Agenda Package: UTSC Academic Affairs Committee - March 25, 2020

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Virtual Meeting Room

AGENDA

OPEN SESSION

  1. Chair’s Remarks
  2. Strategic Plan: Inspiring Inclusive Excellence: A Strategic Vision for the University of Toronto Scarborough (For Concurrence)*

Be It Recommended,

THAT the Academic Affairs Committee concur with the prospective recommendation of the Campus Affairs Committee,

THAT subject to confirmation by the Executive Committee,

THAT, Inspiring Inclusive Excellence: A Strategic Vision for the University of Toronto Scarborough (2020-2025), submitted by the Vice-President and Principal, Professor Wisdom Tettey, be approved in principle.

  1. Major Modification - New Double Degree: UTSC, Honours Bachelor of Arts, Specialist program in English / UTSC, Honours Bachelor of Science, Specialist program in Psychology (For Approval)*

Be It Resolved,

THAT the major modification to introduce a new Double Degree: UTSC, Honours Bachelor of Arts, Specialist program in English / UTSC, Honours Bachelor of Science, Specialist program in Psychology, as described in the proposal dated March 3, 2020 and recommended by the Vice-Principal Academic and Dean, Professor William Gough, be approved to be effective as of Fall 2020 for the 2020-21 academic year.

  1. Undergraduate Curricular Minor Modifications - Sciences (For Approval) *

Be It Resolved,

THAT the minor modifications to undergraduate programs, submitted by UTSC undergraduate Sciences academic units, as described in Undergraduate Minor Curriculum Modifications for Approval, Report: Psychology, dated March 25, 2020, and recommended by the Vice-Principal Academic and Dean, Professor William Gough, be approved to be effective as of Fall 2020 for the academic year 2020-21.

  1. Undergraduate Curricular Minor Modifications - Humanities (For Approval) *

Be It Resolved,

THAT the minor modifications to undergraduate programs, submitted by UTSC undergraduate Humanities academic units, as described in Undergraduate Minor Curriculum Modifications for Approval, Report: Arts, Culture, and Media dated March 25, 2020, and recommended by the Vice-Principal Academic and Dean, Professor William Gough, be approved to be effective as of Fall 2020 for the academic year 2020-21.

  1. Undergraduate Curricular Minor Modifications - Management (For Approval) *

Be It Resolved,

THAT the minor modifications to undergraduate programs, submitted by UTSC undergraduate Department of Management, as described in Undergraduate Minor Curriculum Modifications for Approval, Report: Management, dated March 25, 2020, and recommended by the Vice-Principal Academic and Dean, Professor William Gough, be approved to be effective as of Fall 2020 for the academic year 2020-21.

  1. Undergraduate Curricular Minor Modifications - Out-of-cycle new courses for Summer 2020 (For Approval) *

Be It Resolved,

THAT the minor modifications to undergraduate programs, submitted by UTSC undergraduate academic units and co-op offices, as described in Undergraduate Minor Curriculum Modifications for Approval, Report: New Out-of-Cycle Summer 2020 Courses, dated March 25, 2020, and recommended by the Vice-Principal Academic and Dean, Professor William Gough, be approved to be effective as of Summer 2020 for the academic year 2019-20.

  1. Graduate Minor Curricular Modifications (Graduate Department of Psychological Clinical Science) (For Approval) *

Be It Resolved,

THAT the minor modifications submitted by UTSC Graduate Department of Psychological Clinical Science, as described in 2020-21 Curriculum Cycle: Graduate Minor Curriculum Modifications for Approval, Report 1 and Report 2, dated March 10, 2020, and recommended by the Vice-Principal Academic and Dean, Professor William Gough, be approved to be effective as of Fall 2020 for the academic year 2020-21.

  1. Graduate Minor Curricular Modifications (Graduate Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences) (For Approval)*

Be It Resolved,

THAT the minor modifications submitted by UTSC Graduate Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, as described in 2020-21 Curriculum Cycle: Graduate Minor Curriculum Modifications for Approval, Report 1 and Report 2, dated March 10, 2020, and recommended by the Vice-Principal Academic and Dean, Professor William Gough, be approved to be effective as of Fall 2020 for the academic year 2020-21.

  1. Annual Report: Office of the Vice-Principal, Research, UTSC (For Information) *
  2. Undergraduate Minor Modifications (For Information)*
  3. Report of the Presidential Assessors 
  4.  Report of the Previous Meeting: Report Number 42 - Monday, February 10, 2020  (For Approval)*
  5. Business Arising from the Report of the Previous Meeting
  6. Date of Next Meeting - Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 4:10 p.m.
  7. Other Business

*      Documentation is attached.

**    Documentation for consent item included. This item will be given individual consideration by the Committee only if a member so requests.  Members with questions or who would like the consent item to be discussed by the Committee are invited to notify the Secretary, Emma Thacker, at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting by telephone at 416-287-5639 or by email at em.thacker@utoronto.ca

***  Documentation is to follow

+      Confidential documentation is attached for members only.