Academic Policies Committee

2001-2002 Annual Report to Faculty Senate

Submitted 5/1/02 by Rich France, Chair

2001-02 Members		Term Expires
Rich France	Chair
*Kelsey Backels	Counseling and Human Development	2002
Barry David	Industrial Technology	2003
*Muhammad Chaudhary	Computer Science	2002
*Mike Gumpper	Economics	2002
Mark Iannone	Chemistry	2003
*Andre Moine	Foreign Languages	2002
**Sandor Szollos	Psychology	2002, not eligible for re-election
Candace Deen	Ex-officio
Carol Phillips	Ex-officio

Two seats are currently vacant and four others are up for re-election if they wish.

Meetings:
Meetings: Eight meetings were held during the academic year (2001-2002). No formal minutes were taken at any of the meetings. Average attendance was 7 members.

Motions Forwarded to Senate:

Approval Process for Liberal Arts Core courses (to be considered by FS on 7 May)
This item was considered by the committee through much of the fall term and well into the spring term.
A new policy on grade of (I), Incomplete

Other Deliberations:
Course Repeat Policy: Some problems still exist. The Registrar's office can now identify (in some automated fashion) those students who are repeating, but the policy has yet to be fully implemented. To be discussed again next academic year.
Changing statements about the CLEP tests.

Matters Currently in Committee:
Splitting Liberal Arts Core course counting for Humanities courses (HUM) and the actual language courses. This item likely will be finished early in the fall term.

A new policy dealing with academic appeals.

Return to Faculty Senate Home Page
Return to MU Home Page