The Student Government Summer Planning Committee discussed the “drop/delete” issue Wednesday as well as when and how students may retake courses.
According to SG Vice President Kathleen Bordelon, a committee headed by Saundra McGuire, chemical education professor, will meet in the fall to discuss possible changes to the current policy.
Seven administrators and one student will make up the committee.
Faculty Senate member Kevin Cope will take one of the admin. spots, while Bordelon, who was appointed by SG President Cody Wells, will fill the student seat.
The Summer Planning Committee is putting together a policy to be approved by the Senate in the fall.
Bordelon presented current repeat policies from two peer universities — Mississippi State and Ole Miss.
“We need to see how we want to model our repeat policy,” Bordelon explained.
The committee hashed out tentative plans on what they would present to the Senate in the fall.
Under their plan, a student would be able to repeat up to three classes — not exceeding eleven hours total — and only the second grade would be reflected in the student’s GPA.
The first grade would remain on the student’s transcript, with no time limit on when a student would have to repeat the course.
With a D or F, a student would automatically be able to repeat the course. With a B or C, the student would have to fill out a form to be presented to the Dean of their college for approval. The student would not be able to repeat a course if they had received an F for misconduct.
The plan will be put before the committee next week.
The Summer Planning Committee also discussed election codes Wednesday.
Chief Justice Danielle Rushing said there should be guidelines for candidates to follow.
“There is way too much grey area as to what can be distributed,” Rushing said.
The biggest issues concerning election codes were campaigning and social media.
The committee distinguished between active and passive campaigning, and decided active campaigning would be conducted for one week, while passive campaigning be conducted for two weeks.
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