| Present: Jack Dustin, Jeanne Fraker, David Green,
Charles
Larkowski, Joe Law, Henry Limouze, Jan Maxwell, KT Mechlin, Richard
Mercer, Sharmila
Mukhapadhyay, Doug Nord, Tony
Ortiz, Susan Praeger, Tom Sav. Guests: Manley Perkel, Nathan Klingbeil,
Kuldip Rattan.
Approved Minutes of November 18, 2003
UCAPC Subcommittee Reports Writing Across the Curriculum
Committee: Joe Law, WAC Chair, reported that the committee is
presently moving forward to (1) determine if courses can be permanently
designated as WI so as to replace the present process of burdening
departments, colleges, and the Registrar's Office with the quarterly
task of doing so in scheduling course offerings and (2) encourage
departments that have been offering courses in the major that meet or
exceed the WI requirements but are not designated as WI to designate
them as such so that students may receive WI credit.
University General Education Committee: Henry Limouze, UGEC Chair, reported that the committee is scheduled to meet again on January 15 to begin consideration of issues regarding (1) the GE Area V Natural Sciences so to allow a single course in a Sequence Substitution to satisfy a Natural Science course requirement and (2) GE articulation agreements with other Ohio colleges and universities. Also, the committee has succeeded in getting the WSU website updated so that all links to the GE Program are now to the current instead of the old program..Course Inventory and Modification Requests Old Business:
CECS:
Inventory: EGR 101 Introductory
Mathematics for Engineering Applications. Numerous
hours of meetings among faculty from the COSM and the CECS produced a
successful and collegial resolution to the EGR 101 proposal (tabled at
two previous UCAPC meetings). Manley Perkel, Nathan Klingbeil, and
Kuldip Rattan attended the meeting and presented the COSM-CECS
agreement that EGR 101 be approved for a two year period and to proceed
with the CECS curriculum reforms according to the terms of an agreed
upon "Plan". UCAPC approved and extended many thanks to the
guests and all involved in both colleges. The "Plan" is available for
review as follows::
CECS: CEHS:
Approved Modifications: EDE 230
(UCAPC had to make necessary changes to prerequisites and to
the catalog description and it was noted that the WI requirements for
the major as presented in the syllabus needs more work for clarity
and assurance that the WAC program requirements for the major are met),
EDE 315 (UCAPC had to make necessary
changes to include a new title for the student record),
ED 417 (UCAPC had to make necessary changes to the proposed
prerequisites).
COSM: Returned Inventories: PSY 301,
PSY 302, PSY
303, PSY 309, PSY 402, PSY 487. The course proposals accompany the
Psychology Program Changes (see below Program Changes) which are also
being returned to the COSM for additional work. Thus, the committee
felt it best to return all course inventory proposals in the case that
the additional work on the program changes impact the course inventory
proposals. Aside from that, the committee noted that the prerequisites
on some of the course inventory proposals do not coincide with the
prerequisites presented in the program change proposals. In addition,
the committee was uncertain whether or not the 4/5 credit hour option
was a student option and how it would be implemented.
Old Business:
COLA:
Approved: Withdrawal of the
November 18, 2003 Proposal for B.A.in Social Work Program Change. As
reported above, the UGEC will undertake the issue raised in the
November 18 Social Work Program proposal (allowing a single course in a
GE Area V Sequence Substitution to satisfy an Area V course
requirement) with a
university wide perspective.
CEHS:
Approved: B.S. in Rehabilitation
Services. Although the submission by the CEHS indicated changes in the
Integrated Business Education and the Marketing Education programs, it
was eventually determined that the
CEHS did intend to submit changes only in the Rehabilitation Services
program. The proposal is available as follows:
COSM Returned: B.A. Psychology
Returned: B.S. Psychology The committee found that the prerequisites for the new course proposals (Inventory Requests above) did not match the syllabuses attached to the course proposals and again differed from the Program Change proposals. In addition, it was noted that the Program Change proposals in regard to the GE requirements for Fine and Performing Arts, as well as the Social Sciences, were both under the old GE requirements and not the new GE requirements. It was also felt the High School Deficiency reference is a university admission requirement and should not be incorporated in a program requirement. Yet, the Program Change proposals were submitted by the COSM in the form of advising documents whereas the Program Change Procedures and Guidelines approved by the Faculty Senate and General Faculty require such changes to be submitted in the Undergraduate Catalog format. The committee did praise the COSM for doing an outstanding job in demonstrating that writing in the major is integral to each program. COLA:
Approved: Minor in International
Studies. The committee did request that when the program is presented
to students that the Program Requirements section be outlined more
clearly in a catalog format. The UCAPC also requests that in the future
such program proposals be submitted in accordance with the Procedures
and Guidelines established by the Faculty Senate and General Faculty.
The proposal is available as follows:
Academic Policy Office of the Registrar
Forwarded to University Petitions
Committee: Fresh Start Program. Before acting on the request to review
the policy in detail, the committee felt it necessary to gather
additional information from the Petitions Committee because that
committee has been in the business of Fresh Start requests and can
provide more insight into the implications of possible changes to the
current
policy. The Registrar outline of the issues and the current policy are
available as follows:
Next Winter Quarter Meeting Schedule The committee set its next Winter Quarter meeting for February 16. All proposals from colleges must be received with the original plus 19 copies by February 4, 12:00 noon. Submissions received after the deadline will be considered at the March UCAPC meeting. |