ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

I. Date: April 11, 1983
To: Caroline L. Ayers, Chair of the Faculty
From: William Grossnickle, Chairman

Membership of the Committee

Ex officio: Chancellor John Howell
Acting Vice Chancellor Angelo Volpe (Myra Cain served as
his representative)
Chairman of the Faculty, Caroline Ayers

George Hamilton, Allied Health 1983
Karen Hancock, HPERS, vice chairman 1983
Robert Holt, Philosophy 1983
Miriam Moore, Home Economics (resigned 1/83) 1983
Edward Powers, Business (completed Moore's term) 1983
Stella Daugherty, Mathematics, Secretary 1984
Bill Grossnickle, Psychology, chairman 1984
Charles O'Rear, Biology 1984
Paul Topper, Music 1984
Ruth Broadhurst, Nursing 1985
Dorothy Muller, Education 1985
Charles Ziehr, Geography 1985

Committee Meetings (dates and members absent)
August 23, 1982 (Cain, Grossnickle, Hamilton, Topper)
September 9, 1982 (Broadhurst, Hamilton)

September 23, 1982 (Hancock

October 14, 1982 (Topper)

October 28, 1982 (Cain, Hamilton, Topper)

November 11, 1982 (Broadhurst, Hamilton, O'Rear)
January 13, 1982 (Topper)

January 27, 1982 (Cain, O'Rear)

February 10, 1983 (Cain)

February 24, 1983 (Broadhurst, Holt, Topper, Ziehr)
March 3, 1983 (Cain)

March 24, 1983

April 7, 1983 (Cain, Hamilton, Powers)

Dates of Reports to the Faculty Senate During the Year:

The Committee reports at every Senate meeting, save the organizational
meeting, through the Committee's minutes. Only when new degrees,
changed degrees, or policy changes are made is an active vote of the
Senate required; otherwise, the Senate votes "by acquiescence."

Specific Instructions Given to the Committee by the Faculty Senate:
Recommend a policy regarding the granting of second degrees with
distinction.

 
Committee Organization, Subcommittees, Research Activities:
None

Committee Accomplishments, Including Recommendations Made to Agencies
Other Than the Faculty Senate:
The Committee performed its usual business.

Citation of Resolution Numbers of Senate Resolutions that Originated
With the Committee:

A. New degrees/majors/concentrations: 5
minors: 4

B. Change degree requirements: majors: 51 + all teaching
degrees

minors: 24

C. Delete majors or minors: majors: 0

minors: 0

Add courses: 83
Minor changes in courses (hours, level, prerequisites,

etc. 73

Delete courses 24

Remove courses from Curriculum Bank 9

Place courses in Curriculum Bank 33

Proposals and/or Business to be Carried Over to Next Year:

A few proposals were received too late to be passed by the Senate this
academic year.

Evaluation of the Committee:

A. Structure: Satisfactory

B. Duties: Satisfactory

C. Functions: Satisfactory

D. Personnel: The Chairman wishes to express his gratitude to the
Committee's members for their hard work, patience, and assistance.
It has been a very real pleasure to work with then.

Suggestions for Improving the Effectiveness of the Committee:

A. The Committee continues to urge that units planning changes be aware
of the time required to obtain all approvals necessary for curriculum
changes.

B. The Committee sees no reason to change its opinion (expressed in
Dr. Ryan's report of 1976-1977) that the first year of membership is
essentially an orientation period and that written procedures are not
an adequate substitution for experience.