CAH UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM WORKSHOP

2013-2014

CAH Dean’s Office Point of Contact

Academic Programs Associate Dean Lynn Hepner,

lynn.hepner@ucf.edu; (407) 823-2251

Undergraduate Scheduling & Curriculum: Farrah Cato, farrah.cato@ucf.edu;

(407)823-1705

CAH Undergraduate Curriculum Website: http://undergraduate.cah.ucf.edu

Workshop Items

• Course Approval Process• Special Topics & Course Action Requests • Materials & Supplies Fees• Equipment Fees

• Curriculum (Program) Requests• ODAP• Program Change Requests

• Catalog Updates• Wrapping it Up

2013-2014 Curriculum & Standards (C&S) Committee Lynn Hepner, Chair – CAH Dean’s Office Lynn Casmier-Paz – English Daniel Murphree – History Paolo Giordano – Modern Languages and

Literatures Don Jones – Philosophy Thomas Potter – School of Performing Arts Mark Price – School of Visual Arts and

Design Blake Scott – Writing and Rhetoric

The Process

• Proposed changes (program changes, new course proposals, course revisions, etc.) are approved at the department/program level. Honors courses should be approved through the UHC. Then, they:

• Move to the college level. Signed, hard copies of forms go to Farrah Cato (CAH 190k), and electronic copies go to CAHCurriculum@ucf.edu. We review and distribute to the C&S committee. Once approved there, they:

• Move to the appropriate University committee: UPCC (for program changes) or UCRC (for Course Action & Special Topics requests). Once approved there, they:

• Go to Tallahassee for final review.

Course Approval Process

Course Action Request (CAR) and Special Topics (ST) forms Completing the forms: the checklist. Required documents – CAR, syllabus, and

email correspondence with other units (if applicable)

4D requirements for syllabi Texts/Readings Objectives/Outcomes Topics

Honors courses

Honors Courses: Must be approved by BHC/UHC before

submitting to CAH. Team-taught seminars: syllabi & forms must be

identical; must be approved together Honorized courses: Honors content must be

clearly labeled on syllabus On CAR/ST: Include “Consent of Honors” (in

prerequisites) and “With Honors content” (in course description)

Fee Requests

Equipment Fee Request Applies to all students in a program For equipment (purchase, maintenance,

and/or repair) Fee limit

Full-time: $90; Part-time: $45 Deadline for C&S is TBA (October likely). Submitting an Equipment Fee:

Must include a memo of rationale Form available at Undergraduate Studies

website

Fee Requests (cont.)

Materials & Supplies Fee Request Fees tied to specific courses; used for

items that are “expendable or consumable.”

Fee limit: $70.00 Completing the form – itemizing Deadline for C&S is TBA (October likely). Form available at Undergraduate Studies

website

Program Changes

The Process: Program changes appear in the catalog the year after they are approved; ODAP is the first step of this process.

In ODAP, approved users will review and edit catalog copy, upload rationale (a program change memo) for changes, and submit programs to the college level.

Program Recommendation Forms are the other part of this process.

Program Changes (cont.)

Changes made to courses appearing in a program will need to be approved by the UCRC before the program changes are given final approval.

You must submit a memo even if you are only making cosmetic changes.

Program Changes (cont.)

Send electronic & hard copies of all program change documents to CAH: Program change memo Signed program recommendation form Catalog copy (“Comparison Document” in

ODAP)

Catalog Updates Estimated deadline for next round of

catalog changes (for the 2014-15 catalog): October 2013 Start planning now:

Plan your changes carefully since program revisions must remain in place for a minimum of two years (excluding extenuating circumstances)

Meetings with Delia and Farrah as needed

Program Recommendation Forms: http://www.undergraduatestudies.ucf.edu/faculty/forms.php

Tying up Loose Ends

Submitting your forms: Save documents as follows: Course

prefix and number (substitute with Program name for program changes), title, and document type. MUH2019_Amer Pop Music Syllabus; Theatre BFA_Program Rec Form.

Ecopies: CAHCurriculum@ucf.edu Hard copies: Farrah Cato, CAH Website – updates coming soon!

Questions?