ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

Date: April 11, 1984
To: James LeRoy Smith
From: William F. Grossnickle, Chairman

Membership of the Committee
Ex officio: Chancellor John Howell
Vice Chancellor Angelo Volpe (Myra Cain served as his
representative
Chair of the Faculty, James LeRoy Smith

1984 William F. Grossnickle, Psychology, Chairman

1984 Stella Daugherty, Mathematics, Vice Chairman and Secretary
1984 Charles O'Rear, Biology

1984 Paul Topper, Music

1985 Dorothy Muller, Education

1985 Charles Ziehr, Geography

1986 Emily Boyce, Library Science

1986 Karen Hancock, HPERS

1986 Robert Holt, Philosophy

1986 Doug McMillan, English

Committee meetings (dates and members absent)
August 22,

September 8,

September 22, (Cain)

October 13 (Cain, Hancock)

October 27 (Boyce , Broadhurst, Holt, Topper)
November 10

November 17 (Hancock)

February 23, 1984.

March 22 (Boyce, Hancock, O'Rear, Topper)

Dates of reports to the Faculty Senate during the year:

The committee reports at almost 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:
None

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: 4
minors: 1
B. Change name of degrees/majors/concentrations: 7
minors: 2

 
Change degree requirements: majors: 67
minors: 22

Delete majors or minors: majors: 4

minors: 0
Add courses: 167 (twice last year's)
Minor changes in courses (hours, level, pre-requisites, ete) 312
(four times last year's)
Delete courses: 74 (three times last year's)
Remove courses from Curriculum Bank: 5
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 them.

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, especially in view of two-year catalogues and
early catalogue deadlines.

The committee wishes to have all degree changes include the

catalogue format in order to better understand.what changes are
being made and to facilitate the preparation of the committee's
minutes.

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.