MINUTES
;l\CADEMIC AFFAIRS cor-tUmE
YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY
MTE: Monday. April 21.1969. at 4:00 P.M•• in Central Hall. Room No.2.
,."PRESENT: Chairman Behen. Prof. Botty. Prof.A11~,Dr. Bridgham. Prof. Fortunato.
Dr. Hare. Dr. Richley.
A8$~:Vice-President Coffield, Dean Edgar, Dr. Chrisp, Dr. D1110n.
1. Chainun Behen called the meeting to order at·4:05 P.M.
2. The IIl1nutes of the last .eting (April 14, 1969) were approved as distributed.
3. Afte..·.sOllle discussion on the Kelly proposal. Prof. Botty mved. Prof. Fortunato
seconded and ittIIlas,unan1~slyapprOved tba't the paragraph below replace that
listed under the title CofIb1ned Liberal Arts-Professional Course: Medical
Students. on Plge 64 of the 1968-1969 YSU catalog.
A student who has CGq)leted at least 152 hours toward
the degree of Bachelor of Arts (0.1'169 hours toward the
degree of Bachelor of Scienee)anet~ssatisfied all re 
qut.....ts for the degree except the COIIPlet1on of the
total nWllber of quarter hours requil'ed.:and the completion
of a major, will be granted the·_O.·of Bachelor of Arts
(or Bachelor of SCtence) on tbeslt1sfactory completion of
the ,..1n1ng nURlber of quarter .." ..·.t any profess1onal
school grant1ng the degree of OoctOt of Osteopathy, Doc 
tor of Dental Survery. Doctor of:....1dne. or Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine and approved by the accrediting a 
gency of that profess1on,pro~decI·~the has been ac 
eepted for further study at 'the],i'Of.ii10nal school. The
student~satisfy htl lIIjorrequ~"tby ut111z1ng
the credit accepted for profes$'1oMls~toward a COlll 
b1nded lIIjor in pre-professfonal Iciences. He may thus
secure the Bachelor of Arts 01' Bachelor of Sc1ences degree
af.r fl'Olll three to three and a half years 1n the Univer 
sity followed by approximately a year tn thep~fessional
school of hts choice.
4. Following added cI1scussion of pol tcte. stmilar to that described in (3)
above, Dr. Hare 1DY8d, Dr. Behen seconded and it was unanimously agreed that
"this coarIttee stUctY the feas1bt11ty of combining all
provisions COIIPIrableto. those in the Kelly proposal
tnto one general provision."
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5. The colllll1ttee next discussed the inequities of treatment resulting from
present po1icy on 1nterna1 and extema1 transfers. Prof All eman then of 
fered <and the cOImlittee gratefully accepted) to make a study of the fol 
lowing two items related this policy.
1. How other state colleges and universities calculate the
grade point averages on repeated courses (whether both
grades are used in the c:oq»utation or only the higher grade).
2. What grades and credit hours are accepted by other institu 
tions from students transferring fl"OlR one college or school
to another within the s.. institution.
6. Chairman Behen agreed to draw up a tentative paper which will attempt to
isolate and define the duties and responsibilities of this COIIIIIittee.
7. The next meeting of thisc~tteewill be announced by the chainnan.
8. The _t1ng was adjourned at 5:00 P.M.
Victor A. R1chley
Ricorder
YAR:_
cc President Pugsley
Dean Coffield
Dean Edgar
Prof. All_n
Dr. Behen
'rof. 80tty
Dr. Bridghall
Dr. Chrisp
Dr. 01110n
Prof. Fortunato
Dr. Hare
Prof. N1.i
<..-/Mrs. Schn6ttgen