Undergraduate Curriculum Forum
Minutes

Adanti Student Center, Room 301A
Thursday, February 25, 2010

Present: D. Weiss (Chair), K. McGill, B. Phelan, L. Carlson, R. Glinka, S. DiFrancesco, L. Foss, M. McClain, J. Fullmer, M. Fede, D. Marino, E. West, B. Nakamura, T. Radice, C. Simoneau, J. Hong, M. Hartog, C. Dellinger-Pate, R. Conforti, G. Brady, R. Kustin, J. Irving, C. Michalski, D. Flynn, R. Cain, K. Gatzke, H. Lockwood, K. Marsland, P. Kahlbaugh, D. Smith, J. Tait, M. Kiarie, G. Adams, E. Keenan, S. Latorre, E. Larkin, T. Lin, J. Mielczarski, K. Barnett, G. Cochenet, A. Marsoobian, P. Beals, S. Clerc, D. Bentley-Drobish, N. Cassidy, K. Rondinone

Absent: M. Narumanchi, M. Das, O. Gulacar, S. Felsenfeld,I. Antonios, A. Abugri, N. Marano, G. Bogel, J. Strawn, K. Cummings, J. O'hara, W. Elwood, S. Graves, K. Laing, B. Kalk,

I. The meeting was called to order at 10:40 am.

II. Announcements - there were no announcements today.

III. Approval of UCF minutes of December 10, 2009
• All approved minutes with one abstention

IV. Standing committee reports (minutes and committee motions)

a. NPIC - minutes  from 2/4 and 2/18 meetings received

b. NMC - minutes  from 2/4 and 2/18 meetings received
• Motion to approve all courses/programs as a block:

New Course Proposals
ANT 376 - Anthropology of Education
ANT 476 - Fieldwork Methods in the Ethnography of Education
ANT 496 - Research Internship in the Ethnography of Education
MIS 230 - Introduction to Project Management
MIS 430 - Advanced Project Management
HEB 100 - Hebrew I
HEB 101 - Hebrew II

Revised Course Proposals
MGT 385 - Human Resources Management
MKT 427 - Marketing Management
ANT 352 - Crime Scene Investigation

Revised Program Proposals
B.S., Anthropology; Concentration: Anthropology of Education
B.S., Education; Concentration: Bilingual Education
BS Communication Disorders BS Communication
BS Nursing
• All approved the motion.

c. WACC - minutes  from 2/4 and 2/18 meetings received

• Motion to approve all courses as a block:
Course: GEO  301, Landforms  Faculty: B. Harrison
Course: WLL 211    Faculty: Elena Schmitt  
Course: English 200    Faculty: Steven Corbett   
Course: Philosophy 325   Faculty: Susan Owen
Course: JRN 200    Faculty: Frank Harris
Course: JRN 322    Faculty: Cindy Simoneau   
Courses: English 217 and 366   Faculty: Jeff Mock    
Course: Public Health    Faculty: Richard Cain  
Course: WLL 211    Faculty: Judith Hammer

• All approved the motion.

d. PRAC - minutes  from 2/4 and 2/18 meetings received

• Motion - PRAC recommends to the University Curriculum Forum that Continuing Approval be given to the Management/MIS Department .
• UCF approved the motion and understands that Standards 1-17 have been met.

e. UWIC - minutes  from 2/4 and 2/18 meetings received

• Motion: That Philosophy department for PHI 325 (Bio-Ethics in the Life Sciences) be accepted as an All-University Requirement.
• All approved the motion.
• Motion: That UCF membership be available to any SCSU program that has EITHER 1. a major or 2. course offerings with its own subject code prefix (e.g., HON or WMS) AND a chair or director. Any program that meets either of these two criteria may apply for UCF membership by providing a rationale explaining why that program is not otherwise represented sufficiently in the UCF.
• All approved the motion.

V. Report on credits for Program Review - Kathy Yalof

• The credits for Department Program Review are organized and saved in a spreadsheet maintained by Kathy Yalof.  She passed out the latest copy and explained that the information is based upon the chair's report of what credits were distributed and when they were distributed.  She reminded us that the credits can be banked or awarded each semester per the decision of the department chair.  UCF members were requested to be sure that their department chairs update the credits every semester so they are as accurate and current as possible.

VI. Ad hoc reports - GETF - Jim Tait presented a report on the progress of the GETF and its current status.

VII. Old Business - none

VIII. New Business
Discussion Q & A regarding implementation of LEP - Jim Tait, Polly Beals

J. Tait and P. Beals answered questions regarding implementation of the LEP.  They requested that faculty begin to think about Tier I and II courses and stated that forms will be available soon to propose courses.  They will return to the next UCF meeting to continue discussion of the LEP.

The meeting adjourned at 10:50am.

The minutes were respectfully submitted by Kathleen Rondinone.