CAH Undergraduate Curriculum workshop

1. CAH Undergraduate Curriculum workshop 2012-2013

2. 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

3. 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

4. 2012-2013 Curriculum & Standards (C&S) Committee • Lynn Hepner, Chair – CAH Dean’s Office • Lynn Casmier-Paz – English • Lori Ingle – Film • Daniel Murphree – History • Paolo Giordano – Modern Languages and Literatures • George Weremchuk – Music • Don Jones – Philosophy • Mark Brotherton – Theatre • Joo Kim – School of Visual Arts and Design • Blake Scott – Writing and Rhetoric

5. 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.

6. Course Approval Process • Course Action Request (CAR) and Special Topics (ST) forms • Completing the forms: the checklist. • Required documents – syllabus and emails (if applicable) • 4D requirements for syllabi • Texts/Readings • Objectives/Outcomes • Topics • Assignments

10. 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)

13. 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). • For Equipment Fees Forms: http://www.undergraduatestudies.ucf.edu/faculty/forms.php

14. 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). • For M&S forms: http://www.undergraduatestudies.ucf.edu/faculty/forms.php

17. Program Changes The Process: • Program changes appear in the catalog after going through the approval process; entering them into ODAP is the first step. • Electronic & hard copies of documents are sent to CAH: memo, signed program recommendation form, catalog copy (“Comparison Document” in ODAP) • Memos needed even for cosmetic changes

22. Catalog Updates • Estimated deadline for next round of catalog changes: October 2012 • Start planning now for 2012-13 cycle • ODAP hands-on training + department visits scheduled for July & August • Program Recommendation Forms: http://www.undergraduatestudies.ucf.edu/faculty/forms.php

23. Tying up Loose Ends • Submitting your forms: • Ecopies: CAHCurriculum@ucf.edu • Hard copies: Farrah Cato, CAH • Website – coming soon! • Questions?