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Undergraduate Curriculum Forum (UCF)

Minutes 3/12/98

Present: C. Serchuk, G. Puerschner, J. Ullian, P. Cascella, L. Lancor, J. Tait, D. Savage, J. Mills, J. Ensign, M. Hamilton-Lee, M. Macomber, C. Davis, M. Shea, P. Palma, P. Beals, F. Harris, L. Yacher, M. Bunco, J. Kavanagh, M. Spence, B. Wein, D. Chevan, B. Madara, J. Hauselt, B. Gelbach, J. Abe, P. Gallup, J. Rakfeldt, D. Emmelman, S. Jensen, E. Budris, C. McDaniels, N. DeCrosta, L. Kohrn

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 and subcommittee chairs (for Fall, 1998) will be held at the 4/2/98 meeting.
  • There will be no Steering Committee meeting today.

III.    Approval of Meeting Minutes: The minutes of the previous UCF meeting (2/26/98) were approved with no revisions.

The following were distributed prior to today's meeting:

  • Minutes from NPIC 2/19/98
  • A Resolution from the NPIC dated 3/5/98
  • Minutes from UWIC 3/5/98

IV.    UCF Flow of Proposals (Version 11): This topic was deferred to the next UCF meeting.

V.    Committee Reports:

  1. University Wide Impact: (See report, 3/5/98). P. Beals (chair) reviewed the minutes from the University Wide Impact meeting. It was noted that PCH 100 and COM 205 were approved as all-university requirements. The minutes were unanimously accepted.
  2. New Programs and Innovations: (See report, 2/19/98). C. Serchuk (chair) introduced these minutes and pointed out the paragraph (#1) regarding the new minor in Judaic Studies. The minutes were unanimously accepted.
  3. Notifications Management: P. Gallup (chair) reported this committee continues to work on course reviews.
  4. Program Review & Assessment: There was no report from this committee.

VI. Report on Minors:

  • S. Jensen introduced the topic of minors with comments about a meeting with the academic vice president. It was noted that the academic vice president supported UCF review of minors for ones that do not otherwise have one department as a home. It was noted that the academic vice president was comfortable that minors within a department were reviewed and structured by the department. It was reported that a listing of minors is currently being sought.
  • C. Serchuk introduced the document "Resolution" (3/5/98) from the NPI committee. Discussion occurred about minors, including:

 recognition of the number of students in a department's minor
 the definition of "home" for a minor
 the process by which a minor is reviewed, structured and defined
 documenting a student's minor on the transcript
 actual completion of a minor by students
 consideration that all minors should adhere to the same protocol for review

Motion 1: A motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to accept the resolution of the NPI committee

VII. Update on School Curriculum Committees:

  • S. Jensen reported the following:

Arts and Sciences: in process of electing a committee and waiting
Senate approval

Professional Studies: in process of electing a committee and waiting
Senate approval

Business committee: in place and approved

Communication committee: in place and approved

Education: a ballot is currently being put out to poll faculty as to
whether a committee is wanted

b. Discussion occurred about the role of the school curriculum committee, including

 communication between UCF committees and school curriculum committees
 establishing a protocol so that a cooperative effort between UCF and school curriculum committees is established
 for schools without a school curriculum committee, department chairs will be
 invited to talk with UCF committee chairs

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

the standing committee chairs shall meet with school curriculum committees at the beginning of the academic year to facilitate communication and expectations

c. Discussion occurred about the format regarding proposal reviews for those received from programs that are not specific to any one department (i.e., Women's Studies). The NPI was charged with the task of adding interdisciplinary programs to its discussion of minors.

VIII. Hidden Requirements:

a. S. Jensen initiated the topic of hidden requirements and discussion followed regarding:

 deficiencies in a student's education prior to college
 pre-requisites that exist but are not explicit to the student (i.e., having accurate identification of pre-requisite courses)
 undergraduate liberal studies and pre-professional education

IX. 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