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UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

Minutes of the September 26, 1997 Meeting

 

PRESENT: Tom Colwin, Stuart Glosser, Philip Johns, Michael Longrie, Larry Schuetz, Jim Stewart, Richard Telfer, Janet Thatcher, Lance Urven, and John Washbush

ABSENT: Brenda Clayton, Terry Ostermeier, and Charles Park

GUESTS: None

 

Dick Telfer called the meeting to order at 2:24 p.m. with the understanding that he would represent his home college, Education, for the purpose of establishing a quorum. Members were then asked to introduce themselves.

Phil Johns moved to approve the agenda; Mike Longrie seconded the motion and the motion carried.

The minutes of the April 25, 1997 meeting were approved on a John Washbush/Tom Colwin motion.

Announcements:

Members were reminded of committee procedures and practices:
    • Meetings are to begin promptly at 2:15 p.m. Because a quorum is required to convene, members are asked to be in L2254 by 2:15 p.m.
    • The new definition of a quorum for the UCC, as passed at the April 9, 1997 faculty meeting was read.
    • The Assistant Vice Chancellor and Registrar, the Assistant Dean for the College of Education, and the Assistant Dean for the College of Letters and Sciences are non-voting, ex-officio members of the UCC. The Associate Vice Chancellor is an ex-officio member (who chooses not to vote). There are four non-voting student members, one from each college.
    • Of the meeting scheduled for the year, one per month will be identified for acting on curriculum proposals. Normally, the other meetings will be reserved for the proactive functions listed in the Committee’s charge. Meetings will be canceled when there is no pressing business.
    • Agenda materials will be delivered on the Monday preceding a Friday meeting (or earlier). It will be assumed that members have read the materials prior to a meeting. "Walk-on" agenda items will be discouraged.
    • Curriculum proposals will be arranged by disciplinary units on the agenda. Whenever there are multiple proposals from a unit, those requiring action will be placed before those to be received and recorded.

 

It was noted that the UCC is scheduled to meet on April 10, 1998 which is Good Friday. That meeting will be canceled.

UCC schedules, names of committee members, agendas, and minutes can be accessed from the website at http://www.uww.edu/acadaff/ucc/index.html. E-mail will be used as notification of updates to the website.

John Washbush moved to receive and record the report to UW System regarding change in program array. Tom Colwin seconded the motion and the motion carried.

John Washbush moved to receive and record the 1996-97 Audit and Review reports. Again the motion carried, although a concern was voiced regarding the appropriateness of one of the recommendations. This concern will be conveyed to the Audit and Review Committee.

Biological Science's proposal for a change in credits for course 630-351 (551) was approved on a Lance Urven/Tom Colwin motion.

Next, John Washbush moved approval of a proposed change in the Marketing minor within the BBA. Janet Thatcher seconded the motion and the motion carried. In the discussion of this proposal, the possibility of having a special course number designation (497) for non-equivalent study abroad courses was raised. Larry Schuetz and Dick Telfer offered to work together to draft such a proposal.

Phil Johns then moved to receive and record the special courses that had been approved between April 23 and September 19, 1997, as listed below:

COURSE

TITLE

OFFERED

APPROVED

131-496

Beginning Tap for Musical Theatre

9782

8/22/97

164-496

Mass Media, Multiculturalism, and the Global Community

9782

9/16/97

166-496

Mass Media, Multiculturalism, and the Global Community

9782

9/16/97

400-490

Assessment and Evaluation in the VTAE

9673

8/15/97

400-490

Differentiating Instruction in Mixed Ability Classrooms

9781

7/3/97

400-490

Implementing Technology in the K-12 Classroom

9673

6/5/97

400-490

Implementing Technology in the K-12 Classroom

9781

8/22/97

400-490

K-12 Education in the 21st Century

9673

5/13/97

436-490

Customizing Technologies for Teachers

9673

7/18/97

436-490

Elementary Mathematics Education Workshop

9673

5/20/97

436-490

Reading Recovery I – An Introduction

9781

8/26/97

436-490

Reading Recovery II

9781

8/26/97

436-490

Reading Recovery III

9782

8/26/97

436-490

Reading Recovery Advanced Application Applications

9781

9/16/97

436-490

Reading Recovery Assessment

9781

9/4/97

436-490

Reading and Writing in the Kindergarten, Primary and Early Years

9781

9/16/97

442-490

Beginning Tai Chi

9781

9/11/97

630-491

Natural History of Yellowstone National Park and the Upper Great Plains

9783

8/8/97

682-491

Summer Institute in France

9873

7/3/97

722-491

Transition Lands in Central Europe

9782

7/2/97

722-491

Transition Lands in Central Europe

9783

7/2/97

722-496

Applied GIS

9782

9/18/97

840-494

Group Dynamics

9782

9/16/97

 

Mike Longrie seconded the motion, which carried.

A Janet Thatcher/John Washbush motion to receive and record the results from the Currency of Bulletin Exercise for the 1997-99 Bulletin was approved.

John Washbush moved to receive and record the proposed revisions in course descriptions for the 1997-99 Bulletin. Lance Urven seconded the motion and the motion carried.

At 2:52 p.m., the meeting adjourned on a John Washbush/Stuart Glosser motion.