UNIVERSITY OF RHODE
ISLAND
FACULTY
SENATE
Bill #01-02--22
Faculty Senate
Curricular Affairs Committee
Four Hundred Second
Report
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SECTION IV
Subcommittees of the
Curricular Affairs Committee
The Curricular Affairs Committee was asked to
look at its three standing subcommittees as part of the review of
Senate and University Committees that is being conducted by the CBUM
Subcommittee on Committees.
At the Curricular Affairs Committee's meeting
of February 11, 2002, the CAC agreed that the three standing
subcommittees should be eliminated and that the responsibilities of
these subcommittees should be incorporated into the charge to the
Curricular Affairs Committee.
The Curricular Affairs Committee recommends
that the Faculty Senate confirm the following:
*A. DELETE: Sections
4.85 through 4.91 of the By-Laws of the Faculty Senate, which
describe the charge to and membership of the following
subcommittees:
1. The Curricular Affairs Committee
Subcommittee on Student Writing
2. The Curricular Affairs Committee
Subcommittee on Community Service
3. Curricular Affairs Subcommittee on Prior
Learning Assessment
*B.
REPLACE: Existing sections 4.80-4.91 of the Faculty Senate By-Laws
with the following new sections:
4.80 The Curricular Affairs Committee shall
maintain liaison with the Director of the Faculty Institute on
Writing to support the success of WI courses and shall approve the
assignment of the writing intensive label [WI] to courses deemed
appropriate in accordance with sections 8.81.40-41.
4.81 The Curricular Affairs Committee shall
maintain liaison with the dean of University College and Special
Academic Programs for mutual information and joint action regarding
the place of community service in the university's curricula. The
Curricular Affairs Committee shall review and act upon proposals for
existing Community Service courses and, when appropriate, propose
revisions to the procedures for course approval and the standards for
such courses, and recommend changes in Community Service course
offerings.
4.82 The Curricular Affairs Committee shall
maintain liaison with the Feinstein College of Continuing Education
for mutual information and joint action regarding policies and
procedures for the assessment of students' prior college-level
learning through non-collegiate activity.
*Changes to the By-Laws of the Faculty Senate require
approval by 2/3 of those voting and may not be voted upon at the
meeting at which they are first moved.
C. CHANGE: The following sections
of the UNIVERSITY MANUAL with regard to the Faculty Institute on
Writing, prior learning assessment and writing intensive courses to
conform to the above changes (Changes are in boldface):
3.95.11 The Institute shall be administered by
a director who shall report to the College of Arts and Sciences. The
Faculty Senate Curricular Affairs
Committee shall advise, monitor and evaluate the Institute's efforts.
The Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (or a designee) shall
participate in the Institute's evaluation. The Curricular Affairs Committee shall
report to the Faculty Senate on the Institute's
activities.
8.36.37 Each year, the Curricular Affairs Committee shall
request from the Feinstein College of Continuing Education
a report on the types and number of
credits earned through prior learning assessment and shall present
this information to the Faculty Senate.
8.81.42 The faculty member sponsoring the
course shall initiate the approval process for a writing intensive
course. Either new courses or redesigned existing courses may be
proposed for the writing intensive [WI] designation. Following
approval by the appropriate departments and colleges, proposals shall
be sent to the Curricular Affairs Committee. In those instances when the WI label is not
recommended, the Faculty
Institute on Writing should make every
effort to work with the faculty member to bring the course features
in line with the accepted WI design so that a label may be
granted.