The Council on Academic Affairs will hear grade appeals from the College of Education, Lumpkin College of Business and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences during its meeting Thursday at 2 p.m.

The appeals will be for the Fall 2019 semester.

The seven action items on the agenda include a new Early Childhood Education minor.

Revisions to the Aging Studies minor will also be voted on.

The council will also vote on three new courses: Introduction to Early Childhood Programming, Administration of Early Childhood Programs and Practicum in Early Childhood Program Administration and revising the courses Personal Nutrition and School Health for K-12 Teachers.

The council will also hear a report from the general education committee for an update.

A request for executive action to remove the writing intensive designation from ACC 3900 was made by Austin Cheney, dean of Lumpkin College of Business.

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