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Undergraduate Curriculum Forum (UCF)

Minutes 10/30/97

Present: B. Horn, C. Serchuk, J. Ullian, D. Fredeen, R. Conforti, P. Cascella, J. Tait, D. Savage, M. Hamilton-Lee, J. Mills, M. Mocomber, M. Shea, C. Davis, L. Yacher, P. Beals, F. Harris, A. Bielfield, J. Kavanagh, J. Kidney, M. Spence, B. Madara, E. Budris, S. Dobbins, B. Wein, B. Gelbach, F. Hetata, J. Abe, P. Gallup, J. Rakfeldt, D. Emmelman, S. Jensen, R. Cretella, F. Miller. A. Pinciaro. T. Brown, S. Edgett

I.    Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by DonnaJean Fredeen at 9:38 am.

II.    Announcements:

  • D. Fredeen announced that she met with A. Pinciaro regarding the listing of HD courses in the Spring, 1998 schedule of classes. HD courses were not listed in the schedule of classes, but will be coded for future publications using the Special Information line.
  • A thank you was extended to A. Pinciaro for his support in securing a student worker for the UCF. This student worker will work out of the chemistry department.
  • Envelopes for UCF mailings will begin with the next mailing. Members are asked to return the envelopes for additional mailings.
  • The Steering Committee will meet 11/5/97 at 11:45 in the Student Center.
  • The Rules Committee will meet 11/5/97 in the Student Center.

III.    Approval of Meeting Minutes: The minutes of the previous UCF meeting (10/16/97) were unanimously approved with one abstention.

IV.    Committee Reports:

  1. New Programs and Innovations: (See report). There was no discussion of this report.
  2. Program Review & Assessment: (See report). B. Gelbach (chair) reported that he and E. O'Sullivan met with M. Martin (Chair, Graduate Council Assessment Committee) to discuss ways to simplify departmental assessments.
  3. Notifications Management: (See reports). P. Gallup reported that the NMC has: received some course revisions, continued to modify forms and had discussion regarding the point at which to accept and/or hold information for review.
  4. University Wide Impact: (See report). P. Beals reported that the UWIC has discussed the SCORE program and she highlighted two motions listed in the UWIC report.

Discussion: Discussion occurred regarding a proposal from the Communications Department and to which committee it should be referred. The discussion included comments about courses in a student's major, the identification of courses that a department requires outside of the major and general education requirements.

V.    SCORE and the UWIC Motions: (See UWIC report). P. Beals introduced the two motions identified in the UWIC report.

Discussion: Discussion occurred regarding the SCORE program. This discussion reflected a variety of topics including: transfer credits, general education principles, assessment, and a timeline for assessment. The motions from the UWIC report were amended.

Motion 1: A motion was made, seconded and unanimously passed as follows:

move that the UCF endorses SCORE for the selection of additional freshman classes not to go beyond the year 2000 during which time it must be evaluated thoroughly by appropriate UCF committees, including, but not limited to, an assessment in the Fall, 1998

Motion 2: A motion was made, seconded and passed (20-2-2) as follows:

move that the UWIC and other UCF committees shall develop, with SCORE, criteria and procedures for evaluating transfer credits for students leaving SCORE, by Fall, 1998

VI.    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