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Undergraduate Curriculum Forum (UCF)

Minutes 4/28/05

Present 

B. Phelan, R. Vaters-Carr, J. Feng, G. Kowalczyk, G. DeJarnette, R. Glinka, S. DiFrancesco, H. Podnar, B. Achhpal, N. Marano, N. Henderson, M. Shea,  E. Schmidt, L. Yacher, N. Chrissidis, W. Shyam,  J. Fields, R. Mugno, K. Burke, C. Dellinger-Pate, R. Page, R. Kustin, S. Bochain, K. Gatzke, K. Buterbaugh, K. Marsland, R. Hunter, S. Jackson, J. Tait, W. O'Brien,  J. Mielczarski, K. Laing, L. Kohrn, M. Heidmann, K. Mauro, T. Lin

I.          Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 9:45 a.m.

II.        Announcements

No announcements

III.       Approval of UCF Minutes of 4/14/05

The UCF minutes of 4/14/05 were approved with one abstention pending changes to indicate that the last motion was a "substitute motion."  .

IV.       Reception of Standing Committee Minutes and Approval of Standing Committee Motions
Steering Committee

No report.

Notifications Management (NMC) 

NMC Minutes of 4/21/05 received.

Motions:

·        Revised course SOC 440: Quantitative Analysis of Social Science Data be approved

·        Revised course PSC 435: On War be approved

·        Revised course EXS 490: Organization and Administration in Athletic Training be approved

·        Revised course REC 241: Introduction to Outdoor Recreation be approved

·        Revised course MDS 497: Internship be approved

·        Revised courses CHE 120: General Chemistry I & CHE 121: General Chemistry II be approved.

·        Revised course COM 493: Practicum in Advertising and Promotions be approved

·        Revised course COM 340: Communication and Product Information be approved

·        New course COM 402: Advertising and Promotion for the Internet be approved

·        New course COM 472: Advertising and Promotional Campaigns be approved

·        New course NUR 459: Leadership and Management in Contemporary Nursing Practice be approved

·        New course PSY 366: Health Psychology be approved

·        Revisions to BS program in Communications, Advertising and Promotions, be approved.

·        Revisions to BA program in Theatre be approved

·        Revisions to Theatre program be approved

·        Communications Minor, Advertising and Promotions, be approved

·        Communications Minor, Interpersonal Communication, be approved.

Motions approved with two abstentions.

New Programs and Innovations (NPIC)

NPIC Minutes of 4/21/05 were received.

Program Review and Assessment (PRAC)

PRAC minutes of 4/21/05 were received.

University-Wide Impact Committee (UWIC)

No report.

Writing Across the Curriculum (WACC)

WACC minutes of 4/21/05 were received.

V.        The Question of reconstituting the General Education Task Force as an Elected Body

The chair raised the question of reconstituting the General Education Task Force as an elected body, as suggested by certain members of the Faculty Senate and as discussed by the UCF steering committee.  Members asked for clarification about the next steps of the task force.  Jim Tait explained that the next step would be to involve as many faculty members as possible to create several alternative structures to serve the approved goals.  He explained that this step could take years.  Once a structure was approved by a faculty referendum, the next step would be to implement the program, which would be, in many ways, an administrative problem and would have to go to the appropriate bodies. 

The chair pointed out that one way to go about changing the task force into an elected body would be to make it an evolutionary replacement.  Current members would remain, but when a member needed to be replaced, a vote would take place, slowly turning the task force into an elected body over time.  This is timely because replacements are currently needed.

Jim Tait pointed us back to the original charter for creating the task force, explaining that it was important certain constituencies be represented on the task force, which was one reason the task force was originally appointed by the UCF steering committee.  Mark Heidmann added that if we want to elect the body, we need to have this set of representative categories to preserve the diversity.

Many members believed that making the task force an elected body would legitimize it and solve any trust issues. 

A suggestion was made that the administration should be represented on the task force.

Some members expressed concern over the way "minority departments" (those who mainly voted against the goals in the referendum) would be represented in the next step.  Jim Tait and Mike Shea both explained how important it will be for departments to be involved in the next step, which will be a very open process. 

Motion: The Steering Committee will select a slate of candidates for task force replacements to be voted on in a faculty election.

Discussion ensued, including the idea that representative areas need to be considered and self-nomination should be allowed.

The motion was tabled to be discussed at the next meeting.

VI.       Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 10:50 a.m.

Minutes recorded by Nicole Henderson, Secretary for UCF