COLLEGE OF LETTERS & SCIENCES
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

AGENDA

The Committee will meet  THURSDAY, September 8, 2005
at 2:15 PM in Salisbury 102

1. Approval of the April 21, 2005 Minutes

2. Approval of the 2005-2006 Curriculum Guidelines

3. Election of representative to the Budget and Planning Committee

4.   Announcements

5. Foreign Languages

1. New Courses
1. FORNLANG 111 Beginning Arabic I (In this first-semester Arabic course students will begin to learn how to speak, read, and write Arabic in its Modern Standard form, (aka MSA). The class will also provide an introduction to the customs and culture of the Arab world<>.  This course has already been offered twice successfully as a Special Studies course (FORNLANG 496). At this time the Foreign Language Program of the Languages & Literatures Department wishes to make it a regular part of the curriculum).

2. FORNLANG 112 Beginning Arabic II (In this second-semester Arabic course students will continue to learn how to speak, read, and write Arabic in its Modern Standard form, (aka MSA). This course has already been offered twice successfully as a Special Studies course (FORNLANG 496). At this time the Foreign Language Program of the Languages & Literatures Department wishes to make it a regular part of the curriculum).
3. FORNLANG 211 Intermediate Arabic I (This third-semester Arabic course will enhance the Arabic linguistic skills and the knowledge of cultures of Arabic-speaking peoples that students acquired in Beginning Arabic. This course has already been successfully offered once as a Special Studies course (FORNLANG 496).  At this time the Foreign Language Program of the Languages & Literatures Department wishes to make it a regular part of the curriculum).
4. FORNLANG 212 Intermediate Arabic II (This fourth-semester Arabic course will continue enhance the Arabic linguistic skills and the knowledge of cultures of Arabic-speaking peoples begun in Intermediate Arabic I. This course has already been successfully offered once as a Special Studies course (FORNLANG 496).  At this time the Foreign Language Program of the Languages & Literatures Department wishes to make it a regular part of the curriculum).
   
5. FORNLANG 121 Beginning Russian I (This first-semester Russian course will introduce students to the Russian language (speaking, reading, writing and listening) and culture.  This course has already been successfully offered twice as a Special Studies course (FORNLANG 496).  At this time the Foreign Language Program of the Languages & Literatures Department wishes to make it a regular part of the curriculum).
6. FORNLANG 122 Beginning Russian II (This second-semester Russian course will continue to introduce students to the Russian language (speaking, reading, writing and listening) and culture.  This course has already been successfully offered twice as a Special Studies course (FORNLANG 496).  At this time the Foreign Language Program of the Languages & Literatures Department wishes to make it a regular part of the curriculum).
7. FORNLANG 221 Intermediate Russian I (This third-semester Russian course will build upon the Russian language skills (speaking, reading, writing and listening) and cultural knowledge acquired in Beginning Russian I and II.  This course has already been successfully offered once as a Special Studies course (FORNLANG 496).  At this time the Foreign Language Program of the Languages & Literatures Department wishes to make it a regular part of the curriculum).
   
8. FORNLANG 222 Intermediate Russian II (This fourth-semester Russian course will continue the enhancement of Russian language skills (speaking, reading, writing and listening) and cultural knowledge begun in Intermediate Russian I.  This course has already been successfully offered once as a Special Studies course (FORNLANG 496).  At this time the Foreign Language Program of the Languages & Literatures Department wishes to make it a regular part of the curriculum)
9. FORNLANG 202 Intermediate Japanese II (This is the second intermediate course in spoken and written Japanese. Students will continue to learn basic structural patterns of the Japanese language and be encouraged to further develop their proficiency in all four skill areas of the language. This course has already been offered twice successfully as a Special Studies course (FORNLANG 496).  At this time the Foreign Language Program of the Languages & Literatures Department wishes to make it a regular part of the curriculum).
   
10. FORNLANG 203 Intermediate Japanese III (is the third intermediate course in spoken and written Japanese.   Students will continue to learn basic structural patterns of the Japanese language and be encouraged to further develop their proficiency in all four skill areas of the language (reading, writing, listening, speaking). This course has already been offered twice successfully as a Special Studies course (FORNLANG 496).  At this time the Foreign Language Program of the Languages & Literatures Department wishes to make it a regular part of the curriculum).
    

4. Informational Items
1. Deletion of graduate component of the following Sociology and Anthropology courses:
   
1. SOCIOLGY 562  Population Dynamics
2. SOCIOLGY 588 The Holocaust: Nazi Germany and the Genocide of the Jews
3. SOCIOLGY 610 Sociology of Health and Illness
4. SOCIOLGY 665 Extraordinary Groups
   
5. ANTHROPL 534 Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective
6. ANTHROPL 620 Culture and Personality

(Inadequate enrollment in these courses.  Deletion of the classes is the result of 2004 Audit and Review determination).

2. Changes to the following Political Science major and submajors
1. Public Policy and Administration major. (change reflects the name change of Management 480 to ITBE 480).
2. Public Policy and Administration minor (the change drops a course no longer offered and a course no longer relevant and adds 2 courses to "Select 10 Units From Courses").
   
3. Political Science Minor  (the change drops 3 courses no longer offered  from three groups in the minor and adds 1 course to group 4 in the minor).
3. Cross list AFRIAMR 141 and HISTRY 141
   (These are two separate courses offered by History and Race & Ethnic Cultures.  The content of the courses is the same, the syllabus is the same and the instructor is the same so it would be more efficient to make these two courses one cross-listed course.)
   
4. Number change and cross-list WOMENST 360 Women, Science and Society. Change to WOMENST/HISTRY 365 Women, Science and Society. (Cross-listing the course between the departments of Women’s Studies and History will allow majors and minors in both departments to use the course towards their requirements. The number change was necessary in order to be able to use the same course number in both departments).
5. Other Curricular Action:  Remove ANTHROPL 694 from Approved Women's Studies courses in other departments.  (The seminars should have been removed automatically but for some reason are still listed in the on-line Graduate catalog).