Undergraduate Curriculum and Catalog Review Committee

Minutes September 27, 2001

Members Present: Ms. Heidi Terry, Mr. Larry Pollard, Mr. Kim Knight, Dr. Clarence White, Dr. Rachel Janney, Dr. Edward G. Okie, Mr. James Borling, Karen Shipley (student representative), and Wendy Tatum (graduate assistant)

I.                    Election of Chairperson

A.  Ms. Heidi Terry was elected chairperson

II.                 Discussion of Proposal Calendar

A.     November 2 – Soft Deadline

1.      Proposals received by the established November 2 deadline and are later approved by the VP for Academic Affairs will be guaranteed to get into the UG catalog.  Proposals received after November 2 will be reviewed, however, inclusion in the catalog cannot be guaranteed.

III.               Procedures

A.     The next meeting will be held October 3 at 3 p.m. in the Business Affairs Conference Room. (Meetings thereafter will be held every Tuesday at 8 a.m.)

B.     Minutes will be distributed electronically.

C.     New proposals will be distributed the Friday before each meeting.

D.     Departments that have multiple inter-related proposals should provide a separate cover sheet for each action, but may bundle them together and share the same rational.

E.  Clarification needed: 

1.      Does the introduction of a new minor require additional paperwork?

(Heidi Terry and Becky Alls will investigate and report back to the Committee).

IV.              Reviewed Proposals:

1.      MATH.01 Course prerequisite change:  Replace current prerequisite ‘Either Math 155 or Both Math 103 and Math 109’ with proposed prerequisite ‘Either Math 155 or six hours of mathematics including Math 103.’ – Proposal supported by the UGCCRC and forwarded to the Vice President of Academic Affairs for final approval.

2.       IT.01 Program revision:  The information Systems program has moved from the College of Business and Economics to the College of Information Science and Technology, this move requires the following changes ‘1) Change Information Systems degree from a B.B.A to a B.S. and 2) Replace nine credit hours of business with eight credit hours of computer science and information systems and one credit hour of elective, as shown on the attached spreadsheet.’ – Proposal supported by the UGCCRC and forwarded to the Vice President of Academic Affairs for final approval.

3.      AFIS.01 Department name change:  The Department of Accounting, Finance, and Business unanimously adopted the name the Department of Accounting, Finance, and Business Law.  TABLED (invite representative from the department to next meeting to discuss proposal)

V.  Adjournment

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