UCC Minutes 10/27/2010

UCC Minutes

10/27/2010

In attendance:  Ken Farr, Roxanne Farrar, Cara Meade, Caralyn Zehnder, Ryan Brown, Stephanie McClure, Barbara Roquemore, Deborah Vess, Steve Elliott-Gower.

Minutes were presented from last week. Committee will read them this week and email by Friday with corrections/edits.

Discussion:  Are there continued concerns/confusions that we need to address first today?

Yes. Learning beyond the classroom seems to be widely interpreted and proposals are including an array of examples of LBTC experiences. Committee discussed work this summer and the purpose and intent behind the ‘learning beyond the classroom’ components in Area B.  The committee feels that we do need to agree to interpret LBTC broadly and consider approving course proposals with an array of examples of LBTC, as long as they do meet the definition provided with the proposal packet.

Discussion:  Can there be similar sections of the same course in Area B1 and B2?

No. This is not possible because there is no way from keeping students from taking the different iteration of the same course twice. Right now, we are approving by overall section, not course, so there will be no way to code that these are the same courses to flag students not to take the same one twice. There can only be a single iteration of a course section in Area B 1 and 2.

Discussion: Do we want to audiotape our meetings?

We seem to try to revisit many issues and a permanent product of each meeting other than the minutes seem like a good idea. We are all in favor of this. We will begin this next week.

Discussion:  Ken asked Barbara to bring issues from last week to CAPC.

Provost agreed that these two issues should be brought to CAPC for consideration. The questions are: (1) Can department require specific Area B course sections for their pre-major students only? and (2) Can departments require that course sections are reserved for their pre-majors only?  There are many logistical and implementation issues surrounding these two questions.

Discussion: Recommendation that we make a change to the faculty proposal packet.

Suggestion is that we don’t need UPS information but rather need a generic syllabus that will provide us (UCC) with some additional information that this committee needs to be able to make decisions regarding approvals in Area B.  Yes, committee agrees this will be a helpful addition. Ken will create a template that mirrors what is in UPS for people to submit with the course packet. Also, Ken is clarifying instructions in the packet requesting that the packet comes to him electronically but that he needs the original hard copy of the signatures sheet.

Discussion: Approval of course proposals from this week, 10/20-10/27.

Voting procedures within the committee were clarified, discussed and unanimously approved.

Approvals:

ARTS 1105 approved for C2

MUSC 1105 approved for C2.  Not approved for C1.

THEA 1105 approved for C2. Not approved for C1.

ECON 1101 approved for B1.

ECON 1102 approved for B1.

Approvals Pending Minor Changes:

ENGL???? (GC1Y: Interacting with the Past) – Approved for B1 pending title change.  

Not Approved as Proposed:

THEA 3310 – Proposal needs to be modified to meet requirements of Area B2.

Postponed for Next Week:

THEA 1100

Approved courses will go to CAPC as informational items at the November 5^th meeting.

Meeting adjourned