Undergraduate Curriculum Forum
MINUTES
Adanti Student Center, Room 301A
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Present: M. Hartog, K. McGill, R. Vaters-Carr, M. Das, S. Grace, G. Kowalczyk, S. Felsenfeld, S. Kopaczewski, M. Bay, L. Lancor, K. McNamara, S. Grubacic, L. Bower, M. Diamantis, M. McClain, J. Fullmer, C. Hannah, T. Radice, J. Liu, C. Simoneau, J. Fields, C. Dellinger-Pate, E. Kramer, J. Irving, K. Lacey, M. Vancour, S. Bernard, K. Gatzke, H. Lockwood, K. Cummings, P. Kahlbaugh, D. Smith, G. Adams, E. Keenan, T. Abdulaziz, S. Latorre, T. Lin, J. Mielczarski, K. Barnett, K. Burke, S. Graves, M. Shea, B. Glynn, P. Beals, N. Moniello, A. Todaro, S. Keller,
Absent: M. Narumanchi, E. West, R. Kustin, J. O'hara, J. Tait, W. Elwood, G. Cochenet, S. Clerc, K. Laing, D. Bentley-Drobish, J. Mills
Guest: A. Marsoobian
I. The meeting was called to order at 9:37 a.m.
Quorum (50% + 1) was reached at 9:37 a.m.
II. Announcements
a. Jim Fullmer said there might be an aurora display tonight, if it's not too cloudy.
b. AAUP Chapter Meeting today from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in Student Center Theater
c. Saturday, all four campus AAUP presidents will meet to craft a message to Governor Malloy.
d. Monday, February 28th - appropriations meeting on higher education (testimony begins at 5 p.m., buses leaving from campus at 3/4 and need a strong presence at the LOB - invite students)
e. Tricia Lin said Women's Studies and others are sponsoring 64 Days of Non-Violence. Look for postcard in our mailboxes.
f. The Senate approved the form for research grants (funds negotiated through the Senate and the university = .1% of university's operating budget would be set aside for faculty research). Forms will be available on the Senate website and available with a March 15th deadline.
III. Approval of UCF minutes of February 3, 2011 and December 16, 2010
a. Minutes of Feb. 3rd approved unanimously
b. Minutes of Dec. 16th approved unanimously
IV. Standing Committee Reports
a. NPIC
i. Discussion of 2/10 meeting
1. ART 498 The Earth as Medium
2. ENG 398 Writing Tutoring and Mentoring
3. HON 298 Sustainability: Food/Culture
4. MDS 398 Propaganda in Media
5. SOC 298 Medical Sociology
6. SOC 398 Drugs and Modernity
7. SOC 398 International Migration
8. Creating new form for minors program revisions
ii. Minutes of 2/10 accepted
b. NMC
i. Discussion of 2/14 meeting
1. Motion to accept the following new/revised courses and revised program proposals:
New Course Proposals
1) ACC 202 Financial Accounting Assessment Course
Revised Course Proposals
2) EDU 452 (SCE) Secondary School Student Teaching
3) EDU 453 (SCE) Student Teaching Seminar
4) EDU 493 (SCE) Science (Secondary School)
Revised Program Proposals
5) BS English, Concentration: All
6) BS English, Concentration: Secondary Education
2. Motion approved unanimously
ii. Minutes of 2/10 received
c. PRAC
i. Discussion of 2/10 meeting
1. Reviewed Geography Department assessment and recommend that UCF grant continuing approval - accepted unanimously by UCF.
ii. Minutes of 2/10 received
d. UWIC
i. Discussion of 2/10 meeting
1. Motion to accept the following new Tier I and Tier II LEP Course Proposals:
1) (Tier I-CT) CHI 200 Chinese III; HBR 200 Hebrew III; CSC 200 Info Management & Productivity
2) (Tier II-CT) SWK 200 Intro to Social Work
2. Motion approved unanimously
3. BA and BS majors will have the same Multilingual Communication requirements in LEP.
ii. Minutes of 2/10 received
e. WACC
i. Discussion of 2/10 meeting
1. No proposals reviewed
2. Thanks to Elena Schmidt and Maria Diamantis for joining WACC this semester
3. AUR W-course transitions will involve a 3-year grace period, before new proposals will need to be reviewed for LEP W-courses
4. Increase in caps from 20 to 23 for W and INQ courses causes concern and meeting with Selase is planned with Scott Ellis and members of the ENG Department
1) Patti Kahlbaugh noted that the Enrollment Management planning to save faculty lines by increasing student enrollment (based on a 7.5% cut, but now Gov. Malloy planning a 10% cut).
2) Marty suggests bringing Selase to UCF to discuss his plan.
3) Mike Shea responded to Karen Cummings question regarding courses that will be hit with cap increases by stating that most first-year courses will be impacted along with W-courses to accommodate incoming freshman.
ii. Minutes of 2/10 received
f. LEPC
i. Discussion of 12/15 meeting
1. Approximately 60 CT and TF sections needed to accommodate incoming 2011 freshman - Resolution:
"During the transition period, the option of taking Tier 2 courses will be available to students who have successfully completed INQ and either CT or TF, as long as the students satisfy the other prerequisites of the given Tier 2 course."
1) Mike Shea made a motion to table the resolution which was unanimously approved.
2. Restriction(s) in Banner need to be discussed with Kim Laing - LEPC will invite her to their next meeting
1) Overrides for LEP courses will go to the LEP Director for permission in collaboration with the instructor
3. Transfer students with at least 15 credits will transfer in under old (or current) system (not LEP)
4. Polly Beals working with Gateway and then Naugatuck Valley to help them provide CT and TF, to facilitate transition into SCSU from community colleges
5. Lisa Lancor asked that we promote proposals for LEP Tech Fluency courses for Tier I and all Tier II categories now.
ii. Minutes of 12/15 received
V. Old Business
a. Review of UCF revised bylaws (handout on Guiding Principles distributed)
i. Senate President inquired about how standing committees are constituted and the number of members from the same department on any given committee. Discussion focused on: the current language stating that the UCF Chair has the authority to make this decision; that standing committee chairs monitor and alert the UCF Chair about any imbalances in committee membership; and a recommendation that the representative and alternate from the same department not be allowed to serve on same sub-committee.
1. Motion by Ken McGill, second Mike Shea: To approve Part I section B of the By-Laws with the statement "The chair shall not appoint primary members and alternates from the same department to serve on the same standing committee" added as the second sentence.
2. Motion to Call the Question - Nineteen votes in favor and fourteen abstentions - needed ¾ votes in favor to prevail, so additional comments allowed.
3. Motion tabled due to time.
b. Office of Information Technology (OIT) Support on Campus - tabled
Meeting adjourned at 10:52 a.m.
These minutes are respectfully submitted by Michele Vancour.
