Undergraduate Curriculum Forum

Minutes
Adanti Student Center, Room 301A
Thursday, March 11, 2010

Present: D. Weiss (Chair), B. Phelan, S. Felsenfeld, R. Glinka, L. Foss, N. Marano, M. McClain, J. Fullmer, M. Fede, B. Nakamura, G. Bogel, C. Simoneau, J. Hong, M. Hartog, C. Dellinger-Pate, G. Brady, J. Irving, J. Strawn, K. Gatzke, K. Cummings, J. O'hara, K. Marsland, D. Smith, J. Tait, M. Kiarie, G. Adams, S. Lotorre, T. Lin, J. Mielczarski, K. Barnett, G. Cochenet, S. Graves, M. Shea, P. Beals, S. Clerc, K. Laing, N. Cassidy, K. Rondinone

Absent: M. Narumanchi, K. McGill, M. Das, O. Gulacar, I. Antonios, A. Abugri, E. West, R. Kustin, D. Flynn, E. Keenan, W. Elwood, A. Marsoobian, D. Bentley-Drobish, D. Kalk

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

II. Announcements
• S. Graves announced the sustainability event today in Jennings Hall.
• T. Lin reminded us of the 64 days of nonviolence events that will be ongoing.
• K. Marsland announced that the Psy Chi and the Psychology Club are sponsoring a talk on careers in art therapy March 29 in Engelman D-125.
• D. Weiss requested volunteers for a joint UCF/Grad Council committee to create standards and generate information on best practices for online/hybrid courses.  A suggestion was made by a UCF member that the committee team up with the CSU distance learning tech committee.
• D. Weiss also reminded us that constitution revisions need a ¾ majority to pass so attendance will be very important over the next several meetings.
• M. Shea reminded us that there will be a university-wide discussion on Mar 18th about institutional autonomy.

III. Approval of UCF minutes of February 11, 2010
• All approved with three abstentions.

IV. Standing committee reports (minutes and committee motions)

a. NPIC - minutes received
b. NMC - minutes received
• No motions from NMC
c. WACC - minutes received
• Motion to approve the following as W-courses (note: two of these courses are by adjunct faculty)
Course: ENG 486 Seminar in American Literature: Uncle Tom's Cabin Faculty: C. Stretch
Course: GEO 357 Marine Geography      Faculty: C. Heidkamp
Course: SOC 216 Men's Issues      Faculty: B. Salzman
Course: SOC 315 Sociology of Gender     Faculty: B. Salzman
Course: GEO 265 Recreation Geography     Faculty: J. Dagostino
• All approved courses
d. PRAC - minutes received
e. UWIC - minutes received

V. Ad hoc report - GETF - Jim Tait

Old Business - Discussion Q & A regarding implementation of LEP - Jim Tait, Polly Beals

Discussion centered on reminding departments to spend time reviewing how the LEP will possibly alter the program's major.  Departments will need to review: degree evaluation, identify courses that are now AUR that majors rely on as either prerequisites or requirements, and identify how those courses will be available in the new program (will they be Tier 1? 2?).  Several members mentioned that courses that freshman currently take will probably not be Tier 1 courses.
K. Cummings suggested that a site be created listing: each AUR that has been transitioned to the LEP and the mapping of the courses that most of our students will take (it was created last year, but should be posted with the new course information).
P. Beals requested that UCF members inquire of their department chairs/DCC committees about courses that are either ready to transition or that will be new courses in the LEP so that all members of the university will be informed.
Questions were raised about when students would be ready for Tier 2 courses (by spring of freshman year for some of them), and how many Tier 1 courses will be ready for fall.

VI. New Business - no new business
VII. The meeting was adjourned at 11:05 am.

The minutes respectfully submitted by Kathleen Rondinone.