GFC ACADEMIC STANDARDS COMMITTEE MOTION AND FINAL DOCUMENT SUMMARY The following Motions and Documents were considered by the GFC Academic Standards Committee at its Thursday, May 21, 2020 meeting: Agenda Title: Items Deemed Minor/Editorial A. Transfer Credit Approvals and Denials for May 2020, Office of the Registrar CARRIED MOTION: THAT the GFC Academic Standards Committee approve, with delegated authority from General Faculties Council, the transfer credit approvals and denials for May 2020, as set forth in Attachment A. B. Transfer Credit Updates for CMPUT Courses, Office of the Registrar CARRIED MOTION: THAT the GFC Academic Standards Committee approve, with delegated authority from General Faculties Council, the transfer credit updates for CMPUT courses, as set forth in Attachment B. C. Block Transfer Credit Updates for NAIT Programs, Office of the Registrar CARRIED MOTION: THAT the GFC Academic Standards Committee approve, with delegated authority from General Faculties Council, Block Transfer Credit Updates for NAIT Programs, as set forth in Attachment C. FINAL Item 4 Agenda Title: Proposed Changes to Existing Entrance Requirements and Academic Standing Regulations for Graduate Programs in Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, and Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research CARRIED MOTION: THAT the GFC Academic Standards Committee approve, with delegated authority from General Faculties Council, the proposed changes to existing entrance requirements and academic standing regulations for the MA and PhD programs in the Department of Philosophy, as submitted by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research and the Faculty of Arts, and as set forth in Attachment 1, to take effect upon approval and to be published in the 2021-2022 Calendar. FINAL Item 5 Agenda Title: Proposed Changes to Existing Entrance Requirements and Academic Standing Regulations for Graduate Programs in Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, Faculty Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, and Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research CARRIED MOTION: THAT the GFC Academic Standards Committee approve, with delegated authority from General Faculties Council, the proposed changes to existing entrance requirements and academic standing regulations for the MAg, MSc, and PhD programs in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, as submitted by the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research and the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, and as set forth in Attachment 1, as amended, to take effect upon approval and to be published in GFC Academic Standards Committee 05-21-2020 Page 2 the 2021-2022 Calendar. FINAL Item 6 Agenda Title: Proposed Suspension of the Sport Coaching Major in the Bachelor of Kinesiology Program, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation CARRIED MOTION: THAT the GFC Academic Standards Committee recommend that the Board of Governors approve the suspension of admissions to the Bachelor of Kinesiology Sport Coaching major, as submitted by the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation and as set forth in Attachment 1, to take effect July 1, 2021. FINAL Item 7 Click here to enter text. U:\GO05 General Faculties Council - Committees\ACS\19-20\MY-21\Action\Motion And Final Document Summary_ASC-20-MY21 (1).Docx GFC ACADEMIC STANDARDS COMMITTEE For the Meeting of May 21, 2020 FINAL Item No. 4 Governance Executive Summary Action Item Agenda Title Items Deemed Minor/Editorial 4A. Transfer Credit Approvals and Denials for May 2020, Office of the Registrar 4B. Transfer Credit Updates for CMPUT Courses, Office of the Registrar 4C. Block Transfer Credit Updates for NAIT Programs, Office of the Registrar Item Action Requested ☒ Approval ☐ Recommendation Proposed by Melissa Padfield, Vice-Provost and Registrar Presenter(s) Tammy Hopper, Vice-Provost (Programs) and Chair, GFC Academic Standards Committee Details Responsibility Provost and Vice-President (Academic) The Purpose of the Proposal is See individual item for detail on proposed changes submitted by (please be specific) Faculties and the Office of the Registrar. Executive Summary The Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) has determined (outline the specific item – and that the proposed changes are editorial in nature. remember your audience) ASC’s Terms of Reference provide that “‘Routine and/or Editorial’ - refers to proposals which do not involve or affect other Faculties or units and do not form part of a proposal for a new program. Editorial or routine changes include any and all changes to the wording of faculty or program specific admissions or academic standing regulations.” Supplementary Notes and <This section is for use by University Governance only to outline context governance process.> Engagement and Routing (Include meeting dates) Those who are actively participating: Consultation and Stakeholder • Vice-Provost (Programs) and Chair, GFC Academic Standards Participation Committee (parties who have seen the • Faculty Councils proposal and in what capacity) • Representatives of the Office of the Registrar <For information on the Those who have been consulted: protocol see the Governance • Resources section Student Participation Protocol> Those who have been informed: • GFC ACADEMIC STANDARDS COMMITTEE For the Meeting of May 21, 2020 Item No. 4 Approval Route (Governance) • See individual item for Faculty approval information (including meeting dates) • GFC ASC May 21, 2020 Strategic Alignment Alignment with For the Public Please note the Institutional Strategic Plan objective(s)/strategies the Good proposal supports. Alignment with Institutional Please note below the specific institutional risk(s) this proposal is Risk Indicator addressing. ☒ Enrolment Management ☐ Relationship with Stakeholders ☐ Faculty and Staff ☐ Reputation ☐ Funding and Resource Management ☐ Research Enterprise ☐ IT Services, Software and Hardware ☐ Safety ☐ Leadership and Change ☒ Student Success ☐ Physical Infrastructure Legislative Compliance and Post-Secondary Learning Act (PSLA) jurisdiction UAPPOL Admissions Policy GFC Academic Standards Committee (ASC) Terms of Reference 1. A - 2020-05-Approvals and Denials 2. B - CMPUT Updates_Athabasca_GMU_MRU_ May 4, 2020 3. C - Block Transfer Agreement NAIT and Faculty of Education Prepared by: Heather Richholt, Assistant Secretary to GFC, [email protected] UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA: OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR Proposals Recommended for APPROVAL of Transfer Credit at the Academic Standards Committee Meeting on May 21, 2020 Sending Institution Sending Institution Courses UofA Courses Transfer Agreement Footnotes Norquest College PSYC 2010 (3) PSYCO 223 (3) CHEM 1002 (3) CHEM 102 (3) AUCHE 112 (3) EASC 1002 (3) EAS 100 (3) AUENV 1XX (3) Science INST 1152 (3) NS 1XX (3) AULNG 1XX (3) STAT 1151 (3) STAT 151 (3) AUSTA 153 (3) BIOL 1008 (3) BIOL 108 (3) Yukon College ENGL 205 (3) ENGL 2XX (3) ENGL 101 (3) ENGL 1XX (3) AUENG 102 (3) ENGL 100 (3) WRS 102 (3) College of the Rockies FA 101 (3) HADVC 1XX (3) ANTH 120 (3) AUIDS 1XX (3) ANTH 250 (3) AUIDS 2XX (3) FNST 205 (3) NS 2XX (3) AUIND 2XX (3) HIST 201 (3) AUHIS 260 (3) Page 1 of 2 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA: OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR Proposals Recommended for APPROVAL of Transfer Credit at the Academic Standards Committee Meeting on May 21, 2020 CRIM 210/SOCI 211 (3) AUCRI 200 (3) PSYC 207 (3) AUPSY 240 (3) King's University PSYC 396 (3)/KINS 396 PSYCO 2XX (3) Arts (3) PSYC 385 (3)/KINS 395 INT D 241 (3) (3) ENGL 390 (3) WRITE 2XX (3) AUENG 215 (3) Grande Prairie Regional PH 3000 (3) PHIL 272 (3) AUPHI 277 (3) AN 2920 (3) ANTHR 2XX (3) AUIDS 2XX (3) AN 3000 (3) ANTHR 2XX (3) AUIDS 2XX (3) St Mary's University EDLD 551 (3) EDPS 4XX (3) EDLD 552 (3) EDPS 4XX (3) Burman University EDCI 319 (3) EDEL 3XX (3) EDCI 403 (3) EDPY 301 (3) EDCI 456 (3) EDSE 4XX (3) Athabasca University MATH 315 (3) STAT 252 (3) AUSTA 213 (3) Page 2 of 2 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA: OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR Summary of Transfer Credit Proposals DENIED Circulated for Information Only at the Academic Standards Committee Meeting on May 21, 2020 Proposal ID # and Sending Sending Institution U of A Course Reason for Denial Institution Course Requested Lakeland College ASL 101 (3) ASL 111 (3) ASL 101 at LLC has 45 hours of instruction, in comparison to our 63+ hours of instruction. Additionally, under the ASL 101 evaluation proceedures, three "Progress Check" items, each worth of 30%, causes a concern for the standards of evaluation. Page 1 Athabasca University PeopleSoft Current ACAT AU Courses (UofA System) 2019-2020 Please Update COMP 200 CMPUT 2XX CMPUT 2XX SCOPT 1XX COMP 206 SCOPT 1XX Remove listing for Faculty of Science (other Faculties may have equivalents COMP 210 CMPUT 1XX CMPUT 1XX but we will not) Change to No Credit (NC) in Faculty of COMP 214 CMPUT 2XX CMPUT 2XX Science Remove listing for Faculty of Science (other Faculties may have equivalents COMP 230 but we will not) Change to No Credit (NC) in Faculty of COMP 232 Science COMP 266 SCOPT 1XX COMP 268 CMPUT 1XX CMPUT 1XX CMPUT 174 COMP 272 CMPUT 1XX CMPUT 175 COMP 268 CMPUT 174 CMPUT 174 Remove listing only have individual COMP 272 CMPUT 175 CMPUT 175 course equivalents Remove listing for Faculty of Science (other Faculties may have equivalents COMP 282 but we will not) Remove listing for Faculty of Science (other Faculties may have equivalents COMP 283 but we will not) COMP 306 SCOPT 1XX COMP 308 CMPUT 2XX CMPUT 2XX COMP 314 CMPUT 379 CMPUT 379 CMPUT 379 COMP 318 CMPUT 2XX Change to No Credit (NC) in Faculty of COMP 325 Science COMP 347 CMPUT