AAN MINUTES April 10, 2014

I. ANNOUNCEMENTS  Dewey Knight says there will be a new course entitled EDHE 305 for transfer students. - “Transfer Student Experience” will be a 3 hr. credit. - 7 sections - 1 section will be for a LuckyDay hybrid online class  Dr. Alice Myatt discussed the new minor entitled Professional Writing. - Created in response to students’ request - Goes beyond required writing courses - Pre-requisites: WRIT 100 or WRIT 101, WRIT 102 or LIBA 102, WRIT 250, WRIT 310, WRIT 350, and WRIT 410

II. FRANK & TERRY A. Degree Audit o UM Degree Audit was implemented in 2008 o System was cumbersome and functionality was inadequate o Recently enhanced in 2011 in order to make it more user-friendly o Custom interface was added in 2013, which included the option of a report that showed “Degree Progress” o The most recent change occurred this year (2014) with the addition of “Degree Completion Percentage.” o The site has had 65,000 hits (20,000 employees and 45,000 students) o Projected uses for Degree Audit: new gateway to graduation and administrative reporting for tracking satisfactory o Should be able to be used to track degree progress and graduation stats. o Should be used for non-academic reporting for the use of various departments/office on campus. o While students can change to other catalogues/majors, this change is unofficial. In order to officially change, it must be changed for them. -How to Change Catalogues: 1. “New Overview” tab 2. Find Major/Minor, Catalogue o Color codes include green highlighted courses as courses that have been completed, and courses that are highlighted in white as unfinished courses. o “Academic Work” tab includes earned hours, can be used as unofficial transcript o Will show “Forgiveness” in “Academic Work,” but not on degree audit.