USF Undergraduate Council - Minutes of September 10, 2007

Present: Dell DeChant, Sherman Dorn, Bradley Kamp, Michael LeVan, Sunita Lodwig, Dewey Rundus, Larry Thompson.

Absent: Tom Brantley, Sharon Geiger, Steven Reader.

Guests: Janet Moore.

The meeting was called to order at 3:03 p.m.

1. The minutes of April 23, 2007 were approved.

2. Announcements/Discussions

   • Change in Policy for Undergraduate Graduation Requirements
     The UGC members discussed the change in policy for undergraduate graduation requirements related to academic residence. The policy has been changed from "Candidates for graduation must have completed at least 30 hours of the last 60 hours of their undergraduate credit in USF courses. The approval of the dean of the college granting their degree must be secured for any transfer credits offered for any part of these last 60 hours. Exceptions to the above rules are students who are enrolled at other universities on approved exchange programs, cooperative education students enrolled in other institutions (prior approval having been secured from their USF advisors) while on their training periods, and students taking correspondence work from the University of Florida. CLEP credit does not count toward academic residence"
     to the new policy which states

     "Any credits transferred from a University of South Florida accredited institution must be processed as transfer credits from any regionally accredited institution. Candidates for graduation must have completed at least 30 hours of the last 60 hours of their undergraduate credits in courses offered by the institution from which they receive a degree. Individual colleges and programs may have more stringent requirements, approved by the university, such as the number of specific courses in the major that must be completed at the institution from which a student may receive a degree. Exceptions to the above rules may be made for students who are enrolled at other universities in a USF approved exchanges, study abroad programs, co-op training programs or correspondence courses from the University of Florida. CLEP credit does not count toward academic residence". The change in Policy for undergraduate graduation requirements was approved by the members of the UGC.

   • Discussion of Operating Procedures - UGC Policy for Nonsubstantive Course Requests
     The Chair of the UGC suggested that whenever a non substantive change is posted by the staff in the website, it should be reviewed by UGC members soon and be determined whether it falls under the category of consent agenda. Dr. Sherman Dorn also volunteered to review the syllabus template for these courses.

   • Summary of Activities from last AY
     • UGC Charge: The UGC members suggested that the section comprising the "Philosophy" needs to be reviewed.
     • Dr. Rundus suggested that UGC members visit each of the curriculum committees and discuss their expectations.
     • UGC suggested that it's members review concurrences and inform Associate Deans of Colleges about the importance of concurrences of new courses with those offered by other colleges.

3. New course/curriculum proposals

   • PHH 3061 Medieval Philosophy - TABLED

   • Philosophy - Change in major/minor requirements - TABLED

   • REL 3340 Buddhism Truths and Paths - TABLED

   • Religious Studies - Change in major requirement/course substitution - TABLED

The next meeting will be Monday, September 24, 2007. The meeting was adjourned at 4:50 p.m.

Please send any suggestions or comments to:
Mia Fluitt - webcat@ugs.usf.edu