Undergraduate Curriculum
and
Academic Policy Committee

Minutes
of
May 18, 2006 Meeting

Present: Susan Carrafiello, Candace Cherrington, Jeanne Fraker, Tom Sudkamp (for Nathan Klingbeil), Charles Larkowski, Joe Law, Carol Loranger, KT Mechlin,  Mindy McNutt, Tom Sav, Scott Graham (for Carol Wagner-Williams), Karen Wilhoit, Abby Dunlap (for Krystal Karshner & David Percy). Guests: Joyce Hail (Registrar's Office).

Approved Minutes of April 13, 2006.

UCAPC Subcommittee Reports

Writing Across the Curriculum Committee (WAC) -- Joe Law, Chair, reported that the WAC Newsletter will be issued soon.

University General Education Committee (UGEC) -- Susan Carrafiello, Chair, reported that the committee continues in the process of reviewing and approving assessment reports. The UGEC April minutes are available as follows:
The assessment reports approved are available as follows:

Undergraduate Academic Program Review Committee (UAPRC)
-- Rudy Fichtenbaum, Chair, reported (via Tom Sav) that the committee is continuing  to meet every Wednesday to review the academic program reviews scheduled for this year. Of the following programs scheduled for review during the 2005-06 Academic Year, those noted with an * have been reviewed by the committee to date but the committee continues to meet in the hope to complete all reviews before the end of the Spring Quarter:

* Nursing (B.S.N.) [N.B. CCNE accreditation 2004-05, thus can use existing self-study, etc. ]*
  Organizational Leadership (B.S.) (includes Lake Campus)
  Rehabilitation Services (B.S.)
  Athletic Training (B.S.)
* Psychology (B.S., B.A.)
  Psychology (A.A., Lake Campus)
* Biological Sciences (B.S., B.A.)
* Biological Sciences Education (B.S., B.A.)
* Biological Sciences (A.S., Lake Campus)
* Accountancy (B.S.B.)
* Marketing (B.S.B.)

The committee is having some difficulty, due to the manner in which program review submissions are received, getting program reviews online. Those that are available online my be accessed at the following
        UAPRC Website.
Upon completion of all scheduled program reviews, the committee will issue and make available online its final report.

Course Inventory and Modification Requests

COLA
Approved Modifications: ENG 340, ENG 481, ENG 482, ENG 483, ENG 484, GEO 149, URS 410, URS 411, URS 414, URS 415, URS 416, URS 423*,  URS 424, URS 425*, URS 470, URS 490
Approved Inventories: ENG 474, ENG 475, ENG 488, GEO 149, MUS 199, MUS 401, URS 413, URS 421, URS 476, URS 478
* The committee added #4 Title Variations to the course modifications.
COSM
Approved Inventories: Delete -- EH 451, EH 463, EXB 355, Inactivate --EH 432, EH 468
Approved Modifications: BIO 345, EXB 352, EXB 353, EXB 354, EXB 450

UC
Tabled Modification: UVC 102

Course Modification Requests to Conform to Banner Prerequisite Checking Winter 2007 Implementation

The Faculty Senate charge to the committee is how to solve the problem of "hard" vs "soft" prerequisites that Banner can enforce and not enforce, respectively, be reviewed and action taken by academic units. The committee seeks the most painless solution in that there must be a Banner (or other system) Screen that shows online for each academic unit (1) the course designation, (2) the course number, (3) the course title, (4) the current "hard" prerequisites that Banner sees and can enforce, (5) the current "soft" prerequisites that are in the Inventory of Courses that Banner cannot enforce, AND elected action by the academic unit to (a) delete the "soft" prerequisites or (b) move the "soft" prerequisites to "Recommended".  This would allow academic units to view such and take action on such online and submit to the Registrar's Office and make available to UCAPC.

Of course, there would have to be a clear and non technical explanation to academic units that accompany such a request. That is, it is quite clear that the vast majority have little knowledge of these issues and the impending curriculum and registration problems via their programs, courses, and impacts on students.

The committee continues to work with the Registrar's Office and the Banner People to come to an implementation solution.

Program Changes

COLA
Approved

Academic Policy

Approved (based on the UGEC recommendations of justification -- February 22, 2006 Meeting)


Adjourned for the 2005-06 Academic Year:  Next meeting September TBA. Fall 2006-07 Fall  Quarter Meetings and other Schedules as follows:

UCAPC
  Meeting
UCAPC
Submission Deadline
(No Exceptions: receipt after
  forwards to the next meeting)
Faculty Senate
Meeting
New Business
Faculty Senate
Meeting
Old Business
Current Meeting
May 18
 
June 5 October 2
September TBA
September 8, 12:00 Noon
October 2
November 6



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