Undergraduate Council
February 11, 2014 3:30-5:00 pm; 387 Ralph Anderson Building
Members Present:
Karen Badger (Acting Chair)
Ruth Beattie
Alberto Corso
Hans Gesund
Michael Goodin
Nancy Johnson
Anne Marie Kirk
Kevin Real
Randa Remer (Ex-Officio)
Jerzy Rozenberg
Eric Skipworth
Amy Spriggs
Members Absent:
Dennis Bender
Gia Mudd
David Timoney (Ex-Officio)
Guests Present:
Chris Thuringer
1. Approval of minutes from 1/28 meeting
Approved, with revisions to attendance record – Anne Marie Kirk, Alberto Corso, Michael Goodin were present;
remove Mark O’Bryan from Absent column.
2. Proposal reviews
HMT 480-change – approved-pending: add midterm grading statement, revise learning outcomes and absence
policy
HMT 488-change – approved-pending: add midterm grading statement, remove ‘D’ from graduate student
grading scale
TA 236-change – approved-pending: add midterm grading statement, revise learning outcomes and absence
policy
TA 271-drop – approved
TA 274-drop – approved
TAD 141-change – approved-pending: change ‘F’ on grading scale to ‘E’, remove sentence in syllabus regarding
instructional touch
TAD 142-change – approved-pending: change ‘F’ on grading scale to ‘E’, remove sentence in syllabus regarding
instructional touch
TAD 143-change – approved-pending: change ‘F’ on grading scale to ‘E’, remove sentence in syllabus regarding
instructional touch
TAD 147-change – approved-pending: change ‘F’ on grading scale to ‘E’, remove sentence in syllabus regarding
instructional touch
TAD 241-change – approved-pending: change ‘F’ on grading scale to ‘E’, remove sentence in syllabus regarding
instructional touch
TAD 242-change – approved-pending: change ‘F’ on grading scale to ‘E’, remove sentence in syllabus regarding
instructional touch
TAD 243-change – approved-pending: change ‘F’ on grading scale to ‘E’, remove sentence in syllabus regarding
instructional touch
TAD 347-change – approved-pending: change ‘F’ on grading scale to ‘E’, remove sentence in syllabus regarding
instructional touch
TAD 447-change – approved-pending: change ‘F’ on grading scale to ‘E’, remove sentence in syllabus regarding
instructional touch
Statistics Minor – change – approved-pending: correct two misspellings of “student”
CHE 412G – change – approved-pending: add prerequisites and credit hours to syllabus, add midterm grading
statement, table on page 11 regarding reports and experiments needs clarification
CHE 441G – change – HOLD: revise prerequisites on course change form and syllabus so that they match, expand
learning outcomes and course description, add midterm grading statement, remove any language from syllabus
regarding graduate students, add excused absences and make-up policy, request to see laboratory manual as it
is listed as being part of the syllabus
CHE 522 – change – HOLD: add prerequisites and credit hours to syllabus, expand learning outcomes and course
description, add midterm grading statement, clarify grading scale (grading policy is in percentages, scale is in
points), revise excused absence policy, add make-up policy
Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures BA-new – HOLD: Hebrew courses are missing – is this
track being eliminated? If so, what is happening to those language courses?
Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures Minor-new – approved
MCL 375-new – approved
MCL 376-new – approved
MCL 390-new – approved
MCL 495-new – approved
MCL 592-new – HOLD: since it is pass/fail assignments for undergraduates/graduate students need to be
differentiated, clarify what will constitute a passing grade
MCL 597-new – approved
MCL 598-new – approved
CPH 320-new – approved-pending: revision request sent to CPH already regarding grading scale and absence
policy
CPH 351-new – approved
CPH 551DL-new – approved
Innovation and Entrepreneurial Thinking UG Certificate-new (Held, 4/2/13) – approved
EXP 455-new – approved
3. Health, Society and Populations BA (formerly Population Health BA)
Proposers will be attending the UGC meeting on 2/25. UGC members should review the revised proposal and
send any comments or questions to Karen Badger prior to the next meeting.
4. Meeting adjourned at 5:05 pm.
Prepared by Joanie Ett-Mims on February 12, 2014