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Undergraduate Curriculum Forum (UCF)


Minutes 2/14/02

Present:   J. Stenzel, J. Pang, P. Cascella, B. Farley-Lucas, S. diFrancesco, H. Podnar,    J. Fopiano, J. Tait, C. Coron, J. Mills,  M. Shea,  D. Soneson,  C. Lukinbeal, T. Paddock,  M. Thompson, F. Harris, N. Disbrow, J. Fields, M. Hartog, M. Spence, T. Gemme,         S. Bochain, D. Pettigrew, C. Durwin, P. Hawley, P. Gallup, V. Breslin, C. Mindell,         J. Bloch, B. Elwood, A. Kumar, L. Rebeschi, C. Barrett, N. DeCrosta, R. Amenta, R. Gerber, M. Heidmann, K. Mauro    Guest: S. Larocco

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

II.    Announcements:

  • Writing Program offered a successful program for 15 interested participants
  • Writing Board is meeting next week to finalize this year's L course Writing Contest
  • As we are reviewing the constitution, UCF members are asked to bring this activity to the attention of their department members, to attempt to address any issues within the UCF
  • Review of the new UCF website will be added to the agenda
  • Susan Tiso will not be present today as she is serving jury duty

III.  Approval of Meeting Minutes: The minutes of the previous UCF meeting (1/31/02) were approved.   Paperwork today included:

  •  PRAC Minutes, 1/31/02
  •  NPIC Minutes, 1/24/02
  •  NPIC Minutes, 2/07/02
  •  NMC Minutes, 2/07/02
  •  UWIC Minutes, 2/07/02
  • "General Checklist for UCF Course Proposals"   submitted to UCF 2/15/01 by NMC
     

IV.     Committee Reports:

Steering Committee:  No meeting was held.

Program Review and Assessment Committee (PRAC)  (see minutes of 1/31/02)   The minutes of 1/31/02 were accepted.

New Programs and Innovations Committee (NPIC)  (see minutes of 1/24/02)  T. Paddock reported that the meeting's focus was on the directions for preparing a new program proposal with respect to clarifying the role of the deans.  A proposed change to the wording was recommended, and approved,  to make the language more grammatically consistent.  The minutes of 1/24/02 and 2/07/02 were accepted.

Notifications Management Committee (NMC)  (see minutes of 2/7/02)   J. Bloch reported that a number of courses were submitted and reviewed.  The committee expects that the courses will make it to the course catalogue in a timely manner.  The committee is also pleased that there is no back-log within the committee  at present.  The minutes of 2/7/02 were accepted.

University Wide Impact Committee  (see minutes of 2/7/02)   F. Harris reported that he would unfortunately need to turn in his resignation as UWIC Chair due to extensive and sudden additional professional responsibilities.  Shelly Bochain and Terese Gemme will be taking over as co-chairs for UWIC.  The minutes of 2/07/02 were accepted.

**The UCF recognizes and appreciates Professor Harris's years of stellar service

 V.     UCF Website:  Portable Document Format (PDF) has been included in forms on the updated UCF Website.  The fields are now easier to access and one can type and print from these files readily. Electronic submission of UCF forms is rapidly approaching and digital signatures will be established within the next year.  New links are provided for some UCF required forms, a pending proposal page that tracks the status of proposals, and a page that gives a brief description of all proposals being proposed.  There is a search engine available on the website that allows a search of UCF minutes.  The UCF body has been invited to share with their colleagues how the web-site has been updated and how it may be of use to them.

VI.     Draft Constitution Review:  The draft Constitution (4/27/01) was reviewed beginning on Article 5, Section B2.   In discussion of the purview of  the Notifications Management Committee, J. Bloch reviewed the General Checklist for UCF Course Proposals and made the point that NMC has a role that is distinct from that of the SCC's and the DCC's.  T. Paddock expressed concern that there is redundancy between the responsibilities of NMC and those of  the SCC's and that this redundancy has been a source of irritation among faculty submitting proposals.  He proposed that the SCC's be the source of final approval for courses and program revisions barring a major objection on UCF's part.  Such an objection should be based on problems at the university level. "Notifications Management" may not be the appropriate name for the committee.  Presently, most notifications are handled by the University Assistant.  It was also suggested that implementation of minor revisions should be made as facile as possible. A significant discussion of these suggestions and considerations followed.

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:

Joy E. Fopiano