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Agenda- March 26 2024

ACADEMIC COUNCIL

March 26, 2024

2:30 – 4:25 p.m. – videoconference

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AGENDA

Suggested Start Time

1.     Call to Order

2:30 p.m.

2.     Agenda (M)

3.     Chair’s Remarks

2:35 p.m.

4.     Inquiries and Communications

2:40 p.m.

5.     Provost’s Remarks

(a)  Senior Academic Administrator Search Update

2:45 p.m.

6.     2024-2027 Budget* (Lori Livingston, Brad MacIsaac, Sarah Thrush)

2:50 p.m.

7.     Activity-Based Budgeting Information Session* (Sarah Thrush)

3:20 p.m.

Committee Reports

 

8.     Undergraduate Studies Committee (Mary Bluechardt)

a)    New Program Proposal* (M)

                                  (i) Bachelor of Arts and Science in Sustainability

 

3:45 p.m.

9.     Graduate Studies Committee (Ted Christou)

(a) Major Program Modifications* (M)

(i)    Master of Information Technology

 

3:55 p.m.

10. Research Committee (Les Jacobs)

4:05 p.m.

11.  Policy Consultation

(a) Finance Policy Projects

                                         i.      Debt Management* (I) (Brad MacIsaac)

                                        ii.      Consolidated Contract Management and Signing Authority* (I) (Brad MacIsaac)

                                      iii.      Capital Projects* (I) (Brad MacIsaac)

(b) Revised Grading System and Academic Standing Policy* (M) (Adam Wingate)

 

4:15 p.m.

12. Consent Agenda:

(a)  Minutes of the Meeting of February 27, 2024* (M)

(b)  Minor Program Adjustments from USC* (I)

(i)    Bachelor of Engineering in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering and Management in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

(ii)   Bachelor of Engineering in  Automotive Engineering

(iii) Facilitating Adult Learning with Technology Diploma

(iv) Bachelor of Engineering in Software Engineering and Internet of Things specialization

(v)   Co-operative Education in Faculty of Science

(vi) Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

(vii)          Sustainability Studies Minor

(c)   Minor Program Adjustments from GSC* (I)

(i)    Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science – Master of Engineering Management

 

4:30 p.m.

 

13. Other Business

(a)  Land acknowledgement for April Academic Council meeting

4:30 p.m.

14. Termination (M)

4:30 p.m.

 

Lauren Turner, University Secretary

*Documents attached            (C) Consultation          (D) Discussion          (I) Information          (M) Motion