Undergraduate Curriculum Forum (UCF)

Minutes 2/12/04 (amended) 

Present 

E. Emenyonu, C. Wieder, J. Feng, G. Kowalczyk, G. DeJarnette, S. DiFrancesco, R. Glinka, H. Podnar, M. Colleary, J. Tait, C. Coron, B. Eldridge, B. Achhpal, N. Marano, N. Henderson, M. Shea, N. Wilder, E. Schmitt, M. Thompson, N. Chrissidis, W. Shyam, L. Bier, J. Fields, R. Mugno, K. Burke, M. Moss, S. Bochain, K. Gatzke, K. Cummings, K Buterbaugh, C. Novosad, M. Vancour, S. Jackson, G. Olshin, C. Dellinger-Pate, W. O'Brien, J. Mielczarski, B. Butera, M. Heidmann, K. Mauro 

I.  Call To Order

The meeting was called to order by J. Tait at 9:45 a.m.

II.  Announcements

Members should endeavor to sign in before they leave at the end of the meeting.  Many members did not sign in after the last meeting.

III.  Approval of Meeting Minutes

The UCF minutes of 1-29-04 were approved subject to minor corrections.

IV.  Standing Committee Reports 

Steering Committee

CPR forms have no legal standing; the legal contract is what is contained in the catalog.

When submitting proposals for program revisions, departments should include in the package a CPR form before the revision and a revised CPR taking the changes into consideration.  Departments that would like to modify CPR forms to suit their purposes are encouraged to do so. 

B. Eldridge suggested that there is the need to clarify what program requirements are applicable to students when there is a change in the program during the course of the student's study. 

B. Eldridge requested a template for a CPR form.  J. Tait asked J. Fields to speak on the issue.  J. Fields said that he has almost completed an Excel spreadsheet template for the CPR form.  He promised to make this available to faculty. 

J. Tait mentioned that, with respect to the proposed constitution, comments will be forthcoming from the Senate Rules Committee for UCF response. 

On the issue of courses getting into the schedule before UCF approval, Christine Stanton is working with Bob Drobish to solve this problem.  

Notifications Management (NMC)

NMC minutes of 12-11-03 were received subject to a minor corrections.  

NMC submitted a motion to UCF, "That course revisions to HON 298, MAT 100, 101, 120 and 122 be approved. That new course proposals for ENG 317 and MAT 102 be approved." 

Following a brief discussion, the motion was put to voice vote and was unanimously approved. 

New Programs and Innovations (NPIC)

NPIC minutes of 12-11-03 were received. 

NPIC minutes of 2-5-04 were received. 

In answer to a question from a member as to whether Special Topics courses can be used for cross listing, the chairperson of NPIC answered that Special Topics courses cannot be used for the purposes of cross listing of courses. 

Program Review and Assessment (PRAC)

PRAC minutes of 2-5-04 were received subject to some minor corrections. 

University-Wide Impact (UWIC)

UWIC minutes of 2-5-04 were received. 

UWIC submitted for UCF approval the following motion:

 "MAT course revisions. MAT 119 is discontinued, replaced by MAT 100, 101 and 102. Prerequisite for MAT 100 is C- or better in MAT 95; Prerequisite for MAT 103, 105, 107 and 108 is MAT 100 or MAT 102; Prerequisite for MAT 120 or 122 is a C- or better in MAT 100 or MAT 122 (formerly MAT 119) or appropriate placement." 

Motion approved. 

WACC

WACC minutes of 12-5-03 were received.

WACC submitted for UCF approval the following 4 motions:

"1. That ENG 200L as submitted by Will Hochman be approved.

2.      That ENG 301L as submitted by Corinne Blackmer be approved.

3.       That ENG 301L as submitted by Nicole Fluhr be approved.

4.      That UCF please send out an email to all faculty (a) listing the deadlines for submission of courses to UCF for inclusion in the schedule and course catalog and (b) reminding people that courses will not be listed in the schedule or put in the catalog until they have been approved by the relevant bodies of UCF." 

The motions were approved unanimously by voice vote.

 V.  Discussion

J. Tait reiterated the existence of the Forms Committee and requested additional volunteers to work with J. Fields on this committee.  The following members volunteered: S. Jackson, G. Kowalczyk, R. Glinka, R. Mugno, K. Mauro, B. Butera, and J. Mielczarski.

UCF will create an ad hoc committee to draw up bylaws for UCF.  M. Heidmann and K. Cummings volunteered to serve on the committee. 

VI.  Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 10:43 a.m. 

Minutes recorded by:

Emmanuel N. Emenyonu