UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM AND DEGREE COMMITTEE
Thirteenth Meeting, 2014-2015 Academic Year
April 1, 2015
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
IAVS Building (Room 2004)
Present: M. Sollenberger, I. Miteza, E. Logan, G. Eschrich, K. Varde, J. Fink, M. Rathouz
(Skyped), J. Beatty, J. Lewis-Boyd, C. Kocher, G. Lulika, B. Marmarelli
AGENDA
1.
CALL TO ORDER AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA:
The meeting was called to order at 2:00pm.
2.
CORRECTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of March 18, 2015 were approved.
A motion was made to modify the agenda to table item 7.5; the motion was approved to
adopt the agenda as amended.
3.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
3.1
Last UCDC meeting is April 15th (Submissions are due April 9th): the April 15
meeting is the last meeting of the academic year. The committee is shutting
down until early fall.
3.2
Change in meeting day (Thursdays) for AY 15-16: the UCDC meetings and Grad
Sub meetings are moving to Thursdays from 2pm – 4pm to resolve the time
conflict with CASL’s standing meetings. There was not a day that worked best
for the entire group. The change from Wednesdays to Thursdays might require
changes in membership. An email message will go out to both committees
once the day/time/location have been confirmed.
3.3
HLC Syllabus Collection Report (Campus Assessment Coordinator Pam Pennock):
the report is not a formal report; it’s a report generated by Pam to collect syllabi
for the purposes of reporting to HLC. The request for syllabi collection went
out to the department chairs. The collection of syllabi was managed by the
departments’ administrative assistants. The combined overall collection rate for
the four colleges was approximately 84%. The syllabi still need to be reviewed
for completeness, but the reporting has improved by leaps and bounds. Mitch
stated that if any of the UCDC committee members have any feedback on
reporting, they can direct it to Pam Pennock.
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4.
Checked CASL's 6 departments, and COB, only for submission
compliance. This is because last terms we checked CASL and COB for
inclusion of program/course goals.
Checked CECS & CEHHS for submission compliance and for inclusion of
program/course goals (because last term we did not conduct the close
check of those units' syllabi). We issued detailed reports to those units'
deans and chairs.
Checked CASL Wide programs (AAAS, CRJ, and WGST only) and Honors
Program syllabi for inclusion of program/course goals. We issued
detailed reports to those programs' directors.
Syllabi collection rates for each college:
https://docs.google.com/a/umich.edu/spreadsheets/d/1FFJalENqFL1Dc
gX6ScnawZOzcVcNUJjFmSTfe999vOc/edit?usp=sharing
SUBCOMMITTEE AND OTHER REPORTS
4.1
Graduate Subcommittee: Ilir reported that at the last Grad Sub meeting, the
committee approved: course changes, graduate certificates, and changes in the
Business Analytics program.
4.2
Online Subcommittee: Ilir reported that the committee does not have another
meeting scheduled, but stated that they will do an online vote on pending
Canvas issues.
4.3
Assessment Subcommittee: nothing to report
4.4
General Education Implementation Subcommittee: Mitch reported that April 10,
2015 is the last day to submit courses for the Dearborn Discovery Core (DDC)
until fall. The committee will meet twice per semester and will continue with
basically the same structure, but with new members. The selection process will
happen via email. Pam Pennock will be chairing the committee. Sometime in
the fall the DDC will be closing down some of the categories, but will be looking
to add courses in the capstone category.
Mitch and Laura presented on assessment at the HLC conference in March.
Mitch reported that there were great some good ideas discussed on pedagogy
and assessment. He also stated that Schoolcraft College was very supportive of
our campus’ efforts regarding Gen ED and that they liked the idea of closing out
categories.
5.
CONSENT CALENDAR
6.
Item
Number
Originating College/Dept.
/Discipline or Program
Course Name
Nature of Change: teaching method,
prerequisite, and/or title change
5.1
CASL/SSCI/POL
Revolution (POL Prerequisite;
450)
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None
7.
NEW COURSE BUSINESS
Item
Number
Originating
College/Dept.
/Discipline or Program
Course Name
7.1
CASL/SSCI/ECON
Behavioral Economics and
Deactivation
Economic Psychology (ECON
336): this is a course
approval to deactivate
ECON 336. The college will
offer an upper-level ECON
course instead. There is
already a course proposal
for ECON 436/536 that will
be submitted to UCDC
hopefully at the April 15
meeting. A motion was
made to approve the
deactivation of ECON 336;
the motion was
unanimously approved.
F 2015
7.2
CASL/BSCI/ANTH
Immigrant Cultures and
Gender (ANTH/WGST/CRJ
455): this is a change in
course type from lecture to
seminar and a reduction in
the enrollment cap from 40
to 20 with a substantial
F 2015
New/Topics/
Change/
Deactivation
Change
Effective Term
for Course
increase in the writing
requirement. Jan needs
course approvals for the
crosslisted courses. A
motion was made to
approve the change
pending the course
approvals for the crosslisted
courses; the motion was
approved.
7.3
CASL/BSCI/ANTH
Engaged Urban
Anthropology (ANTH 390):
this course was taught for
the first time last fall as a
topics course and it went
very well. Fall 2015 would
be the second offering as a
topics course. A motion
was made to approve the
course pending corrections
in the course description;
the motion was approved.
Topics
7.4
CASL/CADM/CRJ
Forensic Science Evidence in New
Criminal Cases (CRJ 487):
this is a new course to be
taught by a new faculty
member. The CRJ program
is going through revisions to
refocus and to make more
rigorous. Since CIS uses
some of the CRJ courses
Gabriella will have Don
Shelton contact Bill Grosky
to discuss the changes in
CRJ. Also the course
description got cut off of
the course approval form.
Gabriella will send Jan and
Mitch the complete
description. A motion was
F 2015
F 2015
made to approve the
course; the motion was
unanimously approved.
7.5
CASL/CADM/CRJ
Criminal Procedure and
Constitutional Law (CRJ
488): This item was tabled.
8.
NEW PROGRAM BUSINESS
New
F 2015
Item
Number
Originating College/Dept. Program Name and Type (major, New/Change/
/Discipline or Program
minor, concentration, or
Deactivation
certificate)
Effective
Term for
Program
8.1
CECS/ECE
F 2015
9.
10.
BSE-Electrical Engineering
Change
(major): this change is to remove
two engineering courses from
the “third physics course” list. A
motion was made to approve the
program change; the motion was
approved.
NEW POLICY AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
9.1
Gen Ed subcommittee motion: This is an existing committee. The motion is to
rename and reconfigure the committee. The committee will be retitled the
Dearborn Discovery Core Subcommittee (DDC). The objective will stay the same
which is to review courses and approve them for DDC. The membership will be
selected as follows, three members from CASL and one member from each of
the other colleges. Section IV, the term length and selection has changed–it will
now be a two year term limit. The committee will meet twice in the fall
semester and twice in the winter semester. A motion was made to rename and
reconfigure the committee; the motion was approved.
ADJOURNMENT: the meeting was adjourned at 2:48pm.