Welcome to Concordia University Wisconsin's Curriculum Committee web pages. Here you will find information about the Curriculum Committee—a description of its function, a list of its current members, an outline of its procedures, and actions taken.
Under Meetings you will find the agenda for the Committee’s most recent meeting, as well as the Minutes from the current academic year. Under Full Record, you will find a list of documents that the Committee has approved and the date they were forwarded either to the plenary Faculty and/or to the appropriate academic Dean.
A syllabus template, sample syllabus, cover sheet, description of the core curriculum goals, Concordia’s Statement of Purpose, and more detailed information about submitting syllabi to the Committee can be found by visiting the Syllabus Approval web pages.
Description
The purpose of the Curriculum Committee is to evaluate whether courses and programs actually fit into the curriculum of CUW as defined by the university’s mission statement. In order to perform this function, the Curriculum Committee syllabi (both new and revised) for courses already in place, and examines documents relating to new academic programs and proposals for changes in academic programs. See the Faculty Handbook for the policy on the undergraduate course syllabus approval process policy.
Current Committee Membership
Committee Chair: John Oberdeck
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Curriculum Committee (2 year term) |
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Roland Ehlke - School of Adult & Continuing Education |
2008 (2) |
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Dennis Evans - Schoof of Arts & Sciences |
2009 (2) |
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Teri Hicks - School of Human Services |
2008 (1) |
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John Oberdeck - School of Arts & Sciences (Chair) |
2008 (2) |
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Timothy Scheppa - School of Business & Legal Studies |
2009 (1) |
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Michael Uden - School of Education (Grad. Rep.) |
2009 (2) |
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Theresa Valentino - School of Arts and Sciences
(Grad. Rep.) |
2008 (2) |
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Paul Zietlow - School of Arts and Sciences (Grad. Rep.) |
2009 (1) |
Procedures
Every document submitted to the Committee for review should first have been examined and approved by the appropriate department, division, etc. The greater the scrutiny the document receives at these levels, the faster the document will find its way through the Curriculum Committee.
Once a document has been submitted to the Curriculum Committee, the Chair distributes the syllabus to at least TWO reviewers (primary & secondary) who will present syllabus to the Committee for discussion.
The Curriculum Committee as a whole reviews every document submitted to it. The primary and secondary reviewers of each document present their findings to the Committee, which collectively examines each document in terms of its internal and external coherence, and particularly its relation to CUW’s mission statement.
If the Committee approves a syllabus, it will be transmitted to Academic Council for further review. Only documents relating to new programs or courses will be brought to the plenary faculty. If the Committee deems that a document requires revisions, that document will be returned to the initiator.
