MINUTES: Curriculum Committee Meeting 4-6-15

Curriculum Committee Minutes

April 6, 2015

Members:
Joni Dunlap

Heather Johnson

Jarrod Hanson

Nancy Shanklin

Scott Schaefle

 

Staff:
Shakira Anderson – Recorder

Hilary Bruce


GENERAL BUSINESS & REVIEW/DISCUSSIONS:

 

  1. Committee chairs will work on updating the SEHD syllabus template:
    1. Removing UCD from the current SEHD syllabus and update language to CU Denver
    2. Updating broken or incorrect links
    3. Ensuring academic policies are correct and are in line with University policies

 

COURSE PROPOSAL/REVISION REQUESTS:

Status                                     Proposal                                                        Requestor

Approved                                EDFN 7250                                                       Manuel Espinoza

  • Title change to School and Society

 

Approved                             INTE 4000/5000 – Design Thinking      Lori Elliott

  • Course will be offered through inWorks
  • Committee Suggestions:
  • It would be helpful to have a (flexible) timeline that outlines  when certain aspects of the project/process are to be completed
  • Clarify differentiation for graduate and undergraduate students expectations
  • Provide time guidelines for students expectations outside of the course hours
  • Submit revised syllabus to committee chairs

 

Approved                            CLDE 1000Language, Power and Identify  Luis Poza

  • Provide guidelines how participation points are divided
  • Consider increasing points total over 100, allows for more flexibility
  • Update UCD to CU Denver throughout the syllabus
  • Add SEHD policies (incomplete, disability, honor code)
  • Received updated syllabus 4/10

 

Approved                          LCRT 3720 & LCRT 5720                                                Rich Argys

  • LCRT 3720:
  • Title change to: Introduction to Writing Dev and Teaching
  • LCRT 5720:
  • Title change to: Writing Dev, Instruction and Assessment

 

LCRT Title Changes                                                         Sherry Taylor

  • LCRT 4710: Primary Literacy: PreK to 3rd Grade
  • Minor syllabus updates: add SEHD policies, course schedule or outline of how the course progresses. Use syllabus template on Impact
  • LCRT 5710: Primary Literacy: PreK to 3rd Grade
  • Minor syllabus updates: add SEHD policies, course schedule or outline of how the course progresses. Use syllabus template on Impact
  • LCRT 5020: Reading, Development, Instruction & Assessment
  • Add a course schedule or outline of how the course progresses
  • LCRT 5810: Literacy Dev Through Language Acquisition

 

Approved                         SPSY 6700 – New Course                                       Franci Crepeau-Hobson

  • Advanced Seminar in School Psychology
  • Add SEHD policies to syllabus
  • Received updated syllabus 4/6

GRADUATE FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:


 

OTHER ITEMS/UPDATES