The Committee is to look at the current ways that SIU curriculum is managed including responsibility, accountability and interdisciplinary interaction and controls. This group should make recommendations concerning administrative oversight of a new integrated curriculum which will stress a curriculum continuum rather than discipline related blocks. It needs a Chair and an operating paper. LeBlang suggested we consider the connection between EPC and other committees and how they fit together. Morris asked the committee to also consider the issue of vertical integration.
Vertical integration needs to be considered in terms of both curriculum and ex-officio members.
Shea suggested that the connection between Carbondale and Springfield could be stronger. Ferraro stated that ex-officio members should be on both committees. Shea reported on the Freshman PBL Committee and suggested the Freshman class needed more involvement by clinicians. Caldwell suggested that the student who served on the committee the first year continue on the committee the second year. Ramkumar reported on the Sophomore Standard Committee and suggested that discipline consultants should serve on the curriculum committees.