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Undergraduate Curriculum Forum (UCF)

Minutes 2/12/98

Present: B. Horn, C. Serchuk, D. Fredeen, J. Ullian, P. Cascella, R. Workman, L. Lancor, J. Tait, D. Savage, J. Mills, M. Hamilton-Lee, J. Ensign, M. Macomber, M. Shea, C. Davis, P. Beals, F. Harris, J. Kavanagh, B. Wein, J. Hauselt, B. Gelbach, P. Gallup, J. Rakfeldt, D. Emmelman, J. Granfield, S. Jensen, C. McDaniels, G. Puerschner, L. Kohrn, R. Amenta, T. Tyler

I.    Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by D. Fredeen at 9:40 am.

II.    Announcements:

  • It was announced that on days when the University opens at 10:00, classes which usually begin at 9:35 will begin at 10:00.
  • Tara Tyler was introduced as the new student worker for UCF.
  • Phil Smith has been named the interim academic vice president.
  • D. Fredeen has been named the interim Dean for the School of Arts and Sciences.

III.    Election of Chair

Motion 1: a motion was made, and seconded

to elect Sig Jensen the chair of UCF

Motion 2: a motion was made, but not seconded

to have someone facilitate the election of a new UCF chair

Motion 1: was re-stated and unanimously passed

IV.    Approval of Meeting Minutes: The minutes of two previous UCF meetings were reviewed. The minutes from 12/3/97 were approved with no revisions. The minutes from 1/29/98 were approved with the following revision: page 3, section VIII, number 2, add "by UCIC" after the words "12 credits".

The following were distributed at today's meeting:

  • Minutes from the NMC 2/3/98
  • Minutes from UWIC 12/11/97
  • Minutes from NPI 12/11/97
  • UCF minutes 1/29/98
  • The document, Flow of Proposals, Version 10

V.    Chair's Report: Deferred.

VI.    Committee Reports:

  • University Wide Impact: (See report, 12/11/97). P. Beals (chair) reported that this committee has discussed COM 205 which has preliminary approval pending additional information. Also reported was that MAT 101 and MAT 119 were approved as all university requirements. Discussion occurred about how faculty and students will be informed of the math changes. J. Kavanagh reported that the math department will develop narrative and flow chart table information for faculty.

Motion 3: a motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously

to approve the content of the UWIC recommendations

  • New Programs and Innovations: (See report, 12/11/97). C. Serchuk (chair) reported this committee is working through its first significant proposal for review (early childhood). Discussion occurred regarding jurisdiction for review of minors (i.e., Judaic studies). UCF suggested that this committee consider making a recommendation for review of minors.
  • Program Review & Assessment: B. Gelbach (chair) reported that this committee is working with the Office of Institutional Assessment about program assessment materials. Also reported was that departments shall be oriented and notified about the format for assessments.
  • Notifications Management: (See report, 2/3/98). P. Gallup (chair) requested that the minutes from the 2/3/98 NMC meeting be deferred to the next UCF meeting. Also requested was the addition of GEO 498 to those minutes.

P. Gallup reported on the minutes from two additional NMC meetings (11/20/97; 12/9/97). These minutes have not yet been distributed to UCF members. They include approval of courses from the nursing and accounting departments.

Motion 4: a motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously

to approve the content of the NMC recommendations regarding the course approvals in nursing and accounting

VII.    Flow of Proposals: (Version 10). Discussion and modifications to this document occurred, including the following

  • Motion 5: a motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously

add "and those courses which serve as prerequisites to courses that meet the university requirements" to page 11, bullet 1 after "requirements for students"

  • Discussion occurred about the role of the school curriculum committees and all university requirements (page 11)

Motion 6: a motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously

if an existing course is to be considered as an all university requirement, it shall be forwarded to the Steering Committee and then the UWIC. The school curriculum committee shall be notified at the beginning of the process.

  • Discussion occurred about bullet #3, page 11

Motion 7: a motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously

UCF and UWIC shall review proposals affecting the all university requirements using the criteria of the current principles and structures of those requirements

  • Discussion occurred about the content of section IIIE, page 12

it was decided that the log which is already being recorded of the time spent in the UCF review process shall be discussed at a meeting in mid-Spring, 1998

VIII.    Adjournment:

  1. A motion to adjourn the meeting was made, seconded and passed unanimously.
  2. The meeting was adjourned at 10:50 am.

Minutes recorded by:

Paul W. Cascella
Department of Communication Disorders