Faculty Senate: Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee


Present: Jeanne Fraker, Scott Graham, Brian Happy, Eric Harris, Rashida Hussain, Nathan Klingbeil, Joe Law, Henry Limouze, Carol Loranger, KT Mechlin, Richard Mercer, Virginia Nehring, Tom Sav, Karen Wilhoit. Approved Minutes of November 18, 2004. UCAPC Subcommittee Reports Writing Across the Curriculum Committee: No Report University General Education Committee: Henry Limouze, UGEC Chair, reported on committee's actions per the minutes of November 19, 2004 January 7, 2005. In regard to the meeting of January 7, a draft proposal for the GE Transfer Module to be submitted to the Ohio Board of Regents (OBR) was distributed. The UCAPC granted approval to UGEC to proceed with the submission (or a UGEC modified version) of the Transfer Module to the Faculty Senate. The version presented is as follows: GE Transfer Module Course Inventory and Modification Requests CEHS (the CEHS withdrew all requests) Withdrawn Inventories: EDE 317 Withdrawn Modifications: EDE 200, EDE 221, EDE 223, EDE 225, EDE 227 EDE 321, EDE 323, EDE 401, EDE 419, EDE 440 COLA Approved Modifications: HST 440 Returned Modification: HST 402 (per the University Honors Committee actions, the modification needs additional clarification and will have to be resubmitted to the Honors Committee) COSM Approved Inventories: CHM 472 (per the request of the CECS and the agreement of the COSM, the committee changed the course title from "Crystal Structure Analysis" to "Chemical Crystallography") Program Changes CEHS (the CEHS withdrew the request) Withdrawn: B.S. Early Childhood Education COLA Returned History Honors Program (per the University Honors Committee actions, the changes need additional clarification and will have to be resubmitted to the Honors Committee) Returned: History Honors Program New Programs CEHS Approved Rehabilitation Services Honors Program (approved by the University Honors Committee) as follows: Rehabilitation Services Honors Program LC Approved A.A. Liberal Studies as follows (although it was noted that the DEV 093 course is incorrect and needs to be changed to DEV 095): A.A. Liberal Studies Academic Policy: Distance Learning Programs The committee reviewed and discussed the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) policy that all distance learning degree programs must receive prior approval from NCA before they are offered by WSU. The committee briefly reviewed the documentation that is required for submission to NCA. It was agreed that a university curriculum policy and procedure will be developed to address the NCA requirements. A policy will be drafted and reviewed in a special meeting to be held by UCAPC on January 18. The special meeting was called in the hope of submitting a policy proposal to the Faculty Senate at its February 7 meeting. For UCAPC's meeting of February 8, proposals must be received no later than 12:00 noon January 27. Proposals received after that deadline will be placed on the March agenda.