Number 6
January 17, 2007



     M I N U T E S
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
College of Letters and Sciences
Meeting of December 7, 2006

<> PRESENT:  Ellen Davis, Hassimi Traore, Pilar Melero, Jeff Zimmerman,  Jennifer Thibodeaux, Jerre Collins, Jon Kane, Crista Lebens,  Steve Sahyun, Jolly Emrey, Elizabeth Olson, Paul Adogamhe, Sarah Sheridan, Richard Salem, Ellie Schemenauer,  Debra Heiber, and Elizabeth Hachten, Chair.

GUESTS:  Abdelkrim Boukahil, Physics and Bob Benjamin, Physics
  1. The November 2, 2006 minutes were approved as distributed.
  2. Announcements:  In answer to the question as to what grades would be repeatable under the new + - grading system, the Chair said that the Provost cited the rule that any grade below a 2.0 is repeatable.  Therefore, any grade below a C would be repeatable.
  3. Old Business.  Collins/Sahyun moved to bring from the table  the new course SOCIOLGY 255 "Sociology of Science Fiction."  The motion passed unanimously.  The concerns that the course did not have enough content to be a regular semester course and that the Bibliography was adequate were addressed.  The original motion to approve the course passed unanimously.
  4. Davis/Sahyun moved to approve the contact hour change and credit hour change for BIOLOGY 412 "Immunology."  The motion passed unanimously.
  5. Thibodeaux/Emrey moved to approve the new course, HISTRY 337 "Modernization in the Middle East."  The motion passed unanimously.
  6. Thibodeaux/Lebens moved to approve the new course, HISTRY 338 "Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1900-Present." The motion passed unanimously.
  7. Melero/Collins moved to approve the new course, LSINDP 100 "Foreign Film Appreciation."  The motion passed unanimously.
  8. Kane/Traore  moved to approve the course revision, description change, title change and requisite change for MCS 232 FROM "Concepts of COBOL with File Structures" TO " COBOL and Computer Systems."  The motion passed unanimously.
  9. Sahyun/Salem moved to approve the course revision, description change, contact hour change, credit change and General Education Option change for PHYSCS 100 "Energy."  The lack of Math 141 as a prerequisite was questioned.   The motion passed unanimously.
  10. Sahyun/Salem moved to approve the 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."  The Biological Sciences Department objected to the changes because they felt they would cause undue hardship for the students in the Pre-Veterinary and Marine Biology and Freshwater Ecology emphases.  The motion passed with 12 YES votes and 1 NO vote.
  11. Sahyun/Salem moved to approve the 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. "  The motion passed with 1 NO vote.
  12. Sahyun/Emrey moved to approve the 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" and the 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."   The motion passed unanimously.
  13. Sahyun/Collins moved to approve the new course PHYSCS 190 "Frontiers of Engineering and Physics." The motion passed unanimously.
  14. Sahyun/Schemenauer moved to approve the new course PHYSCS 324 "Methods of Theoretical Physics" and the new course PHYSCS 325 "Classical Electromagnetism."   The motion passed unanimously.
  15. Sahyun/Kane moved to approve the following new courses:
    1. PHYSCS 344 "Modern Physics."
    2. PHYSCS 360 "Optics."
    3. PHYSCS 425 "Quantum Mechanics."  
The motion passed unanimously.
  1. Salem/Davis moved to approve the new course ANTHROPL 225 "Human Evolution: Introduction to Biological Anthropology."  The motion passed unanimously.
  2. Salem/Kane moved to approve the new course ANTHROPL 316 "Pharmaceuticals, Culture and Society."  The motion passed unanimously.
  3. Salem/Adogamhe moved to approve the new course ANTHROPL 320 "Heritage and Cultural Resource Management."  The motion passed unanimously.
  4. Zimmerman/Salem moved to approve the new course GEOGRPY 120 "Introduction to Weather and Climate."   The motion passed unanimously.
  5. Collins/Emrey accept and record the following 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."
    2. Change in Computer Science Minor, "Web Site Development and Administration."
    3. Change in the following MCS Majors:
      1. BBA Management Computer Systems
      2. BS Management Computer Systems
    4. Change in the descriptive paragraph under Major/Emphases in Physics.
    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
    6. Change in the Physics Minors
      1. Physics Minior
      2. Physics Education Emphasis Minor
      3. Physical Science Minor
    7. Change in the Sociology "Comparative Studies Emphasis."
    8. Change in the Integrated Science and Business Major.
    9. Change in the following History Majors:
      1. BABS History
      2. BABS History - Public History Emphasis
      3. BSE History
      4. BSE Social Studies Broadfield -History with Social Studies
    10. Change in the following History Minors:
      1. History Minor
      2. History Minor with Public History Emphasis<>
      3. <>History Elementary Education Minor
      4. History Secondary Education Emphyasis Minor
    11. Requisite Changes for the following courses:
      1. PSYCH 499  Honors Thesis
      2. COMPSCI 271 Assembly Programming
      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
      4. 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<><>
        13. BIOLOGY 430 Animal Behavior
        14. Description change and requisite change for BIOLOGY 457 General Ecology
      5. Prerequisite change in PHYSCS 221"Intermediate Laboratory."
    1. Course and Program 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
      14. Cooperative Masters Degree Program in Public Administration
The motion passed unanimously.
  1.  The meeting adjourned.


Respectfully Submitted


Elaine Wagner, Secretary