University
College Committee
Minutes of April 25, 2007 Meeting
Approved 9/14/07
Attendance: B. Bradford, S. Campbell, L. McSweeney, R. Rodrigues,
E. Smith (Chair), B. Torff, E. Wilson
1) The meeting was called to order at 2:03.
2) Prof. McSweeney moved to approve the minutes of
Feb. 28. Prof. Campbell seconded and the minutes were unanimously
approved.
3) Prof. McSweeney moved to approve the minutes of
March 21. Prof. Campbell seconded and the minutes were
unanimously approved.
4) Procedures for Building Schedule Document.
Prof. Smith asked the committee if anything should be added to the most
recent draft of the document, Procedures for Building Course Schedule
for University College. Dean Wilson stated that Prof. Perkus has
made one change to the procedures document but she was not what that
change entailed. Dean Wilson agreed to email the proposed change
to the committee. If the change is approved, the procedures
document will then be forwarded to department chairs. She also
stated that the procedure for solicitation of courses varies across
schools within the university and that this issue needs to be revisited.
5) University College Visit. Dean Wilson
suggested that the University College Committee visit University
College to meet the staff perhaps at the second meeting next academic
year. Prof. Campbell suggested this visit take place at the first
meeting since the only scheduled business for that meeting is the
election of the chair. The committee thought this was a very good
idea.
6) Fairfield University Study Abroad Programs.
The committee briefly discussed possible strategies for the committee
and departments to become more familiar with the study abroad
programs. Dean Wilson stated that the study abroad office
continues to compile syllabi of the courses from the available programs
open to Fairfield students. Prof. Rodrigues noted that
departments/programs still struggle with the issue about which study
abroad courses count toward their respective major or minor and that
the more data each department has concerning the content of the
courses, the easier their job for making these types of
decisions. Prof. Smith stated that she will add this issue to
future agenda items for the committee to take up next year.
7) University College Governance Document. Dean
Wilson stated that she thought pieces of the Arts and Sciences
Governance document ought to be included in the UC governance
document. Prof. McSweeney argued that the role of the faculty and
staff needs to be more explicitly stated in the UC document.
Prof. Smith said that the discussion of revisions to the University
College Governance Document needs to be taken up next year.
8) Prof. Campbell moved to adjourn; Prof. McSweeney
seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 3:01.
Respectfully submitted,
Rose P. Rodrigues