Undergraduate Curriculum Forum (UCF)

Minutes 5/4/00

Present:  C. Serchuk, J. Stenzel, G. Puerschner, P. Cascella, S. DiFrancesco, E. Aboelela, J. Tait, C. Coron, D. Savage, J. Mills, J. Ensign, M. Macomber, M. Shea, J. Yang, D. Soneson, L. Yacher, T. Paddock, P. Beals, K. Swenson, M. Hartog, J. Fields, R. Page, M. Spence, D. Chevan, M. Tackett, J. Dolan, D. Pettigrew, B. Gelbach, J. Abe, C. Durwin, P. Hawley, C. Mindell, J. Bloch, S. Garvey, L. Rebeschi, R. Cretella, M. Heidmann, D. Hast, T, Martin

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

II.    Announcements:

The final music concert of the semester will be held 5/9/00, 8:00pm, En 115.

There will be a bus tour of the three other CSU campuses, 5/11/00.

UCF may meet 5/18/00, 8:30-10:00 at a location to be determined.  C. Serchuk will notify members of the meeting.

III.    Approval of Meeting Minutes: The minutes of the previous UCF meeting

(4/20/00) were approved.  Paperwork today included:

UWIC minutes, 4/27/00

NMC minutes, 4/27/00

NPIC report, 5/4/00

SCORE Program Summary and Student Survey responses

IV.    Committee Reports:

Steering:  C. Serchuk reported that the workshop for department and school curriculum committees will be held in early September.  The outgoing steering committee will organize the workshop.

Notifications Management:   (see minutes, 4/27/00).  J. Bloch highlighted these minutes.  The minutes were accepted.

University Wide Impact: (see minutes, 4/27/00). P. Beals highlighted these minutes and a discussion was held about the prerequisite for MAT 150.  Also, discussion occurred about HIS 247 as a World Civilizations Requirement.  The minutes were amended to change the second paragraph under Writing Board Appointments to read:  Writing Board sponsors Smith and Camille Serchuk have added a side letter to the charter permitting UWIC to elect its own representatives.  UWIC may include a non-voting alternate if it so desires.

The minutes were accepted

New Programs and Innovations:  (see report, 5/4/00).  D. Savage highlighted this report.  The report was accepted. 

Program Review & Assessment: B. Gelbach reported this committee needs additional members.

V.    UCF Elections:  C. Serchuk opened the floor for nominations for the UCF Chair.  George Puershner and Jim Tait were nominated.  Each candidate spoke to UCF about their interest in becoming UCF Chair.

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

Move that only UCF representatives may vote for the UCF chair;

Move that the newly elected representative (2000-2001) from each department/office may vote;

Move that UCF alternates may not vote for the chair.

Following an anonymous written ballot, Jim Tait was elected the new UCF Chair.

VI. UCF Committees: 1999-2000 committee chairs presented information about their work and UCF members assembled into four groups to elect the following committee chairs:

UWIC           Kathy Swenson

NMC             Jon Bloch

NPIC            Troy Paddock

PRA              Bob Gelbach

VII.     SCORE Review:  (see SCORE Program Summary and Student Survey responses).  M. Shea highlighted SCORE, its current program review, and preliminary results including its advantages and disadvantages.      

VIII.    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