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The Undergraduate Assembly Minutes The Undergraduate Assembly met in regular session on Tuesday, April 12, 2005, at 2:15 p.m. in the UC Rio Grande B. Provost Dana Dunn presided. Attendance.
Approval of Minutes. The minutes of the regular meeting on March 8, 2005, were approved as published. Report of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. Kimberly van Noort first presented items approved by the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.
Agenda Items Approved by the University Curriculum Committee March 22,
2005 Course Adds: MANA 4341 – Negotiations and Conflict Resolution MANA 4342 – Compensation and Benefits Management MANA 4343 – Training and Development Course Deletes: BUSA 3326 – Credits and Collections FINA 2310 – Personal Finance MANA 4323 – Organization Analysis Department
of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Course
Changes: MAE 3304 –
Astronautics I – changing prerequisites MAE 3310 –
Thermodynamics I - changing prerequisites MAE 3319 –
Dynamic Systems Modeling - changing prerequisites Course
Adds: HONR 1313
– Liberal Arts Honors Mathematics HONR 4203
– Honors Independent Study Topics (to provide variable credit) HONR 4303
- Honors Independent Study Topics (to provide variable credit) Department
of Communication Minor catalog text
corrections under Public Relations, Journalism, oral competency, teacher
certification, and Broadcast Communication to edit out courses no longer taught, to
satisfy oral competency requirement, and provide clarification. Department
of Criminology and Criminal Justice – add CRCJ 4355 Organized Crime Department
of English Change in catalog text to
reflect several new courses and add ENGL 3347 to list of courses which fulfill
the cultural diversity group requirement for teacher certification. Change in catalog text to
reflect 3 courses being added to major requirements, and adding one course
option. Course Adds: ENGL 4344 Topics in English
Language ENGL 4345 Topics in Critical
Theory ENGL 4346 Topics in Theories
of Language Course Changes: ENGL
4339 Rhetoric and Composition (course clarification) Department of Modern
Languages Course
Changes: GERM 4313,
4314, 4317, 4321, and 4322 – adding prerequisite Department
of Music Course Changes: Adding
“permission of the instructor” as a prerequisite to all major-required courses,
primarily private lessons. Recode
instruction type for all private lessons from lecture to private lesson. MUSI 0110, 0117 – change from lab to
practicum Department of Philosophy –
Reinstate PHIL 4318 to inventory Department of Sociology and
Anthropology Course Add: ANTH 4350 Mesoamerican Archaeology Course Change: SOCI
4370 – changed prerequisite Course Deletes: SOCI
3305, 4311 Course Deletes: NURS 3224 – Computer Skills for Nursing NURS 3334 – Community Health Nursing Department of Biology Course Adds: BIOL 3317, 3329, 3352, 4307, 4308, 4325,
4327, 4355, 4357, 4352. Department of Psychology Course Adds: PSYC 3100, 4357 Course Changes: PSYC 3142, 3144, 3145, 3146, 3329 (changed
from 3328), 3352, 3420, 3431, 4301, 4325, 4327, 4329, 4332, 4334, 4337, and
4339. Course Deletes: PSYC 2441, 2442, 3312, 4310. After discussion, the following items were approved unanimously. Agenda Items Approved by the University Curriculum Committee For Consideration by the Undergraduate Assembly April 12,
2005 Catalog text requiring minimum of 9 hours of business
coursework to be completed in residence at UTA for a minor in business for
non-Business majors, with a grade of C or better. Change in
catalog text to align admission requirements of Biomedical Engineering Program Catalog text change to reflect changes
in courses and lowering the required hours from 167 to 163. Course Change:
BME 4325 – name change (from Contemporary Trends to Fundamentals Of) and
course description change. Civil and Environmental Engineering Minor changes in civil engineering
courses for majors. Addition of new catalog text covering admission requirements
to the professional program reflecting changes in Program Educational
Objectives (PEOs) in response to accrediting agency
concerns. (The Statement that minors in Civil Engineering discouraged. Course
Adds: EE 2307 – Electromagnetics I (changing level-previously taught as EE
3307) Course Delete – EE3307 (substituting 2307) Department
of Music Catalog
text reflecting addition and deletion of courses to Music Media/Business
option, Music Theatre option, and Music Performance option to satisfy NASM
re-accreditation concerns. Department
of Political Science New catalog text to address
minor requirements. Department of Sociology and
Anthropology Catalog
text to reflect changes to courses for Sociology majors. Change in catalog text to require
Minors in Anthropology to take more than one sub-field. Course Changes: SOCI
3372 was previously SOCI 4311 Sociological Theory SOCI 3462 was previously SOCI 3305
(added lab time) Course Changes: NURS 3322 – Gerontological Nursing
(previously NURS 3222. Adding one credit hour because incorporating content from Nursing
3334 Community Heath Nursing). NURS 3425 – Holistic Health Assessment (previously NURS
3320. Adding one credit hour to reflect clinical time required) NURS 3435 – Health Promotion Across
the Life Span (previously taught as NURS 3335.
Adding one credit hour to incorporate content from Community Nursing
3334) NURS 3442 – Conceptual Foundations for Professional Nursing
(previously NURS 3342. Adding one credit
hour to incorporate computer skills and WebCT) NURS 4463 – Community Health Nursing (previously NURS
4363. Adding one
credit hour to incorporate content from NURS 3334 which has been deleted). Course Adds: PSYC 2443 and 2444 to replace 2441
and 2442; changing course content and name of PSYC 4310. Other Business. Michael George, representing the Academic Standards Committee, presented a new Withdrawal (Resignation) policy. This proposal updates the withdrawal policy to agree with the new drop policy. The policy was passed unanimously. Submitted by the Academic Standards Committee Withdrawal (Resignation) A.
Proposed Rule Effective Fall 2006 a
student who wishes to withdraw (drop-out) voluntarily from U.T. Arlington
before the first official University class day may do so by using SAM, eSAM, or must complete the proper Withdrawal Form in the
Registrar's Office. A student who withdraws between the first official
University class day and a point in time two-thirds of the way through the
semester, session, or specific course offering period will be awarded a grade
of W. . A student may not withdraw
(drop-out) after the two-thirds point of time in a regular semester. Withdrawal
(drop-out) dates for courses in winter session, Maymester,
summer sessions, or for those courses in shorter sessions which run
concurrently to a regular semester follow an equivalent schedule. A schedule of
withdrawal (drop-out) dates for these sessions may be obtained on the U.T.
Arlington Registrar's Office Web page (www.uta.edu/registrar).
·
Withdrawal
(dropping out) from the university during a semester constitutes withdrawal
from all courses in which a student is enrolled during that semester. Upon
official notification of the student's withdrawal from the university, the
Office of the Registrar is authorized to enter the dated notation
"withdrew" on the student's official permanent record. No grade is posted if a student withdraws
before Census Date of that semester or session. ·
A student who
wishes to withdraw (drop-out) voluntarily from U.T. Arlington on or before the
two-thirds point in time of a session, or the equivalent time in winter
session, Maymester, or summer session, may do so by
using SAM or eSAM. After the two-thirds point
in time in a session, or the equivalent time in winter session, Maymester, summer sessions, a student must file the
appropriate petition with the Dean of his/her ·
Until the two-thirds
point in time of a term, or the equivalent time in winter session, Maymester, or summer sessions, a student may withdraw from
any or all courses which began in the same session and will be awarded a grade
of W. ·
After the
two-thirds point in time of a session, or the equivalent time in winter session,
Maymester, or summer sessions, a student who because
of circumstances beyond his or her control finds it necessary to withdraw from
any or all courses, must file the appropriate petition with the Dean of his/her
enrollment college or school. Reasons not acceptable include (but are not
limited to) the student's performance in the course(s), lack of preparation for
the course(s), dissatisfaction with the instructor, or dissatisfaction
with the subject matter offered in the course(s). If the petition is approved,
a copy with the appropriate grade of “W” or “F” as stipulated by the Dean will
be filed with the Office of the Registrar who is then authorized to enter the
grade "W" or “F” on the student's official permanent record.
The instructor(s) of the course(s) will be so notified of this action by the
Dean. If the petition is not approved, the student continues to be enrolled in
the course(s) and a final grade must be submitted by the instructor(s). ·
Withdrawal from
any and all courses shall not be permitted after the last day of regularly
scheduled classes except when the student experiences a genuine emergency after
the regularly scheduled classes end and prior to sitting for the final
examination in a given course or courses. ·
Withdrawal from
any or all courses shall not be permitted after the final examination in that
course has been given. ·
A student who
stops attending a course (or courses) and does not officially withdraw from it
(them) shall have the appropriate grade as submitted by the instructor entered
on the student's official permanent record for the course(s). Such a grade
shall be based on the grading criteria used to evaluate all students in the
course. ·
Exceptions to
this policy may be entertained because of extraordinary non-academic
circumstances. Under such circumstances,
approval must be received from the instructor, department chair, dean, and the
Office of the Provost. Note: The following
is already stipulated in the Graduate Catalog. Graduate professional colleges shall formulate
rules to govern withdrawal of their students from courses in their respective
curricula, subject to the approval of the Graduate Assembly, and publish these
rules in their respective sections of the bulletins. B.
Current Rule A student who wishes to
withdraw (resign) voluntarily from U.T. Arlington before the first official
University class day may do so by using SAM or the Web. On or after the first
official University class day, a student must complete the proper resignation
form in the Registrar's Office. A student who withdraws after the sixth week of
class in a regular semester or the equivalent time in a summer session will be
awarded a grade of W if passing a course or a grade of F if failing a course. A
student may not withdraw (resign) after the 12th week of class in a regular
semester. Withdrawal (resignation) dates for courses in Wintersession,
Maymester, Summer terms, or
for those courses in shorter terms which run concurrently to a regular semester
follow an equivalent schedule. A schedule of withdrawal dates for these terms
may be obtained on the U.T. Arlington Registrar's Office Web page (www.uta.edu/registrar). A question was raised about
whether the university would consider purchasing software to detect papers
downloaded from the internet. After
discussion, it was decided to refer the issue to the Academic Standards
Committee to explore. After the last meeting where
the new add/drop policy was approved, it was brought to the attention of
Provost Dunn that the undergraduate drop dates would now not be in alignment
with the graduate program drop dates.
Provost Dunn asked the graduate program to reassess the policy to see if
they could come to a similar decision in time for fall. This pointed out the lack of
communication between the two assembly bodies.
Provost Dunn said that while there are many issues that differ, there
are some that could and should be coordinated.
To that end, Provost Dunn asked the Dean of the Graduate School to join
the Undergraduate Assembly as an ex-officio, non-voting member. Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 2:42 p.m. Michael K. Moore Secretary |