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Reminders for Fall

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Feb 20, 2024

The Admin Save Difference

Back in the days before Li Marcus and Lexi Hergeth arrived at the Office of Undergraduate Courses, Curricula, and Academic Standards, clear guidance on what could or could not be administratively saved in CourseLeaf did not exist. To ensure faculty governance was conservatively followed, administrative saves of course records were stopped. However, as expertise and…
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Jan 23, 2024

Do Grades Help Us Understand?: Ungrading and “What Did I Learn?” versus “What Did I Get?”

Ungrading Background “Ungrading,” “non-traditional grading,” “contract grading,” and “specifications grading,” are all terms stemming from a trend appearing in education during the last few decades. Since the publication of Education Secretary Ernest Boyer’s Scholarship Reconsidered in 1990, educators have argued that assigning letter grades in classes can impede student learning.  Several types of non-traditional assessment…

Jan 22, 2024

Come Join Us: In-person CIM Lab with OUCCAS

Ever had troubles with Course Inventory Management? Ever planning to work with CIM? New to campus? Lexi is here to help! OUCCAS, the Office of Undergraduate Courses, Curricula, and Academic Standards, will host an in-person CIM lab for faculty or staff new to campus, current users, or potential users on January 23, at 1.30 pm,…
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Mar 9, 2023

Upcoming Training and Open Office Hours

Starting February 17th, Lexi Hergeth will be offering weekly open office hours for the Office of Undergraduate Courses, Curricula, and Academic Standards. During these open office hours, faculty and staff can join Lexi via Zoom to discuss the approval process, CIM for Course and/or CIM for Programs, and any other questions about the undergraduate course…
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Aug 10, 2022

Fall 2022 Courses & Curricula Newsletter!

On Wednesday, August 10, 2022, the NCSU Courses & Curricula Team (also known as the CourseLeaf Admin Team) – made up of Registration & Records, OUCCAS, and The Graduate School – shared out its second Courses & Curricula Newsletter to all users of the CourseLeaf system! This resource contains information about CourseLeaf at NC State (our…
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May 6, 2022

2022-2023 Committee Deadlines Posted!

With the end of the 21-22 academic year upon us and with CUE and UCCC meetings complete, the OUCCAS has updated the dates and deadlines available on the website! We share these dates and deadlines with college liaisons as early as possible the Spring prior in order to help align college dates and deadlines with…
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Dec 3, 2021

USD GEP Co-Requisite to become USDEI Requirement Fall 2023

The History As we wrote about in July, the Council on Undergraduate Education (CUE) – which is the body of university-level faculty governance charged by the Provost with the review and recommendations regarding the General Education Program (GEP) at NC State – has been discussing the existing US Diversity co-requisite requirement and its place as…
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Oct 8, 2021

Re-Examining Old Forms

During the implementation of CIM for Programs, the online system for curricular approval at NC State University, the first step was to examine the existing forms used by the campus. These forms included Format A (also known as the 8 Semester Display) and the Format B (also known as the Degree Requirements or ADA). These…
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Aug 25, 2021

Fall 2021 Courses & Curricula Newsletter!

On Monday, August 9, 2021, the NCSU Courses & Curricula Team (also know as the CourseLeaf Admin Team) – made up for Registration & Records, OUCCAS, and The Graduate School – shared out its first-ever Courses & Curricula Newsletter to all users of the CourseLeaf system! This resource contains information about CourseLeaf at NC State…
NCSU Campus Gateway

Aug 9, 2021

Reminders for Fall

Fall 2021 begins soon, and with it so do committee meetings for curricular approval! See notes below for reminders of deadlines and what we can do to help: Deadlines: In order to allow for review time and to comply with sunshine laws, deadlines for actions continue to be two weeks prior to the target UCCC…