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University Curriculum Council 
February 6, 2024 
3:05-5:00 p.m. 
Microsoft Teams 
 
 
        AGENDA 
 
 
I.    Chair: Todd Eisworth 
• Approval of the January 16, 2024 meeting minutes. 
      
II.    Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education: Sarah Poggione 
 
III.     Programs Committee: Connie Patterson, Chair 
• Agenda 
 
IV.      Program Review Committee: Lijing Yang, Chair 
• Report  
 
V.      Individual Course Committee: Allyson Hallman-Thrasher, Chair 
• Agenda  
 
VI.      General Education Committee: Nukhet Sandal 
 
 
 


UCC Agenda 2-6-24

Resolution to Revise the Faculty Handbook to Remove the Text of a University Policy on Research 
Misconduct 
Professional Relations Committee 
November 4, 2024 
PASSED 
 
Whereas Ohio University policy documents take precedence over faculty handbook language, and 
Whereas the text of section V.D.5 of the faculty handbook is a verbatim copy of Ohio University policy 
19.048, and 
Whereas any differences in wording resulting from changes to the OU policy that are not changed in the 
faculty handbook could result in confusion regarding processes and deadlines to the detriment of a 
faculty member, 
Be it resolved that the faculty handbook section V.D.5 shall be replaced with the following text: 
5 Fraud and Misconduct in Professional Research 
 
Investigations of fraud and misconduct in professional research by faculty members and the 
options for appeals of any findings or punishments resulting from an investigation are 
described in policies located in the Academic Matters section 19 of the Ohio University 
Administrative Policy Manual (Ohio University Policy #19.048 as of Nov. 4, 2024).    


November 4, 2024 - Passed, PRC - Resolution to Revise the Faculty Handbook to Remove the Text of a University Policy on Research Misconduct

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MEMO on Cocurricular Activities and Assessment [Second Reading] 
To UCC 
From Cocurricular Assessment Working Group 
Subject Cocurricular Activities and Assessment 
Date December 17, 2024 
I. Background
The student experience at OHIO includes many university-sponsored activities that are not part of the formal 
curriculum. This experience is enriched by these activities, all of which play a role in the education of our students. 
Such activities are often referred to as “cocurricular” and/or “extracurricular” in informal discussions, and this 
informal usage treats these two terms as loosely equivalent ways of referring to university-sponsored opportunities 
that occur outside of a formal class.   
On the other hand, these terms also have precise technical meanings. The difference between our formal and 
informal usage of these adjectives becomes important when considering our obligations to assess student learning.  
In particular, the distinction is critical when it comes to the expectations of accrediting bodies such as the Higher 
Learning Commission (HLC). 
UCC was tasked by Faculty Senate “to develop a definition for co-curricular activities requiring assessment that is 
consistent with HLC guidelines, relies on resources provided by Institutional Effectiveness & Analytics, and that sets 
forth both criteria for determining which co-curricular activities should be assessed, and a process by which UCC will 
make this determination.” 
This memo provides a response to this charge by 
• providing guidance on the formal meaning of these terms,
• laying out criteria for when a cocurricular activity needs to participate in assessment, and
• outlining a process that ensures our institutional obligations are met.
II. Meaning of Terms
Non-curricular university-sponsored student experiences at Ohio University are classified as either cocurricular or 
extracurricular, depending on their relationship with the formal curriculum. 
Cocurricular activities comprise learning activities, programs, and experiences that reinforce the institution’s mission 
and values while complementing the formal curriculum1.  This means that these activities are aligned with the 
educational goals of the formal academic curriculum, which are defined as the OHIO Common Goals for general 
education together with the learning outcomes of specific academic programs.   
Extracurricular activities comprise those student activities that are not directly connected to the educational goals 
of the formal curriculum.  Although extracurricular activities may have learning goals, these do not align with the 
learning outcomes of general education or specific academic programs. 
III. Criteria for Assessment
Any cocurricular activity that is presented to students as providing an opportunity to achieve learning outcomes 
supporting those of the formal curriculum needs to participate in a formal assessment process.  These activities 
have at least one learning outcome corresponding to either the OHIO Common Goals for general education, or to 
the learning outcomes of a specific academic program. In such cases, the student learning arising from these 
1 The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) defines cocurricular activities as “learning activities, programs, and 
experiences that reinforce the institution’s mission and values and complement the formal curriculum.”  
 
2 
 
activities must be periodically evaluated according to some assessment plan, and the corresponding information 
used to guide decisions regarding the activity.   With this distinction in mind, cocurricular activities fall naturally into 
three categories: 
Category 1: No Assessment Required 
Some activities for students may support the outcomes of the formal curriculum while not making specific claims for 
student learning, and these do not require assessment.  These activities are cocurricular in the sense that they 
support the curriculum, but they do not have learning outcomes mapping to those of the curriculum. Examples of 
activities in this category may include lecture series offered to students on academic topics, or organizations 
designed to bring together students with similar academic interests.   
Category 2: Assessed by Curricular Processes 
Many cocurricular activities that do make claims about student learning are tied to associated curricular components 
(for example, credit-bearing courses associated with internships). These cocurricular activities are already assessed 
through standard curricular processes such as program reviews, general education assessment, or annual learning 
outcomes assessment for programs, and do not need to engage in further formal assessment.  
Category 3: Assessed by Annual Process 
Cocurricular activities outside of the first two categories are those that  
a) make claims about learning related to curricular outcomes, but  
b) are not currently assessed through standard curricular processes.   
These cocurricular activities will need to have a formal assessment plan in place (including at least one relevant 
learning outcome supporting the formal curriculum), and the sponsoring unit is responsible for evaluating the 
claimed student learning and making use of the information to guide improvements.  
IV. Annual Process 
The assessment process for cocurricular activities in Category 3 will mirror the annual assessment process for 
program learning outcomes and will be documented in the Assessment Clearinghouse.  Responsible units will need 
to submit the following information to the Assessment Clearinghouse in a standard format to be developed by and 
available from UCC: 
• Any program learning outcomes that are aligned with curricular components together with the curricular 
outcomes to which they map, and 
• An assessment plan that includes the following information: 
o Identification of experiences where students are provided the opportunity to achieve the learning 
outcomes identified above, 
o Identification of direct or indirect measures that will assess each such experiences, together with 
the frequency of such assessment. 
o Expected level of achievement for each assessment method. 
Documentation associated with ongoing assessment of the activity should be submitted as part of the annual process 
in place for curricular programs. 
 


Cocurricular Activities and Assessment

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University Curriculum Council  
Approved Courses  
December 17, 2024 
 
NEW COURSES 
College Course BRICKS 
Art & Sciences FR 3915: Internship for French Majors and Minors BLD 
GER 3915: Internship for German Minors BLD 
POLS 3210: Professional and Civic Engagement in 
Political Science 
BLD 
Fine Arts THAR 4811: Musical Theater Workshop III  
THAR 4820: Musical Theater Business and Audition 
Techniques 
 
THAR 4821: Musical Theater Showcase  
Graduate GRAD 6000: Graduate Student Professional Teaching 
Seminar I 
 
GRAD 6001: Graduate Student Professional Teaching 
Seminar II 
 
Russ CS 6880: Deep Reinforcement Learning  
 
 
COURSE CHANGES 
College Course BRICKS Changes 
Arts & 
Sciences 
PBIO 3190/5190: Ohio Flora 
BLD Descr, LOs,  Add 
BRICKS, Pre-reqs, 
Component, Topics, 
Texts, KGF, Sum exp 
Business MBA 6320: Descriptive Analytics  Descr, LOs, Topics 
Fine Arts FILM 2050: Introduction to Film 
Production 
 LOs, Pre-reqs, size,  
FILM 2070: Introduction to Post-
Production 
 Pre-reqs 
FILM 2140: Principles of Screenwriting  Component, Size, MSA 
FILM 2440: Narrative Screenwriting l  Pre-reqs 
FILM 3110: Filmmaking I  LOs, Pre-reqs 
FILM 3570/5570: Film Festival Screening 
Practicum 
 Name from “ Film 
Festival Screening” 
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FILM 3750: Directing  Pre-reqs 
FILM 3820: Art and Aesthetics of Editing  Pre-reqs 
FILM 3830/5830: Avid Editing l  Pre-reqs 
FILM 3840 to 3840/5840: Avid Editing ll 
 Add dual list, Descr, 
LOs 
FILM 4600: Advanced Pre-Production 
 Name from “ Captsone 
Film Project I: 
Development and Pre-
Production”, Pre-req 
FILM 4710/5710: Film Studies Special 
Topics 
 Repeatable 
FILM 4720/5720: Film Production Special 
Topics 
 Name from “Film 
Topics Seminar II”, 
Descr, Pre-reqs, Topics, 
Texts, KGF, Sum exp 
FILM 4760/5760: Feature Screenwriting I  Pre-reqs 
FILM 6430 to FILM 5430: Advanced 
Screenwriting 
 Number, LOs, Pre-
reqs,Topics, Texts, 
KGF, Sum exp 
FILM 5610: Crewing Practicum  Variable 1-4 
THAR 1730: Fundamentals of Play 
Analysis and Playwrighting 
BDP Descr, LOs, 
Component, Topics, 
Texts, KGF, Sum exp, 
add BRICKS 
THAR 4520: Playwriting Senior Project 
Cap Descr, LOs, Pre-reqs, 
Texts, KGF, Sum exp, 
add BRICKS 
HSP AT 5341: Clinical Research in Athletic 
Training I 
 Descr, LOs, Topics, 
Texts, KGF, Sum exp 
AT 5342: Clinical Research in Athletic 
Training II 
 Descr, LOs, Pre-reqs, 
Topics, Texts, KGF, 
Sum exp 
HLTH 3250: Long Term Care 
Administration Core of Knowledge 
 Pre-req 
HLTH 3850: Quality Improvement in 
Healthcare Organizations 
 Pre-req, Sum exp 
HSLS 2500: Speech Science  LOs, Pre-reqs 
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HSLS 6260: Counseling and Interviewing 
in Audiology and Speech-Language 
Pathology 
 Name from 
“Counseling and 
Interviewing in 
Communication 
Sciences and 
Disorders”, Topics 
HSLS 8900: Special Topics in Hearing, 
Speech and Language Sciences 
 Name from “Special 
Topics in 
Communication 
Sciences and 
Disorders” 
NURS 1221: Mental Health Nursing  Descr, LOs, Topics 
NURS 2041: LPN-RN Bridge  Descr, LOs, Topics 
NURS 2111: Medical Surgical Nursing II  Descr, Pre-reqs 
Russ ETM 4350: Automation, Robotics & 
Control Systems 
 Pre-reqs 
ISE 6949: Nonthesis Master's Project 
 Hrs 1-18→0.5-18, LOs, 
Topics, Texts, KGF, 
Sum exp 
ISE 6950: Thesis 
 Hrs 1-18→0.5-18, 
Topics, Texts, KGF, 
Sum exp 
 
Scripps 
COMS 7210 to COMS 6510: Small Group 
and Team Communication Processes 
 Number, Name from 
“Communication 
Process in Small 
Groups”, Descr, LOs, 
Topics, Texts, KGF, 
Sum exp 
COMS 7220 to COMS 6520: 
Communication Processes and 
Organizations 
 Number, Name from 
“Communicative 
Process in 
Organizations”, Descr, 
Offering, LOs, Texts, 
KGF, Sum exp 
COMS 7230 to COMS 6530: 
Communication, Technology, and 
Innovation 
 Number, Name from 
“Communication and 
Information 
Difussion”, Descr, LOs, 
Topics, Texts, KGF, 
Sum exp 
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ITS 3100: Internet Applications and 
Network Systems 
 Descr, LOs, Pre-reqs, 
Topics, Texts, KGF, 
Sum exp 
ITS 4020/5020: Strategic Decision Making 
in Information and Telecommunication 
Industries 
 Pre-reqs 
 
Notifications 
Course Deactivations: 
ENG 2820: Writing About Literature as Social Actio 
ENG 3080J: Writing and Rhetoric II 
ENG 5030: English Language 
ENG 5040: American English 
ENG 5050: Old Norse Language and Literature 
ENG 5080: Teaching Writing and Critical Inquiry 
ENG 5100: Teaching Literature 
ENG 5110: The 18th-Century English Novel 
ENG 5120: The 19th-Century Novel 
ENG 5140: The Works of Edmund Spenser 
ENG 5160: Teaching Oral Language 
ENG 5180: Literature of the English Restoration 
ENG 5210: Teaching Drama 
ENG 5220: The Works of Chaucer 
ENG 5250: Victorian Poetry 
ENG 5260: 19th-Century Prose 
ENG 5310: Major Medieval Genre 
ENG 5320: Renaissance Drama excluding Shakespeare 
ENG 5400: Studies in Comparative Literature 
ENG 5690: Later 18th- Century 
ENG 5700: Literature of the Romantic Period 
ENG 5710: 20th-Century American Literature 
ENG 5720: 20th-Century Literature: Modernism 
ENG 5870: Theory and Practice of Writing Center Tu 
ENG 5880: Professionalization for Graduate Student 
ENG 5970: Teaching College English 
ENG 5980: History of Composition 
ENG 5990: Major Rhetorical Theories and Teaching o 
ENG 6985: History of the Essay 
ENG 7030: English Language 
ENG 7100: Chaucer 
ENG 7140: Spenser 
ENG 7150: Theory of Teaching Literature 
ENG 7180: Restoration 
ENG 7250: Victorian Poetry 
ENG 7280: 20th-Century Literature/Postmodernism 
ENG 7650: Theory of Literature 
ENG 7950: Rhetoric in Reading 
 
 
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Courses with conditional BRICKS approval withdrawn: 
CARS 2050: Archaeology and the Bible (remove PHTC) 
CARS 2510: Difficult Dialogues: Religion, Gender and Sexuality (remove ACSW) 
MDIA 2701: Visual Storytelling (remove PHA) 
PHIL 2350: Business Ethics (remove ACSW) 
PBIO 2010: Plant Biology for Gardeners (remove PNS) 
PBIO 2470: Biomes of the World (remove PNS) 
 


Approved Courses 12-17-24

UCC Minutes 12-17-24

Assessing how communities of experts, sharing common knowledge, can contribute to effective disaster management policies

Manning, Alyssa

Expertise and Infrastructure in Emergency Management: The Cases of Egypt, Jordan and Morocco

We evaluated how experiencing intimate partner violence was associated with automatic threat and valence (i.e., negativity/positivity) attitudes toward one\u27s romantic partner

Nincehelser, Shelby

Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Automatic Partner Attitudes

We assessed voice familiarity through EEG and behavior identification tests in college students

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