Undergraduate Curriculum Forum
Minutes
Adanti Student Center, Room 301A
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
Present: D. Weiss, K. McGill, R. Vaters-Carr, M. Das, S. Felsenfeld, J. McCullagh, R. Glinka, L. Foss, A. Abugri, N. Marano, M. McClain, M. Fede, D. Marino, B. Nakamura, T. Radice, G. Bogel, C. Simoneau, J. Hong, M. Hartog, C. Dellinger-Pate, G. Brady, R. Kustin, J. Irving, J. Strawn, R. Cain, K. Gatzke, H. Lockwood, K. Cummings, J. O'hara, P. Kahlbaugh, J. Tait, M. Kiarie, G. Adams, E. Keenan, W. Elwood, S. Latorre, T. Lin, G. Cochenet, S. Graves, K. Rondinone, M. Shea, P. Beals, S. Clerc, K. Laing, A. Fedak
Absent: M. Narumanchi, O. Gulacar, I. Antonios, J. Fullmer, E. West, D. Smith, J. Mielczarski, K. Barnett, J. Fields, A. Marsoobian, D. Bentley-Drobish, B. Kalk, T. Hils
I. The meeting was called to order at 9:40am by Deborah Weiss, Chairperson.
II. Announcements
• P. Beals reminded members that an email was sent on Oct 8th asking faculty to complete a form indicating their intention to propose an LEP course. She asked that members remind their colleagues about this form.
• N. Marano - WACC had 13 participants in the talk on rubrics and wanted to thank members for spreading the word.
• J. Tait apologized for his statement about 'cream rising to the top.' This metaphor is fraught with issues of elitism and classism that he did not intend.
• We had a quorum of 29 voting members present at 9:50am
• D. Weiss reminded us that the W-course deadline is Nov 19th.
III. All approved of UCF minutes from October 7, 2009 with two abstentions.
IV. Standing committee reports (minutes and committee motions)
a. NPIC - minutes received
b. NMC - minutes received and a motion
• Motion to approve the following courses/programs as a block:
New Course Proposals
CHI 101 - Chinese II
REC 363 - Tourism Planning, Marketing, and Promotion
WMS 327 - Women of Color in the U.S.
Revised Course Proposal
EDU 452 - Secondary School Student Teaching (World Languages and Literatures)
EDU 453 - Student Teaching Seminar (World Languages and Literatures)
EDU 491 - Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages at Secondary School
Revised Program Proposal
B.S., Recreation and Leisure Studies; Concentration: Travel and Tourism Management
• All approved motion with one abstention.
c. WACC - minutes received and a motion
• Motion to approve courses:
Course: MDS 360 Romance to Ruin: Media and Relationships Faculty: C. Dellinger-Pate
Course: WMS 498 Carribean Women's Writing: Blackness, Violence, Resistance
Faculty: S. Latorre
Course: ART 311 Arts of East Asia Faculty: N. O'Connor
Course: ENG 217 American Identities: Latino American, Asian American, Native American,
and African American Writers Faculty: P.J. Splawn
• All approved motion with 3 abstentions.
d. PRAC - minutes received
e. UWIC - minutes received
V. Ad hoc reports (per committee request)
VI. Old Business
GETF to LEPC transition:
Motion for discussion:
That the Liberal Education Program Committee:
2) be comprised of:
• 9 members, 1 from each school and the remainder at-large members with full voting rights,
• with no more than one person per department,
• and the following non-voting ex-officio members: UWIC chair, LEP director, Honors College Director, LINKS Director, FYE Director, representative from library.
3) not require members to have previous LEP teaching experience in order to serve on the committee.
The UCF Steering Committee proposes to amend Part 2 of the motion as follows:
That the Liberal Education Program Committee:
2) be comprised of:
• 9 members, 1 from each school and the remainder at-large members with full voting rights,
• with no more than one person per department,
• and the following non-voting ex-officio members: UWIC chair, LEP director, Honors College Director, LINKS Director, FYE Director, representative from library, Writing Program Director and representative from Registrar's Office.
After a brief discussion, the UCF voted to approve the amended wording of the motion.
The question was called with no opposition. Subsequently, the motion was approved by a majority with 4 opposed, and 2 abstentions.
The third part of the motion was then discussed by the body:
Motion C: that the LEPC not require members to have LEP teaching experience in order to serve on this committee.
Discussion: It was the consensus of the body that Motion B which provided for membership for all schools should lead to the passing of this motion since many faculty from schools outside of Arts & Sciences do not teach AURs currently and are not likely to teach these courses in the future.
R. Kustin called the question and K. Cummings seconded.
The motion passed, all approved with no abstentions.
A new motion was brought before the UCF for discussion regarding election of the chair of the LEPC.
Motion: At the first meeting of the newly constituted committee, the voting members of the committee will elect a chair, to serve a one year term with a limit of three consecutive terms.
Discussion: This is the typical term length for a standing committee of UCF as well as the method of electing chair. The consensus of the group was that these processes for the LEPC should be as similar as possible to those of the other standing committees since the LEPC will be a standing committee of the UCF.
M. Fede called the question and J. Tait seconded.
The motion passed, all approved with no abstentions.
The next motion to be considered by the body is regarding alternate representatives to the committee and how they should be selected. Discussion on this issue was tabled due to lack of time. The Steering Committee will put together a list of possible motions for the next meeting.
VII. The meeting was adjourned at 11:00am.
These minutes are respectfully submitted by Kathleen Rondinone. These minutes have not been approved.
