COMMITTEE: University Curriculum Committee
MEETING DATE: September 10, 2009
PRESIDING: Paul Schwager & Mark Sprague
REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Kanchan Das, Donna Kain, Punam Madhok, Jonathan Reid & Ralph Scott
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Sloane Burke, Linner Griffin & Ron Mitchelson
EXCUSED: Janice Neil
ABSENT: None
SUPPORT: Kimberly Nicholson
OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: Lori Lee & Mark Sprague
ACTIONS OF MEETING
Agenda Item:
II. Introductory Comments
Meeting was called to order by Mark Sprague, Vice Chair of the Faculty
Discussion:
·
Faculty
manual
·
Policy
manual
·
Goal: Improvement of communication between the
committees and general faculty
o
Monthly
faculty forums (2nd Tuesday of each month on main campus and every 4th
Wednesday at Brody covering rotating topics)
o
Monthly
committee chair meetings to tackle issues
o
Faculty
Matters Blog (accessible via the Faculty Senate Web site)
o
Twitter
feed
o
Facebook
group
·
Review
of UCC handouts
o
It
will be the role of the UCC to determine how to address the business carried
over from 2008-2009 (yellow sheet)
Action Taken:
N/A
Agenda Item: III. Election of UCC Officers
Election conducted by Mark Sprague, Vice Chair of the Faculty
Discussion:
·
Nomination
of the following officers:
o
Paul
Schwager, Chair
o
Jonathan
Reid, Vice Chair
o
Janice
Neil, Secretary
Action Taken:
Motion made and approved by the committee members.
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Agenda Item: IV. Review of
Continuing Business
Paul Schwager took over as chair of the meeting
Discussion:
·
Role
of the committee member
o
Introduction
of new members
o
Meeting
schedule
o
Role
of Office of Academic Programs
·
Review
of the curriculum process
o
Initial
unit actions (strategic plan, student outcomes, future development)
o
Communication
of originating unit with affected units
o
Curriculum
package creation and submission to the UCC
o
UCC
review of package (justification, grading, contact of affected units,
measurable student behavioral objectives)
o
Significance
of other committees (CTE, SL, FC, WI)
o
Timing
issues
o
Faculty
Senate review of UCC minutes
o
Chancellor
review of resolutions
Action Taken:
N/A
Agenda Item: V. New Business
Discussion:
·
Budget
memorandum
·
Distance
Education
o
Recommendation
to revise the course proposal form to include a section that will record the
method of delivery
o
Report
requested from the NC State Legislature regarding DE
o
Definition
of method of delivery (on-campus, distance, and online)
·
Introduction
of new UCC model
o
Assignment
of submission packages by the chair
o
Time
allotted at the beginning of each meeting for discussion of significant
curriculum items prior to the unit presentations
·
Focus
on university catalog clean-up
o
Banked
courses
o
Courses
in the catalog as active, but not taught
o
Deletion
of courses by units do not require attendance at the meeting
§
Submit
by memorandum
§
Notification
of affected units
§
Signature
form
§
Deletion
requests will be reviewed as a group following the other unit submissions
·
UCC
Liaison Orientation
o
09-17-09
at 2:00 p.m. in Mendenhall, room 244
o
Recommendation
for committee members to attend
o
Changes
to the forms and manual will be discussed in addition to the course deletion
process, etc.
Action Taken:
N/A
NEXT MEETING: September 24,
2009
ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: