Undergraduate Curriculum Forum (UCF)

Minutes 9/10/98

Present: G. Gurka, C. Serchuk, D. Levine, J. Feng, G. Puerschner, P. Cascella, B. Farley-Lucas, L. Lancor, J. Tait, B. Workman, U. Nwachuku, M. Hamilton-Lee, M. Macomber, J. Ensign, M. Shea, C. Davis, M. Fede, P. Palma, P. Beals, F. Harris, L. Yacher, K. Swenson, M. Bunco, M. Hartog, J. McGivney-Burele, D. Chevan, M. Spence, B. Madara, B. Gelbach, J. Hauselt, C. Mindell, D. Emmelman, J. Granfield, E. Budris, C. McDaniels, R. Cretella, K. Mauro, R. Gerber, J. Buzzell, P. Barile, L. Kohrn

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

II.    Announcements:

M. Heidmann is the acting Dean of Arts and Sciences while D. Fredeen is out on maternity leave.

The Thursday morning discussion group will continue this semester, meeting at 8:00 am in the BOT room.

There will be a faculty development workshop on 9/25/98 related to qualitative research.

Faculty were reminded to check the weekly calendar of SCSU events.

There will be a presentation on 10/7/98 about the use of media for publishing.

Introductions: All members of the forum introduced themselves.

IV.    Comments from the Chair: C. Serchuk thanked members of the forum for their participation in UCF and outlined an agenda for the UCF for the upcoming year. Her comments included the following topics: revision of the general education requirements, revision of the university writing requirement and ongoing review of university remediation efforts at other universities (i.e., CUNY).

V.    Committee Reports:

University Wide Impact: P. Beals (chair) outlined the responsibilities of this

committee, including: review of all university requirements, L courses and HD courses.

Notifications Management: E. Budris (co-chair) outlined the responsibilities of this committee, including: review of non-all university requirements, minor and major course revisions, and new courses. This committee meets every other Thursday 9:35-10:50. It was also reported that this committee is meeting with the school curriculum committees to facilitate continuity between the two groups.

Program Review & Assessment: B. Gelbach (chair) outlined the responsibilities of this committee, with regard to the undergraduate program review process. It was reported that seven departments are being reviewed this year.

New Programs and Innovations: M. Spence (interim chair) outlined the responsibilities of this committee, including: review of minors and streamlining the process for new programs.

VI.    Approval of Meeting Minutes: The minutes of the previous UCF meeting (5/7/98) were approved with no revisions.

The following were distributed prior to today's meeting:

NPIC minutes dated 9/3/98

A memo from I. Newman (Special Ed) to P. Barile (Ed) dated 8/6/98

An e-mail from R. Lane (Dean, Ed) to C. Serchuk dated 9/3/98

A cover letter from J. Buzzell (Ed) and the proposed undergraduate early

childhood program

Department of Education Proposal: P. Barile and J. Buzzell reviewed the

changes made to the Early Childhood Education proposal since the last UCF meeting. M. Spence (NPI) related the content of the minutes from that committee (9/3/98).

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

Move to accept the NPI minutes and support the early childhood education proposal

VIII.    Adjournment:

1. A motion to adjourn the meeting was made, seconded and passed unanimously.

2. The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 am. and committees met to update their membership.

Minutes recorded by:

Paul W. Cascella

Department of Communication Disorders