Baccalaureate Core Curriculum

KEY TO ACTIONS:
 
 f = failed senate/review committee
+ = disapproved in part by committee
# = amended by sen./review committee
a = approved/acknowledged by chancellor鈥檚
office
p = action pending from chancellor鈥檚 office
t = action tabled by senate
 
 
w = action withdrawn
* = modified by chancellor鈥檚 office
! = disapproved by chancellor鈥檚 office
- = no signature/action required
r = referred to committee
^ = pending program approval
s = senate approval

 

Policy Item Action Meeting
FY89
Report--receives. - Meeting #05
Administrative Committee prepare recommendation. - Meeting #05
Report--adopts. ! Meeting #06
Endorsement of principles & processes. * Meeting #06
FY90
Procedure for Senate consideration of new core proposal.   a   Meeting #15
Motion to conduct a referendum to provide an advisory vote. - Meeting #17
Approve course requirements for new baccalaureate core. a Meeting #18
Motion to charge Curricular Affairs to identify and develop policy on implementation of new core. - Meeting #18
FY91
Motion to approve guidelines for oral communication intensive courses. * Meeting #21
Motion to establish a core review subcommittee of Curricular Affairs which will review
core courses after the courses have been reviewed by the appropriate curriculum councils.
This committee will replace the CLA and CNS curriculum councils in reviewing the courses
for oral, written, and natural science core classification.
a Meeting #21
Motion to rescind Senate action establishing the Committee - FAILED. f Meeting #22
Motion to establish transfer guidelines for UAF core curriculum requirements. * Meeting #22
Motion to approve guidelines for writing intensive courses. a Meeting #22
Motion to require that core requirements in communications, mathematics, and Library and Information skills
shall be taken in the first 60 hours of course work - FAILED.
f Meeting #22
Motion to approve the Core Curriculum Transition Policy. a Meeting #23
Motion to amend the core curriculum requirements to add English 212. t Meeting #23
Motion that all core courses shall be designated by discipline or department identifiers in the catalog. a Meeting #ac91
Motion to approved the transfer guidelines for students transferring to UAF beginning Fall 1991. * Meeting #26
FY92
Motion to approve transfer guidelines for students transferring to UAF beginning Spring 1992. a Meeting #28
Resolution on cost of Core Curriculum requesting that any continued implementation of the Core Curriculum should not use additional financial resources but should be accomplished through a focused reallocation of resources. t Meeting #35
Motion to table action on resolution on the cost of the core curriculum and send it back to Faculty Affairs Committee. - Meeting #35
Motion to table action on resolution on the cost of the core curriculum and send it back to Faculty Affairs Committee.   - Meeting #35
FY93
Motion to amend the Baccalaureate Core Curriculum guidelines for World Literature: Art and Culture under the "Perspectives on the Human Conditions. a Meeting #40
FY94    
Motion to amend the Baccalaureate Core Curriculum guidelines for Oral Communication Intensive Courses. a Meeting #45
FY96
Motion to recommend that American Sign Language be recognized as fulfilling the non-English language option of the "Perspectives on the Human Condition" as required by the Baccalaureate Core. a Meeting #60
FY97
Motion on when basic Core skills courses are accomplished. a Meeting #67
Motion to approve the Core Review Committee recommendation that courses considered for CORE designation must include a plan for its effectiveness evaluation. a Meeting #69
Motion to adopt a procedure for petitions to the CORE based on documentation of student disability. (referred to Curricular Affairs for review) r Meeting #68
Motion to approve the prerequisite for core ethic courses. #,a Meeting #71
FY98
Motion to amend the Baccalaureate Core Curriculum for Aesthetic Appreciation. a Meeting #80
FY99    
Motion on testing procedure for language credit for the Core.   a Meeting #88  
FY01    
Motion on "The Baccalaureate Experience: Core Curriculum Requirements" updated --referred back to committee.   r   Meeting #97
FY02    
Motion to amend the Baccalaureate Core Curriculum including the Philosophy Statement.   a Meeting #103
Motion to amend the Natural Science requirement of the Baccalaureate Core Curriculum. a Meeting #105
Motion to endorse the Core Review Committee's recommendation for a university's Writing-Across-the Curriculum Program and curriculum specialist. a Meeting #108
Motion to amend the Mathematics Literacy component of the Core Curriculum to include MATH 161. a Meeting #108
Motion to approve "W" syllabus statement requirements. a Meeting #109
Motion to approve "O" syllabus statement requirements. f Meeting #109
FY03
Motion to amend the Baccalaureate Core Curriculum to meet major and/or minor degree requirements. a* Meeting #113
Motion to add ENGL 211 or 213 as a prerequisite for all "W" courses--tabled. t Meeting #113
Motion to approve adding ENGL 211 or 213 (or permission of instructor) as a prerequisite for all Writing Intensive Courses. a Meeting #114
FY04    
Motion to amend the Natural Science area of the Baccalaureate Core Curriculum.   a   Meeting #119
FY05   
Motion to amend the Table of Substitution: non-UA Institutions--referred back to committee.   r   Meeting #130
FY06
Motion on the Table of Substitution for non-UA Institutions. a Meeting #132
FY07   
Motion to add STAT 200 as a Mathematics Literacy component of the Core Curriculum. #a Meeting #138
FY09   
Core Revitalization Committee Panel Report & Discussion.   -   Meeting #159 (Minutes and Handouts)