MSS 2007-023.xml Florida State University Curriculum Committee Records Inventory created by Burt Altman 2007 [Florida State University Libraries]

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Inventory encoded by Burt Altman eng Florida State University Curriculum Committee RecordsJan. 30, 1931-July 18, 1958 Jan. 8, 1940 - July 18, 1958 MSS 2007-023 Created by the Florida State University Curriculum Committee 1.2 Linear Ft. Correspondence, indexes to minutes, lists of committee members, minutes, and reports to the Florida State University Faculty Senate documenting the discussions of the Florida State College for Women and Florida State University Curriculum Committee. eng

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Florida State University Curriculum Committee Records, Special Collections, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida

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The Florida State University (FSU) Curriculum Committee first met as the Florida State College for Women (FSCW) Curriculum Committee on January 30, 1931. It was "authorized to act on all matters pertaining to curriculum revision, interpretation, and unification." Its first chair was Dr. Kathryn Abbey (later Hanna) and the "permanent Secretary of the Committee" was the College's registrar, Simeon Doyle. The FSCW Curriculum Committee continued as the FSU Curriculum Committee after the College's transition to Florida State University in 1947.

It is not clear whether the FSU Curriculum Committee existed between 1959 and 1978, since it is not cited in the Faculty Handbook for those years. In 1979, the Committee was appointed by the Faculty Senate Steering Committee "with the advice and consent of the Senate." Its function was to "consider curricular policies and procedures at both the undergraduate and graduate levels."

In 1984, according to the Faculty Handbook, the FSU Curriculum Committee consisted of nine faculty members appointed by the Faculty Senate Steering Committee, with staggered three-year terms. The 1991 Faculty Handbook noted that the Dean of the Faculties, or his or her designee, was an ex-officio member, and the Committee annually elected its chairperson from the faculty representatives. As of 2007, the composition and functions of the FSU Curriculum Committee had not changed.

The FSU Curriculum Committee Records document the discussions of this body from its beginnings in 1931, when it was formed as the FSCW Curriculum Committee, through 1958. The records include agendas, memoranda, minutes, reports to the FSU Faculty Senate, and resolutions. Topics include definitions of major and minor courses; course renumbering; credit hour requirements; curriculum revision, department reorganizations; new courses and course modifications; and residence requirements, extension, and correspondence work for granting degrees at FSCW.

While it is evident that the Committee existed from 1979 to the present, the collection does not include any records for those years. Arrangement is chronological, and the collection is divided into two series: minutes and reports to the Faculty Senate.

Andrews, Elizabeth G. Bellamy, Raymond Campbell, Lawrence Carothers, Milton W. Cate, Helen Conradi, Edward, 1869-1944 Cooley, Henry B. Cotterill, R.S. Dame, J. Frank Danford, Howard G. Davis, Charles S. DeGraff, Mark Dittmer, Karl O. Dodd, William George, 1874-1963 Dorman, Olivia Doyle, Simeon Doyle, Wilson K. Edwards, W.T. Eyman, Ralph L. Hanna, Katherine Trimmer Abbey, 1895- Heinlein, C.P. Hinson, M.R. Hoffman, Dorothy Lois, 1903-1985 Housewright, Wiley, 1913-2003 Johnsen, Russell Harold, 1922- Kurz, Herman Lewis, L.J. Miller, R.D. Montgomery, Kathryn, 1894-1958 Moore, Coyle E. Opperman, Ella Scoble, 1873-1969 Randolph, Bessie C. Rogers, Carmen Sandels, Margaret R., 1888-1973 Seymour, Arthur R. Sivyer, Henrietta R. Stewart, Alban Stickler, W. Hugh Stone, Mode L. Tilton, Jennie Walker, Charles H. West, Edith Florida State College for Women. Curriculum Committee. Florida State University. Curriculum Committee. Florida State University--Curricula Curriculum planning correspondence minutes reports 1-2 Minutes 1931-1957 1 1 1931-1933. Index. 1 item 1 2 1931-1932 34 items 1 3 1932-1933 35 items 1 4 1933-1937. Index. 1 item 1 5 1933-1934 18 items 1 6 1934-1935 24 items 1 7 1935-1936 16 items 1 8 1936-1937 16 items 1 9 1937-1942. Index, 1 item 1 10 1937-1938 7 items 1 11 1938-1939 11 items 1 12 1939-1940 6 items 1 13 1940-1941 22 items 1 14 1941-1942 25 items 1 15 1942-1943 38 items 1 16 1943-1944 38 items 1 17 1944-1945 33 items 2 1 1945-1946 42 items 2 2 1946-1947 46 items 2 3 1947-1948 39 items 2 4 1948-1949 22 items 2 5 1949-1950 33 items 2 6 1950-1951 17 items 2 7 1951-1952 27 items 2 8 1952-1953 17 items 2 9 1953-1954 12 items 2 10 1954-1955, 1957 13 items 2-3 Reports to the Faculty Senate 1945-1958 2 11 1945-1948 5 items 2 12 1951-1952 4 items 2 13 1952-1953 6 items 3 1 1953-1954 15 items 3 2 1954-1955 16 items 3 3 1955-1956 14 items 3 4 1956-1957 11 items 3 5 1957-1958 10 items 3 6 undated 3 items