| Present May 12: Jean
Edwards, Jeanne Fraker, Kathy Keister, Sarah McGinley,
Richard Mercer, Tom
Sav, Vaughn Shannon, Joe Slater. Guests: Mary Holland, Rudy Fichtenbaum. May 19: Stephanie Davis, Jean Edwards, Jeanne Fraker, Kathy Keister, Joe Law, Sarah McGinley, Richard Mercer, Tom Sav, Vaughn Shannon, Joe Slater. Guests: Mary Holland. May 26: Canceled due to time conflict wtih the University Budget Presentation. Semester Conversion Inventory May
12
No course inventories reviewed. Reviewed on May 19 the following Semester courses: (Note: Committee revisions are not reflected in the following documents. Individuals should login to the Course Inventory Workflow or visit the UCAPC Quarter to Semester Transition website to review revisions.) May 19
Semester Courses*
*As agreed to by the college representatives, the committee made revisions to CS 1200, IE 4000, PHL 2100, PHL 3410EES 4750, HED 4430, HPR 4110, OL 4940, OL 4950, SRV 40000. Program Conversions to Semester May
12
The committee reviewed the
following Minor program from the COSM.
Individuals should login to the Program
Inventory Workflow or visit the UCAPC Quarter to Semester Transition
website to review any revisions made to these programs.
May
19
The committee reviewed drafts
of the following:
Wright State Core Courses and the
Distribution of Courses to Elements
Wright State Core Transfer Policy and Guidelines Student Guide for Transition to Wright State Core Policies May
12
The
committee considered the proposal from the administration to the
Faculty Senate Executive Committee to
now install Saturday classes in the official semester calendar
timeblock policy as previously approved.
Proposal
-- Saturday Classes: 9:00-11:40 and 1:00-3:40
There was no support for the proposal from the committee, students, or
the AAUP-WSU. It was noted, that class scheduling and teaching
outside of the officially approved timeblocks are possible on a
voluntary basis -- that has always been true and is presently
operational with regard to some program offerings. Objections to the
proposal to make Saturday classes and teaching an official part of the
semester calendar timeblocks were based upon the following:* the absence of staff and
service support for students and faculty on Saturdays -- proportional
staff work hours and services would have to be made available on
Saturdays
Details of the objections will be presented to the
Executive Committee and the Faculty Senate. * the approved timeblocks provide a 33% increase in scheduling whereas there is a significantly lower % increase in total faculty teaching schedules at a given point in time in some colleges, e.g., COLA and RSCOB * there might be consideration for possible distance learning and temporary classroom alternatives * there needs to be a regard for students possibly attending classes 6 days per week or faculty teaching schedules increasing from 3 to 4 days or 4 to 5 days, etc. * there needs to be a consideration or data regarding students who take Saturday opportunities for working and earning income or returning home for family needs * there needs to be consideration of increased expenditures for commuting costs given the current and potential increases in gasoline prices * there has yet to be developed a reasonably hard teaching and course offering schedule for Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 -- it was announced that only soft schedlues of day/evening offerings are the basis of the proposal * there is the absence of family and religious differences and needs of faculty, staff, and students May
19
The committee reviewed a draft of
the semester High School Preparation Policy, WSCore Courses, Policy
Governing Transfer Students' Completion of the WSCore, Guidelines for
Implementation of the WSU's Core Transfer Policy, and Student guide for
Transition to the WSCore. The committee made several modifcations to
the docments but will be requesting addiitional information before
additionally acting upon these curriculum and policy matters.
Adjourned: UCAPC meetings and Senate meetings are as follows:
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