Undergraduate Curriculum Forum
Minutes
Adanti Student Center, Room 301A
Thursday September 16, 2010
Present: M. Hartog, M. Narumanchi, K. McGill, R. Vaters-Carr, M. Das, S. Grace, G. Kowalczyk, S. Felsenfeld, S. Kopaczewski, L. Lancor, L. Bower, J. Fullmer, M. Fede, C. Hannah, B. Nakamura, T. Radice, C. Simoneau, J. Hong, J. Fields, J. Irving, J. Strawn, K. Lacey, M. Vancour, S. Bernard, H. Lockwood, K. Cummings, S. Creamer, P. Kahlbaugh, D. Smith, G. Adams, E. Keenan, S. Latorre, J. Mielczarski, K. Barnett, G. Cochenet, A. Marsoobian, M. Shea, P. Beals, L. Lancor, S. Clerc, K. Laing, N. Moniello, D. Bentley-Drobish, S. Heller
Absent: M. Generali, A. Abugri, S. Grubacic, M. McClain, E. West, G. Bogel, C. Dellinger-Pate, G. Brady, R. Kustin, J. Tait, M. Kiarie, W. Elwood, J. McGinn, S. Graves, B. Glynn
I. The meeting was called to order at 9:40am.
II. Announcements
a. CSU-AAUP Chapter Meeting on Monday, September 20, 2010 - 11:30am-1pm in ASC Theater with Vijay Nair
b. Regarding links in recent email from AAUP not working, M. Shea requested that AAUP office be contacted about these and any future occurrences as they are encountered.
c. M. Fede commented regarding (1) deadlines for Fall 2011 course proposals and deadlines. C. Simoneau responded that dates are on the website and that proposals will be reviewed as received beyond those dates; and (2) that the protected word documents for new online UCF course proposals are difficult to manage due to instructions printing repeatedly. It was suggested that the documents be modified into two separate documents-instructions and proposal forms.
d. M. Hartog announced that scanned documents should be saved so that they are small enough to be sent via email.
e. Majors Expo scheduled for Wednesday, October 27th from 12-3pm in the ASC
III. Approval of UCF minutes of May 20, 2010
a. Attendance edits - pending approval
IV. Approval of UCF minutes of September 2, 2010
a. Approval with the following corrections:
i. Under announcements - correction 9/7/10 not 1/7/10
ii. Under III - change TL to TF
b. Quorum met (32 voting members present) and approved the minutes (MO: C. Simoneau; 2nd: M. Shea; one abstention)
V. Standing Committee Reports
a. NPIC
i. Discussion of 9/9 meeting minutes
Special topics courses approved.
1. COM 498 Communication Processes in Event Planning (Comment from REC - they have a course that delivers similar content and don't object to the Special Topic course but will want notification if a course is proposed --- they have REC 363 Event Management and Promotion - Recommendation to contact COM Dept., note this will be the 2nd offering of COM 498)
2. ENG 298 Lyrics as Literature: Folk Singer-Songwriter Traditions
3. ENG 398 Exploring Young Adult Literature
4. HIS 298 Ancient Military History
5. MDS 298 Contemporary Media Debates
6. NUR 498 Advanced Special Topics in Health Care: Palliative and End-of-Life Care Colloquium
7. PHI398 Ethical Individualism
8. SWK 398 Children and Families in child Welfare: A Practice Perspective
9. SWK 398 Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse
10. SWK 398 Gerontological Social Work Practice with Elders and Families
ii. Discussed policy for new minor proposals
iii. Minutes of 9/9 received
b. NMC
i. SCC chair of Arts & Sciences attended NMC on 9/9 to discuss process of proposals
ii. Discussed LEP process of proposals with M. Hartog to streamline flow
iii. Discussed status of proposals being posted online
iv. Still accepting paper proposals but want to move toward all online submissions {only new and revised course proposal forms and directions are available online now}
v. Minutes of 9/9 received
c. PRAC
i. Discussion of 9/9 meeting focusing on PRAC's review of Political Science's standards 1-3, which were all met
ii. Motion to approve PRAC report giving approval to Program Review of Political Science Department- MO passed - one abstention
iii. Minutes of 9/9 received
d. UWIC
i. MO: BA in Economics have a representative and alternate on UCF {they moved from Business School to Arts & Sciences/housed with Political Science}- MO passed - one abstention
1. Note: last year UWIC determined guidelines for programs joining UCF
ii. Discussed how LEPC and UWIC will work to maintain the spirit of the document in the process for review of proposals
iii. Minutes of 9/9 received
e. WACC
i. Discussion implications of W-courses in accordance with LEP - process will be determined
ii. WACC contest will be announced this fall (earlier than usual)
iii. Three new workshops held during fall on Wed. (food provided/title in WACC minutes)
iv. MO to accept three new W-courses: PHI 490, SOC 490, ENG 217; MO passed - one abstention
v. Minutes of 9/9 received
f. LEPC
i. Discussed minutes from 9/1 and 9/8
ii. Announced that LEPC needs representatives from School of Health and Human Services and School of Business; LEPC meets every week from 3:30-5pm on Wed.
iii. MO: LEPC will begin operating with the three former members of GETF members (Mike Shea, Winnie Yu, Jim Tait) from last year as voting members of LEPC until such time that vacancies are filled by election for the School of Business and School of Health and Human Resources and a replacement is found for E. Okobi. LEPC will determine which vacancy will be filled by which former GETF member. MO passed - one abstention
Discussion of CT and TF transitions -
iv. UCF discussed the LEPC's MO: New and revised LEP courses shall be approved for 5 years and are subject to revalidation through a process to be devised by the LEPC and approved by UCF (sunset provision) (tabled)
v. MO: CT (Critical Thinking) and TF (Technological Fluency) courses must either be new courses or revised courses that meet the purposes and key elements stated in the LEP document and the learning outcomes defined by the CT and TF working groups (tabled)
vi. MO: Proposal for Course Prefixes and Banner Codes (tabled)
vii. Minutes of 9/1 and 9/8 received
Meeting adjourned at 10:50am.
These minutes are respectfully submitted by Michele Vancour.
