UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

Minutes

March 13, 2006

 

Professor Toni Marzotto called the meeting of the University Curriculum Committee to order at 3:30 p.m. in the Towson Room (Cook 507) of Cook Library. 

 

1.  Professor Tom Basuray, chair of the Management, presented a proposal to change course requirements in the Human Resources Track of the Business Administration major.  UCC members discussed whether to accept the proposal to require 21 hour credits for the track instead of the 24 hours that would make it equivalent to MHEC requirements for a concentration.  Since the track originally had only 21 credits and the decision to require 24 credits for all tracks has not been finalized, it was agreed to leave the track credit requirement at 21.  Professor Nechie King moved and Professor J. J. Lee seconded a motion to approve the changes.  The motion carried unanimously.  

 

2.  Professor Rodney Stump, chair of the Marketing, presented the proposal for course changes in the Marketing Interdisciplinary Certificate.  He explained that the certificate was a preliminary step toward the development of a minor.  Professor Karla Kubitz moved and Professor J. J. Lee seconded a motion to approve the changes.  The motion carried unanimously.

 

3.  The minutes of the February 13, 2006 UCC meeting were accepted as written.

 

4.  Professor Toni Marzotto led the discussion on where to put the links for UCC forms on the University’s webpage.  Professor Karla Kubitz moved and Professor Leneida Crawford seconded a motion to list the UCC forms under the heading Curriculum Forms on the Towson University webpage under Faculty & Staff / Forms,Policies and Handbooks / Curriculum Forms.   There would also be a link to Curriculum Forms from University Senate section on the Curriculum Committee.  The motion carried unanimously.

 

5.  Professor Toni Marzotto pointed out that the flow charts describing the procedures for proposing curriculum changes are out of date.  Professor Karla Kubitz offered to work with Professor Marzotto on the flow charts format.  The procedures and flow charts will be discussed at the next UCC meeting.

 

6.  UCC members discussed changing the University Senate bylaws to codify the way that the UCC subcommittees are formed.   The committee agreed on the following:

1)   The Course Approval Subcommittee and the General Education Subcommittee will be changed from Subcommittees to Reporting Committees that would report to the University Curriculum Committee only, not to the Senate.

2)  Members of the reporting committees will be appointed by the University President upon nomination of the president of the faculty association in the same manner as members appointed to the University Curriculum Committee.

3)  Each college will be represented by one member on each of the reporting committees.

4)  Members will serve three year terms but committee membership will be rotated so that members leave the committee at different times.

5)  The chair elected by each reporting committee will have served at least one year on the reporting committee prior to election as chair.

6)  The chair of each reporting committee will be an ex-officio voting member of UCC even through other ex-officio members of UCC are not allowed to vote.

Professor Jay Zimmerman moved and Professor Margaret Faulkner seconded that these bylaws changes be proposed to the University Senate pending receipt of approval by members of the two subcommittees.

 

7.  Form C would be included with Curricular Forms on the Towson University webpage.

 

8.  The discussion on whether tracks need the same minimum number of hours as concentrations was postponed until the April UCC meeting.

 

9.  Professor Leneida Crawford proposed that the “Using Information Effectively” course should be a prerequisite to the second writing course.   During the discussion it was noted that the “Using Information Effectively” course varies in content by department.  For example, it is mainly a computer course in the Education Department.   Ms. Susan Hyman explained that the PeopleSoft system cannot check for prerequisites.  The consensus was that decision requiring the “Using Information Effectively” prerequisite should be made on a department by department basis.

 

10.  The UCC meeting adjourned at 5:15 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Yvonne T. Lev