Minutes: December 1, 2022

Committee Members Present

Elizabeth Feeser, Biological Science
Cynthia Hody, Political Science

Erin Hogan, MLLI

Gary Williams, EHS

Katie Birger, Public Health

Lili Cui, Physics

Lynn Cazabon, Visual Arts

Richard Sponaugle, IS

Carmen Cain, Registrar’s Office

Jennifer Volpe, Registrar’s Office

Laszlo Korossy, Professional Staff Senate

Dharma Bhatt, SGA representative

Mia Blackston, Provost’s Office


UGC Meeting Minutes

The Undergraduate Council has reviewed and approved minutes from the 11/3/22 UGC
meeting.
Approved Course & Program Proposals

The Undergraduate Council has approved the course and program changes listed
below. Additions and changes will be presented at the December Faculty Senate
meeting.

Human Context of Science and Technology Certificate
(Program Change)
PHED 180
Cardio Fitness for Life (New Course)
Tabled Course & Program Proposals

The Undergraduate Council has tabled the course and program changes listed below.

ENME 408
Engineering Design (Course Change)
This proposal was tabled because the same courses were listed as both
“Prerequisites” and “Prerequisites or Corequisites.” The rationale suggested that
the courses were intended to be prerequisites and not corequisites, so we are
sending the proposal back to allow the department to make changes. Please
either remove the courses from “Prerequisites or Corequisites” or clarify in the
rationale that the courses can be corequisites.

We also note that the course description is not in complete sentences. While
departments are not required to update course descriptions to complete
sentences, we encourage departments to do so when making other changes.

PHED 176
Beginning Swimming (New Course)
This course was tabled because the academic content of the course was not
apparent from the syllabus or learning objectives. The course description is only
one sentence and focuses entirely on skills. It was unclear what content would be
covered on the written tests.

The UGC notes that the syllabus references a university attendance policy, but
no such policy exists.

The committee also encourages the department to consult SDS or OEI to
discuss accessibility and accommodations in this course.

PHED 177
Intermediate Swimming (New Course)
This course was tabled because there was not enough academic content, with
only one learning objective covering academic content rather than swimming
skills.

The UGC notes that the syllabus references a university attendance policy, but
no such policy exists.

The committee also encourages the department to consult SDS or OEI to
discuss accessibility and accommodations in this course. The department may
wish to consider whether improvement metrics, rather than absolute standards,
could make the course more accessible.

APRs
SAPH (presented by Gary Williams) The UGC noted recommendations for program
changes that may be presented to the UGC in the future. The committee forwards the
APR to the full Faculty Senate for consideration.
Procedural exception for S/U grading Form from Carmen
Carmen Cain presented the new Curriculog form that will facilitate addition of the new
S/U grading option. There were no corrections or objections to the form, so the new
form will be announced at the December Faculty Senate meeting.

Spring Meeting Schedule

The committee discussed the spring schedule for meetings. April 27 will be the final
UGC meeting of the year. There will be no UGC meeting on April 20.