Undergraduate Curriculum Forum
Minutes
Adanti Student Center, Room 301A
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Present: R. Mungo (acting chair), J. Manzella, G. Cochenet, G. Kowalczyk, R. Glinka, S. DiFrancesco, A. Abugri, N. Marano, T. Fleming, D. Marino, M. Fede, E. Schmitt, C. Simoneau, J. Kavanagh, R. Conforti, K.Laird, R. Kustin, J. Irving, L. Rebeschi, D. Flynn, K. Gatzke, J. O'Hara, K. Marsland, J. Terpstra, J. Mielczarski, M. Shea, K. Rondinone, A. Marsoobian, J. Fields, D. Tomasko, J. Cheng, K. Mauro
Absent: D. Weiss (chair), M. Narumanchi, M. Rogers, S. Grace, S. Felsenfeld, I. Antonios, M. Generali, N. Henderson, C. Coron, E. West, B. Nakamura, T. Radice, J. McGinn, K. Lacey, D. Pettigrew, K. Cummings, R. Hunter, C. Rosado, M. Cameron, J. Sullivan, T. Lin, K. Laing, A. Scott, S. Graves, M. Geelan, C. DiSano, M. Heidmann
I. Called to order 9:35am.
II. Announcements
• E. Schmidt asked that we tell advisors that the Russian language is being offered as Russian 100.
• K. Marsland announced the Relay for Life on May 3rd and asked us to sponsor a walker or student group.
• K. Marsland announced that the last date to submit a W course for Spring 2009 is April 17th.
• G. Cochenet announced that the Senior Art Exhibits are on display in Earl Hall. The opening is April 15th from 5-7:30.
• R. Mungo announced the CSU Assessment conference Friday at SCSU.
III. Approval of minutes of March 27, 2008 - minutes approved with 3 abstentions.
IV. Standing committee reports and ad hoc reports (per committee request)
• NPIC
• Minutes were received
• logging of courses - PSC 398 was logged
• NMC
• Minutes were received
• Motion to approve proposals as a block - unanimous approval
APPROVED MOTIONS:
Revised Program Proposal
Sociology: General B.S.
New Course Proposals
CSC 203 - Flash ActionScript
MDS 380 - Hidden Agendas in the Mass Media
Revised Course Proposals
CSC 101 - Introduction to Computer and Applications
CSC 200 - Personal Computer Applications
CSC 477 - Fundamentals of Data Mining
EDU 413 - Secondary Education
• WACC
• Minutes were received
• Motion to approve proposals for W-courses as a block -approval unanimous for:
ART 270, Introduction to Art Education
Faculty: A.Guagliumi
ART 270, Introduction to Art Education
Faculty: J. Whitehead
BIO 436, Cell Biology
Faculty: N. Edgington
EXS 492, History and Principles of Physical Education and Sport
Faculty: D. Swartz
• PRAC -
• Minutes were received from April 3rd and March 13th.
• The latest version of the Program Review Document will be disseminated to the UCF in the Meeting Packet for the April 10, 2008 meeting and PRAC will make a motion for the UCF to approve the document at the April 24, 2008 meeting.
• UWIC - minutes
• Minutes were received
• Motion to approve revised course proposal for IDS 300 Study Abroad, Direct Exchange - Approved.
• Motion to approve revised course proposal INQ 101: Intellectual & Creative Inquiry - Approved with one abstention
• Motion to approve Charter for the First-Year Experience Program Implementation Task Force - Motion approved: 27 in favor, 0 opposed and 3 abstentions.
V. Old Business - Continuation of discussion of role of School Curriculum Committees (SCC) in flow of proposals
• UCF discussed the role of SCC and NMC in the flow of proposals. Many mentioned their concerns and the general consensus is that efficiency is not always a good thing and that each committee adds a level to the proposals that would not be there if SCC was omitted from the flow of proposals.
• Motion: "Deans be notified in course approval process but not involved in the course approval process."
• This motion was tabled until next time.
VI. New Business - no new business was presented
VII. Adjournment at 10:50am.
These minutes respectfully submitted by Kathleen Rondinone.
