COLLEGE OF LETTERS & SCIENCES
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

AGENDA

The Committee will meet THURSDAY, December 7,  2006
at 2:15 PM in Salisbury 102

 
 

  1. Approval of the November 2, 2006 minutes
  2. Announcements
  3. Old Business
    1. New Course SOCIOLGY 255 "Sociology of Science Fiction"  tabled at the November 2nd. meeting.
  4. Biological Science
    1. Contact hour change and credit hour change for BIOLOGY 412, "Immunology."  (changes from 2 credits with one hour of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week to 3 credits with two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week).
  5. History
    1. New Course HISTRY 337 "Modernization in the Middle East."  (This course is an undergraduate survey of modernization in the Ottoman Empire and its Afro-Asian successor states from the Islamic reform movements of the late 18th century until present.  I will emphasize the broad sweep of modernization throughout the region, focusing thematically on its geo-political, economic, social, and ideological aspects)
    2. New Course HISTRY 338 "Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1900-Present."  (This course is an undergraduate survey of the Arab- Israeli conflict from the birth of Zionism during the turn of the 20th century until the present. This course will also focus on the political, socio-economic, and cultural repercussions of this conflict).
  6. L&S Interdisciplinary
    1. New Course LSINDP 100 "Foreign Film Appreciation."  (The Department of Languages and Literatures has enjoyed a successful International Film Series that showed films on a weekly basis to the university community as a whole. Although the organizers believed to operating within “fair use” restrictions of copyright laws, the event was brought to an abrupt halt when a distribution company demanded payment of $2000 for films we had shown that semester. Upon closer analysis of pertinent copyright statutes, we learned that films may be shown only to students enrolled in a course. Therefore, we hope to operate with the law and yet enrich our students’ education on an international level (in-line with the chancellor’s strategic plan for “Diversity & Global Perspectives”) by exposing our students to a variety of foreign films).
  7. MCS
    1. Course revision, description change, title change and requisite change for MCS 232 FROM "Concepts of COBOL with File Structures" TO " COBOL and Computer Systems."  (This is the COBOL course for the MCS program. The course title and description change reflect the change in how industry uses and views COBOL today.  The requisite change is a housecleaning measure).
  8. Physics
    1. Course revision, description change, contact hour change, credit change and General Education Option change for PHYSCS 100 "Energy."  (Great progress has been achieved  in communicating physics to society.  Therefore,the Physics Dept believes that a course such as energy 101 can be taught without using complex mathematics. There is no need for a laboratory for this particular course for non-science majors. Real life experiments in the field of energy are expensive, both in time and in material. Also, computer simulations are widely available and the students can perform them in the comfort of their homes. Therefore, we are requesting a change in the General Education Option from GL to GM).
    2. Course revision, description change, title change, number change, contact hour change, and credit change FROM PHYSCS 160 "General Physics I" TO PHYSCS 140 "Principles of Physics I."  (This course revision combines the current Physics 160 lecture and Physics 161 laboratory courses.  The original laboratory course (Physics 161) which is being deleted counted only as one credit, and some students did not take it.  Having separate lecture and laboratory courses creates a dilemma for the instructor and the students on how to make the connection between theory and experiment. Because this introductory sequence deals with the physics of everyday phenomena, the connection between lecture and laboratory is essential to the understanding of the basic principles of physics. The subject matter of the revised course remains unchanged from the original).
    3. Course revision, description change, title change, number change, contact hour change, and credit change FROM PHYSCS 162 "General Physics II" TO PHYSCS 141 "Principles of Physics II."   This course revision combines the current Physics 162 lecture and Physics 163 laboratory courses.  The original laboratory course (Physics 163) which is being deleted counted only as one credit, and some students did not take it.  Having separate lecture and laboratory courses creates a dilemma for the instructor and the students on how to make the connection between theory and experiment. Because this introductory sequence deals with the physics of everyday phenomena, the connection between lecture and laboratory is essential to the understanding of the basic principles of physics. The subject matter of the revised course remains unchanged from the original).
    4. Course revision, description change, title change, number change, contact hour change, and credit change FROM PHYSCS 172 "Introductory Physics II" TO PHYSCS 180 "Physics for Scientists and Engineers I."   (This course is the first of the two introductory calculus-based physics courses  designed for science majors, particularly physics and chemistry majors).
    5. Course revision, description change, title change, number change, contact hour change, and credit change FROM PHYSCS 174 "Introductory Physics III" TO PHYSCS 181 "Physics for Scientists and Engineers II."   (This course is the second of the two introductory calculus-based physics courses designed for science majors, particularly physics and chemistry majors).
    6. New Course PHYSCS 190 "Frontiers of Engineering and Physics."  (This one credit course is an introduction to career tracks and career opportunities in engineering and physics. This course will feature readings on different career possibilities and visiting lectures by practicing physicists and engineers.  Professional skills, identification of career tracks, and scientific and technical communication will be emphasized).
    7. New Course PHYSCS 324 "Methods of Theoretical Physics."  (This new course is a unified treatment applicable to many branches of physics: (Classical Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Quantum Mechanics) and avoids the fragmented or the piecemeal coverage of these methods in different courses. It also provides the students with the means by which they can acquire facility and practice in the use of these methods of solving physical problems).
    8. New Course PHYSCS 325 "Classical Electromagnetism."  (Classical electromagnetism is one of fundamental courses in the physics curriculum, but in our previously curriculum this material was spread through two courses and interspersed with mathematical methods of physics. This new course combines the remaining 50% of the old PHYSCS 320 (that is not covered in the new PHYSCS 324) with the remaining 50% from the old PHYSCS 322 (that is not covered in the new PHYSCS 324).
    9. New Course PHYSCS 344 "Modern Physics."   (This course combines and replaces PHYSCS 410: Modern Physics I and the PHYSCS 411: Modern Physics I Laboratory. Since the credit for the combined course is 33% greater than for 410 alone, a new course form was recommended rather than a course revision. The course subject matter and laboratory material is the same as the two separate courses. The laboratory is being combined into the course in order that all students take the needed laboratory material. The course number is being set to the 300 level to better reflect the course expectations and the stage in the student’s career that they are expected to take the course).
    10. New Course PHYSCS 360 "Optics."   (This course is intended to replace the separate PHYSCS 354: Optics and PHYSCS 355: Optics Laboratory courses, combining them into a single course. The courses were combined so that students have take the laboratory with the course. In the past students have not registered for the laboratory missing vital information and learning opportunities associated with this course. By combining the course and laboratory into one course item a more complete course structure can be accomplished for all students).
    11. New Course PHYSCS 425 "Quantum Mechanics."  (While quantum physics was discussed in old PHYSCS 410/610 MODERN PHYSICS I and PHYSCS 412/612 MODERN PHYSICS II, quantum mechanics was taught in neither. This new course rectifies that omission. This topic is a fundamental part of physics, vital for students going onto physics graduate work, and very important for future engineers).
  9. Sociology, Anthroplogy, and Criminal Justice
    1. New Course ANTHROPL 225 "Human Evolution: Introduction to Biological Anthropology."  (Biological anthropology studies human biological evolution and variation. This course will focus on scientific method in the formulation of knowledge. Misconceptions about human evolution and adaptation will be addressed. Lastly, Biocultural adaptation will be examined in the final section of the course in relation to our survival as a species).
    2. New Course ANTHROPL 316 "Pharmaceuticals, Culture and Society."  (This course will study stages of the pharmaceutical life-cycle: research and development, clinical testing, marketing, consumer advertising, and the impact of prescription drugs on patient¹s lives.  Readings will help to critically assess the biopolitics of drugs (globally and locally) and how prescriptions have both medical uses and human enhancement potential).
    3. New Course ANTHROPL 320 "Heritage and Cultural Resource Management."  (This course examines the linkages between heritage and the arena of public archaeology. Heritage identifies a group’s concept history and culture.  Since World War II ideas of heritage have grown significantly.  Today it envelopes national and international laws, linking people across the globe.  It has also emerged as an economic force in the world system).
  10. Geography
    1. New Course GEOGRPY 120 "Introduction to Weather and Climate."  (This course introduces students to the processes controlling and distinguishing weather and climate. Particular emphasis is on data selection, interpretation, and analysis. The impacts of severe weather and climate change on humans is also emphasized.  The labs expose students to the wide range of weather and climate information currently available on the Internet). See the following for sample Labs:  Online Lab 1, Online Lab 2, Online Lab 3.
  11.  Information Items
    1. Title change for the History course HISTRY 326 FROM " History of Contemporary Women, from 1800" TO "Global Women's History, Since 1800." (The new title will clarify the global content of this course).
    2. Change in Computer Science Minor, "Web Site Development and Administration."  (Removes deleted course COMPSCI 372 from minor).
    3. Change in the following MCS Majors:
      1. BBA Management Computer Systems (Changes course selection in Section 2 of the major).
      2. BS Management Computer Systems (Changes course selection in Section 5 of the major).
    4. Change in the descriptive paragraph under Major/Emphases in Physics.  (Changes the course numbers in the description to reflect the changes in the courses).
    5. Change in the following Physics Majors:
      1. BABS Physics Industry Emphasis
      2. BABS Physics Graduate School Emphasis
      3. BABS Physics Engineering Emphasis
      4. BSE Physics
(Updates the emphases to reflect the course changes).
  1. Change in the Physics Minors
    1. Physics Minior
    2. Physics Education Emphasis Minor
    3. Physical Science Minor
(Updates the minors to reflect the course changes).
  1. Change in the Sociology "Comparative Studies Emphasis."  (Removes deleted course, ANTHROPL 324 from group 3B of the major).
  2. Change in the Integrated Science and Business Major . (Changes the GPA requirement to a 2.5 overall GPA for BS degree to bring it in line with BBA requirements, takes MANGEMNT 211 out of Section 1 and adds MANGEMNT 489 to Section 4).
  3. Change in the following History Majors:
    1. BABS History ( Incorporates HISTRY 135, HISTRY 337, HISTRY 338 and HISTRY 363 into the major and eliminates HISTRY 102 and RACEETH 150).
    2. BABS History - Public History Emphasis (Incorporates HISTRY 135, HISTRY 337, HISTRY 338 and HISTRY 363 into the major and eliminates HISTRY 102 and RACEETH 150).
    3. BSE History  (Incorporates HISTRY 135, HISTRY 337, HISTRY 338 and HISTRY 363 into the major and eliminates HISTRY 102).
    4. BSE Social Studies Broadfield -History with Social Studies (Incorporates HISTRY 135, HISTRY 337, HISTRY 338 and HISTRY 363 into the major and eliminates HISTRY 102).
  4. Change in the following History Minors:
    1. History Minor (Incorporates HISTRY 135, HISTRY 337, HISTRY 338 and HISTRY 363 into the minor and eliminates HISTRY 102 and RACEETH 150).
    2. History Minor with Public History Emphasis (Incorporates HISTRY 135, HISTRY 337, HISTRY 338 and HISTRY 363 into the minor and eliminates HISTRY 102.  Also adds a distributional requirement statement).
    3. History Elementary Education Minor (Incorporates HISTRY 135, HISTRY 337, HISTRY 338 and HISTRY 363 into the minor and eliminates HISTRY 102.  Also adds a distributional requirement statement).
    4. History Secondary Education Emphyasis Minor (Incorporates HISTRY 135, HISTRY 337, HISTRY 338 and HISTRY 363 into the minor and eliminates HISTRY 102.  Also adds a distributional requirement statement).
  5. Requisite Changes for the following courses:
    1. PSYCH 499  Honors Thesis (FROM  Psychology major or minor with at least 21 units in physchology courses and a minimum overall GPA of 3.5 TO Psychology major or minor with at least 20 units in physchology courses and a minimum overall GPA of 3.0).
    2. COMPSCI 271 Assembly Programming (FROM COMPSCI 171 TO COMPSCI 172).
    3. MCS Courses:
      1. MCS 220 Concepts of Programming
      2. MCS 231 Concepts of Data Structures
      3. MCS 325 Web Development I
      4. MCS 331 Systems Analysis and Design 1
      5. MCS 391 Cooperative Program
      6. MCS 425 Web Development 2
      7. MCS 431 Systems Analysis and Design 2
      8. MCS 475 Network Engineering
      9. MCS 485  Project
      10. MCS  496 Special Studies
      11. MCS 498 Independent Studies
(Changes the GPA phrase FROM "...and a cum GPA of 2.5".  TO  "...and a combined cumulative GPA of 2.5").
  1. Biology Courses:
    1. BIOLOGY 142 Biology II Animal Focus
    2. BIOLOGY 200 Writing in Biology
    3. BIOLOGY 251 Introduction of Genetics
    4. BIOLOGY 253 Introduction to Cell Biology
    5. BIOLOGY 254 Biotechnology Laboratory Methods I
    6. BIOLOGY 257 Introduction to Ecology
    7. BIOLOGY 258 Field Experience
    8. BIOLOGY 311 Microbiology
    9. BIOLOGY 340 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
    10. BIOLOGY 361 Human Anatomy and Physiology I
    11. BIOLOGY 363 Molecular Biology
    12. BIOLOGY 370/570 Aquatic Biology
(Changes the grade requirement in the prerequisite FROM "a grade of C or better" TO " a grade of C- or better).
  1. BIOLOGY 430 Animal Behavior  (FROM Junior Standing and one of the following: BIOLOGY 142 with a grade of "C" or better or BIOLOGY 120 with a grade of "B" or better and permission of the instructor or PSYCH 211 with a grade of "C" or better and permission of the instructory TO Junior standing and one of the following:  BIOLOGY 142 with a grade of "C" or bette or BIOLOGY 120 with a grade of "B" or better or PSYCH 211 with a grade of "C" or better)
  2. Description change and requisite change for BIOLOGY 457 General Ecology.  (Some of the content of BIOLOGY 467 has been integrated into this course (change of 25% in the course syllabus). The new description reflects this change.  Also adds BIOLOGY 258 as a prerequisite and changes the grade requirement from "C" or better to "C-" or better).
    1. Prerequisite change in PHYSCS 221"Intermediate Laboratory." ( FROM PHYSCS 174 and PHYSCS 175 or PHYSCS 162 and PHYSCS 163 and COMPSCI 171 TO PHYSCS 181, or PHYSCS 141 and MATH 254).
  1. Course Deletions
    1. ANTHROPL 324 Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific
    2. PHYSCS 161 General Physics Laboratory I
    3. PHYSCS 163 General Physics Laboratory II
    4. PHYSCS 170 Introductory Physics I
    5. PHYSCS 320 Electricity and Magnetism I
    6. PHYSCS 322 Electricity and Magnetism II
    7. PHYSCS 354 Optics
    8. PHYSCS 355 Optics Laboratory
    9. PHYSCS 410 Modern Physics I
    10. PHYSCS 411 Modern Physics I Laboratory
    11. PHYSCS 412 Modern Physics II
    12. COMPSCI 372/572 Intermediate Programiming
    13. COMPSCI 475 Network Engineering
    1. Deletion of the Cooperative Masters Degree Program in Public Administration
  1. Discussion of the Draft Resolution for Online Couse Review Policy.