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2018 - 09/06

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

University Committee on Undergraduate Education

Agenda

September 6, 2018

10:15 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.

Board Room, Administration Building

 

  1. Motion to Establish Taking of the Minutes (Action Item)

 

The secretary for the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education shall attend Committee meetings and prepare minutes for review and approval by committee membership.  Meetings will be audio taped for purposes of verification of information when composing minutes.

  1. Approval of the Agenda (Action Item)

 

  1. Welcome and Introductions (Action Item)
    Mark Largent, interim Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education

Rich Bellon, UCUE Chairperson

  1. Approval of the April 26, 2018 UCUE Minutes (Action Item)

 

  1. Comments from the Chairperson
    1. UCUE Bylaws and Role in Academic Governance (Information item) (handout A)
    2. Elected Committee Positions and Subcommittees (Information item)
    3. Committee Operating Procedures (Information items)
      • Robert’s Rules

(http://parlipro.org) and the companion site (http://rulesonline.com/)                                      (handout B)

      • Responsibilities of committee members

 

    1. Committee Operating Procedures (Action items)

 

      • Voting (conducting business) via email or online survey

        The committee agrees to allow the chairperson the flexibility to craft final language for motions and documents and to take votes by email on issues already discussed with the provision that, if any one member objects, the issue will return to the agenda at the next meeting. A quorum is required for the vote to be valid.

         

      • Additional Meetings (Action Item)

        The committee agrees to allow the chairperson the authority and autonomy to call additional meetings.

         

      • Procedure for granting and removing voice for visitors

        The committee agrees to allow the chairperson to grant and remove voice for visitors to UCUE meetings without a formal committee vote.

         

      • Public comment procedure (handout C)

        The University Committee on Undergraduate Education will continue to use the Procedure Regarding Public Comment as approved by UCAP on November 19, 2009, to guide public comment in UCUE meetings 201 - 19.

         

      • UCUE Member Substitutes - Voting Rights

        Member substitutes--i.e., members of faculty or students who are a part of the same constituency as the elected member--shall be allowed the same voting rights as the committee members at that meeting.  Constituencies will determine how committee substitutes are chosen.

         

    1. UCUE Business Review and Preview (Information)

 

  1. Comments from the interim Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education
    1. Role of UCUE in reviewing New Programs (Information item)
    2. Role of UCUE in reviewing Moratorium and Discontinuance Requests (Information Item)

(handoutD)

 

  1. Request for Revision of the MSU Graduation Requirement for Mathematics (Action Item)

Keith Promislow, Chair, Mathematics, College of Natural Science

 

  1. Request for an Extension on the Moratorium on Admission to the Minor in Creative Writing (Action Item)

Arthur Versluis, Religious Studies, College of Arts & Letters

Ellen McCallum, English, College of Arts & Letters

 

  1. Request for a Moratorium on Admission to the Minor in Religion in the Americas (Action Item)

Arthur Versluis, Religious Studies, College of Arts & Letters

Ellen McCallum, English, College of Arts & Letters

 

  1. Request to Phase Out and Discontinue the Computer Science Disciplinary Teaching Minor Available for Elementary and Secondary Teacher Certification (Action Item)

TBA

 

  1. Request to Change the Admission Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Accelerated Second Bachelor’s Degree Program (Action Item)

Anne Thomas, Associate Dean, College of Nursing

Carol Vermeesch, Instructor, College of Nursing

 

  1. Request for a New Minor in Social Science Data Analytics (Action Item)

Walter Hawthorne, Associate Dean, College of Social Science

Tim Vogelsang, Chair, Department of Economics, College of Social Science

 

  1. Request for a New Minor in Sustainable Bioproducts Science and Technology (Action Item)

Dave McFarlane, Professor, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Mojgan Nejad, Assistant Professor, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

 

  1. Roundtable

 

 


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