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Minutes
February, 24 2004
Present: Catherine Larson (chair), Anthony Ardizzone, Cynthia Bannon, Mellonee Burnim, Allan Edmonds,
Walter Gantz, Mike Gasser, Catharine Hoff, Robert Ivie, Daniel O'Neill, Catherine Pilachowski, Olivia
Snyder, Georgia Strange
Ex Officio: Kirstine Lindemann, David Halloran
Policy Committee representative: none present
ACTION
- Approved minutes of December 11, 2003 meeting.
DISCUSSION
Minutes The minutes of the December 11, 2003 meeting were approved.
Overlap Issues The committee members began a discussion of programs that overlap-where the same courses
could fulfill requirements for more than one major, or minor, or certificate (an issue that is becoming more
common with interdisciplinary programs). Included in the discussion were such questions as whether there
should be a "unique core" for each "credential" that the student earns, or whether the student should
receive each credential for which the student has satisfied the requirements even if there is substantial
(or even total) overlap in coursework. The discussion will be continued.
Withdrawal Date Dean Lindemann presented information regarding student withdrawals from classes, a topic
that is also being discussed in the Council on Student Affairs. The Committee discussed effects of the
current system and discussed such possible alternatives as changing the date for an "Automatic W" or capping
the number of withdrawals that an individual student could receive. Dean Lindemann will request information
from other CIC institutions for further discussion.
Brief Updates Dean Larson gave the Committee a brief update on transfer articulations with Ivy Tech, the
search for a new director for the Collins Living-Learning Center, the new Global Village that will house
students for the first time in the fall of 2004, and discussions about possible movement of Computer Science
to Informatics.
Other items were tabled for the next meeting.
The next meeting is scheduled for March 23, 2004 in Kirkwood Hall 007.
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