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CAH Graduate Curriculum workshop

2013-2014. CAH Graduate Curriculum workshop. CAH Dean’s Office Point of Contact. Academic Programs Associate Dean Lynn Hepner, lynn.hepner@ucf.edu (407) 823-2251 All Graduate Issues Assistant Director, Graduate Academic Programs Trisha Farmer, trisha.farmer@ucf.edu (407) 823-4239.

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CAH Graduate Curriculum workshop

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  1. 2013-2014 CAH Graduate Curriculum workshop

  2. CAH Dean’s Office Point of Contact • Academic Programs • Associate Dean Lynn Hepner, lynn.hepner@ucf.edu (407) 823-2251 • All Graduate Issues • Assistant Director, Graduate Academic Programs • Trisha Farmer, trisha.farmer@ucf.edu • (407) 823-4239

  3. Workshop Items • Course Approval Process • Course Action Request & Special Topics • Materials & Supplies Fee • Equipment Fees • Curriculum (Program) Process • Program Recommendations • Catalog Updates • Awards • Summary and Questions

  4. 2013-2014 Graduate Studies and Research Committee (GS&R) • Lynn Hepner, Chair – CAH Dean’s Office • Mark Kamrath – English • Peter Larson – History • Martha Garcia – Modern Languages and Literatures • Scott Warfield – School of Performing Arts • Steve Fiore – Philosophy • Phil Peters – School of Visual Arts and Design • Elizabeth Wardle – Writing and Rhetoric

  5. Curriculum Process • Once the department has filled out the correct paperwork with the chair’s signature, submit hard copy to Trisha Farmer at CAH and electronic copy to trisha.farmer@ucf.edu. • Trisha will look over the paperwork and contact the department if more information is needed. • Agendas and materials are sent to the GS&R committee a week in advance. • After the committee meeting, if an item is approved, Trisha sends materials to the College of Graduate Studies, Graduate Council area. Materials may also be approved in UC2 (formally 4D). • The Graduate Council, Curriculum Committee will review items and, if approved, send them to Tallahassee for final state approval.

  6. Course Approval Process • Course Action Request (CAR) and Special Topics (ST) forms • Completing the forms • CAR: 5XXX, 6XXX, or 7XXX • ST: 5937, 6938, or 7939 • Required documents – electronic syllabus and emails (if applicable) • 4D requirements for syllabi • Texts/Readings • Objectives/Outcomes • Topics • Common errors • GS&R Committee Review - Continuous • Grad Council Review - Continuous • Online location, www.graduatecouncil.ucf.edu/Curriculum/Forms and • CAH Grad site, www.graduate.cah.ucf.edu/Curriculum

  7. Course Approval Process (Cont.) • Split-Level Class Action Request Form • Additional Form • First line on GS Split Level form “The Graduate Council Curriculum Committee discourages the establishment of split-level classes.” • Only for 4000 and 5000 level courses but at the same time with same instructor • Must provide difference between both levels: The more specific the better! • 4000-level syllabus and CAR must go through the CAH undergraduate curriculum committee at the same time • Items needed: • CAR • Split Level Form • 5000-level syllabus • 4000-level syllabus

  8. Course Approval Process (cont.) • Materials & Supplies Fee Request • Specific to a course • Fee limit: $70.00 • Completing the form – itemizing • Deadline for GS&R review and approval is in October • Online location, www.graduatecouncil.ucf.edu/Curriculum/Forms and • CAH Grad site, www.graduate.cah.ucf.edu/Curriculum

  9. Course Approval Process (cont.) • Equipment Fee Request • Applies to all students in a program • For equipment (purchase, maintenance, and/or repair) • Fee limit • Full-time: $90 • Part-time: $45 • Reviewed by GS&R in October • Online location, www.graduatecouncil.ucf.edu/Curriculum/Forms and • CAH Grad site, www.graduate.cah.ucf.edu/Curriculum

  10. Curriculum Program Recommendation Process • Program Recommendation form • Catalog mark-up & supporting documents • Deadline - typically mid January 2014 • NOTE: Due to the complex nature of Program Recommendation Forms, it is advised that programs have them complete and turned into the GS&R Committee by the end of the Fall semester. • Online location, www.graduatecouncil.ucf.edu/Curriculum/Forms and • CAH Grad site, www.graduate.cah.ucf.edu/Curriculum

  11. Catalog Updates • Can only make program changes in the catalog after going through the committees • Next graduate catalog update: Spring 2014 • Edits are done online through the Content Management System (CMS) • CMS will come online at the end of Fall 2013 • Edits can start as soon as CMS is up and running • Once you approve of edits in the system, they go to college level approval (Trisha) and then to university level approval (College of Graduate Studies) • Graduate Studies training in Fall 2013

  12. Awards • Student Awards • Outstanding Dissertation • Outstanding Master’s Thesis • Award for Excellence by a Graduate Teaching Assistant • Award for Excellence by a Graduate Student Teaching • Must have completed thesis/dissertation or taught in Spring 2013, Summer 2013, or Fall 2013 • Deadline – Mid January, 2014

  13. Summary and Questions • Course Approval Process • CARs and STs • M&S Fees • First Submission Deadline: Monday, September 16 5PM to Trisha Farmer • Send to trisha.farmer@ucf.edu • Program Recommendation Form Process • Annual Catalog Edits • Website (www.graduate.cah.ucf.edu) • Handouts • Questions • Trisha Farmer, CAH 190F, trisha.farmer@ucf.edu, (407) 823-4239

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