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                             October 15, 1992
                            Regents' Board Room
  
                                  Minutes
Members Present: 
  
      Dr. Maurice Townsend, Chair
      Dr. Hugh C. Bailey
      Dr. Wayne Bell
      Dr. Ernest Benson
      Dr. Harrison Carter
      Dr. Thomas J. LaBelle
      Mr. Larry Peevy
      Dr. William F. Prokasy
      Dr. Michael Thomas
      Dr. Robert Trammell
      Dr. Jerry Williams
  
Members Absent: 
  
      Dr. Barry D. Goldstein
      Dr. Edwin A. Thompson
  
  
Also Present: 
  
      Mr. Billy McCloud (representing Dr. Goldstein)
      Dr. Peter Hoff, Central Office
      Dr. David Morgan, Central Office
  
Chairman Townsend convened the meeting at 1:00 p.m.  The minutes of the
April 9 meeting were revised to correct two errors:  the minutes failed 
to reflect that Dr. Barry Goldstein  was in attendance at the meeting, 
and the word "not" in the English section on page five was moved to 
appear before the clause "be approved in Area I of the Core."  The 
minutes were then adopted as amended.
  
The Committee then reviewed the report of the Ad Hoc Interdisciplinary
Subcommittee.  Comments included the statement that there appears to be
honest disagreement as to whether some fields of study are disciplines,
and it appears that it might be difficult to apply some of the criteria
listed by the Subcommittee.  It was suggested that, in addition to the
need to augment the Subcommittee with one or more science representa-
tives in order to review a science-related course now before the 
Subcommittee, it may be helpful to have representation from research 
universities and professional schools.  The Committee adopted the report 
of the Subcommittee.
  
The Committee reviewed a request from an institution to rule on the 
issue of whether Human Anatomy and Human Physiology could be offered in 
Area II.  The Committee directed that the institution be notified that 
this coursework is currently not included on the list of courses 
approved for Area II.  The Committee indicated that the institution may 
wish to approach the Academic Committee on Biological Sciences directly 
if it believed there should be modification to this section of the 
Academic Discipline Guidelines.
  
The Committee received a letter from the chair of the Academic Committee
on English, indicating he had been unable to obtain a broad-based 
response to his inquiry about the appropriateness of specified English 
courses in the Core Curriculum.  The Committee voted to return these 
courses to the Committee and renew its request for a ruling on these 
courses and appropriate rationale.
  
The Committee then reviewed requests from the following institutions for
changes in their Core Curricula.  Specific approvals and areas of 
concern were to be transmitted directly to the institutions: 
  
      DeKalb College
      Clayton State College
      University of Georgia - College of Agricultural and Environmental
                              Sciences
                              College of Family and Consumer Sciences
  
There were two general issues raised as part of the institutional 
review.  One related to an institution's question of the meaning of that 
part of the Core which states:  "Area III. Social Sciences, including 
but not limited to, history and American Government."  The question was 
raised of whether satisfactory completion of a test for the purpose of 
satisfying a Georgia/United States history and/or Georgia/United States 
constitution legislative requirement would exempt students from the need 
for completing coursework in history and government in the Core.  The 
Committee voted that completion of these exemption tests could satisfy 
Core requirements in history and government, but students would be 
required to take other courses in Area III to complete the 20 hour 
requirement.
  
The Committee also agreed to establish potential meeting dates for the
winter and fall quarters, in the event there was sufficient business to
have a meeting.  Those dates are January 14 and April 15, 1993.
  
Dr. Morgan updated the Committee on the status of the "D" grade issue.  
He indicated that the Administrative Committee on Records and 
Admissions, to which the Committee had referred this issue, would 
receive a report from its subcommittee on this topic at its November 
meeting.
  
Dr. Morgan discussed with members a proposal regarding the transfer of
general education credit from Commission on Colleges-accredited 
technical institutes which was to be discussed the next day at the 
meeting of the Advisory Council.  There were a number of practical 
issues raised regarding the inability of institutions to act 
independently regarding transfer of credit when a sister University 
System institution has already accepted it and entered it on a student's 
transcript.  Others indicated that the proposed policy would require 
institutions to become accrediting agencies.
  
Based upon the recommendations of the Subcommittee report adopted at the
April 9 meeting, Dr. Morgan presented several possible actions which 
could streamline the review and response to committee and institutional
requests.  The committee discussed these ideas and Dr. Williams, Chair 
of the Administrative Committee on Academic Affairs, agreed to ask Chief
Academic Officers to review these items.
  
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:45 p.m.