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MINUTES: Curriculum Committee 3-2-15

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Curriculum Committee Minutes

March 2, 2015

Members:
Joni Dunlap
Heather Johnson – unable to attend
Jarrod Hanson
Nancy Shanklin
Scott Schaefle

Staff:
Shakira Anderson – Recorder
Deserae Frisk

GENERAL BUSINESS & REVIEW/DISCUSSIONS:

COURSE PROPOSAL/REVISION REQUESTS:

Status                                                 Proposal                                            Requestor

Pending                                        HDFR New Courses                                  Janine and Ruben

  • HDFR 3002 – Professional Dev in HDFR
  • Proposed title does not represent the content of the course. Update title to: Preparing to be a HDFR Professional
  • Course Description:
  • Change “family policy” to family policies and laws
  • Update “development” to preparation
  • Student Outcomes:
  • #7 – change “is” reflective to “are”
  • #9 – clarify the outcome
  • Think about adding the importance of web tools in outcomes (i.e. LinkedIn)
  • HDFR 4930 – Field Experience
  • Check with Experiential Learning Center or University Risk Management to see if liability insurance is available through CU Denver
  • Incorporate required to attend orientations or workshops in the syllabus
  • Find tools to assist supervising student assessment

 

Approved                               ECED – New Course                                                                      Alissa Rausch

  • Unable to use ECED 5090, course number was previously used and deactivated effective spring 2015. Will use ECED 5091: Early Childhood Educators: Advocates of Social Change.
  • Update transcript title to: Early Educators Social Change
  • Check the rigor of course and rubric. Consider updating points total to 300-500
  • Advocacy Start Up Project
  • Students can work individually or in a group. How will students be accountable for their participation in group work?
  • Add the library of relevant resources to the grading rubric
  • Offering course for instructor’s dissertation. Will need approval from IRB before June 13, 2015. There are plans for the course to continue after dissertation in complete.
  • Updated syllabus received March 4th

 

Approved                         SPED New Course and Revision                                               Bonnie Utley

  • SPED 5401 – Seminar in Special Education
  • Will create a new course using title and course description from SPED 5400
  • SPED 5400 – Revision
  • Change title to: Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
  • Course will be cross listed with SPED 4400. Couse title and description will be identical to SPED 4400
  • SPED 5400 and SPED 5401 are pending approval from the registrar’s office. Significant changes to title and course description require a new course to be created, per registrar policy.

GRADUATE FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

All appointments approved

OTHER ITEMS/UPDATES