Received (UL = 9, $808 -++aq FACULTY SENATE fembers of the Committee: Ex-officio: erce Dr. Donald Bailey, Dean of the General College Dr. Blmer Meyer, Vice Chancellor for Student Life Mrs. Myra Cain, Representative of the Vice Chance Dr. Janes LeRoy Smith, Chairman of the Facul ty Senate Facul ty: Dr. Margaret Capen, 9 1 ‘ lk ale] or x of H, \ of Business (vice chair) 1 Science Department (chaiz ») ° Herb Carlton, Politi (secret ary) Hobert Christian, Biology Department Charles Garrison, Department of Sociology/Anthropol Ted Gartman, School of Allie * Health menele Neal, Geology Departm egory Ross, Philosophy Depa wrtment Stude nite : Miss Jennifer Jendrasiak, Student Goverment Asso mittee Meeting Daves 1 Pe culty } Members Absent: August 21, 1 . er 3 November 14, January 16, 1 February 20, March 20, 19 17, 1985 Those Found in the ’ Faculty Chairman Jim Smith's ee or of the change~of ~maj paragraph VII-B below a) A Brief Statement of C asthe Organization, Subcommittees, Other Than the F: aes: ‘Banata At its November 14 esti! the committee compiled a thirteen iter Ne dd. matters which might be considered. At its aap oie. ers meeti Ng were ass these items were discarded while pri ority item rather than to subcommittees, for more detailed members ’ April mé ee ngs During the committee's February » March, and were presented, discussed, end Ac cted upon. (See attached See also paragraph VII below.) Vi -) a Sar’ 5 Ma tis TO aie List of Committ fine Le on +} Uther inan tne An investigation lit hours but i academic le the decided 1 tha a aculty Chain Generel th nde rgrad Acti Wl 2 concurr ing with th soneluded that various profe first be given an opportunity to compose as to their respective entrance requirements an Saag: peduein recor eg as to a student's € suggestion is ev i par di rds/co ont tions/ information be made a pz he ECU U dergraduate Manual, dali i } the spring 19 project SOR” same prior * Re | anit ormat sg ers pec an orient purpose of Vice Chancellor Meyer's suggestic ulley's staff p selected Student L sta ff memt Center, Orien jon and Judiciary) an in te nity to a training session regarding their duties. tion: Vice Chancellor Meyer is negotiating the budget Chancellors Volpe and Moore in where n r the fi ane social session. The committee finc reat merit in 74 1p cna 52 Onis ving the quality of advising and hopes this will become are gener We believ the mathematics and | financially faantaek. We were néver enacted, This year's largely editorial changes, Aetion: Six recommendations regarding the General Education were approved at our April 17 meeting. We request that each be considered on its individual merits rather than being package to be collectively approved or disapproved. Reco being forwarded to the Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committe three which are a bit more than editorial involve the various mentee on that committee. 1. A change in the statement. of the Science requirements. Science, Humanities, and Fine arts a acta e must agi ae requirements outside their major fields of fade listed in such a manner that this same stipul students except those majoring in the Sci programs cognate other Sciencé disciplines recommend that the following statement be meet the requirements outside be pies Eig fields statement used in the Social Sciences and Humanitie Pad 4A change in the status of Broadcasti now separated from Speech courses With the new Communications degree being that Broadcasting should be given the s Journalism is, understandably, not listed We recomment thet Broadcasting (BCST) not be within the General Education curriculum. A change in the credit hours required in the 5 transition from quarter system to semester sys credits were set at 13 semester hours, We find We total in that the thirteenth hour, in eat requires students to take an additional subject. We regard 12 credit hours (four courses) as a more logical and equitable figure and recommend a reduction in the Social Sciences requirement to that number, An editorial change. Ourrently, the General Education requireme sting concludes with the following statement: "Certain inter tiscipli courses may be used to satisfy certain general education requ‘ _rements. . recommend the following as its replacement: Wee The Honors Program, ages 79-80, and Area Studies, International, and Interdisci iplinary telly pages 62- 2-89, for additional Genera 1 College course offerings." (Page numbers refer to the 1984-86 Catalogue.) We suggest that this statement be indicated as a footnote for three General Education headi Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities and Fine Arts. An editorial change. currently appears per: to footnote status: courses in translatio iowing 4 Arts An editorial change We suggest that the the statement of the ematics requirement She statement. As all .six modifi ucation requirement ae es wid uld appear in i ‘Tut re in a man imilar to the attached version. and/or Business t and VII-B above, the COTES ees members were not given an-opportunity to ex} Bis: one nome me academic for Improving the Effectiveness of the Committée: . above, members were not given an opportunity, for il responsibility for the committee's slow start dur Terie misses the organizationel meeting in Aug in the registration process at that hour, he was not aware Meedad: into the chairmanship until early October. d like for anyone reviewing this annual 1e committee to Vice Chancellor Volpe o 3ailey and his fine staff for a job well do submitted,