COURSE FLAG IMPLEMENTATION

Paul Woodruff, Dean School of Undergraduate Studies

Report to the Faculty Council May 11, 2009

FLAG APPROVAL PROCESS 

First stage: Faculty Council defines each flag. Completed in January 2007. Second stage: UGSAC and faculty flag committees interpret the Faculty Council definitions. UGS communicates definitions to deans and chairs.   Third stage: Faculty and departments propose specific courses and classes for flags.  

FLAG APPROVAL PROCESS (CONT’D)  

Fourth stage: Faculty committees and associate deans in colleges and schools review flag proposals.  Fifth stage: Flag committees review courses and classes proposed for flags, approving those that meet the criteria, and reporting any policy issues/recommendations to UGSAC. UGSAC works with the EPC and FC to resolve outstanding policy issues.

Sixth stage: Dean of UGS reports flag approvals to the registrar. 

FLAG APPROVAL PROCESS (CONT’D) 

Monitoring and assessment:  UGSAC and the flag committees will monitor flagged courses and classes by checking syllabi as appropriate and will develop methods for assessing courses to determine how well their objectives are being met.  

The Dean of Undergraduate Studies will report assessment results to UGSAC on a regular basis.

CURRENT FLAG COMMITTEES(Active 2008-2009)

WritingJohn Ruszkiewicz (chair)College of Liberal Arts

Randy BomerCollege of Education

Rowena FongSchool of Social Work

Ruth FranksCollege of Natural Sciences

Hillary HartCockrell School of Engineering

Arlyn KloeselCollege of Pharmacy

Christopher LongSchool of Architecture

Graham McDougall, Jr.School of Nursing

Janet Staiger College of Communication

Paula MurrayMcCombs School of Business

Michael CharlesworthCollege of Fine Arts

CURRENT FLAG COMMITTEES(Active 2008-2009)

Quantitative ReasoningBrent Iverson College of Natural Sciences

Bob Hummer College of Liberal Arts

Jacqui Woolley College of Liberal Arts

Mark Bernstein College of Communication

Mike Starbird College of Natural Sciences

Global Cultures/Cultural DiversityRichard Flores College of Liberal Arts

Sam Wilson College of Liberal Arts

Larry Speck School of Architecture

Michele Guzman Division of Diversity and Community Engagement

Flag Approvals 

Fall 2008 about 1,500 flag proposals reviewed

approximately 650 flags approved --(400 at the course level and 250 at the class level)

ADDITIONAL FLAG COMMITTEESTO BE CONSTITUTED

(To be convened in Fall 2009)

Ethics & Leadership

Independent Inquiry

NOMINEES PROPOSED BY DEANS

Flag Requirement Implementation  

UGS is collecting seat count information for flagged courses.

Some degree programs will require the completion of certain flags beginning with the 2010-2012 Undergraduate Catalog.

Most flag requirements will be implemented in fall 2012 and later, as more seats in flagged courses become available. 

Flag Requirement Implementation  

Addition of flags to degree programs will be approved as are all degree program changes.

UGSAC and the flag committees plan to continue building the inventory of flagged courses over the next few years as we work toward full implementation of the flag requirements in each degree program.