Undergraduate Curriculum Forum (UCF)

Minutes 10/11/01

Present: C. Wieder, G. Puerschner, J. Stenzel, P. Cascella, B. Farley-Lucas, S. DiFrancesco, H. Podnar, J. Fopiano, J. Tait, C. Coron, J. Mills, B. Achhpal, M. Shea, M. Macomber, J. Yang, D. Soneson, C. Lukinbeal, T. Paddock, F. Harris, W. Shyam, K. Swenson, M. Hartog, J. Fields, R. Page, T. Gemme, D. Chevan, D. Pettigrew, B. Gelbach, C. Durwin, P. Hawley, V. Breslin, C. Mindell, J. Bloch, E. Johnston, A. Kumar, G. Puerschner, C. Barrett, N. DeCrosta, M. Heidmann, K. Mauro, C. Serchuk

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

II. Announcements:

 An invitation to engage in a growing conversation across the disciplines was extended to all. An Interdisciplinary, University-wide Conference at SCSU, under the auspices of the Office of Academic Affairs is being offered Saturday, October 27, 2001
 J. Tait reports that there is currently a budget shortfall and budget cuts will be required.
 Efforts and care will be made to adhere to Roberts Rules at UCF meetings
 

III. Approval of Meeting Minutes: The minutes of the previous UCF meeting (9/27/01) were approved.  Paperwork today included:

 "What are poets for in a destitute time....?"
 NPIC Committee Minutes, 10/04/01
 Notification Management Committee Minutes, 10/05/01
 Minutes Of University Wide Impact Committee, 10/04/01

IV. Committee Reports:

Steering: The Steering Committee did not meet.

Program Review & Assessment: PRAC did not meet.

New Programs and Innovations: Please refer to NPIC Minutes of October 4, 2001. T. Paddock summarized Dr. Smith's commentary regarding SCSU's policy on when required courses may be offered. L. Verplaetse organized a scheduling solution which NPIC reports appears to eliminate any ethical concerns as to when courses may be offered with regard to the Elementary Education/Bilingual Dual Initial Certification Program. The committee feels that Dr. Verplaetse has satisfactorily addressed all of their questions.

The committee also discussed interdisciplinary minors and would like to examine that further in the future.

NPIC Minutes accepted as written.

Notifications Management: Please refer to Notification Management Minutes of October 5, 2001. J. Bloch summarized discussion of Program Revisions and CPR forms. It was noted that departments should take care with the rationale they include.

With regard to CSC 308 and FLA 332, NMC minutes should reflect that "George" versus "Jon" made the motions evidenced.

Notifications Management Committee Minutes were thus accepted as amended.

University Wide Impact: Please refer to UWIC Minutes of October 4, 2001. F. Harris reported that new member Terese Gemme is from the department of "music" and not "nursing" as suggested in minutes.

The purpose of AUR courses was summarized with discussion following minutes report. It was noted that departments should not change CPR forms without approval.

A significant discussion followed regarding Points #2 and #5 as detailed in UWIC minutes.

Motion: Motion to accept UWIC Proposal that the UCF ask Vice President of Academic Affairs, Phil Smith, to arrange for the posting of each departments CPR form on the Southern Connecticut State University website. The motion carried and was accepted.

Discussion was held around UWIC Point #2 concerning the restriction of AUR's by departments.

Motion: Motion to refer the substance of Point # 2 back to the committee.

Motion was accepted. No objection was made to refer back to committee.

V. Elementary Education/Bilingual Education Dual Certification Program: This has been stated to be the largest grant in SCSU's history. A brief discussion was held about the program and L. Verplaetse, representing the program, was available to address any questions. The summer/academic year program requirements were reviewed.

Call the question: No person was opposed. The motion passed unanimously.

L. Verplaetse commented on how helpful she found the UCF process to be as she moved forward with the program.

VI. Constitution Review: The UCF Constitution was reviewed from IIIE to A1.

A significant discussion was held about alternate member and voting rights. Present consensus among the UCF is 1 member per department may vote. This can be re-visited when the UCF Constitution is voted on.

VII. New Business: T. Paddock can no longer represent the UCF to the Strategic Plan Advisory Committee. He will be replaced on that committee by C. Coron.

VIII. 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

Department of Counseling and School Psychology