CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS 10/26/66 Educational Standards Comm. notice sent to academic advisors concerning graduation requirements. 2/17/68 Approved "Proposal for Changing Subject Matter Requirements for Graduation" 7/10/68 "Proposal for Changing Subject Matter Requirements for Graduation", 2/17/68, revised. 11/6/68 One-year application of General Education courses to all-University requirements approved. 12/3/69 Approved change in last three items in Group II: Art Appreciation or History Music Appreciation or History Theatre Appreciation or History. 4/8/70 Beginning with first quarter freshmen in Fall 1970, University requirements for minimum hours shall be 183 quarter hours if required to take physical education, & 180 quarter hours if not required to take physical education. Those students continuing in Fall 1970 shall meet minimum requirement of 180 quarter hours if not required to take physical education, & 183 quarter hours if required to take physical education. 4/8/70 Proposal for abolishing physical education requirement tabled. 6/12/70 Physical education requirements revised. 3/3/71 University requirements in Black Studies and courses dealing with urban and social problems of contemporary society (Group IV) approved. 6/2/71 Approved 4 amendments to Black Studies program as Group IV requirements 1/5/72 Engineering & Environmental Science added to Group III subject list. 4/5/72 Group II subject areas change approved. 6/7/72 UCC to study question of physical education requirements and report back to FC. 12/13/72 General Education Program discontinued. Academic departments are to continue designating certain courses as General Education courses to fulfill needs of non-majors to satisfy group requirements for graduation. 3/28/73 UCC granted authority to approve alternative means of fulfilling University requirements when alternative is accepted as equivalent to University requirement by department whose courses are normally required to fulfill the distribution requirement. 3/28/73 Approved proposal pertaining to transfer students and CSU students whose education has been voluntarily interrupted four or more quarters along with a motion that there be a blanket statement in bulletin covering all requiremnts to effect that exceptions are by petition referred to Admissions & Standards Comm. only. 5/16/73 Admissions & Standards Comm. presented wording of new catalog statement dealing with how exceptions to University, college and department requirements are made. 5/16/73 Moved that it be considered sense of the meeting that leisure time activity courses be included with P.E.courses as part of Group V requirements. 1/9/74 Tabled motion exempting certain transfer students from English I & II requirements. 2/13/74 Revised Group IV requirements for transfer students, and exempted certain transfer students from English I & II requirements revised. 3/6/74 Proposal to eliminate physical education requirement defeated. 11/12/75 UCC will study the initial criteria set forth for Group IV courses and ways in which courses meet these criteria. 1/7/76 Physical education requirements (swimming) changes approved. 6/1/77 Eliminated Physical Education exemptions for athletes, veterans, and physically disabled starting Fall 1977. 3/1/78 UCC proposal to review Group IV individually approved. 3/7/79 New wording for Group IV requirements approved. 12/5/79 UCC's Group IV courses listing received. 3/5/80 Communications and Urban Studies courses classified as Group I. 12/3/80 Clarified physical education requirements. 5/4/83 Deadline for completion of Freshman English requirement approved. 5/4/83 Appointment of ad hoc committee to review University curricular requirements approved. 5/4/83 Physical education exemption for veterans approved. 2/8/84 Proposed bulletin statement revision regarding Freshman English requirement as it applies to transfer students referred back to ASC. 3/7/84 Approved that transfer students not having fulfilled Freshman English requirement by coursework taken elsewhere, successfully complete ENG 102. 4/4/84 FST 370, Social Science Seminar, approved as new Group IV course. 5/29/85 Report and corrections on the recommendations of the ad hoc Committee on General Curriculum requirements approved. 6/5/85 Residence requirement for graduation revised. 1/14/87 Progress report from the Curriculum Committee's Subcommittee on General Curricular Requirements received. 12/9/87 Tabled discussion on General University Requirements. 1/13/88 Progress report on "Proposal for Revision of General University Requirements. 6/8/88 Deferred proposal to revise University curricular requirements. 10/12/88 President Flower's remarks referred to UCC; to report back on at the next meeting. 10/12/88 University curricular requirements revision proposal referred back to UCC. 12/14/88 FC Consultation Procedures received as an informational item. 2/8/89 President Flower presented his arguments favoring the adoption of the "modified core curriculum". 3/8/89 UCC progress report on curricular revision: UCC directed to carry out strategy proposed in Phases 1-3. 4/12/89 4/19/89 1. Approved not making the "Senior Problems" course a requirement 2. Approved not implementing a computer literacy requirement 3. Returned to UCC a recommendation to require a grade of at least "C" in both ENG 101 and ENG 102. 4. Returned to UCC a recommendation on "writing courses". 5. Recommendation No.5 - informational 5/10/89 ASC withdrew A&S proposal for satisfactory completion of freshman English requirement. 5/10/89 Received UCC's Phase One Report on Basic University Curricular Requirements. 6/7/89 Approved A&S ENG 101 & ENG 102 Policy: A&S students must pass both courses, earning at least a "C" or better in ENG 102. 6/7/89 Conditional approval to certain features of the Phase One Report on Basic University Curricular Requirements. 11/8/89 Approved that UCC consider the question of requiring proficiency tests in several fundamental areas and report back on appropriate ways for implementation. 11/8/89 Approved dropping the "Applications of knowledge to current problems" from the proposed curricular requirements. 12/13/89 UCC report and recommendations considering curriculum revision: GROUP 2 - Fundamental Areas approved as amended: a. include "American Culture and Civilization"as no. 3. b. Task Force requested to explore possibility of utilizing proficiency tests in Group 2. GROUP 1 - Writing Requirement Approved that there should be no fixed requirements of 4000 words. Approval of Group 1 tabled until January meeting. Group 3 - Continuity approved as amended. Approved creating a working group for Group 3 courses with a charge similar to those for Groups 1, 2, and 4. Group 4 - Physical Education No action taken on motion that P.E. not be required due to a lack of a quorum. 1/10/90 Severed Group 1 curriculum revision recommendations for voting: Recommendation 1 - disapproved the writing requirement. Recommendation 2 - proficiency tests motion approved. Recommendation 3 - approved revised motion. Physical Education Requirement Original recommendation defeated; approved replacing Phys. Ed. requirement with a 3-credit wellness-fitness course. Group 4 requirements - approved with revised language. 5/9/90 Phase Two Report on the Basic Currircular Requirements Revision: American Culture - Section A1 included in the definition and A2-A6 combined with the word "must" changed to "should" 6/13/90 Approved: English 101-102 requirement Writing requirement American Culture & Civilization requirement Western Culture & Civilization requirement Nonwestern Culture & Civilization requirement Humanities requirement Social Science requirement Mathematics & Logic requirement Laboratory Science requirement (as amended) Continuity requirement Wellness/Fitness requirement Overall Implementation Plan and Timetable approved as amended. 2/12/92 Amended motion that the new University Curriculum will apply to entering freshmen starting with Fall 1992 approved. 4/8/92 Graduation requirements amended to enable students to take one of three required Continuity Sequences in their major area. 5/27/92 Postponed implementing new general education requirements for entering freshmen until Winter quarter 1993. 6/9/93 Amended and approved new procedure for implementing Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) course requirements. 6/8/96 Approved Curriculum Comm.'s recommendations on University curriculum Requirements and Semester Coversion. 3/12/97 Approved revisions in General Education Requirements. 5/27/98 Curriculum Comm.'s report on freshman orientation experience received. Recommendations amended and approved: 1. Freshman Orientation Program to be continued as part of the GenEd under semesters for a 4 yr experimental period with a comprehensive report of the outcomes after 3 yr. 2. Freshman Orientation Advisory Comm. will continue to develop and oversee the Freshman Orientation course. 3. Dean of Student Studies will present an evaluation and assessment plan to guide the collection of data to UCC. 4. Development of Freshman Orientation curriculum to focus on information literacy and acquisition of intellective skills. 5. Freshman Orientation Advisory Comm. & Curriculum Comm. should address a. replacement of S/U grading with letter grades b. expand mandatory requirement to include part-time students c. implementation of exemption process. 11/8/2000 Approved not applying foreign language requirement to post-baccalaurate students. 5/8/02 "Writing Across the Curriculum " criteria revised. 11/10/04 (Report No. 4) Approved that the University Curriculum Committee create a task force on the General Education Requirement 4/18/07 (Report No. 26) General Education requirements revised. 9/17/07 (Report No. 2) Approved increasing credit hours required for BBA. 11/7/07 (Report No. 4) General Education requirement revised to include at least one "Writing Across the Curriculum" course be and English-language course (not necessarily and English course) 5/6/09 (Report No. 32) First Year Writing Sequence redesign approved. 12/5/12 (Report No. 37) Approved 120 hour standard for degree completion. Approved adopting a three credit hour standard for General Education courses. 2/6/13 (Report No. 49) By a 35-4 vote FS supported UCC's recommendation not to endorse the standardization of the majority of undergraduate courses to three-cerdit hours 5/3/13 (Report N0. 64) Resolution of no confidence in University Administration over actions taken concerning the 4 to 3 credit hour reduction process. 2/6/19 (Report No. 34) Approved revised Capstone Criteria to allign with the way in which the capstone requirement is described in the report eatablishing the current General Education Plan (Gen Ed 08) 12/2/20 (Report No. 34) Temporary General Education Status Guidelines updated