May 2017 UGC Agenda

UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
Wednesday, May 10, 2017, 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM

I. Call to Order

II. Announcements/Discussion

  • HIGH IMPACT COURSES – Dr. Usher will lead a discussion regarding high impact courses (internships, research, experiential type courses), and how they vary across the disciplines
  • PREREQUISITES DISCUSSION– Dr. Robert Matz will lead a discussion about prerequisites and common issues related to catalog adjustments and Banner coding
  • ACADEMIC APPEALS PROCESSES– Dr. Usher will discuss compliance with state policies regarding the availability of appeals processes from each college.

III. New Business

PROPOSAL FROM INTO MASON
Contact Person: Ms. Nicole J. Harris-Sealey, Academic Director, 3-3378, nsealey@gmu.edu

No Proposals Submitted


PROPOSALS FROM THE CENTER OF ACADEMIC ADVISING, RETENTION AND TRANSITIONS
Contact Person: Jacquelyn L. Nash, Associate Director for UNIV Courses and Programs
3-3223, jhilldru@gmu.edu

No Proposals Submitted


PROPOSALS FROM THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Contact Person: Ellen Rodgers, Associate Dean, Student and Academic Affairs
3-2034 erodger1@gmu.edu

New Courses (ACTION ITEMS):

Inactivated Courses (ANNOUNCEMENT):

Modified Courses (ANNOUNCEMENT):

  • TOUR 320Hospitality Tourism and Event Management Information
  • TOUR 412 Hospitality Tourism and Event Marketing and Sales
  • PRLS 490 Recreation Management Internship
  • TOUR 414 Hospitality, Tourism, and Event Management Finance

Modified Programs (ANNOUNCEMENT):

PROPOSALS FROM THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Contact Person: Cathy Tompkins, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies,
3-2838, ctompkin@gmu.edu

Inactivated Courses (ANNOUNCEMENT):

Modified Programs (ANNOUNCEMENT):

PROPOSALS FROM THE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Contact Person: Vita Vock, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Academic Affairs
3-1060 vvock@gmu.edu

Modified Programs (ANNOUNCEMENT):

PROPOSALS FROM THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
Contact Person: Dr. Donna Fox, Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Special Programs,  3-8797, dfox1@gmu.edu

New Courses (ACTION ITEMS):

Modified Courses (ANNOUNCEMENT):

Modified Programs (ANNOUNCEMENT):

PROPOSALS FROM THE COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
Contact Person: Nicole Springer, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs
3-5232 nspringe@gmu.edu

New Courses (ACTION ITEM):

Inactivated Courses (ANNOUNCEMENT):

Modified Courses (ANNOUNCEMENT):

Modified Programs (REQUESTED AS ACTION ITEM):

PROPOSAL FROM THE HONORS COLLEGE
Contact Person: Ms. Heather Anderson, Director of Academic Affairs and Advising, 3-1108, handers4@gmu.edu

PROPOSALS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PROVOST
Contact Person: Marcy Glover, Manager, Undergraduate Academic Affairs and Programs, Office of the Provost
3-8729 Email: mglover2@gmu.edu

No Proposals Submitted


PROPOSALS FROM THE SCHAR SCHOOL OF POLICY AND GOVERNMENT
Contact Person: Ann Ludwick, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Academic Affairs
3-1415, aludwick@gmu.edu 

Inactivated Courses (ANNOUNCEMENT):

  • GOVT 359 Computers in Public Management
  • GOVT 421 Contemporary Political Ideologies
  • GOVT 470 Faith and Reasoning in the Making of the Modern Man
  • GOVT 471 Millennialism and Philosophies of History in Western Culture
  • GOVT 472 Christianity, Secularism and Democracy

Modified Programs (ANNOUNCEMENT):

PROPOSALS FROM THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Contact Person: Patrick Soleymani, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs
3-5137, psoleyma@gmu.edu

Modified Courses (ANNOUNCEMENT):

  • ACCT 330 Financial Accounting I
  • FNAN 341 Introduction to Firm Valuation
  • FNAN 431 Venture Capital and Private Financing of Startups

Modified Programs (ANNOUNCEMENT): 

 

PROPOSALS FROM THE SCHOOL FOR CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION
Contact Person: Mara Schoeny, Associate Professor, Director, Undergraduate Program
3-9191 mschoeny@gmu.edu

No Proposals Submitted


PROPOSALS FROM THE VOLGENAU SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Contact Person: Pelin Kurtay, Associate Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering
3-7606 paksoy@gmu.edu

New Courses (ACTION ITEMS):

Modified Courses (ANNOUNCEMENT):

  • CEIE 401 Sustainable Land Development
  • STAT 334 Introduction to Probability Models and Simulation

 

IV.  Adjournment