UNFINISHED BUSINESS

The chairman stated that at the June meeting of the Assembly the motion by Mr. Richard Hill was under consideration when the Assembly voted to postpone further consideration until the November Meeting. He asked for unanimous consent to recognize   Mr. Robert Berdahl to Present a revised version of the motion. There bc T no objection, Mr. Berdahl was recognized. After stating that he had reached agreement with Mr. Hill on the wording of the motion he was about to present, he presented the following motion: "That the requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree in the University be specified as follows: B.5.--36 credit hours of Science or 36 credit hours of Social Science, and proficiency in mathematics. The mathematics requirement for the B.S. degree may be met in one of the following ways:

i) Satisfactory completion of an examination administered by the Mathematics Department, showing mathematical competency equivalent to that attained at the end of one year of college level mathematics. "
ii) Satisfactory completion of three of the following courses in the departments of Mathematics and/or Computer and Information Science: Math 101, 102, 115 (does NOT count toward the requirement for students who take 101 and 102), 150, iS,, 152, 153, 156, 157, 190,191, 192, 201, 202, 203, 207, 203, 209, 231, 232, 233; Computer Science 133, 201, 202, 203. Students majoring in Elementary Education may count Math 121, 122, 123 toward the requirement also.

Following a second, Mr. Berdahl Spoke to the motion, followed by Mr. Richard Littman who stated that the Senate had no substantive report to make on this motion. After a brief discussion the motion was put to a vote and carried.

Degree Requirements. Mr. Robert Berdahl stated that at the next meeting of the Assembly he would present the following motion:

• 1. That students in the rrofessional schools and colleges be required to take 12 courses, three in each of the three groups, and three additional group satisfying courses; and that 6 of the 12 courses are to comprise two clusters of three or more related one term courses outside the major.
• 2. That students in the College of Arts and Sciences be required to take 1¡ courses, six in each of the three grOUpS; and that 9 of the 18 courses are to comprise three clusters of three or more related one term courses outside the major.

"Work undertaken on a pass/no-pass basis will not be used in determining the satisfactory level of academic performance unless a student receives more than 15 credit hours marked N. All N grades beyond 15 credit hours (total hoUrs N minUs 15) are to be treated as credit hoUrs graded F and compUted as sUch in the G.P.A."

Teacher Education Committee. Mr. John Sherwood stated that he would offer the following motion at the next meeting of the Assembly: t

1. The Teacher Education Committee, like most other faculty committees, is advisory to the Assembly. All major policy decisions, including the imposition of special requirements, must be referred to the Assembly for approval.
2. The Committee on Committees is directed to make sure that a majority of the Teacher Education Committee will always be drawn from areas other than the College of Education."

Ersted Awards. Mr. Ronald Rousseve stated that he would present the following motion at the next meeting of the Assembly: I shall move that an ad hoc committee of the University Senate be formed as soon as practicable to recommend alternative procedures for nominating and selecting recipients of the annual Ersted Awards for Distinguished Teaching. These alternative procedures shall assure appropriate balance, over time, across all major instructional components of the University.

"Should situational constraints prevent the University Assembly from adopting revised procedUres in time to affect the character of the 1980 Ersted Awards selection process, then implementation of the new procedures shall begin with the 1981 awards.

COURSE Evaluations. Mr. Jess Earton stated that he would present the following motion at the next meeting of the Assembly: Be it resolved that: The faculty recommends to the University President that there shall be made available by each department, school and college at this University, the results of the evaluations made of each course at the end of each term for the past two years. These results shall be made available for the scrutiny of individual students at each respective department, college or school office, and at a central location convenient to students. The faculty recognizes that inexpert use of these materials may endanger the academic programs of the students, and recommends that a warning be posted on each file reminding users that the data therin may be affected by such factors as size of class and numbers of respondents. The faculty further recommends that publication of evaluations data shall require individual instructor's written consent. The faculty., further recommends that each instructor who consents to publication of his/her course evaluations be given the option of:

• "(a) releasing for publication all of his/her course evaluations mentioned above;
• "(b) releasing for publication certain selected course evaluations mentioned above;
• "(c) releasing for publication no course evaluations.

Adjournment. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1615. Marshall D. Wattles, Secretary of the Faculty.