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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">"Marx, Anne E - (amarx)" <<a href="mailto:amarx@email.arizona.edu">amarx@email.arizona.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 4:25 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"Hardin, Mary C - (mchardin)" <<a href="mailto:mchardin@email.arizona.edu">mchardin@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Cheu, Elliott C - (echeu)" <<a href="mailto:echeu@email.arizona.edu">echeu@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Marx, Ronald W - (ronmarx)" <<a href="mailto:ronmarx@email.arizona.edu">ronmarx@email.arizona.edu</a>>,
"<a href="mailto:jgoldberg@arizona.edu">jgoldberg@arizona.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:jgoldberg@arizona.edu">jgoldberg@arizona.edu</a>>, "Ruiz, Joaquin - (jruiz)" <<a href="mailto:jruiz@email.arizona.edu">jruiz@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Durand, Alain-Philippe
- (adurand)" <<a href="mailto:adurand@email.arizona.edu">adurand@email.arizona.edu</a>>, Thomas Koch <<a href="mailto:tlkoch@optics.arizona.edu">tlkoch@optics.arizona.edu</a>>, "Burgess, Shane C - (shaneburgess)" <<a href="mailto:sburgess@cals.arizona.edu">sburgess@cals.arizona.edu</a>>,
Marc Miller <<a href="mailto:miller47@email.arizona.edu">miller47@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Hancock, Jory L - (jory)" <<a href="mailto:jory@email.arizona.edu">jory@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Jones, John P - (jpjones)" <<a href="mailto:jpjones@email.arizona.edu">jpjones@email.arizona.edu</a>>,
"Goes, Paulo B - (pgoes)" <<a href="mailto:pgoes@email.arizona.edu">pgoes@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Buckner, Melody J - (mbuckner)" <<a href="mailto:mbuckner@email.arizona.edu">mbuckner@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Williams, Karen Ann - (karenwilliams)" <<a href="mailto:karenwilliams@email.arizona.edu">karenwilliams@email.arizona.edu</a>>,
"Carnie, Andrew H - (carnie)" <<a href="mailto:carnie@email.arizona.edu">carnie@email.arizona.edu</a>>, Kasey Urquidez <<a href="mailto:kurquidez@arizona.edu">kurquidez@arizona.edu</a>>, "Washington White, Kendal H - (kwashing)" <<a href="mailto:kwashing@email.arizona.edu">kwashing@email.arizona.edu</a>>,
"Shaver, Joan L - (jshaver)" <<a href="mailto:jshaver@email.arizona.edu">jshaver@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Hakim, Iman A - (ihakim)" <<a href="mailto:ihakim@email.arizona.edu">ihakim@email.arizona.edu</a>>, schnell <<a href="mailto:schnell@pharmacy.arizona.edu">schnell@pharmacy.arizona.edu</a>>,
"Cairns, Charles Bennett - (cairnsc)" <<a href="mailto:cairnsc@email.arizona.edu">cairnsc@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Ramos, Kenneth - (ksramos)" <<a href="mailto:ksramos@email.arizona.edu">ksramos@email.arizona.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"Bauer, Nicky - (nbauer)" <<a href="mailto:nbauer@email.arizona.edu">nbauer@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Barton, Rachel Moreno - (rbarton)" <<a href="mailto:rbarton@email.arizona.edu">rbarton@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Laster, Gardinia E - (glaster)" <<a href="mailto:glaster@email.arizona.edu">glaster@email.arizona.edu</a>>,
"Kolb, Frankie L - (fkolb)" <<a href="mailto:fkolb@email.arizona.edu">fkolb@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Baylor, Boleyn - (bbaylor)" <<a href="mailto:bbaylor@email.arizona.edu">bbaylor@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Olson, Bernadette Antonia - (bernadettem)" <<a href="mailto:bernadettem@email.arizona.edu">bernadettem@email.arizona.edu</a>>,
"Cota, Zuleima - (zcota)" <<a href="mailto:zcota@email.arizona.edu">zcota@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:lpalomarez@optics.arizona.edu">lpalomarez@optics.arizona.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:lpalomarez@optics.arizona.edu">lpalomarez@optics.arizona.edu</a>>,
"Ramirez, Sylvia S - (sramirez)" <<a href="mailto:sramirez@email.arizona.edu">sramirez@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Rutledge, Bethany S - (rutledge)" <<a href="mailto:rutledge@cals.arizona.edu">rutledge@cals.arizona.edu</a>>, "Steed, Mary W - (marywsteed)" <<a href="mailto:marywsteed@email.arizona.edu">marywsteed@email.arizona.edu</a>>,
"<a href="mailto:hanson@u.arizona.edu">hanson@u.arizona.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:hanson@u.arizona.edu">hanson@u.arizona.edu</a>>, "Conrad, Kaitlin A - (kaconrad)" <<a href="mailto:kaconrad@email.arizona.edu">kaconrad@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Wertman, Carol
G - (wertman)" <<a href="mailto:wertman@email.arizona.edu">wertman@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Bjerk Plocke, Cynthia A - (cbjerk)" <<a href="mailto:cbjerk@email.arizona.edu">cbjerk@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "SImons, Mary T - (simonsm)" <<a href="mailto:simonsm@email.arizona.edu">simonsm@email.arizona.edu</a>>,
Susan Bowers <<a href="mailto:bowerss@email.arizona.edu">bowerss@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Serrano, A Maria - (serranoa)" <<a href="mailto:serranoa@email.arizona.edu">serranoa@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Dugie, Melody C - (mdugie)" <<a href="mailto:mdugie@email.arizona.edu">mdugie@email.arizona.edu</a>>,
"Horner, Jennifer L - (hornerj)" <<a href="mailto:hornerj@email.arizona.edu">hornerj@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Paddock, Carol L - (cpaddock)" <<a href="mailto:cpaddock@email.arizona.edu">cpaddock@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Raines, Danielle - (rainesd)" <<a href="mailto:rainesd@email.arizona.edu">rainesd@email.arizona.edu</a>>,
"Chavez, Isabel M - (chavezi)" <<a href="mailto:chavezi@email.arizona.edu">chavezi@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Varela, Lorraine M - (varelal)" <<a href="mailto:varelal@email.arizona.edu">varelal@email.arizona.edu</a>>, emellor <<a href="mailto:lmellor@pharmacy.arizona.edu">lmellor@pharmacy.arizona.edu</a>>,
"Gastelum, Lupe Obregon - (lupeo)" <<a href="mailto:lupeo@email.arizona.edu">lupeo@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Romo, Sabrina G - (sromo)" <<a href="mailto:sromo@email.arizona.edu">sromo@email.arizona.edu</a>>, "Solano, Christina C - (ccqb)" <<a href="mailto:ccqb@email.arizona.edu">ccqb@email.arizona.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Moratorium on Undergraduate Certificates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">The following message is sent on behalf of Dennis Ray and Pam Coonan</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">_______________________________________________________________</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">MEMORANDUM</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">DATE:</span></b><span style="color:black"> November 17, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">TO:</span></b><span style="color:black"> All Deans, Department Heads, and Faculty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><b><span style="color:black">FROM:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Dennis Ray, Chair, Undergraduate Council (UGC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b><span style="color:black">Pam Coonan, Executive Director for Academic and Curricular Affairs
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">RE: Moratorium on Undergraduate Certificates</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Effective Wednesday, December 7, 2016, the last day of classes for the Fall Semester, there will be a moratorium on proposals for new Undergraduate Certificates.
</span></b><span style="color:black">No new proposals will be accepted by Curricular Affairs after the 7<sup>th</sup> during this suspension. All proposals currently awaiting review and all proposals submitted to Curricular Affairs through the 7<sup>th</sup>
will be reviewed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Undergraduate Council unanimously voted at their November 8,2016 meeting to suspend acceptance of new undergraduate certificate proposals for an unspecified time. This moratorium is necessary for the following
reasons:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="color:black">· The function/purpose of certificate programs in the University’s Academic Strategic Plan is unclear to the Undergraduate Council and the University-wide General
Education Committee (UWGEC).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="color:black">· The current
<a href="http://catalog.arizona.edu/policy/undergraduate-certificates-guidelines-and-approval-process">
definition of undergraduate certificate programs</a> is quite broad and subject to a variety of interpretations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="color:black">· Dozens of undergraduate certificate proposals have been submitted in the past two years—some of which appear to be well-defined and justified based on market
research, while others are not. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="color:black">· There is confusion about certificates that duplicate portions of established majors or minors, that do not offer students a unique professional credential,
and/or that consist of only 9 units (3 courses).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="color:black">· The role that College Academic Administrators Council (CAAC) plays in the review process is ambiguous.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="color:black">· Current procedures don’t include a productivity review process for certificates.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Gail Burd will convene a Certificate Taskforce to address these concerns. The taskforce will be comprised of representatives from the committees/ councils that have raised
questions, as well as members from Graduate Council, the Graduate College and Curricular Affairs. The charge of the taskforce will be to reexamine and make recommendations to the Undergraduate Council on all aspects of certificates: definition, purpose/
function, guidelines, approval process, and a productivity review after a given number of years. The taskforce will also review the productivity and purpose of graduate certificates. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">The length of the moratorium is uncertain, as it will depend on the work of the taskforce. Departments/colleges currently developing undergraduate certificates are urged to submit proposals to Curricular Affairs
by December 7<sup>th</sup>, at the latest. </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#003399">Pamela J. Coonan, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="color:#003399"><br>
Executive Director, Academic and Curricular Affairs<br>
Accreditation Liaison Officer<br>
Office of the Provost/Academic Affairs<br>
The University of Arizona <br>
Martin Luther King Jr. Student Center Room 200<br>
(520) 621-0950</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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