COLLEGE FACULTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
March 14, 2008, 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
NEW LOCATION:  SIERRA ROOM, FACULTY CENTER
 

AGENDA

 

Action

Item Description

Attachment

1. Welcome

Chair of the Faculty

 

2. Approval

Agenda

 

3. Approval

a.  January 18, 2008 Minutes

b.  February 15, 2008 Minutes

 

To be distributed separately.

4. Report

Acting Dean of Physical Sciences Joseph Rudnick

 

5. Approval

Consent Calendar Note: Executive Committee members are free to request that any item on the Consent Calendar be removed for discussion, either before, or during the meeting.) (Please see http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog to view department/program curricular requirements Catalog Copy.)

 

  

 

 

5(1).

 

     a.

 

 

 

 

 

     b.

 

 

 

 

     c.

 

 

 

 

 

      d.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     e.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     f.

Items that terminate at FEC approval

 

Proposal from the Department of Art History Requesting Approval to Revise Curriculum Requirements for the Art History Major – Effective Date:  Spring 2008.

(See letter from Irene Bierman-McKinney dated
February 29, 2008.)

 

Proposal from the Department of Communication Studies Requesting Approval to Revise Curriculum Requirements for the Communication Studies Major – Effective Date:  Fall 2008.

(See memo from Paul Rosenthal dated February 23, 2008.)

 

Proposal from the Human Complex Systems Interdepartmental Program Requesting Approval to Update and Revise the Core Course and Elective Requirements for the Human Complex
Systems Minor – Effective Date: Fall 2008.

(See letter from Dwight Read dated February 20, 2008.)

 

Proposal from the Department of Sociology Requesting Approval
to Revise the Sociology Major:

  1. Add Two Additional Options to the Interactions Core Requirement;
  2. Remove the English Composition Writing Course Requirement.

– Effective Date:  Fall 2008.

 (See memo from David Lopez dated February 25, 2008.)

 

Proposal from the Institute of the Environment Requesting Approval to Revise the:

 

Environmental Systems and Society Minor

  1. Reflect renumbering of existing lower division course (Environment M10);
  2. Add 2 upper division courses (Environment M155, 160).

 

Environmental Science B.S.

Requirements for Environmental Systems and Society Minor within the Major

  1. Reflect renumbering of existing lower division course (Environment M10);
  2. Add 2 upper division courses (Environment M155, 160).

 

Requirements for the Major

  1. Add Environment 160 to the Environmental management requirement;
  2. Reflect creation of undergraduate concurrent components for existing graduate-level courses (Environmental Health Sciences C125, C152D, C164);
  3. Social Sciences/Humanities Requirements – Add Environment M155 to policy and politics requirement.

 

Requirements for Environmental Health Concentration within the Major

  1. Reflect creation of undergraduate concurrent components for existing graduate-level courses (Environmental Health Sciences C125, C135, C140, C152D, C157, C164).

Effective Date:  Fall 2008 (see memo from Tom Smith dated February 29, 2008).  (Submitted with Item 6.)

 

Approval for Proposed 2008-2009 College IDP Faculty Advisory Committees – Effective Date:  September 1, 2008.

(See Proposed 2008-09 College IDP Faculty Advisory Committees.)

 

5(2).

 

           g.

 

 

 

 

Items that terminate at UgC approval

 

Proposal from the General Education Governance Committee Recommending Courses to Satisfy General Education Requirements – Effective Date:  Spring 2008.

(See memo from Robert Gurval dated January 31, 2008.)

 

 

6. Action

Proposal from the Institute of the Environment Requesting Approval to Revise the Environmental Engineering Concentration within the Environmental Science Major (B.S.):

 

Environmental Science B.S.

Requirements for Environmental Engineering Concentration

  1. Remove Environmental Engineering Concentration;
  2. Replace Concentration with Environmental Engineering Minor (EE minor approved by UgC February 22, 2008);
  3. Reflect creation of undergraduate concurrent components for existing graduate-level courses (Environmental Health Sciences C125, C164).

Effective Date:  Fall 2008 (see memo from Tom Smith dated February 29, 2008).  (Submitted with Item 5(1).d.)

(Terminates with UgC)

 

 

7.  Discussion/ Action

Proposed UCLA College Response to Academic Senate Review of Admissions Policies for UCLA Professional Schools and Residency Programs and UCLA College Graduate Programs.

 

To be distributed separately.

 

8. Information

Information from the Chair

a.     Exit Meeting Report for the Department of Physics and Astronomy, February 6, 2008.  FEC Representative:  Tim Groseclose.

 

b.     Update on Budget & Strategic Plan Meetings with Deans

·    Humanities – Thursday, March 6th, 11:00 AM-Noon, 2300B Murphy Hall, Conference Room

·    Life Sciences – Thursday, March 14th, 9:30-11:00 AM, 2300B Murphy Hall, Conference Room

·    Physical Sciences – Monday, March 3rd, 4:00-5:00 PM, 2300B Murphy Hall, Conference Room

·     Social Sciences – Tuesday, March 4th, 3:00-4:00 PM,
2325 Murphy Hall

·    Undergraduate Education – Monday, March 3rd, 1:00-2:00 PM, 2300F Murphy Hall