TO: Representative Assembly of the Davis Division of the Academic Senate

The Committee on Educational Policy recommends adoption of the change in Regulation 532 described below. The amended worded appears in bold print.

Present Wording

Proposed Amended Wording

532. No student shall receive University credit for an internship course numbered 192 or for a special study course numbered 194H or 199 unless he or she has previously completed at least 84 units of credit toward a degree. A maximum of 12 units of internship courses, whether taken at UCD or elsewhere, may be counted toward the 180 units required for graduation.

532. No student shall receive University credit for an internship course numbered 192 or for a special study course numbered 194H or 199 unless he or she has previously completed at least 84 units of credit toward a degree. A maximum of 15 units of internship courses, conforming to Divisional Guidelines, whether taken at UCD or elsewhere, may be counted toward the 180 units required for graduation.

JUSTIFICATION:

This change applies to students who take full-quarter internships, e.g. at the UC Washington Center. The intent of this change is to make the limitation on credit for internship and special studies courses consistent with the expectation that students will maintain an average of 15 units per quarter for normal progress (A552(A)). The limitation of 12 units per quarter is inconsistent with the new minimum progress requirement (although not technically impossible, since a student could remain above minimum progress by taking extra units in the quarters before and after the internship quarter). As a precedent, DDR 533 states that “A student registered in the Independent Study Program may enroll for a maximum of 15 units of special study courses in one quarter.”

Respectfully submitted,

Terence Murphy, Chair

Committee on Educational Policy