Letters and Science Academic Planning Council on 12/20/2022

Letters and Science Academic Planning Council on 12/20/2022 at 01:00

Meeting will take place at:
Zoom: Meeting ID: 997 7305 3716 Passcode: 140800

1. Announcements/Information

2. Consent Agenda
a. Approval of notes – December 6, 2022
b. Honors in the Liberal Arts, BLA Landscape Architecture
c. Requests for comment, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
i. Program name change: from PhD/MS “Nutritional Sciences” to “Nutrition and Metabolism.”
ii. Department Restructuring: Create new Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences (from current Agronomy Department and the Horticulture Department)
d. Completion of prior APC-approved action:
Discontinuation MFS 452L&S: French Studies
Discontinuation UNCS451: Capstone Certificate of French Studies for Teachers

3. Approval Items:
a. Request for authorization to implement a new undergraduate major, Chican@/Latin@ Studies
b. Request to change program home, undergraduate certificate, Material Culture Studies
c. Request for authorization to implement a new undergraduate certificate, Languages and Cultures of Northern Europe
d. ILS as “Department-like Body,” supporting documents in Box:
Memo – request for ILS to serve as a tenure home
Attachments: ILS Affiliate Faculty List, ILS annual activities report, ILS Governance, ILS Post Tenure Review Policy, ILS Procedures and Criteria Governing Mentorship, Review, and Promotion of Probationary Faculty, ILS Procedures and Criteria Governing Promotion to Full Professor, Guest speaker: Grant Nelsestuen, Professor (CANES) and Chair, Integrated Liberal Studies (ILS)

Discussion:
4. Consultations of the Dean: Policy on Credit-Bearing Certificates (please send comment to Assoc Dean Elaine Klein)

Open to the public