A&S Curriculum Committee Minutes Apr 16 1997

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MINUTES

APRIL 16, 1997

Members present: R. Kimball, J. Morrill (Chair), J. Morrison, M. Rohmann, E. Segal, R. Taylor

Members absent: W. Bolling, H. Miller, R. Sahoo

Guests: J. Carter

Professor Morrill called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m.

The minutes of the meeting of March 26 were approved as distributed.

The committee discussed the proposal of the Undergraduate Initiatives 
Committee that students who meet the current University minimum admission 
standard be admitted directly to the unit offering the program in which they 
declare an intent to major.  (Undeclared students would be admitted to Arts 
and Sciences.)  Following lengthy discussion, the committee drafted the 
following proposal for the A&S; Faculty Assembly.

The Curriculum and Standards Committee recommends:

        1. That the College of Arts and Sciences admit on provisional status 
           students who do not meet A&S; minimum admission standards but do meet 
           minimum University admission standards (currently a high school GPA
           of 2.25 on a 4.0 scale or an ACT score of 16); and who also either
           declare interest in majoring in an A&S; discipline or identify no
           degree/major goal.

        2. That the above action be contingent upon all of the following:

                a. Action by the Schools of Business, Education, Engineering,
                   and Music to admit on provisional status students who do
                   not meet their respective minimum admission standards but
                   do meet minimum University admission standards and declare
                   interest in majoring within those respective Schools.

                b. University commitment to the College of new instructional
                   and advising resources judged to be sufficient by the Dean
                   and Faculty of the College.

                c. College control over content of developmental courses.

                d. College control over appointment of instructional personnel
                   in developmental courses.

                e. College control over standards that will enable a student to 
                   advance from provisional status.

                f. College control over standards for dismissal and readmission 
                   of provisional students.

Dr. Carter presented a proposal to include summer terms in those academic 
periods in which designations of "dean's list" and "dean's scholar" could be 
earned.  In the course of the discussion, the committee learned that 
developmental courses are now included in the hours which could entitle a 
student to inclusion on the dean's list or as a dean's scholar.  The committee 
approved a change to the catalog (p. 69) "Awards, Scholarships, and Honors," 
to read (new wording underlined):

        A student who completes in one semester or in a set of consecutivesummer terms (or in a consecutive series of semesters and summerterms as a part time student) twelve or more graded credits incourses numbered at the 100 level or above with all grades of
        "A", and no grades of "I," "X," or "U," is named a Dean's Scholar.
        A student who completes in one semester or in a set of consecutivesummer terms (or in a consecutive series of semesters and summer
        terms as a part time student) twelve or more graded credits incourses numbered at the 100 level or above with the grades of
        "A," "B," or "C" and a 3.5 grade point average, with no grades of "I,"
        "X," or "U," is named to the Dean's List.

This change would be effective with the 1997 summer terms.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m.