UCC POLICIES
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No department, program, unit, etc., owns a word. Other units can use any word to
describe or name their courses, programs, departments, units, etc.
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Proposals with the lowest numbers will be reviewed before proposals with higher
numbers.
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Proposals that have guest representatives present at the meeting will be considered
in the order in which the representatives arrived. Guests who are returning from a
previous meeting will have their proposals considered before guests arriving for the
first time.
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All related or interconnected proposals that pertain to program changes, Liberal
Education/Diversity status, New Courses (paired with dropped courses) must be on
the agenda before they will be considered.
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Courses or programs requiring additional resources will be disapproved unless the
Dean (or supervisor) explicitly states on the comment area that such resources will
be provided.
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UCC will seek information or ask questions of other committees (such as the
Graduate Committee, Liberal Education Committee, etc.) when considering
proposals for which UCC has questions or needs additional information.
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UCC will hear objections and support of curriculum proposals from faculty members.
The chair will assemble all of the affected parties of controversial proposals on a
specific UCC meeting date so the committee can ask questions and hear the
arguments for and against the curricular matter. Parties will address the chair only.
They may not debate with each other. They may, however, offer rebuttal of points
made by opposing parties. If parties become repetitious, the chair will call for a vote
from the committee. All debate must be courteous and respectful.
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Any faculty member can attend UCC meetings.
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Each representative member of the committee gets one vote and must be present to
vote. There is no proxy voting.
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If 25% of the course content changes, then the course needs to be dropped and a
new course initiated. If the course maintains the same title, the new course may be
submitted under the same course number.
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Proposals that have been tabled for one year will be removed from the table and
sent forward as NOT approved. A faculty member may begin the process again with
new proposal(s).
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If at any stage in the curriculum process a request is disapproved (i.e.,
college/school, UCC, or FA), the request automatically returns to the originating
department.
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Incomplete or incorrectly completed proposals will be returned to the originating
department.
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Administration may make corrections to curricular information in the St. Cloud State
University graduate and undergraduate catalogs related to errors, such as
misspellings, punctuation, typos and format. Administration will notify the chair of the
University Curriculum Committee and the appropriate department chair whenever
she/he makes corrections as noted above. As curriculum is the purview of faculty,
changes and alterations must be approved by the originating department, major unit
curriculum committee, and, where appropriate, the University Curriculum Committee
and Faculty Senate.
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All double numbered courses (400-500) will be proposed on the same form. There
will be additional work or expectations made for graduate credit.
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Any member of the committee may call for a secret ballot at any time.
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All Liberal Education proposals will be voted on with a secret ballot. The chair will
count the ballots and announce if the motion to approve passed or failed.
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All-university course numbers can be used at the will of the department. Complete
the Independent Study/Arranged Course form for each student and use the
appropriate all-university course number without having the course listed in the
catalog.
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