September 9, 2013

1. Approval of minutes from August 26, 2013 meeting

                  Approved by consensus.

2. Review course approval process

New Course or Course Change proposals in eCATS:

• Courses submitted for UK Core will route to the appropriate Area Expert’s workflow inbox in eCATS
• AEs should contact Joanie to have course added to the course tracking table
• AEs perform initial review of course and can contact the proposer for revisions, if necessary
• AEs will send Course Review form and syllabus to two outside reviewers and ask for comments to be returned within a 1-2 week period
• AEs should send completed reviews to Joanie and Ben
• Course will be added to consent agenda for the next UKCEC meeting; if the next meeting is less than one week away, course will be added to the next agenda after that to allow other members sufficient time to review

                  Identifying outside reviewers:

• UKCEC should develop standard language that can be used by AEs when contacting potential reviewers
• AEs can use contacts in their area who have taught a UK Core course before – consider contacting potential reviewers early in the semester to request their help if needed in the future
• Their review should take relatively little time (20-30 minutes) – they are looking for evidence in the syllabus that the course supports the learning outcomes
• Letter from Associate Provost will be sent to recognize reviewers for their effort

3. UKC course review

Course review process:

• Experimental courses, may not exactly fit the learning outcomes – UKCEC should still communicate with the proposer to alert them to potential deficiencies so that the course can be approved for UK Core later
• The UKC Course Submission form, Course Review form, and syllabus will be circulated to UKCEC members via email (UKC courses are processed outside of eCATS)
• Members will have 48 hours to review and reply with comments
• Associate Provost will make final decision after reviewing member comments

                  New UKC course proposal: “Why Do We Love Facebook?”

• Proposed for Humanities, spring 2014
• Revisions to be requested:

• Expand writing requirement – currently only one 3-page group report
• Studying Facebook provides no historical component – explain how this outcome will be addressed
• All work is group work – add individual work, or assign individual grades within group work

• UKCEC will conduct another review when the syllabus has been revised

4.  Information Literacy requirement on Course Review forms

• Overview of what each Course Review form currently states regarding information literacy component
• A brief definition of information literacy should be included on each form

• Debbie Sharp will provide

• Members should suggest modifications to the current information literacy component on each form

5. UK Core Summit agenda

State of the Core:

• Introduce UKCEC members
• Senate Rules update
• SACS feedback
• Course approvals totals by area
• Core enrollment

                  Assessment update:

• Schedule
• C&C assessment update
• Citizenship assessment update

                  Innovation in the Core

                  Past investments in the Core

                  Financial model and the Core

• Melody Flowers will attend
• UKCEC members to weigh in on concerns and how the Core may be affected

6. Meeting adjourned at 3:50 pm.

Prepared by Joanie Ett-Mims on September 11, 2013