Minutes of University Curriculum Committee - October 10, 2008

Minutes of University Curriculum Committee - October 10, 2008
Meier Hall Conference Room 3:00 p.m.

Members attending: Janet Briggs, Kathleen Parrow, Tom Cox, Susie Dana, Christian Nsiah, Carol Hess, and Jim Hesson.

Old Business:

1. Sheng Yang was the Committee Chair.  As he is no longer on the committee, Susie Dana called the meeting to order.  Discussion regarding the committee positions followed. The following faculty will serve in the positions:
   • Chair – Kathleen Parrow
   • Vice Chair – Susie Dana
   • Corresponding Secretary – Christian Nsiah
   • Recording Secretary – Carol Hess
   • General Education Representative – Janet Briggs
   • CIP Code Checker – Christian Nsiah

New Business:

1. Kathleen called for Approval of the Minutes.
2. The 3rd Friday of each month will continue to be served for the UCC meetings. Meetings will begin at 3:15 and a calendar will be sent to the members to confirm dates.  Susie will check to see if the Meier Conference Room is reserved for these dates.
3. Discussion regarding paperwork and formats.  It was again recommended Jane Dunbar’s signature needs to be on any proposal before it is brought to any of the college curriculum committees. 
4. Faculty will receive an email reminding them of timelines to be considered when submitting proposals to the various college curriculum committees.
5. Discussion of Proposals:
   • HRM 456/556 – approved with the addition of graduate number to the proposal.
   • TECH 120 – approved with the correction of footer information (page numbers and date) and confirmation of start date of Fall 2008.
   • TECH 220 - approved with the correction of footer information (page numbers and date) and confirmation of start date of Fall 2008, deletion of “Spring” and “Prerequisite” text from old description.
   • TECH 185 - approved with the correction of footer information (page numbers and date) and confirmation of start date of Fall 2008, correct punctuation in the justification.
   • TECH 181 - approved with the correction of footer information (page numbers and date) and confirmation of start date of Fall 2008.
   • TECH 321 - tabled for justification clarification.
   • TECH 229 - tabled for justification clarification
   • TECH 327 - tabled for justification clarification
   • TECH 362 - approved with the correction of footer information (page numbers and date) and confirmation of start date of Fall 2008
   • TECH 381 - approved with the correction of footer information (page numbers and date) and confirmation of start date of Fall 2008, and punctuation corrections.
   • TECH 445 - approved with the correction of footer information (page numbers and date) and confirmation of start date of Fall 2008 and insertion of “of” into the description.  The committee posed the question of deletion of TECH 342.The online catalog stills shows it is part of the program.
   • BADM 456- approved.  As this is a common course, recommendation was made to add PreRequisite text from the USD description.

Meeting adjourned at 4:10 p.m.
Next meeting – November 21st at 3:15 p.m.