Present: Arkell-Kleis, desJardins, Eggleton, Hagerty, Kars, Marrow, Martens, Stapleton and Viancour

Student Rep: Gilmore

1. Minutes for 5/1/08 were approved.

2. Prerequisites and SA

The UGC discussed how prerequisites are being administered by departments and how they will be administered in PeopleSoft. At the next meeting, Steve Robinson & Alicia Arkell-Kleis will address how PeopleSoft will identify prerequisites.

3. Postings

The following postings discussed and approved:

• GES 487 Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing & Syllabus (New)
• Minor in Environmental Science (Program Change)
• HIST 462 Medieval Europe (Change: Title & Description) - The UGC approved History 462 but would like for the description to be rewritten. The second sentence is unclear and speaks more, it seems, to what the course will not do, than what it will.
• Minor in East Asian History (Program Change)
• ECAD 399 Administrative Internship (Change: Max Repeat Credit and Course Description)
• PHYS331L Modern Physics Laboratory (Change: Course Number)
• LAS 120 H Introduction to the Arts I (Change: from VPA to LAS)
• LAS 121H Introduction to the Arts II (Change: from VPA to LAS)

• Biology 395: The Art of Scientific Writing (New) - The UGC discussed Biology 395 and had the following suggestions: 1. The UGC would like for MARC to be placed in the title for clarity purposes. 2. The UGC thinks that the 300 level is high - so the committee would either like for it changed to 200 level course, or for the department to justify convincingly why it should be an upper-level course. 3. The UGC would like for the department to make clear in the catalog description that this course does not fulfill WI requirements.
• ECAC 300 Special Topics in Accounting (New) - The UGC discussed ECAC 300 and would like the department to answer the following questions. 1. How many times may the course be repeated? What are the max repeat credits?
• Preprofessional Studies in Accounting (Program Change) - The UGC noted that it was not comfortable with a special topics course being required for the program. A special topics course is meant to be taught occasionally. Since special topics courses are essentially removed from UGC oversight, they should be used only occasionally; not as part of a program requirement. A course that is required presumably will be taught often enough that it should be a regular course, not a special topics course. The UGC was confused by the ECAC 330/300 difference - the department suggest students should take ECAC 330 or 300 if the tittle is Business Taxation.
• MCS 377 Desktop Publishing and the Web (New) - The UGC discussed MCS 377 and approved it provisionally but had several suggestions: 1. The prereqs as mentioned on the form and in the rational are not the same - please resubmit with the correct pre-reqs. 2. The UGC needs a memo from Art supporting the cross-listing. 3. The UGC suggest that the catalog description be more general so it will not be outdated in a year or two.
• Mechanical Engineering (Program Change) - The UGC discussed the Gateway proposal for Mechanical Engineering. The UGC's main objection focuses on the unequal treatment of transfer students and “native” students. While the UGC has no objections to the gateway proposal, it cannot approve it as long as both classes of students are not treated equally. The recommendation is that the proposal is adjusted and resubmitted.

• MATH 151 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (MS) - (Change: Description) - The UGC discussed Math 151 and Math 152. While the committee had no difficulty with the proposed changes, they were concerned that other departments (such as biology, physics and various engineering departments, among others perhaps) who require these courses for their students may be adversely affected. Depending on which of the two courses these departments require, their students may not get the content that is desired. The UGC would like to ask that the Department contact the chairs of the departments involved, and ask them to send an email stating that they are okay with the changes. - Tabled until September 2008
• MATH 152 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II (MS) - (Change: Description) - Tabled until September 2008
• Mechanical Engineering (Program Change) - Tabled until September 2008