Undergraduate Curriculum Forum
Minutes
Adanti Student Center, Room 301A
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009

Present: D. Weiss, B. Phelan, M. Das, S. Grace, O. Gulacar, S. Felsenfeld, J. McCullagh, R. Glinka, L. Foss, N. Marano, M. Fede, S. Latorre, E. Larkin, B. Nakamura, T. Radice, C. Simoneau, J. Hong, M. Hartog, C. Dellinger-Pate, G. Brady, R. Kustin, J. Irving, C. Michalski, D. Flynn, R. Cain, K. Gatzke, H. Lockwood, J. O'hara, K. Marsland, D. Smith, G. Adams, E. Keenan, W. Elwood, S. Latorre, E. Larkin, T. Lin, J. Mielczarski, K. Barnett, G. Cochenet, J. Tait, S. Graves, A. Marsoobian, K. Rondinone, M. Shea, P. Beals, S. Clerc, K. Laing
Absent: M. Narumanchi, K. Skoczen, I. Antonios, A. Abugri, M. McClain, J. Fullmer, E. West, J. Strawn, K. Cummings, M. Kiarie, J. Fields, D. Bentley-Drobish, B. Kalk, T. Hils

I.     Call to order
•     The meeting was called to order at 9:40am.
II.     Announcements
•     K. Marsland reminded us about the WACC deadline.
III.     Approval of UCF minutes of September 10, 2009
•     All approved minutes, pending revisions.
IV.     Standing committee reports (minutes and committee motions)
a.     NPIC - minutes received, courses logged
•     HON 298 - Mathematics and the Environment
•     JRN 298 - Journalism and Technology
•     JRN 398 - Online Journalism
•     WMS 498 - Caribbean Women's writing
b.     NMC - minutes received,
•     Motion to approve the following:
New Course Proposals
BIO 205 - Forensic Biology
EXS 202 - Athletic Training Clinical Practice I - Injury Prevention
EXS 203 - Athletic Training Clinical Practice II - Immediate Care
EXS 411 - General Medical Perspectives
EXS 421 - Organization and Administration in Human Performance
REC 463 - Tourism Impacts, Planning and Management
Revised Course Proposals
EXS 302 - Clinical Experience I: Athletic Training
EXS 303 - Clinical Experience II: Therapeutic Modalities in Athletic Training
EXS 402 - Clinical Experience III: Athletic Injury Assessment
EXS 403 - Clinical Experience IV: Rehabilitation
SOC 339 - Fundamentals of Forensics

Revised Program Proposals
B.A/B.S., Biology
B.A/B.S., Sociology
•     All approved the motion
c.     WACC - minutes received,
•     Motion to approve the following:
Course: ANT 376 Anthropology of Education  Faculty: Kenneth McGill
Course: SOC 370 Sociological Research Methods  Faculty: Gregory Adams
Course: SOC 490 Seminar in Sociology   Faculty: Jon Bloch
•     All approved the motion
d.     PRAC - minutes received, no program reviews presented
e.     UWIC - minutes received.
V.     Ad hoc reports (per committee request) - no committee reports
VI.     Old Business
GETF to LEPC transition: The main motion on the floor was:
That the Liberal Education Program Committee:
A) be constituted of all newly elected members.
B) be comprised of 13 members, 2 from each school and 3 at-large members with full rights.
C) not require members to have previous LEP teaching experience in order to serve on the committee.
The UCF Steering Committee made a motion to divide the main motion.
Discussion:
The steering committee presented the details from the LEPC document and the Senate resolution about creating/charging the LEPC committee.  The UCF is required to create the LEPC committee and the Senate will approve the final committee.
All approved the motion to divide the main motion with one abstention.
Motion A: That the Liberal Education Program Committee be constituted of all newly elected members
Discussion:
The steering committee suggested that the main issues are those of experience versus diversity.  Does the UCF favor guaranteeing that the LEPC will initially be more experienced or more representative of all schools and a variety of departments?  Members discussed the issues, including the importance of continuity and the need to constitute the committee in a timely manner.  Other members were concerned that the math/computer science and Arts & Sciences over-representation would not address all students' interests.
The question was called by J. Tait.  There was a subsequent objection to call the question.  The vote was 30-4-4 in favor of calling the question.
The main motion was then defeated by a majority.
A second motion on this topic was presented: That the Liberal Education Program Committee be constituted of 3 newly elected members and the 6 previously elected members who will complete their terms.
Following a brief discussion the motion was approved by the members with 2 abstentions.
The next motion, Motion B, was brought to the floor.
Motion for discussion:
That the Liberal Education Program Committee:
B) be comprised of 13 members, 2 from each school and 3 at-large members with full rights.
An amendment to the motion was made as follows:
Motion: That the Liberal Education Program Committee 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.
The discussion centered on the diversity of the committee. D. Weiss noted that the first group of three elected members would be from each college not currently represented: Business, Education, and HHS.
The amendment to the motion was approved.  The discussion was tabled until next time due to time constraints.
VII.     Adjournment - the meeting was adjourned at 10:50am
Minutes respectfully submitted by Kathleen Rondinone.
These minutes were approved on October 8, 2009.