Faculty Core Committee (FCC)

The initial Faculty Core Committee was established in the Fall quarter of the 2000-01 academic year.  The FCC is charged with oversight of the Core Curriculum and policies related to its implementation.  The initial committee consisted of ten faculty members (2 from each division; AHSS, NSM, SECS, DCB, GSIS), who each serve a two year term. 

The FCC elects a chair from the committee and this person must have been a serving member of the committee for a minimum of one year in order to be eligible to serve as the committee chair.   Committee members are elected through their divisional election process and each serve two year terms.  

FCC Responsibilities

The FCC is primarily responsible for the approval of new Core courses.  The established process for the new course approvals allows for two separate rounds each academic year when proposals are reviewed. 

FCC Portfolio Community

Members of the Faculty Core Committe can logon to the FCC Portfolio Community to vote on and review proposals.

1.  Logon to the DU Homepage and click on the “Portfolio Community” link at the bottom of the page (in bewtween myWeb and Blackboard) or go to https://portfolio.du.edu/pc/index.

2. Click on the tab “DU Login”

3. Login is using your Banner ID and passcode

4. If you are a member of the FCC you have been added as a community member.  There will be a link on your page that says “your name is a member of the following communities: Faculty Core Committee

5. Click on the Faculty Core Committee link

6. This will take you to the Faculty Core Committee Portfolio page where you can view each of the pending proposals, as well as subscribe to the discussion forums and post your comments         

7. To subscribe to a discussion forum click on the “Discussion Forums” tab at the top and subscribe yourself.

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2007-2008 Faculty Core Committee Members

Chair:

Ron DeLyser , Electrical & Computer Engineering, rdelyser@du.edu

AHSS:

Doug Hesse, Writing Program Director, English, douglas.hesse@du.edu

Candace Upton, Philosophy, cupton@du.edu

Lisa Martinez, Sociology & Criminology, lisa.martinez@du.edu

Susan de Ghize, Music, sdeghize@du.edu

Rodney Buxton, Mass Comm. & Journalism Studies, rbuxton@du.edu

DCB:

Nancy Sampson, Management, nsampson@du.edu

Theresa Conley, Marketing, tconley@du.edu

GSIS:

Sandy Johnson, Director of Undergraduate Studies, sandy.johnson@du.edu

NSM:

Susan Sadler, Biological Sciences, ssadler@du.edu

Sandy Eaton, Chemistry & Biochemistry, seaton@du.edu

SECS:

Chuck Wilson, Mechanical & Materials Engineering, jwilson@du.edu

Ron DeLyser, FCC Chair, Electrical & Computer Engineering, rdelyser@du.edu

Non-voting Members:

Jennifer Karas, Assistant Provost, jkaras@du.edu

Barbara Wilcots, Associate Dean of AHSS, bwilcots@du.edu

Dawn Kreider, FCC Budget Officer, dawn.kreider@du.edu

Jerry Schwenke, FCC Coordinator, jerry.schwenke@du.edu

For more information about the Core Curriculum, please contact the Core Office at 303-871-4577

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