UGC Agenda - February 11 2020

Student Union - Sabino (level 3, south side)

  1. Call to Order – Neel Ghosh, Chair
  2. Approval of Minutes from the UGC Meeting on December 10, 2019 - Neel Ghosh
  3. Reports:
    1. Academic Administration Report - Greg Heileman, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Administration
    2. Academic Initiatives & Student Success Report - To observe
      1. Distance/Continuing/Community Education - Sarah Wieland
      2. Online Education - Larry Head
    3. Advising Resource Center/ Advising Community Report – Roxie Catts, Director
    4. Registrar's Report - Alex Underwood, Registrar
    5. University-wide General Education Committee Report – Joan Curry, UWGEC Chair
    6. Academic Programs Subcommittee Report on the January 28th Meeting - Fabian Alfie, Chair
    7. Curriculum & Policies Subcommittee Report on the January 28th Meeting – Molly Bolger, Chair
    8. UGC Report – Neel Ghosh, UGC Chair
  4. Consent Agenda — Fabian Alfie
    1. Movement of programs formerly in CLAS
    2. Disestablish emphases: BS in Bioinformatics
  5. Items for Discussion and Vote:
    1. Academic Programs Subcommittee—Fabian Alfie
      1. BS in Precision Nutrition and Wellness
      2. Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
      3. BAS in Human Services
      4. BAS in Intelligence and Information Operations
      5. BAS in Applied Computing
      6. Certificate in Data Science and Visualization
      7. Certificate in Games and Simulation
      8. Certificate in Cultural Competency in Mexican/Mexican American and Border Communities
    2. Curriculum and Policies Subcommittee— Molly Bolger
      1. Military Excused Absence Policy Proposal, submitted by the Office of the Registrar and Dean of Students- Military and Veteran Engagement – Presenters: Cody Nicholls, Assistant Dean of Students; Cori Cashen, Associate Registrar
      2. Proposal to Eliminate the 18 of Final 30 Units in Residence Policy, submitted by University Academic Advising Council – Presenter: Roxie Catts, Director, Advising Resource Center
      3. Proposal to amend General Education Second Language Requirement Policy, submitted by University Wide General Education Committee – Presenters: Kim Jones, Vice Dean, College of Humanities; Rob Groves, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
  6. Meeting Adjournment