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agenda status: approved

Agenda:

1. Approval of the Agenda (Action Item)
   
   
   
2. Approval of the September 8, 2011 UCUS Minutes (Action Item)
   
   
   
3. Comments from the Vice Chairperson
   
   
   
4. Comments from the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education
   
   
   
5. Election of Liaison to the University Committee on Liberal Learning (Action Item)
   
   
   
6. Request for a New Linked Bachelor of Arts Degree in Marketing and Master of Science Degree in Marketing Research (materials distributed with agenda) (Action Item) .........(Attachment)
   John Wagner, Associate Dean , Eli Broad College of Business
   Richard Spreng, Associate Professor, Department of Marketing, Eli Broad College of Business
   
   
   
7. Request to Phase Out and Discontinue the Disciplinary Teaching Minor in Environmental Science (materials distributed with agenda) (Action Item) .........(Attachment)
   Richard Brandenburg, Associate Dean Academic programs, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
   
   
   
8. Request for Name Change from the College of Osteopathic Medicine (materials distributed with agenda) (Action Item) .........(Attachment)
   Gail Riegle, Associate Dean-Management, College of Osteopathic Medicine
   
   
   
9. Request to Change the Policy on "Minimum Scores for Provisional Admission" for Undergraduate International Student Admission (Action Item) .........(Attachment)
   Douglas W. Estry, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education
   
   
   
10. Roundtable

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minutes status: approved

approved at meeting of 10/20/2011

UCAP Minutes for meeting held on 09/22/2011

Attendees: Zarena Aslami, Henry Beckmeyer, Jan Brady, Doug Estry, Fred Fico, Kathleen Hoag, Seung Hyun Kim, Nicole McCleese, Mary Noel, Justin O’Dell, Helene Pazak , Ron Perry, John Reifenberg, Patricia Rogers, Ashton Shortridge, Ryan Sweeder, Abraham Wheeler

Absent: Mark Axelrod, Crystal Branta, Laura Dillon

The Agenda was approved.

The September 8, 2011 minutes were approved as amended.

Comments from the Vice Chairperson
Vice Chairperson Sweeder welcomed Nicole McCleese, a new member from COGS, to the committee.

Dr. Sweeder provided an update from the University Council meeting on September 20, which included a report on the Campus Addressing Project. He noted the Taskforce for Student Assessment for Online Courses were seeking input from faculty to include in its upcoming report and recommendations to the Council. He indicated that any members wishing to provide input should contact the Taskforce chairperson, Adele Denison. A review of the rules governing IRB has been initiated, which could have an impact on undergraduate courses that participate in research. Dr. Sweeder indicated that the UCAP SIRS Subcommittee recommendation regarding grade sequestration in SIRS Online was presented as an action item and endorsed by the Council.

Comments from the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education
Associate Provost Estry clarified that the Taskforce for Student Assessment for Online Courses was created as a result of UCAP feedback regarding the request to add language to the Code of Teaching regarding proctoring of online courses sent forward by ECAC for UCAP’s response in Spring 2011. UCAP asked that before making changes, an investigation be made of best practices.

Dr. Estry thanked the committee for its excellent work regarding the implementation of changes to SIRS Online to increase student participation and to allow departments to customize SIRS Online forms for online classes and face-to-face classes. He welcomed new members to UCUS and thanked the committee for its commitment to the important work it does.

Election of Liaison to the University Committee on Liberal Learning
Abraham Wheeler volunteered to be the UCUS liaison to the University Committee on Liberal Learning. The committee unanimously approved.

Request for a New Linked Bachelor of Arts Degree in Marketing and Master of Science Degree in Marketing Research
John Wagner, Associate Dean, Eli Broad College of Business
Richard Spreng, Associate Professor, Department of Marketing, Eli Broad College of Business

The committee unanimously granted voice to Associate Dean Wagner and Professor Spreng.

Dr. Spreng stated the linked program in Marketing would allow students to share 9 credits between the BS/MA programs. Students would be recruited in their junior year, spend the first semester of their senior year in a high quality internship and begin their Master’s degree in the second semester.

The committee noted that there were only two 400-level courses required in the proposed linked degree program. Dr. Spreng responded that the 400-level courses listed would be removed from the linked program requirements and replaced with Master’s level courses. He also noted that the Master’s degree in Marketing Research is a cohort program. All students enrolled in the program will take the same courses at the same time.

After the brief question and answer period, voice was withdrawn from Associate Dean Wagner and Professor Spreng.

Motion by Kathleen Hoag passed unanimously.

The University Committee on Undergraduate Studies, in its consultative capacity to the Provost, has no concerns about the request for a new linked BA in Marketing and MS in Marketing Research.

Request to Phase Out and Discontinue the Disciplinary Teaching Minor in Environmental Science
Richard Brandenburg, Associate Dean Academic Programs, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

The committee unanimously granted voice to Associate Dean Brandenburg.

Associate Dean Brandenburg stated the Michigan Department of Education removed its endorsement of the teaching certificate in Environmental Science in 2008. The College of Education has phased out the major and no longer recognizes the Environmental Science minor as an option. There are no students enrolled in the minor.

Voice was withdrawn from Associate Dean Brandenburg.

Motion by Kathleen Hoag passed unanimously.

The University Committee on Undergraduate Studies, in its consultative capacity to the Provost, has no concerns about the request to phase out and discontinue the disciplinary teaching minor in Environmental Science.

Request for Name Change from the College of Osteopathic Medicine
Gail Riegle, Associate Dean-Management, College of Osteopathic Medicine

The committee unanimously granted voice to Associate Dean Riegle
Dr. Riegle stated that the College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) has proposed changing the name of the Department of Internal Medicine to the Department of Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine and International Medicine. The decision to change the department’s name is based on a new requirement by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) that a department chair be board certified in the specialty of the department managed. MSUs Department of Internal Medicine is populated with faculty representing a variety of medical specialties including emergency medicine. Changing the name of the college will allow the current chairperson, who is not an internist to remain in place. As the College is satisfied with the chair it will change the department’s name not the chairperson.

The committees’ questions revolved around the name proposed for the department. The committee thought the new name was too long and cumbersome and it was suggested that the department use a name that would ease potential confusion in department names between COM and the College of Human Medicine.

Motion by Kathleen Hoag passed unanimously.

The University Committee on Undergraduate Studies has no concerns about changing the department’s name but would support selection of a less cumbersome alternative for the department’s name, such as Associate Dean Riegle’s suggestion of Osteopathic Medical Specialties.

Request to Change the Policy on "Minimum Scores for Provisional Admission" for Undergraduate International Student Admission
Douglas W. Estry, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education

Associate Provost Estry stated that current policy provided provisionally admitted international undergraduate students one calendar year to achieve English language competency or they would be dismissed. The policy created problems for students who attended MSU during fall and spring semesters and returned home for the summer. The returning student faced dismissal if evidence of English language competency could not be provided. The proposed policy change would allow the provisional student three consecutive semesters of enrollment in which to improve their English language skills.

The other issue addressed by the proposed revision would change the conditions under which TOEFL or other English language skills tests would be accepted. The current policy allows provisionally admitted students to leave an ESL course upon submission of a passing English languages skill test score. Provisionally admitted students have often abandoned their ESL classes to spend time studying for the TOEFL or similar test. The proposed policy change would require provisionally admitted ESL students who have received a passing test score to complete and pass the course in which they were enrolled.

Motion by Patricia Rogers passed unanimously.

The University Committee on Undergraduate Studies, in its consultative capacity to the Provost, has no concerns about the proposed revision to the policy on "Minimum Scores for Provisional Admission" for Undergraduate International Student Admission.

The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted by
Sandra Walther

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