ACADEMIC,
APPELLATE, AND SENATE COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT
2009-2010
Academic Year
COMMITTEE: University
Curriculum Committee
1.
Membership (include ex-officio members): Kanchan Das, Ron Graziani (Spring 2010), Donna Kain,
Punam Madhok (Fall 2009), Janice Neil, Jonathan Reid, Paul Schwager, Ralph
Scott, Tarek Abdel-Salam (Spring 2010), Sloane Burke, Samantha Fountain, Linner
Griffin, Ron Mitchelson
·
Kimberly Nicholson attended the 2009-2010 UCC meetings as a
guest and worked extensively with Diane Coltraine to review the materials
considered at each meeting.
2.
Meeting Dates (include
members present*).
* And members who contributed to committee
action, but were not at the meeting.
September 10, 2009: Paul
Schwager, Ralph Scott, Jonathan Reid, Kanchan Das, Ron Graziani, Donna Kain,
Ron Mitchelson, Linner Griffin, Sloane Burke, Punam Madhok.
September 24, 2009: Kanchan Das, Donna Kain, Punam Madhok, Jonathan
Reid, Paul Schwager, Sloane Burke, Linner Griffin & Ron Mitchelson
October 8, 2009: Kanchan Das, Punam Madhok, Janice Neil, Jonathan
Reid, Paul Schwager, Sloane Burke,
Linner Griffin & Ron Mitchelson
November 12, 2009: Kanchan Das, Donna Kain, Punam Madhok, Jonathan
Reid, and Paul Schwager, Sloane Burke, Linner Griffin, and Ron Mitchelson
December 10, 2009: Kanchan Das, Donna Kain, Punam Madhok,
Janice Neil, Jonathan Reid, Paul Schwager, Ralph Scott, Sloane Burke, Linner Griffin, and Ron Mitchelson
January 14, 2010: Kanchan Das, Donna Kain, Janice Neil, Jonathan Reid,
Paul Schwager, Ralph Scott, Tarek Abdel-Salam, Sloane Burke, Linner Griffin,
and Ron Mitchelson
January 28, 2010: Kanchan Das, Janice
Neil, Jonathan Reid, Paul Schwager, Ralph Scott, Tarek Abdel-Salam, Sloane Burke, Linner Griffin, and Ron Mitchelson
February 11, 2010: Kanchan Das, Ron Graziani, Donna Kain, Janice Neil,
Jonathan Reid, Paul Schwager, Ralph Scott, Tarek Abdel-Salam, Sloane Burke,
Linner Griffin, and Ron Mitchelson
February 25, 2010: Kanchan Das, Janice
Neil, Jonathan Reid, Paul Schwager, Tarek
Abdel-Salam, Sloane Burke, Linner Griffin, Donna Kain, and Ron Mitchelson
March 25, 2010: Kanchan Das, Ron Graziani, Donna Kain, Janice Neil,
Jonathan Reid, Paul Schwager, Ralph Scott, Tarek Abdel-Salam, Sloane Burke,
Linner Griffin, and Ron Mitchelson
April 8, 2010: Kanchan Das, Ron Graziani, Donna Kain, Janice Neil,
Jonathan Reid, Paul Schwager, Ralph Scott, Tarek Abdel-Salam, Sloane Burke, and
Linner Griffin
April 22, 2010: Kanchan Das, Donna Kain, Janice Neil, Jonathan Reid,
Paul Schwager, Ralph Scott, Sloane Burke, Ron Mitchelson, and Linner
Griffin
3.
Subcommittees established
during the year (include progress and/or completion of work). None
4.
Accomplishments during the
year, especially as addressed through committee goals. Please include recommendations made to any
University agency other than the Faculty Senate that will be noted under
#5.
· Approved numerous
curricular changes from all colleges/schools at ECU. Approximate numbers are as
follows: New Courses, 72; Revised Existing Courses, 286; Renumbered Courses, 9;
New Programs, 6; New Certificate, 2; Revised Existing Degree, 79; Revised
Program/Cert, 12; Banked Courses, 14; Deletion of Existing/Banked Courses, 72.
· Maintained and refined the
liaison system, including updating the Undergraduate Curriculum and Program and
Development Manual and conducting a fall 2009 informational seminar for
liaisons from each unit. When utilized
properly, the liaison system is an integral part of the curriculum development
process, streamlining, improving the quality of proposals, and reducing the
workload of both faculty and the committee by helping to insure that course
proposals and curricular revisions are complete, consistent, and organized
before reaching the committee.
· Continued a 1-week time
frame for submission of minor revisions to curricular proposals. Thus, the
standard guideline is that individuals presenting curricular proposals should
submit all minor revisions requested by the committee within one week of the
UCC meeting at which such revisions were requested.
·
Completed policies and procedures for undergraduate
certificate programs.
·
Discussed and adopted editorial changes to the curriculum
proposal form that will seek clarification about method of course delivery.
·
Cooperated with the GCC and Office of Academic Programs on
Curriculum Develoment Workshop.
·
Implemented Budgetary Memo requirement.
·
At the last meeting on Earth Day 2010 the committee voted to eliminate the need for
units to submit paper copies to the chair. Units will be responsible for
carrying the original signature form to the meeting where the package is
presented.
Reports to the Faculty Senate (include
dates and resolution numbers):
3
November 2009, Minutes of 9/10/09, 9/24/09, 10/8/09, FSRes# 09-44
1
December 2009, Minutes 11/12/09, FSRes# 09-52
26
January 2010, Minutes of 12/10/09, FSRes# 10-04
23
February 2010, Minutes of 1/14/10, 1/28/10, FSRes# 10-18
23
March 2010, Minutes of 2/11/10, 2/25/10, FSRes# 10-20
20
April 2010, Minutes of 3/25/2010, 4/8/10, FSRes# 10-49
1.
Business carried over to next year (list in priority
order).
· Reinforce and maintain the liaison model. Organize information seminar for liaisons and
UCC members as early as possible in the fall semester. To prevent potential
problems within the liaison system, emphasize that the liaison’s role is as a
facilitator who works to see that proposals are properly prepared according to
the program development guidelines and that they are complete before they reach
the UCC; the liaison role is not intended to be an additional approval step.
· Send out periodic UCC
guidance notices to ECU Official to remind faculty of process and important
contacts.
· Encourage liaisons to work with the Office of Academic Programs staff
prior to submission of marked catalog copy to ensure consistency throughout the
catalog. This year saw a substantial decrease in the quality of catalog copy
submitted for UCC review.
· Continue the review team
assignment process where three committee members are responsible for reviewing
proposals in-depth before the meeting.
· Limit the number of
proposals that can be heard at any one meeting to 8. Anything beyond 8 becomes
difficult.
· Schedule additional
meetings of the committee as needed.
Since the official catalog is now the online catalog and will be updated
more frequently, proposals are considered throughout spring semester. The final meeting of the year is exclusively
for UCC business.
· Consider making the last
meeting for UCC business only, second to last meeting for revisions of
previously considered proposals only, and third to last meeting as the last meeting for new proposal.
This would alleviate much of the pressure to prepare and approve minutes before
last Faculty Senate meeting.
· Suggest to GCC that 5000
level course not be deleted until replacement undergraduate courses are
created.
· Continue to refine the curriculum
development process to streamline where appropriate and eliminate confusion for
faculty developing curriculum proposals.
· Continue to support the
Office of Academic Program’s workshops on curriculum development.
· Continue to look for ways
the ECU & UNC-System initiatives can be better reflected in curriculum
development.
· Monitor slippage in
deadlines for submission of documentation & notification of affected units.
· Next year’s meeting minutes
should include a numerical summary of actions approved.
· As the committee goes
paperless, more powerstrips with long cords are needed to power laptops.
2.
Evaluation of the committee (include anything that
hindered or assisted the committee's work during the year).
A. Charge: Adequate
B. Personnel:
Exceptional –
all committee members were conscientious and dedicated to the best interests of
the university. Although assigned, there was no student representation on the committee.
A public communication
specialist from the Office of Academic Programs continues to assist the process
by supporting the work of the committee.
C. Attendance:
All members
were prompt in attendance and attended most meetings
D. Responsibilities:
The workload of this committee, especially for
the officers, is very demanding and continues to grow as the University
expands, new programs are created, and old programs are revised to meet rapidly
changing needs. However, the success of
the liaison system, the support of the Office Academic Programs and the Faculty
Senate office greatly facilitated the workload.
Reinforcement and streamlining of the liaison system and the support
from the Office Academic Programs in preparing meeting agendas and master
marked catalog copy documents prior to meetings should continue to improve the
situation.
E. Activities:
3.
Suggestion(s) to the Chair of the Faculty and/or
Faculty Senate for improving the effectiveness of the committee.
·
The committee is in unanimous agreement that the liaison
system and the support of the Office of Academic Programs in agenda and catalog
copy preparation are essential in enabling this committee to operate in a
timely and efficient manner.
·
The committee reviewed several proposals that appeared to
have significant duplication of content with other units. Additional guidance
on what level of duplication and justification of duplication are appropriate
would be helpful.
·
Continuity of leadership is essential to the efficient and
effective functioning of the UCC. A succession plan should be considered so
that future officers are identified early and developed appropriately.
9. Does the Committee’s organizational
meeting next year need to be earlier than the date set this year? No.
Signed: Chairperson ___Paul H. Schwager, Ph.D._____________
Secretary _Janice A. Neil, RN, Ph.D._____________