To: Jonathan Ivry, Faculty Senate Chair

From: Angela Harlan, Interim UCC Chair

RE: Transmittal of UCC actions on October 20, 2017

UCC Members

George Ferencz, Marshall Anderson, Teri Frame, Bob Leitheiser, Victor Barger for Matthew Winden, Jenni Petersen, John Zbikowski, Lynn Gilbertson, Zach Oster, David Havas, Liz Hachten, Carol Elsen, Abbie Windsor, Tamela Rocke, Nelson Edmonds, James Castrillo, Becky Pfeifer, Robert Mertens and Alexa Zakutonsky.

I.  Approval of Minutes from the October 6 meeting. Marshall Anderson and Teri Frame moved approval of minutes of area I; motion passed unanimously.

II. Information Only Items (To be Received and Recorded). Bob Leitheiser and Teri Frame moved approval of area II; motion passed unanimously.

A. Special Courses approved since the most recent UCC meeting:

Course No. / Title / Term / Approved
Honors 291A / Honors Seminar: Octavia Kindred & Travel Study to D.C. / Spring 2018 / 10/09/2017
ITSCM 491A / Managing Supply Chains in Japan / Spring 2018 / 10/09/2017
SOCIOLGY 496A / Poverty and Crime / Spring 2018 / 10/09/2017

III. Action Items

Teri Frame and John Zbikowski moved approval of area III.A.1.1.1: motion passed unanimously.

A. Curricular Action from the College of Arts and Communication

1.  Action from the Department of Communication

1.1. Course Change – Prerequisite Change – COMM 368: Family Communication

B. Curricular Actions from the College of Letters and Sciences

Zach Oster and Teri Frame moved approval of area III.B.1.1-1.4: motion passed unanimously.

1. Actions from the Department of Geography & Geology

1.1. Course Change – Prerequisite Change – GEOLGY 203: Volcanoes (GM)

1.2. Course Change – Prerequisite Change – GEOLGY 310: Rocks & Minerals

1.2. Course Change – Title, Course Description and Prerequisite Changes - GEOLGY 318: Geologic Structures and Field Methods

1.3. Program Change – Geography Geology Emphasis (BA/BS)

1.4. Program Change – Geology Minor

Teri Frame and Marshall Anderson moved approval of area III.B.2.2.1.-2.6: motion passed unanimously.

2. Actions from the Department of Physics

2.1. Program Deactivation – Physics Industry Emphasis (BA/BS)

2.2. Course Change – Prerequisite Change – PHYSCS 221: Intermediate Laboratory

2.3. Course Deactivation – PHYSCS 303: Microprocessor Laboratory

2.4. Course Deactivation – PHYSCS 331: Analog and Digital Electronics Laboratory

2.5. Course Change – Prerequisite Change – PHYSCS 344: Modern Physics

2.6. Course Change – PHYSCS 364: Thermal Physics

3. Actions from the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies

Bob Leitheiser and Zach Oster moved approval of area III. B. 3.1: motion passed unanimously.

3.1. New Course – WOMENST 180: Sex, Gender, and Health

VI. Other Curriculum Discussion

1. Discussion of Fall Deadline.

Angela Harlan started the discussion explaining that due to our Fall deadline in January there is rush to get all the curriculum into the catalog prior to the refresh of the catalog. Some suggestions for changes to help ease the situation were:

·  Ask Faculty Senate to have a January meeting.

·  Move the December UCC meeting one week later, to occur during the first week of final exams.

·  Have earlier deadlines for programs and new courses due the amount of work it takes to create and enter them in to PeopleSoft.

·  Move advising by 1 – 2 weeks in both fall and spring semesters, which would allow for a later date for the catalog refresh. This would allow more time for the Registrar’s office to complete curricular changes, as well as help with the implementation of Course Fees Moving advising would assist both the Admissions and Registrar’s Offices.

The Committee felt that the last option had the most benefits. Becky Pfeifer and Angela Harlan are to draft a calendar that shows the above changes for others to review.

2. Bob Leitheiser reopened a previous discussion of the form for program revisions.

It was recommended that we add a separate field to the Program Proposal From for Justification for revisions. Currently the only place to provide rationale is for a new program. Becky Pfeifer will follow-up with Angela Harlan regarding change and then follow-up with CourseLeaf. This request would not be done right away due to other requests.

V. Motion to be adjourned was moved by Terri Frame and Bob Leitheiser at 2:56 p.m.

Respectfully,

Becky Pfeifer

University Curriculum Committee Secretary

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