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Undergraduate Curriculum Forum (UCF)

Minutes 2/26/98

Present: B. Horn, D. Fredeen, G. Puerschner, J. Ullian, P. Cascella, L. Lancor, J. Tait, D. Savage, J. Mills, J. Ensign, M. Macomber, C. Davis, P. Palma, P. Beals, F. Harris, J. Kavanagh, B. Wein, K. Swenson, M. Spence, D. Chevan, B. Madara, K. Gatzke, J. Hauselt, B. Gelbach, J. Abe, P. Gallup, J. Rakfeldt, D. Emmelman, J. Granfield, S. Jensen, E. Budris, C. McDaniels, N. DeCrosta, L. Kohrn, T. Tyler

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

II.    Announcements:

  • The election of the new UCF chair (for Fall, 1997) will be held at the 4/2/98 meeting.
  • Committee chairs will meet with S. Jensen immediately after today's meeting.

III.    Approval of Meeting Minutes: The minutes of the previous UCF meeting (2/12/98) were approved with the following revision: page 2, VI, 1, sentence 2: line revised to read as:

Also reported was that MAT 101 and MAT 119 were approved as prerequisites to all university requirements.

The following were distributed prior to today's meeting:

  • Minutes from the NMC 2/17/98
  • Minutes from UWIC 2/19/98
  • Minutes from NPI 2/5/98
  • UCF minutes 2/12/98
  • A Process for Assessment of Academic Programs

The following was distributed at today's meeting:

 Some Key Features of the SCSU Program Assessment Process

IV.    UCF Flow of Proposals and Role of the Deans (Version 10): S. Jensen introduced this document. Page fourteen (14) of this document was reviewed, with no changes. Jos Ullian was asked to make changes to the document as identified at the previous UCF meeting (2/12/98).

Motion 1: A motion was made, seconded and unanimously approved

move that UCF shall adopt the amended Flow of Proposals and Role of the Deans document

V.    Committee Reports:

  • Notifications Management: (See report, 2/17/98). P. Gallup (chair) reviewed the content of the minutes from the Notifications Management meeting. A revision to those minutes was noted as follows: page 2, letter j., change SOC 201 to SOC 340. The minutes were unanimously accepted.
  • University Wide Impact: (See report, 2/19/98). P. Beals (chair) reviewed the minutes from the University Wide Impact meeting. A revision to those minutes was noted as follows: Section I, number 1, change Strategic Plan to Institutional Assessment Report. The minutes were unanimously accepted.
  • New Programs and Innovations: (See report, 2/5/98). B. Wein reviewed the content of the minutes from the New Programs and Innovations meeting. Discussion occurred regarding the role of NPI and review of minors. UCF members supported a general consensus that consideration of minors should occur. S. Jensen will approach the academic vice-president to identify the process needed to review and consider minors. The minutes were unanimously accepted.

VI.    Program Review & Assessment Committee Report and Discussion:

B. Gelbach (chair) reviewed the process by which the assessment process occurs within SCSU. Information was reviewed from two documents: "Some Key Features of the SCSU Program Assessment Process" and "A Process for Assessment of Academic Programs".

Discussion occurred with UCF members regarding: the timeline for department reviews, objectives vs. outcomes, the hiring of outside examiners, the term "non-student outcome measures", access to the results of departmental assessments, and support provided by the assessment committee to departments.

Motion 2: a motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously

move that UCF shall endorse the recommendations described in the Program Review and Assessment Committee report as a guide to the assessment process

VII.    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