf) Approved on consent agenda
11. College of Science: Add a new major - BS Option in Astrobiology (see
NewMajor_AstroBio1.pdf) to 11/3/06 meeting
12. College of Psychology and Liberal Arts: Adding a new course PSY 3522 Human Cognition:
Theory and Applications (see PSY3522rev1.pdf and PSY3522 Cognition.pdf) Approved on
consent agenda
13. College of Psychology and Liberal Arts: Adding a new course PSY 3524 Sensation and
Perception (see PSY3524rev1.pdf and PSY3524 Perception.pdf) Approved on consent agenda
14. College of Psychology and Liberal Arts: Adding a new course PSY 3541 Psychology of
Leadership (see PSY3541rev1.pdf and PSY3541 Leadership.pdf) Approved on consent agenda
Additional meeting called 11/3/06 at 8 a.m. in the Biological Sciences Conference Room on the
2nd floor to handle items 5, 6 and 11 that were removed from the consent agenda. Please note
that the next meeting is a special meeting on 11/3/06 to hear the 3 items above and the position
statement. No new items will be added to this agenda.
The next regularly scheduled meeting is December 1, 2006 at 8 a.m. in the Physical Sciences
2nd floor conference room.
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Pierce, Chair, UGCC
Barbara G. Pierce, Ph.D., CPA
Associate Dean & Associate Professor of Accounting
College of Business Room 105-A
Florida Institute of Technology
150 W. University Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32901
321.674.7392; fax: 321.674.8896;
email: bpierce@fit.edu
webpage: http://my.fit.edu/~bpierce