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Curriculum Committee Minutes (04/15/24)

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Curriculum Committee Minutes

 

Date: April 15, 2024

 

Members:

  • Jorge Chavez – co chair
  • Ester de Jong
  • Troyann Gentile
  • Remi Kalir
  • Andrea Laser – co chair
  • Julia Mahfouz

 

Staff:

  • Shakira Anderson
  • Shannon Hagerman (CPE)

 

I. GENRAL BUSINESS & REVIEW/DISCUSSIONS:

Discussion with Deal Lynn:

  • Is the committee an advisory or decision making committee
  • The purpose of the SEM (Strategic Enrollment Management) and Curriculum Committee (CC) regarding decisions on new certificates, concentrations, etc.
    • Define roles for next steps for CC and SEM.
    • What role does the CC play in approving curriculum? Campus governance leaders agree curriculum should be approved by faculty.
    • CLAS has a laid-out governance structure, would like to review for ideas.
    • Modify our structure to align with regents’ law.
    • What will the make-up of the committee look like? There is concern about increasing workloads.
    • Would like to see other examples from other schools and colleges.
    • Work on a process over the summer, clarify what we might propose to line up with regents’ governance structures.

II. COURSE PROPOSAL/REVISION REQUESTS:

Status                                  Items                                 Presenter

Approved                         CLDE 5820 Revision           Chris Carson

  • Spreading the course out over a year instead of one semester; student will complete 2 credits during fall and 1 credit during the spring semester
  • Provides flexibility for students, helps with financial aid

Approved                         LDFS 4110_5110                  Jung-In Kim

Title: Human Learning

  • Resubmitting to address committee’s feedback (adjust levels of reading for undergrads, focus readings on non-K-12 classroom settings)
  • Course taken during students senior year, may want to add course requisites

Approved                        ECED 4500_5500               Cristina Gillanders

Title: Teaching Young Bilingual Children

  • Part of the new grant funded certificate Teaching Young Bilingual Children
  • How will the course continue after the grant ends? An elective for the PPMA in early childhood or CLDE

Approved                       ECED 4340_6340               Lori Ryan

Title: Messing About with STEM

  • New UG course to cross list with the current graduate course, MA partnership with Boulder Journey
  • Provides more summer course options for undergrads in placed based, TPREP and P-TEACH pathways