Present: desJardins, Eggleton, Hagerty, Kars, Lynn, Marrow, Martens, and Viancour

1. Minutes for 10/23/08 were approved.

2. Postings

The following postings discussed and approved:

• AGNG 361 Technology for Management of Aging Services (New)
• ARCH 200 Greek Archaeology (Change: Title)
• ARCH 201 Roman Archaeology (Change: Title)
• ARCH 380 Hellenistic Archaeology (Change: Title)
• B. A. in PHYSICS EDUCATION (Program Change)
• B.S. PHYSICS (Program Change)
• SOCY 300 Methodology of Social Research (Change: Prerequisite)
• SOCY 352 Issues in Health Care (Change: Prerquesite)

• AGNG 100 So You Say You Want a Revolution: How Boomers are Revolutionizing Aging (Change: Credits) The UGC discussed AGNG 100 and tabled it pending clarification on the discussion hour. The UGC would like to have jusification for the discussion hour, why do you want it? And how will students be graded for their participation in that hour?
• AGNG 430 Legal and Ethical Issues in Aging Services (New) The UGC also tabled AGNG 430 because it was hard for us to evaluate the course as many of the readings were not yet listed on the syllabus. The UGC also were unsure how the students would be assessed on those readings, as there appear to be no exams in the course. Lastly, the UGC wondered about the pre-requisites: just junior standing. The UGC is wondering why AGNG 100 was not required, or perhaps some ethic course. The UGC would like for the department to clarify why merely junior standing is enough for this course?
• BFA Proposal In Visual Arts - The UGC had several questions regardin the proposal. 1. The proposal mentions gateway courses, but does not mention exactly which courses are gateway courses. What are the gateway courses? 2. The UGC would also like to know how those gateway courses affect transfer students. 3. W hat is the relationship of the gateway course to the portfolio that is required?

The following tabled postings were removed from tabled postings until departments submit the requested information:

• 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)
• THTR 360 Modern Theatre I—Social Protest (Change: Course Number)
• THTR 361 Modern Theatre II—The Interior World (Change: Course Number)
• 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 402 Environmental Health Policy and Practice - (Change: Prerequistes)
• 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.

Meeting adjourned until November 23, 2008