1/92 January 9, 1992 Regents' Board Room Minutes Members Present: Dr. Maurice Townsend, Chair Dr. Hugh Bailey Dr. Wayne Bell Dr. Ernest Benson Dr. Harrison Carter Dr. Barry Goldstein Dr. Thomas La Belle Mr. Larry Peevy Dr. Michael Thomas Dr. Edwin Thompson Members Absent: Dr. William Prokasy Dr. Robert Trammell Also Present: Dr. Ivery Clifton (representing Dr. Prokasy) Dr. Peter Hoff Dr. David Morgan Dr. Edwin Rugg Chairman Townsend called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. and requested amendments to the minutes of the April 18, 1991 meeting. The minutes were corrected to reflect the fact that Dr. Bernard Abbott represented Dr. Goldstein at this meeting. The minutes were approved as amended. Dr. Townsend then invited Vice President Rugg to make an opening presentation regarding Kennesaw State College's proposed changes in Areas I and III of its Core Curriculum. A discussion period followed during which a number of issues were raised by Committee members: transfer arrangements, course hours, the perception and practice of University System transfer guidelines, and the approval process for changes in the Core Curriculum. The Committee then approved a motion to recommend to the Chancellor that full approval be given to Kennesaw State College's proposal with the following understandings: -The economics and geography elective courses would be removed from Area III and made an institutional requirement; -The Administrative Committee on Transfer of Credit will conduct an evaluation of Kennesaw's revised Core Curriculum in four years; and, -Kennesaw State College will assure the Administrative Committee on Transfer of Credit that incoming transfer students will be given every benefit of the doubt regarding transcript evaluation so that students do not have to take more than 20 hours to satisfy Areas I and III. Old Business: Dr. Morgan discussed several Committee procedures which needed clarification and review. These included: speed of decision-making, the method of soliciting academic committee reaction to proposals, the method for reviewing interdisciplinary proposals and innovative Cores, and the Committee's approach to special topics courses. The Committee then adopted a motion to form an ad hoc subcommittee to review these issues and provide recommendations back to the full Committee at its spring 1992 meeting. Chairman Townsend appointed the following members to this subcommittee: Dr.La Belle, chair, Dr. Bell, and Mr. Peevy. New Business: The Committee reviewed requests from various Academic Committees and took the following action: Committee Action Computer Science & Systems Analysis Endorsed the recommendation that the File Processing course of Area IV of Computer Science no longer require that the supporting computer language be COBOL. Criminal Justice Did not endorse a recommendation that criminal justice courses be allowed in Area III at the discretion of a discipline. History Reviewed its decision not to accept a "Minorities in American History" course as an Area III elective. The Committee requested that its ad hoc subcommittee further review this issue within the broader context of special topics courses. Home Economics Did not endorse the recommen- dation that a course in Human Nutrition be accepted in Area II. The Committee also approved a new Area IV in Economics which is oriented to the liberal arts. The following Area IV, which was developed by an ad hoc committee of faculty members at the invitation of the Administrative Committee on Transfer of Credit, was endorsed by the Academic Committee on Business Administration, Management and Economics: Economics* Principles of Economics (Macro and Micro) 10 hours A basic Statistics course 5 hours Either 10 hours of a Foreign Language or 10 hours of Calculus 10 hours Arts and Sciences elective 5 hours 30 hours *Students pursuing a degree in business should follow the Area IV for Business Administration. The Committee approved a request from the Medical College of Georgia that the System Area IV in Medical Records Administration be renamed Health Information Management to be consistent with the change of name of this career area. The Committee also endorsed the following revised System Area IV for Nuclear Medicine Technology: Chemistry 10 hours* Anatomy & Physiology I & II 10 hours Pre-Calculus 5 hours* Introductory Computer Programming 5 hours (BASIC and/or FORTRAN) Electives 0-15 hours 30 hours * (if not taken in Area II The Committee then reviewed requests for revision in the Core Curriculums of the following institutions, directing that specific approvals be given as well as areas of concern noted: Georgia College Georgia Southern University Kennesaw State College North Georgia College Southern College of Technology University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences College of Journalism & Mass Communication Philosophy courses in all Schools and Colleges Valdosta State College Dr. Morgan updated members on the success of making the Core Curriculum Handbook accessible via computer. University System personnel can view or print the latest version of the Handbook by using either the Faculty Information System or by using a modem or PeachNet to log onto the Cyber in Athens. This change will give users the confidence that they are looking at the latest version of the Handbook. Finally, the Committee discussed an issue related to Core Curriculum "D" grades. Dr. Morgan indicated that there was a question as to the impact of the following Core Curriculum rule on institutional rules regarding minimum transfer grade point averages: The receiving institution must have the same policy for both transfer and non-transfer Core Curriculum "D" grades. The policy that applies to on-campus Core Curriculum "D" grades will apply to transfer Core Curriculum "D" grades. The Committee agreed that if institutions accept a student in transfer, they should also accept any "D" Core Curriculum grades the student has previously earned if "D" grades are acceptable in Core Curriculum classes for native students. Committee members commented that students should not be admitted then informed that their Core Curriculum "D" grades cannot be accepted, if native students' "D" grades for the same courses are acceptable. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m.