Undergraduate Curriculum Forum
Minutes
Adanti Student Center, Room 301A
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Present: M. Hartog, M. Das, S. Grace, G. Kowalczyk, S. Felsenfeld, D. Weiss, S. Kopaczewski, M. Bay, L. Lancor, L. Bower, M. McClain, J. Fullmer, M. Fede, C. Hannah, E. West, T. Radice, C. Simoneau, J. Hong, J. Fields, C. Dellinger-Pate, M. Cohen, G. Brady, R. Kustin, J. Irving, J. Strawn, K. Lacey, M. Vancour, S. Bernard, K. Gatzke, H. Lockwood, K. Cummings, J. O'Hara, S. Creamer, P. Kahlbaugh, G. Adams, E. Keenan, E. Larkin, J. Mielczarski, K. Barnett, M. Shea, S. Clerc, K. Laing, N. Moniello, D. Bentley-Drobish, S. Keller, J. Mills
Absent: M. Narumanchi, K. McGill, B. Phelan, S. Grubacic, J. Liu, D. Smith, J. Tait, T. Abdulaziz, W. Elwood, J. McGinn, G. Cochenet, S. Graves, B. Glynn
I. The meeting was called to order at 9:37 am.
Quorum (50% + 1) was reached with 31 voting members at 9:49am
II. Announcements
a. Joanne Mielczarsk thanked everyone for support at Majors Expo - over 500 students attended the Majors Expo
b. November 9th - multicultural event for students and faculty - Magevet, an acappella group, will perform from 6-7pm in ASC Theater - non-perishable food items are requested for admission
c. AAUP Chapter Meeting tomorrow (Fri. 12:30-2 pm in ASC Theater) - Mike Shea will discuss BOT meeting regarding search
d. Marty met with the Rules Committee from Senate regarding the Constitution. The Senate will likely vote Nov. 3rd , so UCF members should promote acceptance to our department Senate reps.
III. Approval of UCF minutes of October 14, 2010
a. Approved with two abstentions
IV. Standing Committee Reports
a. NPIC
i. Discussion of 10/21 meeting
The following courses were logged:
1) ENG 398 Multimedia Writing
2) HON 298 Math and the Environment
3) JST 398 Sex, Slavery, and Sexuality
4) WMS 298 Non-Western World
ii. Minutes of 10/21 received
b. NMC
i. Discussion of 10/21 meeting
1. Motion to accept the following new/revised courses and revised program proposals:
New Course Proposals
1) ANT 100 Interpreting Cultures
2) SOC 102 Critical Thinking: Exploring Social Issues
3) SWK 380 Children and Families in Child Welfare: A Practice Perspective
4) SWK 381 Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Practices with Adults
5) SWK 382 Gerontological Social Work Practice with Elders and Families
Revised Course Proposals
6) ANT 102 Biological Anthropology
7) ANT 204 Language and Culture
8) MAT 106 Mathematics for Elementary Education II
9) PHI 100 Introduction to Philosophy
10) ANT 304 Children, Language, Socialization
11) MAT 105 Mathematics for Elementary Education I
12) THR 291 Rehearsal and Performance I
13) THR 391 Rehearsal and Performance II
2. Motion approved unanimously
ii. Minutes of 10/21 received
c. PRAC
i. Discussion of 10/22 meeting
1. Motion: In accordance with the Academic Program Review document, PRAC recommends conditional approval for the department of Accounting.
1) The Accounting Department will have 11 months to become compliant.
2) The committee discussed Accounting's noncompliance with the timeline, and notifications will be made to UCF, Provost, Dean, Chairperson, and Coordinator of the program.
2. Motion approved with one abstention
ii. Minutes of 10/22 received
d. UWIC
i. Discussion of 10/21 meeting
1. Motion to accept the following new Tier I LEP Course Proposals:
1) (LEP CT) PHI 100 Introduction to Philosophy
2) (LEP QR) MAT 106 Mathematics for Elementary Education II
2. Motion approved with one abstention
ii. Minutes of 10/21 received
Note: Students should satisfy their quantitative reasoning requirement and technological fluency requirement before the second semester of their sophomore year and before taking any Tier 2 course that includes reinforcement of quantitative reasoning skills or technological fluency skills, respectively. The multilingual requirement should be satisfied by the end of the junior year. All Tier 1 courses and 7 of the 9 Tier 2 courses must be completed before taking the Tier 3 capstone.
e. WACC
i. Discussion of 10/21 meeting
1. Motion to approve 9 W-course sections: ENG 217 Introduction to Literature: Comic Vision (Reimer); ENG 217 Introduction to Literature: Religion and Secularity (Reimer); ENG 325 Medieval English Literature (McBrine); ENG 217 Introduction to Literature: Early English Writers (McBrine); ITA 300 Italian Compostition (Palma); HIS 201 U.S. History through Film (Kalk); ENG 217 Introduction to Literature: Women in Literature (Salerno); PSC 336 The US in World Affairs (Critzer); GEO 302 World Climates (Miller)
2. Thanks were extended to new WACC members
3. Motion passed unanimously
ii. Minutes of 10/21 received
f. LEPC
i. Discussion of 10/6 and 10/13 meetings
a. Dean Fredeen assured LEPC that LEP will be implemented as scheduled
b. Double-dipping does not mean that a single course can count as credits toward BOTH the LEP AND the MAJOR but rather refers to when majors require specific LEP courses for their majors or limits/restricts the list of courses that satisfy a particular LEP category (as is currently done in the AUR system).
c. AUR to LEP transition table almost complete
d. Competency demonstrations will not be used until data from demonstrations are assessed
e. Chairs will receive tutorial on degree evaluation worksheets so they can modify for their programs
ii. Minutes of 10/6 and 10/13 received
iii. Old business - Motion: New and revised LEP courses shall be approved for a period of time and are subject to revalidation under a standard schedule to be devised by the LEPC and approved by UCF
1. Motion approved with 23 in favor, seven (7) opposed, and two (2) abstentions
V. Old Business
a. UCF revised By-Laws reviewed
i. Item I.B. A revision of the timing (or language of timing) of appointment of subcommittee chairs was discussed.
ii. K. Lacey raised the issue of release time for subcommittee chairs. They may not be able to use/receive reassigned time, if they are already at 12 credits because credits would then be carried as overload credits. This may need to be brought to AAUP's attention.
b. Vote on Revised UCF By-Laws will be done when all the revisions are made.
Meeting adjourned at 10:48 a.m.
These minutes are respectfully submitted by Michele Vancour.
