Undergraduate Curriculum Forum (UCF)
Minutes 1/27/05 (revised)
Present
R. Kustin, M. Vancour, M. Heidmann, K. Mauro, R. Hunter, K. Laing, S. Bochain, K. Ritter (guest), K. Cummings, R. Glinka, G. Kowalczyk, C. Kim, R. Mugno, K. Buterbaugh, H. Podnar, S. Jackson, C. LaDousa, L. Yacher, N. Henderson, K. Gatzke, W. O'Brien, C. Dellinger-Pate, K. Burke, J. Mielezarski, W. Shyam, J. Fields, N. Chrissidis, B. Achhpal, G. DeJarnette
I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 9:45 a.m.
II. Announcements
· The PRAC website is up, and PRAC is still working on the assessment workshop.
· The two-day Writing workshop for faculty was a success with 24 faculty members participating. Follow-up events are being planned, including a series of mini-workshops and more two-day workshops.
· Christine Stanton has accepted another position and will be leaving us. We will miss her.
III. Approval of UCF Minutes of 12/2/04
The UCF minutes of 12/2/04 were approved pending corrections with one abstention.
IV. Reception of Standing Committee Minutes and Approval of Standing Committee Motions
Steering Committee
No report.
Notifications Management (NMC)
Minutes of 12/9/04 received.
Motion to pass the following courses and programs:
New course NUR 467: Care Across the Continuum for Special Populations
New course WMS 403: Women's Multidisciplinary Entrepeneurship
New course EXS 308: Essentials of Strength and Conditioning
Revised Program EXS Athletic Training Education Program
Revised Program EXS Human Performance
Motion passes with one abstention.
New Programs and Innovations (NPIC)
No report.
Program Review and Assessment (PRAC)
The PRAC minutes of 12/9/04 were received.
PRAC will actively participate in the 2005 CSU assessment conference to be held April 29 at Eastern Connecticut State University.
University-Wide Impact Committee (UWIC)
The UWIC minutes of 12/9/04 were received.
Motion to approve ENG 097: Tutorial in Basic English
Motion passed with one abstention.
Motion to approve title change for GEO 100 to "People, Places, and Environments."
Motion passed with one abstention.
It was pointed out that students and advisors need to be informed that although certain developmental courses (ENG 098 and MAT 095, for example) are non-credit bearing courses, students do get load credits for these courses. Therefore, students should not feel they have to take extra courses in order to satisfy load requirements for full-time status and/or financial aid. The chair of UCF will send a note to the faculty right before registration.
Writing Across the Curriculum (WACC)
WACC minutes of 12/09/04 received.
Motion that the following courses be accepted as "L" courses:
ENG 217: Introduction to Literature: Rebels and Exiles in American Literature
Proposed by Scott Ellis
ENG 361: American Renaissance
Proposed by Scott Ellis
PHI 200: Exploration of the Nature of Technology
Proposed by Rex Gilliland
PHI 370: Philosophy of Education
Proposed by Rex Gilliland
Motions passed with one abstention.
V. Variable Credits for internships and independent study
The chair raised the issue of allowing all departments the option of variable credits for internships and independent studies. The issue arose over the break on two occasions. The first occasion involved a department wishing to enroll a student in a 6-credit internship when the department's internship was UCF-approved and Banner-designated as 3 credits. The second occasion involved a department wishing to enroll a student in a 6-credit independent study when the department's independent study was UCF-approved and Banner-designated as 3 credits. As an attempt to avoid this problem in future registration periods, the chair proposed the idea of granting all departments the option of allowing variable credits for all internships and independent studies.
A number of members expressed concern regarding the UCF's role in departmental decisions. They did not think it was up to us to declare departmental policy. It was suggested that, perhaps, we should inform departments of the option, but leave it up to them to make proposals. It was suggested that representatives bring this issue back to departments for consideration by their departments.
There was also discussion surrounding the differences between independent studies and internships. Some members wanted them to be discussed separately, due to their differences.
VI. Standards for proposals - discussion regarding the delegation of parts of work to subcommittees
The chair asked the body to consider the work we need to do, and asked that we delegate this work, in ways that make sense, to subcommittees for initial consideration.
In an attempt to organize this information, members came up with the following list, and after discussion, decided the subcommittees listed below should take up these issues.
Deadlines - (no subcommittee designated)
Assessment -- PRAC
Formatting issues - UWIC
Credit Issue - (no subcommittee designated)
Cross-listing -NMC
Academic Integrity - (decided that the School Curriculum Committee deals with this)
Reusable course numbers (no subcommittee designated)
It was suggested that we need to communicate with the School Curriculum Committees in order to better understand many of the issues listed above.
Meeting adjourned at 10:47 a.m.
Minutes recorded by Nicole Henderson, Secretary for UCF
