Undergraduate Academic Council Minutes
Meeting: Monday, Sept 19th , 2011. 1:00-2:30PM
Room: Terrace Lounge, C. Center.
Present: JoAnne Malatesta(UAC Chair), Janell Hobson, Trudi Jacobson, Michael
Steklof, Nathan Cady, Jean-François Brière, Malcolm Sherman, Steven Doellefeld, Glyne
Griffith, Sue Freed, Sue Faerman, Bryant Burksdale, Bruce Miroff
Guests: Greg Stevens, Maria Brown
Review of the minutes: The minutes from September 1st were approved as amended.
Chair’s Report:
 The Senate Executive Committee met.
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The revisions to the Music minor, which were approved by UAC last year, will go
to the Senate next week.
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UPPC has expressed an interest in looking at the resource implications of any
proposed General Education changes that may come out of UAC this year. The
UAC Chair reported to the UPPC Chair that the UAC was continuing discussion
on changes to the general education proposal and would report out once those
changes were in Bill form.
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A booklet regarding the Strategic Plan was distributed and discussed. There will
be working groups formed some of which will be considering undergraduate
issues. These groups will have no decision making authority, but will offer
suggestions to the Provost and Senate Councils. There are liaisons from UAC on
the strategic planning groups.
Committee Reports:
Committee on Curriculum and Honors: Has approximately 8 carry-over items from
the 2010-11 academic year.
Committee on General Education: No report.
Committee on Interdisciplinary Studies: No report.
Committee on Academic Standing (sub-committee of CAAS): First meeting is
scheduled for 10/6.
Old Business: Restricted admission to majors/minors. The policy regarding the
requirements for restricting admission to a major requires that UAC review the criteria
every five years. A document identifying majors with admission restrictions was
distributed. Some discussion ensued, and a number of implications were noted. A vote
was taken and passed to record the concerns of the Council and return to the subject at
the next meeting.
New Business:
Review of internship criteria.
This issue concerns matters such as:
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Who can sponsor an internship?
What if any GPA requirements should remain in place for a student to be eligible
to register for an internship?
Should internships remain limited to students with Junior or Senior status?
Should current restrictions on the locations that internships may be completed
remain in place?
After some discussion in which there was support for and against changing the
current internship requirements, it was agreed that more data regarding internships
and the students who complete them was needed. A vote was taken and passed to
move this issue to the Committee on Interdisciplinary Studies for further review and
recommendations.
Meeting adjourned at 2:30pm