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The Curriculum Committee met on February 5 and conducted the following business: Approved Minutes of January 8, 2007. Writing
Across the Curriculum
Committee (WAC) -- Joe Law, Chair, reported that the committee
met on January 9 and continues to develop a process of
recognizing faculty excellence in teaching writing intensive
courses and excellence in student work in writing intensive courses. In
this development, an on-campus workshop will be offered on May 23 and
May 24 in the Nutter Center Berry Room. Announcements will be
forthcoming. In the meantime faculty may contact Joe Law for additional
information.
University General Education Committee (UGEC) -- Susan Carrafiello, Chair, reported via email that that the committee met on January 22. The primary topic of discussion was service learning. Cathy Sayer, the newly appointed Service Learning Coordinator for the University, joined the committee in the discussion. The November 1, 2006 minutes of the committee meeting were approved and are as follows: Undergraduate Academic Program Review Committee (UAPRC) -- Rudy Fichtenbaum, Chair, reported via email that none of the following 2006-07 program reviews due by February 18 have been received. Therefore, he sent a reminder to each. Program
Reviews: 2006-07
Management
Information Systems (B.S.B.)
Operations Management (B.S.B.) Management (B.S.B.) Finance (B.S.B.) Financial Services (B.S.B.) International Business (B.S.B.) Business and Administration (A.S., Music Music (B.A.)
Music History & Literature (B.M.) Music Performance (B.M.) Music Education (B.M.) Communication
Communication Studies (B.A.)
Mass Communication (B.A.) Organizational Communication (B.A.) Social & Industrial Communication (B.A.)—dual major Communication
(A.A.,
Criminal Justice (B.A.) Political Science (B.S.) Sociology (B.A.) Anthropology (B.A.)
In addition, reminders were again sent to those who needed to resubmit their program review documents (based on the their 2005-06 submissions and the committee's review and feedback) following the University guidelines and format. The programs that need to resubmit from 2005-06 are as follows: Nursing
(B.S.N.)
Organizational Leadership (B.S.) (includes Lake Campus) Rehabilitation Services (B.S.) Athletic Training (B.S.) The complete schedule of program
reviews and the "procedures" for submitting program reviews are
available at the following UAPRC Website
Course Inventory and Modification Requests CECS
Approved Inventories: CEG 233*
* Following the meeting the
committee's request for changes in the catalog description were made by
the CECS.
CEHS
Approved Inventories: (Delete All
from
Inventory) EDL 301, EDL 302, EDL 303, EDL 304, EDL 494, EDL 495
COLAApproved Inventories: (One Time
SPR 07
offerings) JPN 203, ITA 203
COSMApproved Inventories: BIO 446,
BIO 456*, MTH
304**, MTH 305**, PSY 292
* The committee made
changes to the catalog description and they were approved by the COSM
representatives.
** The committee made changes to
the Title for Student Record and they were approved by the COSM
representatives.
Approved Modifications: BIO 414,
EXB 321
Course Prefix Changes: create EES prefix and change EH and GL prefix to EES per the fairly new combined department of Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences. On this matter a formal proposal
was not submitted by the
Department but rather the Department was seeking the committee's
guidance on making these prefix changes and approval for beginning to
use the new EES prefix. The committee noted that such a change carries
a wide scope of downstream changes that would have to be implemented
throughout the university, including changes in the General Education
Program that would require Faculty Senate approval , changes in
university degree granting programs throughout many programs and/or
colleges in the university that would require Faculty Senate approval,
changes in prerequisites for many courses throughout the university
that would require Faculty Senate approval, coordination with the Lake
Campus through the Faculty Senate, and changes to accommodate the Ohio
Transfer Module and the Articulation Agreements. The committee also
noted that other combined departments on campus have successfully
retained independent discipline prefixes, including the Department of
Sociology and Anthropology, Mathematics and Statistics, etc. and that
the
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences may wish to rethink
moving toward a combined EES prefix. Yet, the committee would consider
such a proposal as long as it addresses all the above issues in its
implementation. Indeed, the committee appreciates the Department's
advance notice of intent and request for guidance.
Program Changes COLA
New ProgramsCOSM
* Changes were made to correct
the GE Program hour requirements from the proposed 42 hours to the
correct 40 hours and to correct all the CHM courses in the Supporting
Requirements of the degree programs. For the M&I Option, a change
was made to replace the Required Course "Clinical Microbiology" that
did not carry a course designation or number with a specific course.
For the Ecology Option, a
change was made to improve the wording of options listed under Advanced
Ecology
Courses. Following the meeting the COSM agreed to the changes.
Academic Policies Provost Office: Flu Pandemic
Emergency Academic Programs Plan
The committee was informed that
there has been established a University Pandemic Flu Planning
Committee. The committee was also informed that the Academic/Research
Subcommittee of that committee is working on finding viable
solutions to providing continuity of instruction, among other things,
in the event that the university had to close for a week or some
extended period of time. Presently, that Subcommittee is
investigating the notion that the university would want the capability
of switching to a "virtual campus environment" offering most classes
online. Other issues under consideration involve grading, graduation
and commencement, extension of quarters, etc. The UCAPC was asked how
it might assist in this endeavor of finding viable solutions and, in
particular, in reference to what other universities have put in place
along these lines with specific reference to the University of Maryland
and its "Academic Programs Plan for Pandemic Flu Emergency" as
follows
The University of Maryland's
complete
plan (for administration, communications, etc.) was also noted as
follows
The committee felt that this
requires serious and comprehensive study
and was not prepared to provide
specific suggestions at this time. It was also believed that the AAUP
would
have to potentially have input in coordinating curriculum decisions
with compensation
and workload implications. In any event, the committee looks
forward to more communication and information on this effort and would
like to review and provide input on forthcoming draft proposals that
involve curriculum and academic policy matters that must be presented
to the Faculty Senate.
Adjourned: Next meeting March 5. Winter Quarter Meetings and other Schedules as follows:
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