CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
College of Letters and Sciences
Meeting of October 5, 2006
PRESENT: Ellen Davis, Hassimi Traore, Pilar
Melero, Jeff Zimmerman, Jennifer Thibodeaux, Jon
Kane, Crista Lebens, Steve Sahyun, Jolly Emrey, Elizabeth Olson,
Sarah Sheridan,
Richard Salem, Ellie Schemenauer, Tom Schweigert, Debra Heiber, and
Elizabeth Hachten,
Chair.
GUESTS: Margo Kleinfeld, Georgaphy and Geology
Emrey/Kane moved to
approve the September 7, 2006
minutes.
The motion passed unanimously.
Announcements: NONE Questions were raised
concerning the effect the new grading system will have on policies such
as the course repeat policy. The chair stated that these policies
will have to be examined in light of the new system. It was felt
that a grade of D+ would not be repeatable but the committee who
set the policy would need to make that determination.
Old Business. Kane/Salem moved
to bring from the table the Mathematics minor, "Actuarial
Mathematics Minor." The motion passed unanimously. Dr. Kane
stated that his department decided to leave the course title the same
and to add the Unique Requirement MATH 255, MATH 280, and MATH
441. The department felt that a student who meets the unique
requirement would have the necessary background needed for the
minor. The tabled motion was
approved unanimously.
Emrey/Zimmerman moved to
approve the new coursePOLISCI 240
"Law and Society." The motion
passed
unanimously.
Emrey/Traore moved to approve
the new course POLISCI 147
"World Affairs Seminar." The motion passed
unanimously.
Salem/Sahyun
moved to approve the new course SOCIOLGY 373
"Sociology of Terrorism." The motion passed
unanimously.
Zimmerman/Davis moved to approve the new course GEOGRPY 361
"Geography of South and Southeast Asia."The motion passed
unanimously.
Zimmerman/ Sahyun moved to approve the description change, title change and add
the general education
GS to GEOGRPY
364 FROM "Geography of Asia" TO
"Geography of East Asia." The motion passed
unanimously.
Davis/Melero moved to adjourn. The motion passed uanimously.