courses and Curricula - minutes - 2006-2007
Minutes for University Courses and Curricula Committee Meeting
February 14, 2007
Members Present:
A. Atkin - Chair, J. Ambrose, C. Ashwell, R. Braham,T. Branoff, S. Carson, H. Charlton, P. Domingue, R. Ellovich, S. Fair, C. Freeman, C. Ji, E. Keith, S. Lane, J. Lavelle, M. McConnell, D. Orcutt, D. Parish, M. Pause
Guests: none
Chair Andrea Atkin called the meeting to order at 12:35pm, appreciating John Ambrose for providing food.
There were no remarks from John Ambrose, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs.
New Business
The committee approved the minutes of the January 31, 2007 meeting.
Consent Agenda:
There was only one action item – Establish PRK Prefix.
It was asked if the existing prefix II would remain after establishing the prefix PRK.
It was answered that the prefix II is used as a placeholder prefix and will remain as a prefix for other such courses.
Parks Scholars will use PRK to identify their placeholder instead of the prefix II.
The motion to approve the action was passed without any objection.
Major Actions – Curriculum Actions:
There was only one action item – Horticultural Science Minor.
Request for the revision of the minor in Horticultural Science was approved with a friendly
suggestion to check the scheduling of courses taught currently. Changes to the minor were approved.
Major Actions – Course Actions:
- Request for the new course PER 101 (Elementary Persian I) was approved with several changes/comments:
(1) Page 3, “Approximately” in front of the textbook cost should be removed
since it is the actual cost.
(2) The grading scale should be added to the syllabus.
(3) In page 5, the meaning of “participation” in Grades and grading system should be
explained.
(4) In the bottom of page 5, the URL of the University Attendance Policy should be corrected.
(5) It should be clarified whether the statement for Notebook in page 6 is a part of grades
or not. This item is in conjunction with the item (3) above.
(6) The statement for Students with disabilities in page 6 should be corrected with the standard
form listed in the syllabus regulation.
- Request for the new course PER 102 (Elementary Persian II) was approved with several changes/comments:
(1) In page 3, “Approximately” in front of the textbook cost should be removed
since it is the actual cost.
(2) The sentences starting from the word “Class” at the bottom of page 3 up to the seventh
line of page 4 should be removed.
(3) The grading scale should be added to the syllabus.
(4) In page 5, the meaning of ``participation” in Grades and grading system should be
explained.
(5) The URL of the University Attendance Policy in page 6 should be corrected.
(6) It should be clarified whether the statement for Notebook in page 6 is a part of grades
or not. This item is in conjunction with the item (4) above.
(7) The statement for Students with disabilities in page 6 should be corrected by the standard
form listed in the syllabus regulation.
(8) It should be checked whether the Tentative Course Schedule listed in pp. 7-14 is correct
since it is identical to the one in PER 202.
- Request for the new course PER 201 (Intermediate Persian I) was approved with several changes/comments:
(1) In page 3, “Approximately” in front of the textbook cost should be removed
since it is the actual cost.
(2) It should be checked whether “Elementary” in the title of Textbook is correct since
“Intermediate” is in the title of this course.
(3) The grading scale should be added to the syllabus.
(4) In page 5, the meaning of “participation” in Grades and grading system should be
explained.
(5) The URL of the University Attendance Policy in page 6 should be corrected.
(6) It should be clarified whether the statement for Notebook in page 6 is a part of grades
or not. This item is in conjunction with the item (4) above.
(7) The statement for Students with disabilities in page 6 should be corrected by the standard
form listed in the syllabus regulation.
(8) It should be checked whether the reason why the Tentative Class Schedule in page 7
starts from Lesson 16 is because the Textbook used in PER 101 and 102 is still used
in this course. This item is in conjunction with the item (2) above.
- Request for the new course PER 202 (Intermediate Persian II) was approved with several changes/comments:
(1) “Spring” should be marked instead of “Fall” in the SCHEDULING of the COURSE
ACTION FORM.
(2) In page 3, “Approximately” in front of the textbook cost should be removed
since it is the actual cost.
(3) It should be checked whether the title of Textbook is correct since it is different from
the one in PER 201.
(4) The grading scale should be added to the syllabus.
(5) In page 5, the meaning of “participation” in Grades and grading system should be
explained.
(6) The URL of the University Attendance Policy in page 6 should be corrected.
(7) It should be clarified whether the statement for Notebook in page 6 is a part of grades
or not. This item is in conjunction with the item (5) above.
(8) The statement for Students with disabilities in page 6 should be corrected by the standard
form listed in the syllabus regulation.
(9) It should be checked whether the Tentative Course Schedule listed in pp. 7-14 is correct
since it is identical to the one in PER102.
Discussion
The draft of consultation guidelines was reviewed. It was suggested to stress “avoid duplication” at the top of the draft. It was discussed whether only email is enough or phone should also be included as the means of consultation. There were a couple of questions about the time line specified in the draft: i.e. What does “2 weeks” mean? Is “2 weeks” enough? While it was suggested to add “for initial response” after “2 weeks” and replace the word “will” to “can” in the third paragraph of the draft, it was also suggested to remove the time period entirely from the draft and leave it up to UCCC. There seemed to be a consensus in stating that the colleges should respond in timely manner. A revised draft of the consultation guidelines will be prepared for review at the next meeting.
Announcement
It was announced that the Syllabus subcommittee would be meeting in Room 3118 of Talley directly after the adjournment of UCCC.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:35pm.
Submitted by Chueng Ji.