UAF FACULTY SENATE ACTIONS

KEY Letter Explanation
f  - failed Senate/Review Committee
+ - disapproved in part by Committee
# - amended by Sen./Review Committee
a - approved by Chancellor's office
p - action pending from Chancellor's Office
t - action tabled by Senate
w - action withdrawn
* - modified by Chancellor's Office
! - disapproved by Chancellor's Office - no signature/action required
o - approved; no objection received from Chancellor's Office
r - referred to Committee
i - implementation plan still in development

Academic Changes

FY11

•  Motion to eliminate the B.S. degree in Statistics. (a) Meeting #168 - Sept. 2010
•  Motion to specify that students must earn a minimum grade of 'C-' (1.7) in all baccalaureate core ('X') courses to satisfy core requirements. (a) Meeting #170 - Nov. 2010
•  Motion to recommend clarification of R10.04.090.C.11 regarding the grade of Incomplete ("I") and MAU grading policy. (a) Meeting #171 - Dec. 2010
• Motion to urge instructors of letter-graded, undergraduate courses to publicize UAF regulations with regard to the grade of "C" and below. (a) Meeting #171 - Dec. 2010
• Motion to amend the math placement test expiration to one year. (a) Meeting #172 - Feb. 2011
• Motion to revise the 2010-11 UAF Catalog (page 201) regarding Graduate degree grades and grade point average. (a) Meeting #172 - Feb. 2011
• Motion to consider students transferring to UAF with an Associate of Science (AS) or Associate of Arts (AA) degree from a regionally accredited institution as having satisfied the 100 and 200 level of UAF General Education (Core) requirements. (a) Meeting #172 - Feb. 2011
• Motion to revise the policy for readmission of academically disqualified students. (a) Meeting #172 - Feb. 2011
• Motion to allow a foreign language test exemption and Core credit waiver for qualifying foreign students entering UAF via a formal transfer or articulation agreement. (a) Meeting #173 - Mar. 2011
• Motion to approve the A.A.S. in Paramedicine (a) Meeting #174 - Apr. 2011
• Motion to require the Faculty Senate curriculum committees to review requests to compress existing courses to formats of less than six weeks; and new course requests must specify any course compression formats intended for delivery. (a) Meeting #175 - May 2011
• Motion to require enforcement of core assessment compliance across course delivery methods. (a) Meeting #175 - May 2011
• Motion to approve objectives and student learning outcomes for the purpose of developing the next general education curriculum and assessment system for students seeking BA, BS, AA, and AS degrees. (a) Meeting #175 - May 2011
• Motion to amend the academic dismissal policy for graduate students. (a) Meeting #175 - May 2011