--------------------------------------------------------------- Please attach to all committ ee minutes submitted to (1) Chairman of the Senate (2) Secretary of the Senate (3) Library Name of Committee Academic Affa irs Committee Chairman Dr. Khawa ia Dat e of meeting April Z, 11,81 Formal motions passed: 1 . Approval of minutes from March 31, 1981. 2 . Approval of Allied Health Policy, which is going to be submitted to the Senate. 3. Approval of the Ad Hoc Schedul ing Committee nominations. 4 . .---------------- --------- 5. 6. -----~.--~----------------------------------------------------------- 7~__________~~~. Attach other sheets if needed Present: Previous Minutes: Schedul ing Comm i ttee: All ied Heal th: cor rected :, ' ' . " I [S rF,o/·j ACADEMIC AFFAIR S COMMITTEE MEETING Apr i 1 7, 1981 Dr. !3aldino Dr. Lateef Dr. Dunsing Dr. Munro Or. Hahn Dr. Sc riven Dr. Khawaja Prof. Simmons On page 2, under Class Schedul ing, the fourth sentence of the second paragraph was modified and now reads: lilt was agreed that Dr. Khawaja would ... 11 And, under the same topic, the first sen tence of the fourth paragraph was modified and now reads: lilt was also agreed that in addition to the six representatives fr'om the school's and Dean Scriven, he would contact one resource person also to be included in this group. II Dr. Hahn moved and Dr. Munro s~conded to approve the amended minutes of March 31, 1981. The vote was unanimous for approval. The nominations from each school for Ad Hoc subcommittee members on the Schedul ing Committee were announced. The nominations Were as fo11 ows : .' 1.) Dr. George Beelen - Arts & Science 2.) Dr. James Conser - Cast 3.) Dr. Robert Dodge - Business Administration 4.) Dr. John Kearns - Engineering 5.) Dr. Charles McBriarty - Student Services 6.) Dr. Duane Sample - Fine & Performing Arts 7.) Dr. James Scriven - Admissions & Records 8.) Dr. James Steele - Education One resource person from Admissions and Records. It was ,uggested that Dr. Scriven serve as chairman on this committee because of his bac'kround in schedul ing, admissions and records. Dr. Scriven then pointed out that he would be more valuable to the com mittee by providing input as a member, instead of being chairman and acting as a neutral member. It was also announced that Dr. McBriarty would be asked to serve as chairman on this committee. Dr. Hahn moved and Dr. Dunsing . seconded to approve the nominations for Sbhedul ing Committee members as announced. The motion was approved wi th five votes in favor and one against. In regard to the revised All ied Health pol icy the following discussion took pI ace: It was pointed out , that the sentence "Electives are needed to meet University requirements." should be deleted. The second sentence of the third paragraph from the bottom was also modified and now reads: "Courses to bring the total credits to the minimum graduation require ment should be selected from courses relating to the students area of interest." ACA D[l/ C ' i"FA IRS MEET I:.G /'fll UTES - PAGE 2 Graduate Sc hoo I : Audit ,Policy: Memo on Majors & Minors: Adjournment: It via s al so pointed out tha t Dr. Gill is has sent a letter to the Board of Regents stating that the Allied Health program is in the process of approval throuqh the various channels of the Universit~ Dr. Dunsing moved and Dr. Scriven secor.ded to approve the All ied Health Proposal. The vote for approval was unanimous. A discussion took place on whether the memo from Dr. Khawaja, con cerning a possible I inkage between the Senate Executive Committee and the Graduate Schoo l , going to Dr. Kelty should be modified. The members felt that the memo should suggest that the SEC outl ine certain academic matters that would make this I inkage desirable. The memo was then modified and Hne e~gbt now reads: II ••• is academ ically desirable. 1I It was suggested that the SEC member from this committee also communicate the views of the Academic Affairs Com mittee to the SEC. In regard to the present Audit Pol icy the following modifications were suggested: 1.) The word IIGenerally" should be added to the beginning of -the second s~r'tence. 2.) A new sentence after the second sentence will read: IIHowever, individual departments or academic units may set forth minimal requirements for the audit grade. 11 3.) Limitations or requirements are to be added in the audit pol icy. -Dr. Baldino wil I return with a revised Audit Pol icy at the next meeting. In reference to the memo from Or. Gill is concerning minimum qual ity points of majors and minors it was suggested that each member go back to their specific schools and get their definition of qual ity point average for their major and minor courses. The subject will be discussed at the next meeting: The meeting adjourned at ~:~5.