Dr. Sánchez-Ruíz called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.

Bettie Adams, Adel Boules, Candice Carter, Lynn Jones, Nancy Levine, John McDonough, Sarah Philips, Arturo Sánchez-Ruíz, Charles Thigpen

Welcome

The minutes from the May 1, 2008 meeting were approved as posted on the Faculty Association website.

Introductory Remarks/Old Business

Dr. Sánchez-Ruíz congratulated the officers for 2008-2009.   He thanked Dr. Jones for     continuing to serve as Vice Chair and he acknowledged Dr. Carter and thanked her for     agreeing to serve as Secretary.
        
Dr. Sánchez-Ruíz referred to ”APC Resources Request”, an information item that was submitted by the Faculty Association President to the UNF Faculty on May 1 and attached to the APC agenda for this meeting. The item is a call for understanding on curricular requests and the need for identifying resources to support new courses and programs. In the   document, Dr. Klostermeyer suggested that “when preparing APC forms, that Deans, Directors, Chairs, and Faculty preparing APC forms specify all resources we might need in order to offer a viable program to our students.”  Dr. Sánchez-Ruíz recommended that when the APC considers packages from colleges proposing the addition of numerous courses that they require a letter from the Deans indicating that resources are adequate for the new courses.

World Languages
Log# 07/08-421: APC1 to add SPW 3XXX, Spanish Literature from the Middle Ages to the 18th Century.  In the second line of the course description, “may include” will be changed to “will include, but are not limited to” and “multiculturalism” will be spelled correctly.  The course objectives will be improved with verbs that indicate measurable outcomes.  The second objective will be changed to begin “analyze competently, in oral and written Spanish, a variety of texts ….”  In Section C(6), the text in parentheses in the second line will be removed.  In Section D(1), Yes will be changed to No.
Log# 07/08-422:  APC1 to add SPW3XXX, Spanish Literature from the 19th to the 21st Century. In the second line of the course description, “may include” will be changed “will include, but are limited to”.  In the course objectives, “understand” will be changed to a verb that provides measurable outcomes.  In Section C(6), the text in parentheses in the second line will be removed.  In Section D(1), Yes will be changed to No.
Log# 07/08-423:  APC1 to add SPW 3XXX, Spanish American Literature to Modernismo. In the course objectives, beginning verbs will be changed to verbs that indicate measurability.  In Section D(6), Yes will be changed to No.
Log# 07/08-424:  APC1 to add SPW 3XXX, Spanish Literature from Modernismo to the Present. In the second line of the course description, “may include” will be changed to “will include, but are not limited to.”  The course objectives will be improved with beginning verbs that indicate measurability of outcomes.  The second course objective will be changed to begin with “analyze competently in oral and written Spanish, a variety of texts...”  In Section C(6), the text in parentheses in the second line will be removed.  In Section D(1), Yes will be changed to No.
Log# 07/08-425:  APC1 to add SPN 4XXX, Advances Studies in Hispanic Culture.  In Section B(7), Max # times will be left blank.  The second sentence will be changed to say, “Students will expand their cultural understanding and develop further language proficiency.”  The course objectives will be improved with beginning verbs that indicate measurability of outcomes.
Log# 07/08-426:  APC2 to terminate SPW 3100, Survey of Spanish Literature.
Log# 07/08-427:  APC2 to terminate SPW 3130, Survey of Latin American Literature.
Log# 07/08-428:  APC1 to add FIL 4XXX, Foreign Language Cinema.  In the third   course objective, “recognize” will be changed to a measurable verb.
Log# 07/08-429:  APC3 to change the program of study for Bachelor of Arts degree, Spanish major, Track I.  In Section B(4), “on” in the last sentence of the first paragraph will be changed to “one” and rationalization for adding SPN 4XXX will be included.
The package including Log# 07/08-421 through 429 was approved with noted changes and the receipt of a letter from Dr. Barbara Hetrick, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, indicating that resources are adequate for the courses proposed, as per the aforementioned Faculty Association Agenda Item on “APC Resources Request”
(c.f. http://www.unf.edu/groups/unffa/Archive_1_Agenda/Archive2007_2008/May_2008/info_items/item1.htm).

Foundations and Secondary Education
Log# 07/08-430:  APC3 to change the program of study for the Master of Education Degree, Secondary Education Major, Professional Studies Track. 
Log# 07/08-439:  APC3 to change the program of study for Bachelor of Arts in Education Degree, Art Education Major, Art Education (K-12) Track.
In Section B(4), in Rationale for changes, “three semester-hour” and “3 hour,” when   used to modify a noun, will be hyphenated.
Log# 07/08-440:  APC3 to change the program of study for the Bachelor of Arts in Education Degree, Middle School Education Major, Math/Science Option Track. In Section B(4), “three-semester hour” will be changed to “three-semester-hour.”
Log# 07/08-441:  APC3 to change the program of study for the Bachelor of Arts in Education Degree, Secondary Education Major, Mathematics Education Track.  In Section B(4), “three semester-hour” will be changed to “three-semester-hour.”
The package including Log# 07/08-430 and 439 through 441 was approved with noted changes.

Athletic Training and Physical Therapy    
Log# 07/08-431:  APC1 to add PHT 7XXXC, Advanced Clinical Integration.  In Section B(5), No will be entered.  The Preferred Abbreviated Title will be expanded. In the first sentence of the course description, “course” will be removed and “courses” will be changed to “stages.”  The course objectives will be begin with “At the conclusion of this course” followed by “the student will demonstrate, during the care and management of patients with neuromusculoskeletal disorder, integration of principles …”  “Evidence-based” will be hyphenated.  In Section C(6), “Texts from previous coursework” will be removed.
 Log# 07/08-432:  APC1 to add PHT 6XXXC, Physical Therapy Residency: Applied Principles of Clinical Practice I.  The learning objectives will begin with “At the conclusion of the course, students will:” and the objectives rearranged so that they are grammatically correct.  In each of the objectives, “the student” will be changed to “students.” In Section C(6), the first three lines will be deleted.
Log# 07/08-433:  APC1 to add PHT 7XXXC, Ortho PT Residency: Advanced Management-Lower Extremity.  The last course objective will be changed to begin with “communicate effectively.”
Log# 07/08-434:  APC1 to add PHT 7XXXC, Ortho PT Residency: Advanced Management-Upper Extremity.  The Preferred Abbreviated Title will be expanded.
 Dr. Levine provided Dr. Smith with recommended language for the course description.
The last course objective will be changed to begin with “communicate effectively.”
Log# 07/08-435:  APC1 to add PHT 6XXXC, Advanced Clinical Residency. 
In the course description, the last part of the first line will be changed from “in specialized area of Physical therapy” to “in a specialized area of physical therapy.” In the second line, “patient’s” will be changed to “patients.”  In the second   sentence, “the student will” will be changed to “students will” In the last sentence, “Students” will be changed to “Student.” The second course objective will be changed to begin with “consistently document needed information ...” The objectives will be rearranged to conform with the recommendations made for Log# 07/08-431 and    semicolons and lower case will be used where appropriate.  In Section C(6), “Texts    from previous coursework” will be removed.
Log# 07/08-436:  APC1 to add PHT 6XXXC, Physical Therapy Residency: Applied Principles Clinical Practice II.  In the second sentence of the course description, “evidence-based” will be hyphenated.  In the third sentence, “to the practice” will be removed and replaced with “in.”  The fourth sentence will be changed to, “The role of clinical inquiry will be explored with application of principles of patient care.”
Log# 07/08-437:  APC1 to add PHT 7XXXC, Ortho PT Residency: Advanced Management-Spine.  A Preferred Abbreviated Title will be added.  The second    sentence of the course description will be changed to begin with “A problem solving    approach will be followed.”  Dr. Levine provided Dr. Smith with additional recommended language for the course description.  The course objectives will be changed to begin with “At the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to:” The last objective will be changed to begin with “communicate effectively.”
Log# 07/08-438:  APC3 to add the program of study for the Masters of Science Degree, Health Major, Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Track.  In Section A(7), the area code will be added.  In Section B(4), all occurrences of “orthopeadic” and“orthopedic” will be corrected to “orthopaedic.” The second sentence will be changed to “Prior to admission, the students will be required to be licensed physical therapists.” At the end of the seventh line, “phsyical” will be corrected to “physical.” The beginning of the third paragraph will be changed from “Clinical residencies” to “A clinical residency.”  The last sentence of the third paragraph will be changed to “In the second year, the student will be able to independently choose courses.”  The last sentence in the fourth paragraph will be changed to “Students will complete 27 credits in the first year.”
The package including Log# 07/08-431 through 438 was approved with noted changes and the receipt of a letter from Dr. Pam Chally, Dean of the College of Health, indicating that resources are adequate for the courses proposed, as per the aforementioned Faculty Association Agenda Item on “APC Resources Request”
(c.f. http://www.unf.edu/groups/unffa/Archive_1_Agenda/Archive2007_2008/May_2008/info_items/item1.htm).
Dr. Thigpen will confer with Dr. Smith about requesting the letter.

Dr. Sánchez-Ruíz will meet with the ITS Implementation Team next week to discuss the progress of the APC Workflow Automation.

Adjournment and Next Meeting

Respectfully submitted
Sarah Philips, APC Secretary
June 6, 2008