ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

~ DATE: Aprit-29.6 1988

TOs Conner Atkeson, Chair of the Faculty
FROM: Bill Grossnickle, Committee Chair

- Membership of the committee (including ex-officio members).
William Grossnickle, Psychology Donald Neal, Geology
Herbert Carlton, Political Science Byron Coulter, Physics
E. H. Keeter, Technology David Lunney, Chemistry
Dorothy Muller, Education Marilyn Steele, Home Economics
Paul Topper, Music Gay Wilentz, English
Jeannie Yount, Nursing (Secretary)
Ex-officio: Myra Cain (Academic Affairs), Don Sexauer (Rep. of FS Chair)

Committee meetings (dates and members absent).
8/19/87: Cain, Carlton, Sexauer

9/10/87: Cain, Neal

9/24/87: Topper

10/08/87: Keeter, Lunney, Muller
10/22/87: Coulter, Keeter, Lunney, Yount
11/12/87: Lunney, Steele

11/17/87: Keeter, Lunney

2/11/88: Coulter, Keeter

2/25/88: Cain, Steele, Yount

3/24/88: Keeter, Muller, Steele, Wilentz

. Date 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, if any, given to the committee by the Faculty Senate,
other than those found in the committee's Constitutional charge.
None

. A brief statement of committee organization, subcommittees, research
activities, ete,
None

- List of committee accomplishments including recommendations made to agencies
other than the Faculty Senate.
The Committee performed its usual business.
. New degrees/majors/options/concentrations: Minors-1
. Change degree requirements/majors/concentrations: 69
- Delete majors or minors: majors/concentrations/minors: 0
Add Courses: 118
- Minor changes in courses (hours, levels, pre-
requisites, etc.) 93
- Delete Courses: Sz
- Remove Courses from the Curriculum Bank: 2
- Place courses in the Curriculum Bank: 36

 
VIII. Citation of the resolution numbers of Senate resolutions that originated
& with the committee.
87-14, 87-19, 88-17, 88-18, and 88-26

Proposals and/or business to be carried over to next year.

Study the problem of credit for remedial courses and recommend a policy
of credit for these courses. A few course proposals were received too
late to be passed by the Senate this academic year and will be considered
in the Fall.

Evaluation of the committee

A. Structure: Satisfactory

BB. Duties: . Satistactary

C. Functions: Satisfactory, except that some confusion remains on whether
admission to degree programs is a function of the Admissions Committee
or the Curriculum Committee
Personnel: The Chair 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 has adopted the revised "Buckler" course proposal form for
use beginning Fall 1988.

B. 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 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 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.

Signed: Chairperson

Secretary

Effective: Spring 1979