USF Undergraduate Council - Minutes of February 10, 1997

Present: Glen Besterfield, Lois Gonzalez, Mary Hardy, Margaret Hewitt, John Noonan, Joseph Simon (Chairperson), Richard Wunderlin

Absent: Janet Moore, John Richmond, Ruth Short

Guests: Paul Cheney (Information Systems/Decision Science), John Cochran (Criminology), Maryhelen Harmon (English), D. Thomas Porter (Undergraduate Studies)

The meeting was called to order at 3:10pm.

1. The minutes of January 27, 1997 were approved as submitted.

2. Announcements:

   • An ad hoc committee will be set-up to review a proposal to revise USF's Academic Dishonesty policies.

   • An ad hoc committee will set set-up to review several USF academic policies and how they relate to the new Banner system and to review a proposal to change the Final Exam Policy.

3. Discussion and Action on Proposals

   • ISM 4233 Information System Interface Design
     The course was approved after review of the changes made by the Department to meet the recommendations of the Council members. The grading system listed on the first course proposal will be added to the syllabus.

   • CCJ 4109 Critical Issues in Policing
     After discussion, this course was approved. The Department was complemented for providing a complete and well-written course proposal.

   • AML 3453 Historical Perspectives in Early American Literature
     The English department responded to the suggestions of the Council by making changes to AML 3452. The faculty member has an e-mail account; the course includes 3 live review sessions on campus; audiotapes have been lengthened; and the course has received concurrence from the departments of History and Humanities and American Studies. Following brief discussion, the course was approved.

4. Distribution and assignment of new course proposals, etc.

   For the agenda of February 24, the following proposals/programs were distributed:

   • Major/Minor in Criminology - Richard Wunderlin
   • Certificate in International Business/International Business Minor - John Noonan
   • Minor in Mass Communications - Joseph Simon
   • Minor in Mathematics - Glen Besterfield
   • Changes to the Music Program - Joseph Simon
   • AMH 3270 The United States since 1945 - Glen Besterfield
   • BSC 4850 Sociobiology - Lois Gonzalez
   • GEY 4610 Psychology of Aging - Lois Gonzalez
   • GLY 4981 Moons, Planets, and Meteors: An Introduction to Planetary Science - Janet Moore
   • Educational Interpreting Program - Margaret Hewitt
     SPA 3001 Introduction to Interpreting in Public Schools
     SPA 3001/L Interpreting in Public Schools Lab
     SPA 3003 Language Learning in Deaf Children
     SPA 3003/L Language Learning in Deaf Children Lab
     SPA 3028 Introduction to Auditory Functions
     SPA 4371 Legal, Ethical, and Technical Issues of Working with Deaf
     SPA 4386 Interpreting in Public Schools I
     SPA 4386/L Interpreting in Public Schools I Lab
     SPA 4387 Interpreting in Public Schools II
     SPA 4387/L Interpreting in Public Schools II Lab
     SPA 4503 Interpreting in Schools

   The 2/24 agenda will be arranged to meet the arrival schedules of the Council members.

   ad hoc Committees

   • Academic Dishonesty - Joseph Simon and Glen Besterfield
   • Banner Policies and Final Exam Policies - Joseph Simon and Richard Wunderlin

The next meeting will be Monday, February 24, 1997. The meeting was adjourned at 3:50pm.

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Office of Undergraduate Studies