Undergraduate Curriculum Forum (UCF)

Minutes 2/15/01

Present: C. Wieder, J. Stenzel, G. Puerschner, P. Cascella, B. Farley-Lucas, S. DiFrancesco, E. Aboelala, J. Fopiano, J. Tait, C. Coron, J. Mills, J. Halstead, B. Steele, B. Achhpal, M. Macomber, D. Soneson, T. Paddock, F. Harris, N. Disbrow, W. Shyam, M. Hartog, R. Page, D. Chevan, C. Thompson, J. Durwin, P. Hawley, V. Breslin, J. Bloch, S. Garvey, A. Kumar, L. Rebeschi, R. Cretella, L. Kohrn, R. Gerber, M. Heidmann,

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

II.    Announcements:

There will be a Mardi Gras concert, 2/27/01, 8:00pm, EN 115.
 

III.    Approval of Meeting Minutes:

The minutes of the previous UCF meeting (2/1/01) were approved.  Paperwork today included:

General Checklist for UCF Proposals, 2/15/01
 
UWIC minutes, 2/8/01
 

IV.    Committee Reports:

Steering:  The steering committee discussed the General Checklist for UCF Proposals.

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

Notifications Management:   There was no report from this committee.

University Wide Impact:  (see minutes, 2/8/01).  F. Harris (chair) highlighted these minutes.  Discussion followed about the Banner module called Curriculum Advising Program Planning (CAPP) and its relationship to this committee's work with CPR forms and catalogs.   The approved minutes were accepted.  

Program Review & Assessment: C. Coron (chair) reported that this committee needs additional members.  Also, this committee has continued to discuss its role.

V.    General Checklist for UCF Course Proposals: J. Bloch (chair, NMC) initiated a discussion about the general checklist.  Discussion followed about the number of contact hours in a course, the rationale listed in the revised courses section, and form usability on the webpage.

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

to approve the checklist as amended, and to combine the checklist with the directions currently listed on the webpage as a single document

VI.    Assessment: J. Tait and D. Gerber introduced a discussion about assessment and the possible role of UCF in the university assessment process.  Discussion followed regarding:  the university's mandate to do assessment, the overall degree of UCF involvement, whether UCF would have an advisory role versus an active role, the resources (e.g., release time) needed for UCF involvement, the relationship between outside accrediting bodies to internal assessment,  UCF's role in assessment for non-academic departments, the role of PRAC, and faculty attitude about assessment.     

VII.    Adjournment:

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

The meeting was adjourned at 10:50 am.

Minutes recorded by:

Paul W. Cascella,  Department of Communication Disorders