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2019 - 09/05

 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

University Committee on Undergraduate Education

Agenda

September 5, 2019

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

Rm. 155, 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

Andrew Corner, UCUE Chairperson

  1. Approval of the April 25, 2019 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 2019-20.

         

      • 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 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 – update document title (Information Item)  (handout D)

 

  1. Request to Change the Graduation Requirements for All Majors in the College of Engineering (Action Item)

Amanda Idema, Assistant Dean, College of Engineering

 

  1. Request to Change the Admission to the College Requirements in the College of Engineering (Action Item)

Amanda Idema, Assistant Dean, College of Engineering

 

  1. Request for a New Minor in Popular Culture Studies (Action Item)

David Stowe, Professor, English Department, College of Arts and Letters

 

  1. Request to Phase Out and Discontinue the Disciplinary Teaching Minor in Latin available for Secondary Certification (Action Item)

Tony Grubbs, Chairperson, Romance & Classical Studies, College of Arts & Letters

 

  1. Roundtable

 

 

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