| UCAPC held its regularly scheduled meeting on October 20
and a special meeting to review the course inventory management process
on October 13. Business of the latter carried forward to October
20. The minutes reported herein are therefore the combined of the
two meetings. Present October 20: Carol Holdcraft (for Candace Cherrington), Jean Edwards, Jeanne Fraker, Jim Steinberg, Nathan Klingbeil, Joe Law, Richard Mercer, Tony Ortiz, Bobbie Pohlman, Tom Sav, Alpana Sharma, Karen Wilhoit. Guests: Wallace Neikirk, Kitty Friedman, Eric Poch, Todd Brittingham. Present October 13: Candace Cherrington, Jean Edwards, Jeanne Fraker, Jim Steinberg, Nathan Klingbeil, Joe Law, Richard Mercer, Bobbie Pohlman, Tom Sav, Alpana Sharma, Karen Wilhoit. Guests: Wallace Neikirk, Kitty Friedman, Mary Holland. Approved Minutes of September 29, 2009. UCAPC Subcommittee ReportsWriting Across the Curriculum Committee (WAC): Joe Law, WAC Chair, reported that the semester WAC program proposal (absent, of course, specific courses) will be presented to UCAPC in time for its November meeting. University General Education Committee( UGEC): Jean Edwards, UGEC Chair, reported that the semester GE program proposal (absent, of course, specific courses) will be presented to UCAPC in time for its November meeting.. Undergraduate Academic Program Review Committee (UAPRC): Susan Carrafiello, UAPRC Chair. No report. Service Learning Committee (SLC):
Cathy Sayer, SLC Chair. No report.
New Programs COSM B.S. Psychology:
Industrial/Organizational Concentration: The committee noted that the
GE program component of the proposal was flawed and that affected the
remaining components of the program. The committee returned the
proposal for additional work.
The committee used the
presentation of the course inventory management workflow as a review of
the format and process for converting the inventory from the quarter to
the semester calendar and for proposing new courses for the semester
inventory. The committee made several requests for modifications
necessary to improve the curricular functionality of the process and
some recommendations to improve the user friendliness of the format.
The primary focus rested on the need to maintain the curricular
integrity of the process while attempting to satisfy the administrative
issues surrounding the desire to create separate course identities or,
at least, separate tags for laboratories, recitations, clinicals, etc.
The committee also focused on the need to maintain separate course
prerequisite information for the subset of quarter system courses that
would be converted to semester system courses. Some
recommendations arose with regard to formatting the grading and course
type selections and content of the explanatory text. Everyone agreed to
the modifications that need to be incorporated prior to the deployment
of the course inventory management. One issue that remained and could
not be resolved pertained to the attachment of "Notes" and the
authorization of individuals to enter notes during the submission
process as well as the obligation of UCAPC to act upon such notes. That
issue could be addressed later and should not delay deployment of the
workflow, at least for the "save" stage. Current versions may be viewed
at
Other Academic Matters Minor and Certificate Program
Policies; The committee picked up where it previously departed from the
matter of credit hour minimums and maximums for minor and certificate
programs. While considering the minimums under OBR discussions, the
committee also agreed to some preliminary maximums. However,
prior to any the formulation of formal proposals, the committee
must resolve the possible inconsistencies that seem to arise in
defining certificates. That problem also exists for the committee
deliberations regarding concentrations, tracks, etc.
Adjourned: Fall meetings and deadlines for submission as well as Senate approvals as follows:
Additional meetings will be scheduled to attend to the semester academic calendar conversion. |
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