Undergraduate Curriculum Forum (UCF)
Minutes 4/6/06
Present
J. Manzella, C. Ladousa, B. Phelan, R. Vaters-Carr, J. Feng, G. Kowalczyk, D. Weiss, R. Glinka, S. DiFrancesco, H. Podnar, A. Abugri, B. Achhpal, N. Marano, D. Marino, N. Chrissidis, J. Fields, R. Mugno, K. Burke, C. Dellinger-Pate, J. Goralski, R. Kustin, S. Bochain, M. Vancour, K. Gatzke, C. Novosad, K. Marsland, R. Hunter, M. Kiarie, J. Kenty-Drane, T. Lin, J. Mielczarski, J. Tait, W. O'Brien, N. Bobrek, W. Shyam, K. Laing, K. Mauro, M. Heidmann
I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 9:43 a.m.
II. Announcements
J. Fields announced that the Chairs of Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology and Media Studies were in attendance.
III. Chair's Report
Four Special Topics courses without UCF paperwork were cancelled per Provost Williams.
IV. Approval of standing committee minutes of 3/30/06
Notifications Management (NMC)
NMC minutes of 3/30/06 were accepted.
The following motions were approved with one abstention:
New course GEO 481 be approved
New course ENV 350 be approved
Revised course PCH 275 be approved
Revised course HIS 485 be approved
Revised program HIS BA & BS be approved
Revised Program Foreign Language Certification be approved
New Programs and Innovations (NPIC)
NPIC minutes from 3/30/06 were accepted.
NPIC logged the following New Special Topics courses:
- ART 398 - History of Roman Art
The following motion was presented by NPIC and explained by D. Weiss:
Motion #1: Prerequisites for special topics sections be determined at the time of individual section approval; subsequently, generalized prerequisites for Special Topics shell courses should be removed.
There was a request for clarification of the difference between a Special Topics Shell Course and a Special Topics Section.
A vote was taken and the motion was approved with two abstentions.
A second motion was presented by NPIC:
Motion #2: Each department must submit a separate Special Topics Section Notification Form. when cross-listing a Special Topics course.
It was suggested that another signature line be added to the same form. D. Weiss explained that NPIC considered this in their deliberations and determined that since the prerequisites for the departments might differ, two separate forms would be preferable.
A vote was taken and the motion was approved with two abstentions.
Program Review and Assessment (PRAC)
PRAC minutes from 3/30/06 were accepted.
It was announced that there would be an Assessment Conference on April 28, 2006.
University-Wide Impact Committee (UWIC)
UWIC minutes from 3/30/06 were accepted.
The UWIC meeting dealt with the creation of bylaws.
Writing Across the Curriculum (WACC)
WACC minutes from 3/30/06 were accepted.
20 submissions for the Writing Contest have been received thus far.
The following motion was approved with one abstention:
Management 300: Management and Organization as proposed by Professor Linda Richtetelli-Pepe be accepted as meeting the W criteria.
Ad Hoc Committee on the Standards Document
The Ad Hoc committee minutes from 3/9/06 were accepted.
General Education Task Force
The Gen Ed Task Force minutes from 3/16/06 were accepted.
J. Tait announced that an extended meeting would be held on 4/14/06, with plans to create a document to spell out the nature of the information needed from faculty members, the process for getting their feedback, and the timeline for such a project.
V. Old Business
The motion regarding the approval of MDS 150 as a Social Sciences B All-University Requirement course was discussed.
C. Dellinger-Pate had the opportunity to explain how she sees MDS 150 as fulfilling the Social Studies B AUR requirements.
Discussion ensued.
K. Laing called the question. J. Manzella objected.
A vote was taken on calling the question which did not pass.
B. Phelan requested that the vote on the motion itself be taken by secret ballot.
Further discussion ensued.
Twice more an attempt was made to call the question, which J. Fields, UCF Chair, ruled out of order.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:55 a.m.
Minutes recorded by A. Jensen, University Assistant for UCF
