Hinutes of the Academi APf;:irsCommit:te(~11eeting
December 4, 19 3 - i, p.m. - Rm.291 ESB
Members present: Mr. Ceg1la, Or. Cur
Or. Scriven, Or. Secrist, Dr. Sheng,
an. !irs. Foley, Dr. Friedman, Mr. Rosenberg,
r. \j;naman and Of'. lJanNorman.
Mr, Nick Ceglia, the new student memb' )f the comnlittee, was Introduced by the
chairman.
a was agreed that theme~tingtime \tJ 1 h" changed to 3:30 p.rn.lnstead of 4:00.
The minutes of the November 27 meetint'J.~r"accepted \!lith one addition. Foll0'1'Iing
the statement by Dr. Scriven which re dsa~follows: "Dr. Scriven asked if the
Eng1 ish Department would consider - i ,;!: l;.)(! of j.\BC/nc Entry - the ABC/No Credit
since this would be more in line with':h~present system already approved by the
Senate." should be added another stat ::le It for further clarification: "Dr. Scriven
stated that people who hire our produ,~ll"f, entitled to a complete record of their
academic performance."
The chaIrman advised the comml ttee of 01 .I i'us Iness \"h i ch had been taken care of:
the Issueof the hand icapped students hi.'1 I :leen taken to the Senate Execut Iva Com 
mittee chairman and the pt'oposal by t ,::: )e;;ns Coundl concerning the Associate
Degree. Dr. Edgar, who was unable to at :elld thecommittf~emeeting, had advised
the chairman that the Deans Council w 5ii ling to delete the phrase In their pro 
posal as recommended by the Academic, ff 11 's Committee but they wished to retain
the two words "advanced stand i ng" and "J In or stand f ng." He wi 11 send th Is cor 
rect ion to the comm i ttee in wd tin9 5' t la. the proposa1 may be referred to the
Senate for their consideration.
The proposal from the English Departm
discussed it with Dr. Edgar. There i
Curriculum Committee has reviewed thi
AffairsCo~mitteemay be premature in
the grade change. After some discus
by Dr. Scriven that the discussion on
to the Academic Affairs Committee by
Dr. Edgar is available to discuss it
that it was important this proposal b
that the motion be amended to read lit
Dr. Edgar is available to discuss it
passed: 9 for and one against.
nt vii is cons Idered next. The chat rman had
a possibil ity that until the University
;J 'op05a1 and come to a deds ion the Academ tc
:olsdering the part of the proposal about
i 01 . t~I/a~;moved by Dr. VanNorman and seconded
tIt! lroposa1 be tab1ad untiIitis referred
h(~U iver5ity Curriculum Committee or until
:.r;h"r with the committee. Dr. Secrist feit
C In idered as soon as possible so he asked
~Ii: cuss ion on the proposal be tabled until
'.lr:ht;r with the Committee.
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The motion
The chairman will get in touch \f.;lth D • iaLn. chairman of the University Curriculum
Committee, to see if that committee h 3li~cussed the proposal. There was some dis 
cussion as to whether there should be3i '0 nt meeting with the University Curriculum
Committee about this proposal.
The chairman then asked for other top ;:':3 fiJi" possible consideration by the committee
for the remainder of the year. The c1~nt :ee was referred once again to the CAP
proposal for the committee to cons ide I" was suggested that since the Deans
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proposal concerning transfer credit n ;2, CC to Associate Degrees is to be brought
to the Senate the additional question jf transfer credit for any and all other
transfer students be considered at th ine. Dr. Vanaman moved and Dr. VanNorman
seconded the motion that we accept fot t 3l'sfer credit at Youngstown State
University any credit which would h.:lV{ m,t degree requiremEmts in the institution
from which the transfer credit comes j ',e effective concun"ently with the proposal
on recognizing the Associate Degree ft, f'insfer credit. The motion passed
unanimously.
The chairman was directed to advise e.:h 5(ho01 dean of this motion and suggest
that he discuss it with the chairmen ", ill!" particular school.
The cha i rman reported that Dr. Emi nh i; 3r hc:;,s i nd i cated that he wi 11 return to the
committee as a member startingJanuar~.Wf will welcome his return.
The meeting adjourned at 5:10 p.m.
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Mrrguerite Foley ,
NOTE: The next meeting of the commit ?e w 11 probably be on Tuesday,
January 8, at 3:30 in Room 291 ESl.