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Undergraduate Curriculum Forum

Minutes
Adanti Student Center 301A
Thursday, February 21, 2008


Present:  D. Weiss (chair), J. Manzella, G. Cochenet, , G. Kowalczyk, S. Felsenfeld, R. Glinka, I. Antonios, M. Generali, A. Abugri, N. Marano, T, Fleming, E. Schmitt, B. Nakamura, T. Radice, J. McGinn, C. Simoneau, R. Mugno, J. Kavanagh, R. Conforti, K.Laird, R. Kustin, K. Lacey, K. Cummings, J. O'Hara, K. Marsland, R. Hunter, J. Terpstra, M. Cameron, T. Lin, K. Rondinone, A. Marsoobian, K. Laing, A. Scott, M. Geelan, M. Heidmann

Absent:  M. Narumanchi, S. Grace, N. Henderson, C. Coron, D. Marino, E. West, J. Irving, L. Rebeschi, D. Flynn, D. Pettigrew, C. Rosado, J. Sullivan, J. Mielczarski, M. Shea, S. Graves, J. Fields, D. Tomasko, K. Mauro, 

The meeting was called to order at 9:40 am.

Announcements

  • Dr. Elena Schmitt announced that Michael Ullman from Georgetown University will be on campus to discuss, The Dependence of Language on Long Term Memory Brain Systems: What do we know and how do we know it?  The discussion will be held in Engleman Hall, B308, March 6th  from 4:45-6:00 pm.

 

  • Dr. Armen Marsoobian announced there will be an open forum with the final candidates for the position of Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences.

        1st Finalist: Wednesday, March 5th , 1:00 - 2:00pm, EN B121, Dr. Bruce Kalk, History Department

         2nd Finalist: Friday, March 7th, 3:00 - 4:00pm, EN B121, Dr. Steve Larocco, English Department

  • Dr. Tricia Lin announced:
    • A NOW-CT Panel on Child Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation to be held on Feb. 21.
    • Monday, February 25th, 5:00 - 7:30pm, EN C112, Provost Selease Williams will give a lecture on, Language Policy and Language Education In the Era of Globalization, as part of the 64 Days of Non-violence Program.
    • Tuesday, March 4, 7:30 - 9:30pm, Adanti Student Center Theatre, Jackson Katz, one of America's leading anti-sexiest male activists will give a presentation titled, My Gun's Bigger Than Yours: Images of Manhood and Violence in the Media," as part of the 64 Days of Non-violence Program.

 

  1. UCF Minutes from February 7, 2008 were approved.
  2. Standing committee reports and acceptance of minutes; votes on standing committee motions
  3. NMC - minutes received
  4. NPIC - minutes received
    Six courses were presented and logged.
  5. UWIC - minutes received; committee continued review of FYE Charter.
  6. PRAC - minutes received
  7. WACC - minutes received; one abstention

Motion: to accept the following "W' courses:

MAR/ENV 491 Seminar in Environmental and Marine Studies
Faculty: V. Breslin

Motion: approved with one abstention

New Business

  • FYE - Nicole Henderson and Nikos Chrissidis, chairpersons of the Ad Hoc Temporary First Year Experience (FYE) Committee presented an update on FYE. The greatest concern is that although approximately 40 sections of FYE will be needed in the fall, there are currently only approximately 20 faculty who have expressed an interest in teaching the course.  The committee will continue its efforts to recruit faculty to teach FYE.  There are no immediate plans to incorporate ENG 111 into FYE.  The policy for faculty release time for those who teach FYE was reviewed.
  • Flow of Proposals - A discussion was begun regarding the Flow of Proposals Document.  The role of the Deans as well as the School Curriculum Committees was reviewed but only discussed briefly due to time constraints.  It was noted by Dr. Weiss, who met during the past week with the chairs of the SCCs that the committees differ widely. 

MOTION:  A motion was made by Dr. Weiss that the Steering Committee review the Flow of Proposal Document, Version 12 with special attention to the role of the Deans. 

The motion was passed unanimously.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:52 am.