Undergraduate Curriculum Forum
Minutes
Adanti Student Center, Room 301A
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Present: D. Weiss (chair), K. Rondinone, K. Marsland, M. Narumanchi, R. Vaters-Carr, Y. del Amo, O. Gulacar, S. Felsenfeld, R. Glinka, L. Foss, A. Abugri, N. Marano, N. Henderson, C. Coron, T. Fleming, D. Marino, M. Fede, E. West, B. Nakamura, T. Radice, J. McGinn, C. Simoneau, M. Hartog, K. Burke, M. Goralski, L. Rebeschi, D. Flynn, D. Pettigrew, K. Gatzke, M. Kiarie, G. Adams, M. Cameron, J. Sullivan, E. Cornwell, T. Lin, J. Mielczarski, G. Cochenet, J. Fields, M. Shea, D. Tomasko, K. Laing, L. Kohrn, D. Bentley-Drobish, A. Todero, K. Mauro, Also present: J. Tait, B. Vaden-Goad, and student Adam Christoferson
Absent: J. Manzella, S. Grace, I. Antonios, R. Kustin, J. Irving, K. Cummings, J. O'hara, S. Graves, A. Marsoobian,
I. The meeting was called to order at 9:40 am.
II. Announcements
• K. Marsland announced the United Way Days of Caring. Book drops are available around campus for Read to Grow and New Haven Reads.
• E. West announced a problem with the SCSU website in which outdated portions of the Geography Department website can still be accessed through searching the SCSU site. K. Marsland pointed out that it is possible to eliminate this outdated information by consulting with Betsy Beacom.
• D. Pettigrew announced that as part of Southern Reads there will be a panel discussion on Oct. 27th and a film screening on the 29th on Out of Africa. The next panel will be on Nov 3rd.
• N. Henderson mentioned that the FYE office has 5 free books for incoming freshman as part of the Southern Reads program.
• D. Pettigrew announced the Cinema du Monde for Oct. 3rd is This is Spinal Tap hosted by Charlie Dellinger-Pate.
• T. Lin requested that we invite Southern students to attend the Girls' Conference on the weekend of Oct. 17th. They are trying to provide funding to underwrite their admission. N. Henderson announced that FYE will assist first-year students interested in attending the conference.
III. Approval of minutes of September 11, 2008
• Approved, pending revisions
IV. Standing committee reports and ad hoc reports (per committee request)
a. NPIC
• Minutes, logging of courses
b. NMC
• Minutes
• Motion to approve proposals
MOTIONS:
Revised Program Proposal
Art: B.A. and B.S. in Art
New Course Proposal
ART 324 - Art and Architecture in Paris
• All approved motion.
c. WACC
• Minutes
• Motion to approve proposals
Course: HIS 200 - Historical Methods and Materials
Faculty: T. Paddock
Course: MGT 403/WMS 403 -Women's Multidisciplinary Entrepreneurship (Revision)
Faculty: M. Goralski
Course: SOC 368 - Sociology of Law
Faculty: J. Ciarlone
Course: PSY 290-Seminar for Psychology Majors "Movies and Mental Illness" (Revision)
Faculty: B. Sherman
Course: COM 233 - Relational Development
Faculty: S. Kopacsewski
• All approved motions
Course: PHI 215 - Logic
Faculty: Gilliland
Committee Recommendation: Approved in spring 2008 by WACC
• This course approved in Spring 2008.
d. PRAC - minutes received
e. UWIC - minutes received
V. New Business
f. UCF Chairperson's Report
• D. Weiss asked the body to read the report. She outlined the steering committee's goals:
1. To hear presentation by GETF today
2. Oct. 9 - Q&A and discussion of GETF proposal
3. Oct. 23 - to hear differing presentations
4. Nov. 6 - to hear GETF revised proposal
5. To vote on proposal without further changes (pending approval of UCF body) at 11/6 or subsequent meeting when discussion is completed
6. Proposal to move to Senate for faculty referendum or return to GETF to work on new model
• Motion: The Steering committee moves to discuss the topic of the proposed Liberal Education Program at Southern Connecticut State University.
• All approved with no abstentions.
g. Liberal Education Program presentation - Dr. James Tait, co-chair, General Education Task Force
• Several possible discussion topics were brought up during the presentation. A full discussion of the Liberal Education Program will occur at the next meeting.
o How many of our students will need ENG 110 or other developmental math courses? How will this change the Liberal Education yearly plans?
o What are the available resources from the Provost?
VI. The meeting was adjourned at 10:55 am
These minutes respectfully submitted by Kathleen Rondinone.
