MINUTES
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY
DATE: Thursday, April 13, 1972 at 4:00 PM in ESB 291
PRESENT: M. Strnan, E. Eminhizer, V. Richley,J~Scriven, R. Curran,
M. Brunner
Due to the lack of a quorum, the committee continued its
discussions on the "W" period but conducted no formal business.
VAR:1w (4/18/72)
cc: A.R. Curran, E.E. Eminhi%er, R. Kreutzer, J. Roderick,
F. Rosenberg, M. Siman, V. Richley, E.E. Edgar, J.A. Scriven,
M. Brunner, President Pug£ley, Mrs. Schnuttgen
SENATE REPORT
BY
THE ACADEMIC AfFAIRS COMHIT'rEE
GRc\DUATION Hor.Of.;S FOR TRANSFTR STUDENTS
Current univer"sity policY' L'er;ardlm; r:Y'<!duation hnn01"', for'
transfer !:;"tudents was structured to suIt ex,i teria f<:)I' t I." P1:,','{~,l­
laureate Degree. It: allows tr,3flsfer students to be €' 11 rd b for
Baccalaureate Degree honors if they earn 90 q\1<1,rter' hours cf (;re() it
at YSU.
A separate pOlicy fortransfe!~students pursuinf"th~!\ssocL~te
De?,ree does not. exist. These students are thus forced tl."i neet the
above criteria while attemptinp; t() qualIfy forAss("~cL1,b!Def1ree
honors.
Because 3.ssnc:iate defl'rees are 90 'to 100 q.h, in lerwth, n
transfer studentpursuin~this degree~aytransfer in olliv a few
credits if he is to remaineli~iblefor honors. TheAcnrlp~icAffai~s
Committee hasdet~r1"1inedthat in terms of cover-ap;€' of ""'l1uP areil
coursework, 60 q h. of an associate program is approx telv eq\l i v ,0
alent to 90 q.h. of a baccalaureate pror;ram. Thec(J1'1:Plrt~'~... the'f''''''
fore presents tllefollowin~motion.
MOTION
a. Transfer studen'ts beinq; awar'ded the
AssociateDe~reeat~raduationare
eligible for honors if they have
earned 60 or more quarter hours at
YSU and have met other conditions
of present policy.
b. The above policy :is to be made
retroactive to include the 1971-72
academi.c year.