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EP. 04.39

April 26, 2004

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN SENATE

Committee on Educational Policy
( Final - Information )

EP.04.39 2003-2004 Annual Report

The 2003-2004 academic year has been a busy one for the Educational Policy Committee (EPC). The Committee dealt with many items relating to changes in academic units and curricula; handled proposals to rename departments and transfer one department into another college; reviewed two academic calendars; and also held many discussions on the Computation of Grade Point Average. As the table below shows, most proposals have been put into a form acceptable to and approved by the Senate. Other proposals have been considered by this committee and its recommendations reported to administration or other committees. Still other items are classified as “items still before the committee.” Three standing subcommittees were effectively chaired by Phillip Geil, Ruth V. Watkins and Guy Garnett. Abbas Aminmansour is commended for his service as Vice Chair. Ms. Diana Morris is commended for her effective staff support, without which the tasks of EPC would be much more difficult. Also, Senate changes to the Bylaws approved the addition of two new Ex officio members to the committee from the Graduate College and Continuing Education.

Identifier

Title of Proposal

Approved by Senate

Items Approved by the Senate

EP.03.34

Revision to the Campus Code, Section 86, The Dean’s List

9/29/2003

EP.04.01

Proposal from the College of LAS for a Revision of the Undergraduate History Major

11/3/2003

EP.04.02

Proposal from the Graduate College for the Singapore Joint Program Option in the Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering

9/29/2003

EP.04.03

Proposal from the Graduate College for the Bachelor of Arts/Master of Urban Planning 4+1 Program in Urban and Regional Planning

9/29/2003

EP.04.04

Proposal from the Graduate College for a Campus-Wide M.S. in Bioinformatics, with an Option in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and an Option in Computer Science

9/29/2003

EP.04.05

Proposal from the College of ACES to establish a minor in Environmental Economics and Law in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics

11/3/2003

EP.04.06

Proposal from the College of Business to discontinue the undergraduate Economics Major in the College of business

9/29/2003

EP.04.07


Computation of Grade Point Average

3/29/2004

EP.04.08

Proposal from the College of Business to establish a Minor in Business in the College of Business

12/8/2003

EP.04.10

Proposal from the College of LAS to Discontinue the Curriculum Preparatory to the Teaching of Computer Science in the College of LAS

11/3/2003

EP.04.11

Proposal from the College of ACES to discontinue the Undergraduate Consumer and Textile Marketing Major in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics

12/8/2003

EP.04.12

Proposal from the Graduate College for guidelines for Graduate Minors

12/8/2003

EP.04.13

Proposal from the College of LAS to rename the Russian and East European Center to the Russian, East European and Eurasian Center

12/8/2003

EP.04.14

Proposal from the College of FAA to revise the Industrial Design undergraduate curriculum within the School of Art and Design

12/8/2003

EP.04.15

Proposal from the College of Engineering and the Department of Aerospace Engineering (formerly Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering) to change the title of the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees awarded by the Aerospace Engineering Department

11/18/2003

EP.04.16

Proposal from the College of LAS for a revision in the Cinema Studies Option of the LAS Interdisciplinary Major

2/16/2004

EP.04.17

Proposal from the College of Engineering for the Revision of the Engineering Physics Curriculum

2/16/2004

EP.04.18


Proposal from the College of LAS and the College of Business to transfer the Department of Economics to the College of LAS from the College of Business and Proposal to transfer Graduate Degree Programs from the College of Business to the College of LAS

2/16/2004

EP.04.19


Proposal from the Council on Teacher Education to revise the Undergraduate Curriculum in Early Childhood Education and Proposal from the Council on Teacher Education to revise the Undergraduate Curriculum in Elementary Education

2/16/2004

EP.04.20

Proposal from the College of FAA to create four areas of concentration within the Bachelor of Fine Arts Theatre Degree

2/16/2004

EP.04.21

Proposal from the College of FAA to formalize three areas of concentration within the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Crafts

2/16/2004

EP.04.22


Proposal from the College of FAA to create three areas of Concentration within the Bachelor of Music in Education

2/16/2004

EP.04.23

Proposal from the College of LAS to revise the Specialized Physics Curriculum

3/29/2004

EP.04.24


Proposal from the College of LAS to revise the LAS Science and Letters Curriculum in Physics

3/29/2004

EP.04.25

Proposal from the College of LAS to revise the Linguistics Minor

3/29/2004

EP.04.26

Proposal from the College of LAS to revise the Linguistics Major

3/29/2004

EP.04.27

Proposal from the College of LAS to revise the Mathematics Minor to include the Honors Sequence

3/29/2004

EP.04.28

Proposal from the College of LAS to revise the Mathematics Major to include the Honors Sequence

3/29/2004

EP.04.29

Proposal from the College of LAS to revise the Russian Language and Literature Major

3/29/2004

EP.04.30

Proposal from the College of LAS to revise the History Minor

3/29/2004

Items forwarded for action to april 26 senate meeting

EP.02.27

2006-2007 Academic Calendar

EP.04.31

Section Specific Course Titles

EP.04.32

Proposal from the college of LAS to revise the major in Philosophy

EP.04.34

Proposal from the College of ALS to change the name of the Department of Leisure Studies to the Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism; and to change the name of the major for all three degrees (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.) from Leisure Studies to Recreation, Sport and Tourism

EP.04.35


Proposal from the College of ACES, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering to revise the Technical Systems Management Curriculum including the elimination of all concentrations

EP.04.36

Proposal from the Council on Teacher Education to revise the Curriculum in Art Education

EP.04.37

2007-2008 Academic Calendar

Advised CCG (Conference on Conduct Governance) CG.04.03, Approved by Senate 12/8/2003

EP.04.09

Proposal to Amend Section 75 (A) of the Code of Policies and Regulations Applying to All Students; Separate Transcript Policy

Items still before the committee, 4/12/04

EP.04.33

Proposal from the College of ALS to revise the Undergraduate Curriculum in the Department of Leisure Studies

EP.04.38


Proposal from the College of ALS to Merge the Department of Community Health and the Department of Kinesiology

EP.04.40

Proposed Changes to the Code pertaining to “Institutional Credit” and “Transfer Credit”

Educational Policy Committee

Vernon Burton, Chair

Guy Garnett

Paul Martin

Bridget Ahern

Phillip Geil

Dick Mintel

Abbas Aminmansour, Vice Chair

Joseph Goldberg

Alice Poehls, ex officio*

Matthew Ando

Felipe Hillard

Jay Scholl

Paul Beck

James Leach, ex officio*

Nina Tarr

Loren Bode

Faye Lesht, ex officio*

Ruth V. Watkins, ex officio* (designee)

Alan Bolind

Naomi Makins

Douglas Wiegmann

German Bollero

Keith Marshall, observer*

Pat Wilson, ex officio*

Karen Carney, ex officio*

*Denotes non-voting status