CAPC Minutes - 09/02/11

Curriculum and Assessment Policy Committee (CAPC)

09/02/2011

In Attendance:  Ryan Brown, Beth Broyles, Carol Bader, Diane Gregg, Alex Blazer, Kay Anderson, Beauty Bragg, Susan Steele

Absent: Fadhili Mshana, Karen Bendersky, William Fisher

Regrets: John Swinton

Guests: Doug Keith, Joann Raatz

I)  Approval of Minutes: Unanimously approved minutes from 8/12/11 as submitted.

II) Old Business

1.  Program name change: M.Ed. in Secondary Education is submitting to change the name of their program to M.Ed. in Secondary Education in Curriculum and Instruction in order to comply with Professional Standards Commission guidelines regarding approved programs.

Call for vote

Motioned

Seconded

All in favor – all

All opposed – none

III) New Business

1.  Program of study change:  Doug Keith presented the rationale for the changes in program of study in Music Therapy. This item was presented as an information item only. No vote was needed to approve this change.

2. Election of vice chair – Chair, Ryan Brown, explained that the elected vice-chair has left GC to take a job elsewhere and left vacant the office of vice-chair. He further explained the role, duties, and expectations of the person who would serve as vice chair of CAPC.  Nominations were open to the committee.

Nomination of Diane Gregg

Nominations moved to close

All approved to close

None opposed

Diane Gregg, voted by acclimation to serve as vice-chair

Approved by all

3. Operating procedures – Looked at current (last year’s) operating procedures. Discussed Robert’s Rules, voting, other operating procedures.  Committee discussed procedures for this year, adopting the procedures already in place.

Motion to approve

Second to approve

All approve

None opposed.

4. Ad hoc committee charter – Ryan Brown provided background of UCC and how it has come to be an ad hoc committee of CAPC. He went on to explain how an amendment to the charter is necessary due to conflicting language in regards to the Area C representative.

Motion called to amend charter to strike the statement that the Area C representative cannot be from English and Rhetoric.

Vote called.

All in favor

None opposed

5. For clarification, all courses approved by UCC will come to CAPC for information items and will then go to the University Senate for information.

Meeting adjourned