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Undergraduate Curriculum Forum (UCF)

Minutes 2/17/00

Present:  G. Gurka, B. Horn, C. Serchuk, J. Feng, J. Stenzel, G. Puerschner, P. Cascella, S. DiFrancesco, E. Aboelala, J. Tait, D. Savage, J. Mills, J. Ensign, M. Macomber, M. Shea, M. Fede, P. Beals, T. Paddock, K. Swenson, M. Bunco, M. Hartog, M. Spence, D. Chevan, D. Pettigrew, J. Dolan, B. Gelbach, P. Gallup, C. Mindell, J. Bloch, S. Garvey, L. Rebeschi, L. Lancor, C. McDaniels, R. Cretella, R. Gerber, M. Heidmann, K. Mauro, R. Gingrich, L. Kaczynski, S. LaRocco

I. Call to Order:  The meeting was called to order by C. Serchuk at 9:35 am.

II. Announcements:  

  • Nominations are sought for the Faculty Scholar Award.
  • There will be an AAUP meeting today in the Pinciaro room at 1:00.
  • There will be a faculty forum about UCF on 3/1/00, 12:00-2:00.
  • There is a lecture on Islamic Affairs, 2/25/00, 1:00-2:30, EN 135.
     

III. Approval of Meeting Minutes: The minutes of the previous UCF meeting (2/3/00) were approved with one revision, Motion 4 (page 3) did pass since a majority was reached.  Paperwork today included:

  1. NMC minutes, 2/10/00
  2. UWIC minutes, 2/10/00
  3. Proposed Implementation of Freshman Requirements for Mathematics, 2/7/00, UCF Ad hoc Subcommittee on Freshmen Requirements
  4. Status of UCF Actions on Bulleted Items for English, 2/3/00
     

IV. Committee Reports:

Steering:  C. Serchuk reported this committee is working on the faculty forum presentation.  Also, the steering committee turned down a request to move the UCF meeting time to the university community hour. 

Notifications Management:   (see minutes, 2/10/00).  P. Gallup highlighted these minutes. Discussion occurred about the numbering of courses.

Motion 1:  A motion was made, seconded, and passed 17-2-10

To delete from acceptance of the NMC minutes the approval of MIS 200 and to have UCF consider course numbering as a separate issue

Without MIS 200, the minutes were accepted.

University Wide Impact: (see minutes, 2/10/00). M. Macomber highlighted these minutes.  This committee had discussion about SHE as an all-university requirement.  The minutes were accepted.

New Programs and Innovations:  D. Savage reported this committee is reviewing the UCF constitution and guidelines for new programs.  The committee is also in process of reviewing the Education/Special Education proposal.

Program Review & Assessment:  There was no report from this committee.

V. Report from the Writing Board: M. Heidmann reported the second writing workshop occurred in January.  There were attendees from across the university, and copies of their evaluations are available.  The writing board has approved six courses, and hired two tutors for students in L courses.

VI. Freshman Requirements Committee:  (see handouts).  B. Horn highlighted the document, Status of UCF Actions on Bulleted Items for English, 2/3/00.

Motion 2:  A motion was made, seconded, and passed, with one opposed and three abstentions.

UCF recommends that Admissions changes the wording in the acceptance letters sent to students from an invitation to take the English and Mathematics placement examinations to a statement that students must take the English and Mathematics placement examinations prior to registration.  The recommendation is effective for acceptance letters mailed after March 1, 2000.

Discussion then began about the document, Proposed Implementation of Freshman Requirements for Mathematics, 2/7/00.  Discussion focused on the backlog of students, the number of additional math sections needed, the number of faculty needed, the recommendations, add/drop by students, the advising process, implementation of revised policies, course sequencing, and the SAT score as related to math placement.    

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