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.04.09Proposal 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.04.33Proposal 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