Minutes
University Curriculum Committee Meeting
April 25, 2014, 2:15 p.m.
Hyer Hall Room 142
UCC Members Present
Ray Baus, Jared Janovec, Robert Boostrom, Rimi Zakaria, Bob Leitheiser, Jenni Petersen, Scott Bradley, Paul House, Angela Harlan, Elizabeth Olson, Liz Hachten, Elizabeth Kim, Jillian Smith, Pam Tanner and Greg Cook (Chair). Maureen Vandervest attended for Jodi Hare-Paynter, George Ferencz attended for J. Michael Allsen and Diana Schull attended for Carol Elsen.
I. CourseLeaf CIM Demonstration by Joanie Schafer
II. Approval of Minutes from the April 11, 2014meeting.
Bradley and Harlan moved approval; motioned passed unanimously.
III.Information Only Items (To be Received and Recorded).
Olson and Leitheiser moved approval of area III, A and B; motioned passed unanimously.
A.Special Courses approved since the most recent UCC meeting:
Course No. / Title / Term / ApprovedSpecial Study 496 / Dance: Intro World Dance Forms / Spring 2015 / 04/21/2014
Special Study 496 / FORNLANG: Hmong 1 Heritage Speakers / Fall 2014 / 04/10/2014
B.Continuation of Inactive Courses approved since most recent UCC meeting:
SocWork 501 / Assertiveness Training
SocWork 502 / Greif Management in the Helping Professions
SocWork 503 / Managing Stress and Burnout in the Helping Professions
SocWork 537 / Introduction to Social Gerontology
SocWork 541 / Sexuality for Professional Growth
IV.Action Items
A. Curricular Actions from the College of Business and Economics
Leitheiser and Boostrom moved approval of area IV. A; motioned passedwith 3 extensions.
1.Action from the Department of Finance and Business Law
1.1.Change in Major – BBA Finance Honors
1.2.Change in Major – BBA –Finance – Financial Planning Emphasis Honors
1.3.Change in Major – BBA – Finance – Financial Planning Emphasis
1.4.Change in Major – BBA – Finance
B. Curricular Actions from the College of Letters and Sciences
Harlan and Boostrom moved approval of area IV. B; motioned passed unanimously.
1. Action from the Department of Languages and Literatures
1.1. Change in Minor – EnglishLiterature Minor
1.2.Change in Minor – English Writing Minor
V.Other Action Items
Ferencz and Boostrom moved approval of area V. A; motioned passed unanimously after date change for Special Course and Domestic Travel Study proposals from November 21, 2014 to January 23, 2015.
A. Approval of Curricular Schedule for 2014-2015
B.For Action or Guidance: In the implementation of CourseLeaf, do we continue the distinctions between action items and information items as currently represented in the Approval Procedures Matrices attached?
Members discussed the status of the “information (i) items” as currently marked in the UCC and Faculty Senate columns of the “Undergraduate Curriculum Approval Procedures Matrix” in the Curriculum Handbook. Several members commented that many of the proposals that fall into these categories have impact on other departments and colleges and should be considered at UCC and the Faculty Senate as action items.
Leitheiser and Boostrom proposed the motion that in the undergraduate matrix, all of the “information (i) items” except for those associated with current curriculum forms 7 (special courses), 7T (travel study courses), and 8 (administrative actions) should be recoded as “x” action items for UCC and the Faculty Senate and that Form 8 (administrative actions) should be used only for non-curricular matters. The motion passed unanimously.
This motion does not affect the information items that are currently indicated in the “Graduate Curriculum Approval Procedures Matrix” since any changes to the graduate curriculum process need to be made in the Graduate Council.
Members recommended that this change be implemented in the workflow for the CourseLeaf curriculum system.
VI.Other Questions
VII. Adjourn at 4:10 pm
Respectfully,
Becky Pfeifer
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