Members Present: J. Campana, S. Derry, J. Eglin, C.
Henderson, C. Johnston, J. Luckowski, D. McCormick, D. Potts, M. Roscoe, A. Szalda-Petree, H. Thompson
Members
Absent/Excused: V. Hedquist, V. Pavlish
Ex-Officio Present: L. Carlyon, A.Walker-Andrews
Guests: Terry
Berkhouse-Director Internship Services
Chair Luckowski called the meeting to order at
The minutes from
Communications:
§ Student members Chris Healow and Rob Welsh resigned. ASUM has been notified.
Old Business:
Dormant Course Review
The committee received a memo from Associate Registrar Carlyon identifying
courses that had not been taught in three years separated into three
categories: 1) courses that may not be offered next year, but departments have
provided justification for retaining them in the catalog; 2) courses that will
be deleted from the catalog because they will not be taught next year; and 3) courses
that departments have verified will be taught next year and therefore retained
in the catalog. ASCRC formed a
subcommittee to review the justifications of courses in the first
category. The subcommittee made the
following recommendations:
Associate Registrar Carlyon commented that two of the courses on the deleted list (BIO 513 and PHIL 443E) should be moved to category 3 because they have since been entered into the fall schedule. The final course lists are below. This list will go to the Faculty Senate as an information item.
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COMM 220, 480 DRAM 331, 581 ECON 323 EVST 560 FOR 307, 530, 547, 548, 551, 571 GEOG 550 HIST 312H, 331H, 332H, 361H IS 474 LS/AS/RELS 365 |
MATH 501, 541 MICB 520, 540 MUS 421, 423, 425 PHIL 444 RELS 100, 276, 312 SW 422 UNC 102 WBIO 472 WS/ENLT 336 |
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ART 331 AS 101H BIOL 355, 413, 455, 456, 502, 511, BIOL 513, 550 C&I 478 CHEM 486 CS 204, 481, 544 DAN 435L ENLT 332, 336, 339, 352, 354 ENSL 250, 251, 450, 451 FIN 331 FOR 280S, 381, 382, 471, 472, 478, FOR 479, 524 GEOG 112N GEOL 525, 526, 581 |
HHP 237, 246, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314 HIST 385, 485 HS 440E IS 281, 282, 283, 284, 452 453 JOUR 500 LING 401, 485 LS 350E, 370H MAR 510, 609, 686 MICB 583, 685 PHAR 515, 533, 534, 570 PHIL 443E PSYC 669 RELS 249H, 260H, 311, 347 SOC 555 WS 375L |
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AAS 278H, 388H, 408, 409 ART 485H C&I 544, 557, 572 CHEM 568 HHP 117- 222 (misc. activities) HIST 369, 388H, 409, 511 |
JOUR 360 LING 482 MAR 587 PHIL 505 SOC 342 WBIO 373 |
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Internships:
There are two substantive aspects to the internship issue: the number of
credits allowed toward a baccalaureate degree and the grading option. Chair Luckowski distributed possible policy
language for the committee to consider.
This language set the credit maximum at 9 with credit/ no credit grading
as the only option. Discussion followed.
Associate Provost Arlene Walker-Andrews shared data from summer 2004, fall 2005 and spring 2005 semesters. There were a total of 608 students in the sample. Thirty-four percent of X98 internships were taken for credit/no credit. Eighty-three percent of the internships taken for a grade earned A’s. Grades for the general student population break down to approximately A=42%, B=29%, C=11%, D=3%, F=2%, and credit/no credit = 5%. A possible explanation for the high percentage of A’s in internships is that these are motivated upper-division students. Last year 92% of internships were taken by juniors or above.
Consequences on programs are a concern. The academic requirements in the internship course depend on the department. Some departments might need to tighten expectations while others have adequate oversight. Departments always have the option of using the X90 supervised internship number, or independent study. Forcing the credit/no credit option could be viewed as micromanagement especially for departments that have an established structure.
A compromise was reached to reduce the number of credits allowed but leave the grading option open. The committee unanimously approved the following policy. It was suggested that a blanket title change could be added to the motion taken to the Senate as information this week.
Students may count toward university graduation requirements up to 6 total credits of internship credit in 198, 298, 398, and 498 courses.
All 198, 298, 398, and 498 courses will be titled “Internship.”
Declaration of a major:
Chair Luckowski provided sample language for the committee to consider. There was concern about the impact this would
have on students majoring in pre- programs.
A solution to this is to require students do declare a major, but not
necessarily in a degree-granting program.
Also discussed were the consequences for students who do not declare a
major by a specified time. Students who
have not declared should receive heavy advising. Various communications will go out reminding
students of the requirement. The impetus
for the change is to get students out of general studies and into a department
home, which has been shown to improve retention. The language below was approved with one member
opposed.
Students must declare a major prior to completion of 45 credits or after three semesters, whichever occurs first.
Curriculum follow-up / late proposals
o There
were several items missed on the December consent agenda that ASCRC approved in
the fall. These were discovered during
reconciling over winter break. The items
will go to the Senate on the February consent agenda.
o Radio-TV
appealed the decision not to approve RTV 489, Preparing for an Internship on the grounds that the same course was
approved last year for Journalism. The subcommittee discussed the issue and
agreed the course could be allowed. It
was noted that the university does not allow career skills courses to count toward
a baccalaureate degree; others suggested that this course does not fall into
that category. It was suggested that
last year’s decision be rescinded because it sets a bad precedent. This issue illustrates
the different purposes and needs of the professional schools and the college of
arts and sciences. The course was approved, 7 for and 4 opposed.
o CRT
108 was deferred for discussion until next week’s meeting.
o The
program modification in Health and Human Performance to add HHP184 Personal Health and Wellness to the Health Enhancement option was
approved. This is required for accreditation compliance.
o PHIL UG 430, Philosophy of Religion was approved.
Chair-elect:
Allen Szalda-Petree agreed to serve as chair-elect.
New Business:
Committee Reports:
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The General Education Science subcommittee has a
concern that the current criteria are unclear and redundant. Should the subcommittee make recommendations to
ASCRC for more workable criteria? If the
criteria are flawed, will it hurt the current review? This is one of the reasons a moratorium had
been suggested on the approval of any new general education courses until
General Education is revised. Given that
there is no timeline for when or if the General Education will have its revised
plan in place, it is appropriate to make improvements in the criteria to help
keep the current program functioning properly.
The two subcommittees, science and ethics, are encouraged to bring
suggestion for revising the criteria to ASCRC.
There have been discussions in one of the workgroups of the General Education
Committee to establish a General Education Department to assure an ongoing
structure that would provide more continuity.
The subcommittees are planning to present the outcome of their review on February 28th.
The meeting was adjourned at