Agenda Package: Committee on Academic Policy & Programs - May 6, 2020

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AGENDA

1. Chair’s Welcome
    
2. Reports of the Administrative Assessors
    
3. Amendment to University Assessment and Grading Practices Policy (for approval)*
   
   Be it Recommended
   
   THAT the proposed amendment to the University Assessment and Grading Practices Policy, be approved, with the retroactive effective date of January 1, 2020.
   
    
4. Follow-Up report on Reviews (for information)*
    
   1. Edward S. Rogers St. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering)
   2. Cinema Studies Institute (Faculty of Arts and Science) 
   3. The David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (formerly the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics), the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) and the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics (Faculty of Arts and Science)
      
       
5. Semi-Annual Report on the reviews of Academic Units and Programs (for information)*

CONSENT AGENDA
 

6. Proposal for Modification to Degree Requirements Concerning 100-series and Higher-series Courses in the HBA, HBSc and BCom, Faculty of Arts and Science  (for approval)*
   
   Be it Resolved
   
   THAT the proposed degree regulation change, as described in the proposal from the Faculty of Arts and Science dated April 14, 2020, be approved effective September 1, 2020. 
   
    
7. Proposal for Modification to Degree Requirements Concerning 100-series and Higher-series Courses in the HBA, HBSc, BCom and BBA, University of Toronto Mississauga (for approval)*
   
   Be it Resolved
   
   THAT the proposed degree regulation change, as described in the proposal from the University of Toronto Mississauga dated April 28, 2020, be approved effective September 1, 2020.
   
    
8. Proposal to make changes to the assessment of the 12.0 distinct credits rule and to clarify existing degree requirements, University of Toronto Scarborough (for approval)*
   
   Be it Resolved
   
   THAT the proposed degree regulation change, as described in the proposal from the University of Toronto Scarborough dated April 13, 2020, be approved effective September 1, 2020. 
   
    
9. Ontario Co-operative Education Tax Credit: Approved List of Programs, 2020-21 (for approval)*
   
   Be it Resolved 
   
   THAT the 2020-2021 List of University of Toronto Programs Eligible for the Ontario Co-operative Education Tax Credit, dated May 6, 2020, be approved.
   
    
10. Major Modification Report, 2019-20 (for information)*
    
     
11. Annual for-Credit and Not-for-Credit Certificate Report, 2020-21 (for information)*
    
     
12. Report on Collaborative Specialization Reviews (for information)*
    
     
13. Report of the Previous Meeting: Report 202 – March 31, 2020 (for approval)*
    
     
14. Business Arising from the Report of the Previous Meeting
    
     
15. Date of Next Meeting – September 16, 2020 at 4:10 p.m.
    
     
16. Other Business

* Documentation is attached.
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       member so requests. Members with questions or who would like the consent item to be discussed by the Governing Council are
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       or by email at david.walders@utoronto.ca