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The Curriculum Committee met on February 8 and conducted the following business: UCAPC Subcommittee ReportsWriting
Across the Curriculum
Committee (WAC) -- Joe Law, Chair, reported that the committee
continues with the process of developing a
means of recognizing faculty excellence in teaching writing intensive
courses and excellence in student work in writing intensive courses.
University General Education Committee (UGEC) -- Susan Carrafiello, Chair, reported on the committee activities and actions taken per the the following minutes: Undergraduate Academic Program Review Committee (UAPRC) -- Rudy Fichtenbaum, Chair, reported that he has received the program review documentation from the CONH and will forward that to the UAPRC committee members in preparation for a forthcoming meeting.. Course Inventory and Modification Requests CEHS
Approved Inventories: HPR 201,
HPR 202, HPR
203, HPR 231, HPR 332, HPR 334, HPR 335**, HED 385*, HPR 245*, HPR
345*, HPR
445*, HPR 385*, VOE 413, VOE 414, VOE 415, VOE 416
Approved Modifications: HED 382*, HED 431, HPR 211, HPR 241, HPR 381*, HPR 410, HPR 460, HPR 481, EDE 221, EDE 223, EDE 225, EDE 227, EDE 321 * The committee made changes to
the "Course Title for Student Record".
** The committee approved the "Health Communications" course proposal subject to review and approval by the COLA Department of Communications. Following the meeting, the proposal was submitted to the Department of Communications and subsequently the UCAPC chair received approval from that department. Thus, approved. Program Changes LC
Approved
B.S. Early Childhood Education
B.S. Organizational Leadership The Provost's Office forwarded a
proposal from the CEHS to submit to the Ohio Board of Regents (OBR) a
request to make permanent each of these programs offered at LC.
Previously, each program was approved by OBR as submitted by WSU and
approved through the Faculty Senate curriculum process as a temporary
program. The committee decided that, given the prior approval by UCAPC
and the Faculty Senate, the proposals stand approved and that the
Provost's Office can proceed to submit them to the OBR. Even though
temporary programs are approved though the curriculum process, the
Provost's Office should continue to submit to UCAPC proposals to make
such programs permanent via OBR. In this way the Faculty Senate can be
apprised of such curriculum changes.
Academic Policies Course Scheduling Use of
Variable
Titles or "Topics" in Non Approved Variable Topic Courses
It was brought to that attention
of the committee that the Registrar's Office receives quarterly course
schedules from departments, colleges, and units that contain course
titles or topics that differ from the course title or topic that exists
and was approved in the course inventory. While this is permissible for
those courses that are "variable title courses" , it is not permissible
for non variable title courses in the inventory. Upon receipt of such
requests, the Registrar's Office attempts to inform departments, etc.
of the problem that needs to be corrected. However, to better manage
the process, the committee suggests that each department, college, and
unit responsible for submitting quarterly course schedules make a
request to the Registrar's Office for the full inventory of courses
that have approved title or topic variations. It is also possible
to obtain this inventory information on-line.
Approved
Procedure for Implementation of
Registration and Add Policy and
Attendance and Drop Policy
The "Registration and Add Policy
and Attendance and Drop Policy" approved by the Faculty Senate February
15, 2000 and the Board of trustees April 7, 2000 requires
that implementation of all course proposals for enrollment
management purposes and designated as "Instructor Permission Required
after Term Begins" be submitted for approval through the university
curriculum process. UCAPC has received information that this
implementation procedure has inhibited the ability of departments and
units scheduling classes to accommodate student demands and manage
enrollments to the point where the 2000 implementation procedure makes
it nearly impossible and ineffective to succeed in that
objective. To correct this failure, the following change in the
implementation procedure puts enrollment management decisions under
this policy squarely in the hands of those better positioned to manage
such, viz., departments and units responsible for putting students in
classes inorder to improve timely graduation.
Approved
Transfer of "D" Grades to WSU
The new Ohio Board of Regents
(OBR) policy states that beginning Fall
2005 receiving institutions should accept and apply all transfer
coursework with a letter grade of " D" as it would for a native
student. The policy applies to transfers from "public institutions"
and applies to transfer as of Fall 2005. The WSU policy approved by
UCAPC expands the transfers to all institutions (hence, including
"private institutions") and additionally makes the policy retroactive
to all transfers to WSU prior to Fall 2005. On the latter, the WSU
policy requires that students make official requests to the Registrar's
Office for the acceptance of "D" transfers. It is important to
note under the policy, if an institution or college or program requires
coursework of "C" or better, then transfer students with letter grades
of "D" must repeat such courses to meet those requirements. From an
administrative perspective there will not be any monetary reimbursement
from WSU to students under this policy. The policy is as follows:
On-line Undergraduate Catalog
Changes
The issue brought to UCAPC is
that while the Undergraduate Catalog is now printed every two years,
the online catalog can be updated on a variety of schedules such
as every two years, yearly, quarterly, etc Thus, how often
should the online Catalog be updated. UCAPC recommends that per our
university
curriculum and Faculty Senate processes, upon approval of any and all
curriculum changes approved by the Faculty Senate the online catalog
changes should be implemented. The exception, of course, are those
curriculum changes that must also receive approval by the Board of
Trustees (e.g., new degree program proposals). Once approved by the
BOT, the changes should be implemented online. Yet, there exists a
problem as WSU moves to substitute the online Catalog for the printed
Catalog. On this front, UCAPC recommends that the WSU administration
create and manage a central online website location where (1) all
degree programs requirements are housed and that all departmental and
college websites providing degree program requirements link to that
central site, (2) all changes in degree program requirements approved
by the Faculty Senate are instantaneously updated and incorporated at
this central site, and (3) the same site for all degree programs
provide an archive of all previous degree program requirements so that
students, faculty, advisors, degree auditors, etc, have online access
to any year degree requirements for students who contractually entered
a program in the year or term admitted to the program.
Adjourned: Next meeting March 8. Winter Quarter Meetings and other Schedules as follows:
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