Agenda Package: UTM Academic Affairs Committee - March 24, 2025

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AGENDA

OPEN SESSION
 

1. Chair’s Remarks
2. Establishment of an Extradepartmental Unit B (EDU:B) - Institute for Forensic Science (IFS), UTM* (for approval)
   
   Be it Recommended,
   
   THAT the proposal to establish the Extradepartmental Unit B (EDU:B) – Institute for Forensic Science (IFS), at the University of Toronto Mississauga, as described in the Proposal for the Establishment of an EDU:B, Institute for Forensic Science, UTM dated February 21, 2025, be approved, effective July 1, 2025.
3. Minor Modification: New Certificate in Politics, Law and Justice (Category 2), Department of Political Science, UTM* (for approval)
   
   Be It Resolved,
   
   THAT the proposed New Certificate in Politics, Law and Justice (Category 2), in the Department of Political Science, UTM, as detailed in the proposal dated February 21, 2025, be approved, effective September 1, 2025.
4. Minor Modification: New Focus in Politics, Policy and Law, Department of Anthropology, UTM* (for approval)
   
   Be It Resolved,
   
   THAT the proposed Focus in the Anthropology of Politics, Policy, and Law, in the Department of Anthropology, as detailed in the proposal dated February 21, 2025, be approved, effective September 1, 2025.
5. Reports of the Presidential Assessors (for information)
   1. Bill Gough, Vice-Principal Academic & Dean
   2. France Gagnon, Vice-Principal, Research

CONSENT AGENDA

6. Minor Modification: Graduate Curriculum Changes, UTM* (for approval)
   
   Be It Resolved,
   
   THAT the proposed graduate curriculum changes in the Institute for Management and Innovation (IMI), as detailed in the proposal dated February 5, 2025, be approved effective September 1, 2025.
7. Minor Modification: Undergraduate Curriculum Changes, UTM* (for approval)
   
   Be It Resolved,
   
   THAT the proposed undergraduate curriculum changes at UTM, as detailed in the curriculum report, dated March 24, 2025, be approved, effective September 1, 2025.
8. Report of the Previous Meeting: Report Number 56 – January 8, 2025**
9. Business Arising from the Report of the Previous Meeting
10. Date of Next Meeting – Thursday, May 8, 2025, 3:10 p.m.

11. Other Business

*Documentation is attached.
**Documentation for consent item included. This item will be given individual consideration by the AAC only if a member so requests. Members with questions or who would like the consent item to be discussed by the AAC are invited to notify the Secretary, Cindy Ferencz-Hammond at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting by email at cindy.ferencz@utoronto.ca.