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Minutes
October 23, 2008

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

Visitor: Steve Young

1. Minutes for 10/9/08 were approved.

2. Policy on Prerequisites

To help facilitate a smooth transition with respect to the enforcements of pre-requisites in the new SA, and in keeping with de-facto practice in some departments, the UGC would like to propose that by the start of 2009-2010:

  1. There will be two categories of pre-requisites: "recommended course preparation," which would not be enforced by SA but would serve as signposts to students about what is needed for success in the course, and pre-requisites proper, which would be enforced through SA. There will be a process to override any pre-requisite on an individual student basis.
  2. All currently approved pre-requisites will default to "recommended course preparation" unless departments specifically request the Registrar's Office to retain the prerequisite notation, in which case that pre-requisite would be enforced by SA.
  3. Departments need not come back to the UGC for approval of their decisions as to which of their current pre-requisites they would want to enforce through SA. If departments make changes other than the ones described above in their currently approved pre-requisites, they would need to route those changes through the UGC.
  4. When proposing a new course, departments would henceforth specify a course's "recommended course preparation" and "pre-requisites" with the understanding that the first would NOT be enforced by SA and the second would.

3. Postings

The following postings discussed and approved:

4. Tabled Postings

  • Hum 200 Experiences in the Humanities (New) - The UGC tabled Hum 200 because the committee did not think the one credit course would comply with MHEC contact hours requirements. MHEC text related to hours/credit is: "D. Credit Hours. (1) An institution shall award 1 semester hour of credit for: (a) A minimum of 15 hours, of 50 minutes each of actual class time, exclusive of registration, study days, and holidays; (b) A minimum of 30 hours, of 50 minutes each of supervised laboratory or studio time, exclusive of registration, study days, and holidays; (c) A minimum of 45 hours, of 50 minutes each of instructional situations such as practica, internships, and cooperative education placements, when supervision is ensured and learning is documented; or (d) Instruction delivered by electronic media based on the equivalent outcomes in student learning in §D(1)(a) of this regulation, and may include a combination of telelessons, classroom instruction, student consultation with instructors, and readings, when supervision is ensured and learning is documented. In order to approve the course, the UGC needs to see more extended learning experiences.
  • THTR 210 History of the Theatre I (Change: Course Number, Prerequistes & Description) - The UGC discussed the proposed changes to Theatre 210, 211, 312, 360 and 361. The UGC tabled them because while the UGC understands the programmatic logic of the desired changes, it needs an explanation with some degree of detail of what substantive changes will be made to each course to reflect that it will be offered at a different level.
  • THTR 211 History of the Theatre, II (Change: Course Number, Prerequistes & Description)
  • THTR 321 Script Analysis (Change: Course Number, Prerequistes & Description)
  • HAPP 401 Occupational Health Policy and Practice - (Change: Prerequistes) -The UGC discussed and tabled HAPP 401 and 402 and would like the department to answer the following questions: What has changed in the teaching of these courses that Chem is no longer required? Given that Chem is dropped and so is HAPP 200, and only HAPP 100 is a pre-req., are these still, in effect, 400 level courses? And why is Happ 100 required - a course _/not/_ required for HAPP 200?
  • HAPP 411 Health Regulation and Quality Improvement - (Change: Prerequistes) - The UGC similarly tabled 411, because while it felt more comfortable with the added "junior status" pre-req. (and the committee wondered why it was added to this course and not the previous two?). The UGC felt that in general, it appeared the department was making changes for which we did not understand the rationale. The UGC would like for the department to explain to the committee more fully it's reasoning for these changes and allay our concerns about your 400 level courses.
  • HAPP 498/EHS 498 Financial Management and Decision Support for Health Services Organizations - (Change: Prerequistes) -The UGC could not take up the issue of HAPP 498 because since it is cross-listed, the UGC will eed a written notice from the cross-listing department that they agree with the changes. It also wondered whether under the pre-reqs, there should be a comma after EHS 200, or after AGNG 200.
5. Removed from Tabled Postings

The following tabled postings were removed from tabled postings.

Meeting adjourned until November 6, 2008