Undergraduate Curriculum Forum (UCF)

Minutes 5/18/00 

Note:  Minutes will not be accepted by UCF until Fall 2000 meeting

Present:  C. Serchuk, J. Stenzel, G. Puerschner, P. Cascella, E. Aboelala, J. Tait, D. Savage, J. Mills, J. Ensign, M. Shea, D. Soneson, L. Yacher, P. Beals, K. Swenson, M. Hartog, R. Page, M. Spence, D. Chevan, J. Dolan, B. Gelbach, P. Hawley, P. Gallup, C. Mindell, J. Bloch, J. Granfield, S. Garvey, L. Rebeschi, R. Cretella, R. Amenta, M. Heidmann, K. Mauro, S. Lueder, T, Martin, R. Gerber

I.    Call to Order:  The meeting was called to order by C. Serchuk at 8:30 am.

II.    Announcements:

Congratulations to UCf members who were awarded promotion and/or tenure.
 
On behalf of all the UCF members, appreciation was expressed to Camille Serchuk for her leadership as UCF chair.
 

III.     Approval of Meeting Minutes:   The minutes of the previous UCF meeting (5/4/00) were approved with one correction;  K. Mauro attended the last meeting.  Paperwork today included:

NMC minutes, 5/16/00
 
Progress report of the general education review subcommittee (5/4/00)
 
Memo from E. Frank regarding prerequisites for MKT 320 (5/4/00)
 

IV.    Committee Reports:

Steering:  C. Serchuk reported that the steering committee continues to work with the constitutional review committee.

Notifications Management:   (see minutes, 5/16/00).  P. Gallup and J. Bloch highlighted these minutes and amended them to include a line to approve REC 381.  Discussion followed regarding HIS/WMS 318 and 319 and whether to approve these courses now or defer a decision until fall, 2000.

Motion 1:  A motion was made, seconded and passed (11-9-6)

Move that a decision regarding HIS/WMS 318 and 319 be deferred until the first UCF meeting of fall,              2000.

The minutes were accepted as amended (i.e., REC 381), with the exception of the section on MKT 320 which was deferred until later in the meeting.

University Wide Impact: There was no report from this committee.

New Programs and Innovations:  There was no report from this committee.

Program Review & Assessment: This committee will be meeting during the summer.

V.    General Education Review Committee: (see report, 5/4/00).  J. Tait highlighted the work of this committee.

VI.    SCORE Assessment: M. Shea introduced a follow-up discussion about SCORE and its review.  Topics in the discussion included:  student performance and outcomes; math and foreign language participation by SCORE students; recruitment of SCORE students; issues in advisement (i.e., students leaving SCORE and how their credits are interpreted); and the need for full-time program coordination.

VII.    MKT 320:  (see NMC minutes, 5/16/00; see E. Frank memo, 5/4/00).  P. Gallup highlighted the NMC discussion about changing the prerequisites to MKT 320.  Discussion followed, with comments from faculty in both Marketing and Economics.

Motion 2:  A motion was made, seconded, and not passed (6-17-1)

Move to defer the issue of the MKT 320 prerequisites to fall, 2000.

Motion 3:  A motion was made, seconded, and passed (16-3-6)

Move to approve the MKT request to change the prerequisites for MKT 320 from ECO 100 and ECO 101 to Junior or Senior status.   

VIII.    Adjournment:

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

2. The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 am.

Minutes recorded by:

Paul W. Cascella

Department of Communication Disorders