Undergraduate Academic Council Minutes
Meeting: Monday, Oct 3rd, 2011. 1:00-2:30PM
Room: Terrace Lounge, C. Center.
Present: JoAnne Malatesta (Chair), Janell Hobson, Trudi Jacobson, Michael Steklof, Richard
Fogarty, Nathan Cady, Jean-François Brière, Glyne Griffith, John Murphy, Sue Faerman, Bruce
Miroff and Bryant Barksdale, Sue Freed, Linda Krzykowski,
Guests: Karen Chico Hurst and Greg Stevens.
Review of the minutes: Minutes from 4/27 and 9/19 were approved as amended.
Chair’s Report: There will not be UAC meeting next Monday, Oct 10th, Columbus Day.
New Business:
The UAC continued discussion about how to execute the policy requiring review of restricted
majors. The policy requires that restricted majors be evaluated every five years. It appears that
the evaluations have been occurring with any regularity and therefore, the Council decided that it
would be most equitable to begin the reviews with all restricted majors and then stagger
evaluations to coincide with accreditation evaluations. UAC members agree that the Council will
send a request to each restricted major to verify the rationale they presented when they proposed
the restrictions and to determine if these reasons continue to be important. The Chair will draft
the initial communication to the restricted majors and will share that draft with the Council before
sending it to departments.
Committee Reports:
Committee on Curriculum and Honors: They presented the following proposals:

The Informatics minor: “changes accommodate those made in another PAF and related
CAFs for the move (August 2010) of the B.A. in Information Science from Information
Studies (IST) to Informatics (INF). They also add/remove specific courses: (1) add CSI
105 (pending) as replacement for CSI 110 (no longer offered); (2) remove B ITM 215,
which is no longer equivalent to I CSI 101 (or other programming courses); and (3) add
INF 301, IST 402, and IST 433 to expand upper-division electives” .
UAC voted to approve the Bill and requested that INF update the request to remove
“pending” from CSI105.

Bioethics: Updating course,” The Bioethics minor requires 6 credits from advanced
related courses. The Advisor for the Bioethics minor confirms that SPH342 is an
appropriate course to fulfill the advanced related course requirement, and supports
counting this course toward the minor. Additionally, there is approval and support from
School of Public Health.
UAC voted to approve the Bill.

Documentary Studies Program:
The proposed changes are intended to address issues raised by course changes in the five
affiliated departments that make up the Documentary Studies Program and to improve access
to 200-300 level courses. However, the proposal suggests that there are some resource
implications and therefore will need UPPC review prior to moving to the Senate.
UAC voted to approve the proposal and also voted to forward the Proposal to UPPC.

Proposed changes by the SB to their Accounting Major:
UAC vote to approve this proposal.

The chair will forward the approved proposals to the Senate and or UPPC.
Committee on General Education: No report.
Committee on Interdisciplinary Studies: Met last week and will be reviewing internship
requirements. Joe Aini has provided the committee with a list of all the approved internships.
Committee on Academic Standing: They will have their first meeting Oct 6th.
Meeting adjourned at 2:30pm