ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

Date: April 30, 1986
TO: Kenneth Wilson, Chairman of the Faculty
From: William F. Grossnickle, Chairman

Membership of the Committee:

Ex-officio: Chancellor John Howell
Vice Chancellor Angelo Volpe (Myra Cain served as rep.)
Chairman of the Faculty, Ken Wilson

Herb Carlton, Political Science

Stella Daugherty, Mathematics (Secretary)

Karen Hancock, English

Doug McMillan, English (Vice Chairman)

Dorothy Muller, Education

Marilyn Stelle, Home Economics

Paul Topper, Music

Mary Susan Templeton, Allied Health & Social Work

Hugh Wease, History
Jeannie Yount, Nursing

Committee Meetings (dates and members absent):

August 21, 1985 Daugherty, Steele

September 12, 1985 Templeton

September 26, 1985 Templeton, Yount

October 24, 1985 Cain, Hancock, Templeton, Wease, Yount
November 14, 1985 Steele

November 21, 1985 Steele

January 23, 1986 Hancock, Muller, Steele, Yount
February 27, 1986 Wease

March 27, 1986

April 3 = 1986 Cain, Carlton, Daugherty, Steele

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 role 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 the resolution numbers of Senate resolutions that
originated with the Committee:

A.

G.

Hse

New degrees/majors/options/concentrations:
minors:

Change degree requirements: majors/concentrations:
minors:

Delete majors or minors: majors/concentrations:
minors:

Add Courses:

Minor changes in courses (hours, level,
pre-requisite, etc):

Delete Courses: 66
Remove courses from Curriculum Bank: 12

Place courses in Curriculum Bank: 39

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

. Duties: Satisfactory

Functions: Satisfactory

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 requirement to obtain all approvals necessary for
curriculum changes -- especially during the year when a new
catalogue is to be published with its early deadline for copy.

The Committee wishes to remind units that proposals to change
degrees must include a page in catalogue format showing the new
requirements. If this is not done, the proposal will not be placed
on the Committee's agenda.

The Committee sees no reason to change its opinion (expressed in
Dr. Ryan's report of 1976-77) that the first year of membership is
essentially an orientation period and that written procedures are
not an adequate substitute for experience.