Committee on Undergraduate Education Meeting Minutes 

Called to order by Kathleen Kennedy at 4:03 pm.

I.            Approval of the minutes

·         Minutes from 5/6/10 meeting approved.

II.            Chair announcements

·         Bill Lyne has offered to attend another CUE meeting to follow up on discussion of curricular proposal.  CUE would like to meet with Lyne in fall.

III.            Curricular proposals:

Discussion of MGMT 201: 

Kennedy reported that a standalone QSR course is a class that has MATH 112 content in it. They typically include calculation/creation of a model along with the application of the model.   In Computer Science QSR courses students actually write and apply a program (not just running software). Kennedy distributed syllabi of currently existed standalone courses.  Kennedy will contact Matthew Liao-Troth and confirm that Management is agreeable to the change in QSR option.

Discussion of ANTH 201:

CUE encourages Anthropology department to pare down GUR competencies (all marked on form).

IV.            Future agenda planning

1.       Pilot of assessment plan and recruitment of faculty participants over summer

a.       Schedule a meeting for faculty who are piloting course rubrics

                                                                           i.      Create some exemplars to go with the rubrics           

2.       Discuss creative ways to rethink the GUR (and incorporate writing into that brainstorming)

a.       Talk about report/time line

b.      Ways to cluster and create more interdisciplinary GURs (such as creating suggested strands or clusters) 

3.       Determine if CUE wants to hold a workshop in September

4.       First Year Programs

a.       Discussion of the FIG Program and SMNR 101

                                                                        i.      Sylvia Tag would like to share the Library’s plan to include a information literacy component within the FIG Seminar

                                                                       ii.      Assessment of FIG program

                                                                     iii.      If SMNR 101 is not a GUR, how does it fit within the CUE charge?

b.      FYE courses

c.       Viking Launch program

5. Committee Charge

a.       Review CUE charge and put it on CUE Blackboard site; some edits need to be made regarding the references to OIART and University Writing Program.

b.      Carmen Werder expressed interest in further defining how CUE will oversee writing the proficiency credit /exploring  what role writing will have with this committee.  

V.            Accreditation Response Report Draft (VPUE)

Edits to text:

·         Chair elected at the first meeting in fall.

·         History of Committee restructuring – Writing Proficiency (WP) Requirement had not been represented.

·         Clarify section on CLA exam (who reviewed exam selection – GER and WAG)

·         Fall 2010

·         Decide whether our competencies can be assessed by the CLA.

·         Should do a presentation to ACC.

·         Identify creative ways to restructure in GUR in fall, based on assessment and available data that speaks to access issues.

·         Would like to include General Education information at Summerstart – could suggest that the competencies be included in the informational packets.    

·         Working with faculty to improve reinforcement of GUR competencies across the curriculum.

·         Let assessment coordinators know are going to be called to a common meeting at the beginning of fall.

CUE would like VanderStaay to bring back a revised document to future meeting.  Meanwhile, any other comments should be emailed to Kennedy. 

VI.            Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 5: 31pm.

Minutes submitted by Wendy Knight.