Undergraduate Curriculum Forum
MINUTES
Adanti Student Center, Room 301A
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Present: M. Hartog, K. McGill, M. Das, S. Grace, G. Kowalczyk, D. Weiss, L. Lancor, L. Bower, M. McClain, J. Fullmer, M. Fede, B. Nakamura, T. Radice, J. Liu, C. Simoneau, J. Hong, M. Cohen, R. Kustin, J. Strawn, K. Lacey, M. Vancour, S. Bernard, K. Gatzke, S. Creamer, P. Kahlbaugh, T. Abdulaziz, G. Adams, E. Keenan, E. Larkin, J. Mielczarski, K. Barnett, G. Cochenet, S. Graves, M. Shea, S. Clerc, K. Laing, D. Bentley-Drobish, C. Klatt, J. Mills
Absent: M. Narumanchi, B. Phelan, S. Kopaczewski, M. Generali, S. Grubacic, E. West, C. Dellinger-Pate, J. Irving, K. Cummings, D. Smith, J. Tait, W. Elwood, J. McGinn, B. Glynn, P. Beals
Guest: A. Marsoobian
I. The meeting was called to order at 9:40 am.
Quorum (50% + 1) was reached with 30 voting members at 9:45 a.m.
II. Announcements
a. No announcements
III. Approval of UCF minutes of Oct. 28, 2010
a. Approved unanimously
IV. NEASC Survey of UCF Members - Deborah Weiss gave an overview of the NEASC assessment and conducted a faculty survey for NEASC purposes. She announced that:
a. There would be a Town Hall Meeting Friday, Nov. 12th 1:30-3:00 p.m. in EN A120 to further discuss NEASC.
b. The NEASC site visit is scheduled for October 2011.
V. Standing Committee Reports
a. NPIC
i. Discussion of 11/4 meeting
1. The following courses were logged:
1) ECO 398 Economic History of American Enterprise
2) EXS 498 Sport Performance Psychology: Autobiography deconstruction through object relations
3) MGT 498 Green Management
2. Approved minor program proposal format and will be placed on-line
ii. Minutes of 11/4 received
b. NMC
i. Discussion of 11/4 meeting
1. Motion to accept the following new/revised courses and revised program proposals:
New Course Proposals
1) JST 110 Narrating the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
2) CHI 210 Chinese IV
3) MUS 429 Producing Music Using Electronic Media
Revised Course Proposals
4) ART 104 History of Western Art I
5) ART 105 History of Western Art II
2. Motion approved unanimously
ii. Minutes of 11/4 received
c. PRAC
i. Discussion of 11/4 meeting
1. Theater program reviewed and official report will be presented at 12/2 UCF meeting (P. Kahlbaugh indicated that the report is a good model for self-study and will be posted on-line.)
ii. Minutes of 11/4 received
d. UWIC
i. Discussion of 11/4 meeting
1. Motion to accept the following new Tier I and Tier II LEP Course Proposals:
1) (Tier 1-CT) SOC 102 Critical Thinking: Exploring Social Issues
2) (Tier 2) ANT 102 Biological Anthropology (1st Tier 2 approved)
3) (Tier 2) ANT 204 Language & Culture
2. Motion approved with one abstention
ii. Minutes of 11/4 received
e. WACC
i. Discussion of 11/4 meeting
1. Motion to approve 4 W-course sections: SOC 361 Urban Sociology (B. Holt II); WMS 325 Representations of Motherhood (T. Twomey); EDU 492 Secondary Mathematics (M. Hartog); ENG 361 American Renaissance (C. Stretch)
2. Motion approved unanimously
3. The workshop scheduled on Dec. 2nd has been moved to Dec. 8th at 1:00 pm in ENG Common Room and will focus on Preparing W-course proposals with emphasis on incorporating LEP courses.
ii. Minutes of 11/4 received
f. LEPC
i. Discussion of 10/20 and 10/27 meetings
1. Reponses to Public Health Dept. questions regarding LEP answered and will be added to FAQ and posted on the website.
2. Discussed articulation of LEP requirements to athletes and transparency regarding requirements.
ii. Minutes of 10/20 and 10/27 received
VI. Chair's Report
a. Discussion of LEP impact on printed catalog with deadline for revisions due next week
i. First draft of new catalog due to printer on 11/16. Catalog makes numerous references to university requirements throughout, and we need a solution to address this potential issue as we implement LEP in fall 2011. For example, references to Social Science B and other university requirement language exists that will promote confusion for students coming in under this catalog in fall 2011.
ii. Kathy Yalof attended LEPC and recommended replacing easy-to-change (find and replace) language, but a plan needs to be in place because some departments' language is more complicated and needs to be tied to program revisions.
iii. Letters will go out to department chairs and coordinators to carefully examine their respective pages, identify language that needs edit, and send modifications directly to Marty for expedited review and potential approval prior to Thanksgiving in order to adhere to the catalog printing timeline.
iv. LEPC asks that the UCF gives Marty the temporary authority to review these changes in consultation with members of the subcommittees to expedite the approval process; recommendation for Marty to list all minor changes and present to them to full UCF
v. Second revision of catalog is Jan. 10, 2011 and intended for very minor changes; check revisions at http://www.southernct.edu/undergraduatecatalog/update
vi. Concern that circumventing the process of review creates concern and presents potential future issues; recommendation that SCSU forgo a printed catalog this year in lieu of a more up-to-date on-line version
b. D. Weiss made Motion: UCF will give the UCF Chair the authority to compile a list of minor 2011-2012 catalog changes concerning AUR to LEP transition as established by departments and programs during the 2010-2011 academic year to be approved by UCF; second: M. Fede. M. Hartog "called the question."
i. Motion approved with two abstentions
c. Marty will present the motion and UCF sentiments in meeting with Provost Selase Williams.
Other Items Presented
d. M. Fede questioned LEP's impact on departments with major requirements that are required by the State; Marty plans to bring this to Unit Assessment Board meeting on Nov. 29th.
e. S. Graves recommended that a PDF of schedule of classes be developed in the future. Currently, the schedule of classes is only on Banner, which is a disservice to students who would benefit from a review of all the courses in planning their schedules.
VII. Old Business
a. UCF revised By-Laws (TABLED)
Meeting adjourned at 10:50 a.m.
These minutes are respectfully submitted by Michele Vancour.
