College of Letters and Science
Curriculum Committee

Memorandum



 
TO: Barbara Monfils, Chair
University Curriculum Committee
FROM:  Elizabeth Hachten, Chair
Letters & Sciences Curriculum Committee
DATE: December 11, 2006
SUB: Proposal approved at the December 11, 2006 L&S Curriculum Committee Meeting

At its meeting on Thursday,  December 11, 2006, the Letters & Sciences Curriculum Committee approved the propsals listed below.  These proposals are being forwarded to the UCC for its action or information.   The signature page will be sent to you shortly.

Sociology

  1. New Course  SOCIOLGY 255 "Sociology of Science Fiction"
Biological Science
  1. Contact hour change and credit hour change for BIOLOGY 412, "Immunology."

History

  1. New Course HISTRY 337 "Modernization in the Middle East."  Sent to General Education Review Committee.  Signature page will come from the Chair.
  2. New Course HISTRY 338 "Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1900-Present."
L&S Interdisciplinary
  1. New Course LSINDP 100 "Foreign Film Appreciation."
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."
Physics
  1. Course revision, description change, contact hour change, credit change and General Education Option change for PHYSCS 100 "Energy."  Sent to General Education Review Committee.  Signature page will come from the Chair.
  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."
  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."
  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."
  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."
  6. New Course PHYSCS 190 "Frontiers of Engineering and Physics."
  7. New Course PHYSCS 324 "Methods of Theoretical Physics."
  8. New Course PHYSCS 325 "Classical Electromagnetism."
  9. New Course PHYSCS 344 "Modern Physics."
  10. New Course PHYSCS 360 "Optics."
  11. New Course PHYSCS 425 "Quantum Mechanics."
  Anthropology
  1. New Course ANTHROPL 225 "Human Evolution: Introduction to Biological Anthropology."  Sent to General Education Review Committee.  Signature page will come from the Chair.
  2. New Course ANTHROPL 316 "Pharmaceuticals, Culture and Society."
  3. New Course ANTHROPL 320 "Heritage and Cultural Resource Management."  Sent to General Education Review Committee.  Signature page will come from the Chair.
Geography
  1. New Course GEOGRPY 120 "Introduction to Weather and Climate."  Sent to General Education Review Committee.  Signature page will come from the Chair.
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  Sent to the College of Education.  Signature page will come from them.
  6. Change in the Physics Minors
    1. Physics Minior
    2. Physics Education Emphasis Minor  Sent to the College of Education.  Signature page will come from them.
    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  Sent to the College of Education.  Signature page will come from them.
    4. BSE Social Studies Broadfield -History with Social Studies   Sent to the College of Education.  Signature page will come from them.
  10. Change in the following History Minors:
    1. History Minor
    2. History Minor with Public History Emphasis
    3. History Elementary Education Minor   Sent to the College of Education.  Signature page will come from them.
    4. History Secondary Education Emphyasis Minor  Sent to the College of Education.  Signature page will come from them.
  11. Requisite Changes for the following courses:
    1. PSYCH 499  Honors Thesis
    2. COMPSCI 271 Assembly Programming
    3. MCS 220 Concepts of Programming
    4. MCS 231 Concepts of Data Structures
    5. MCS 325 Web Development I
    6. MCS 331 Systems Analysis and Design 1
    7. MCS 391 Cooperative Program
    8. MCS 425 Web Development 2
    9. MCS 431 Systems Analysis and Design 2
    10. MCS 475 Network Engineering
    11. MCS 485  Project
    12. MCS  496 Special Studies
    13. MCS 498 Independent Studies
    14. BIOLOGY 142 Biology II Animal Focus
    15. BIOLOGY 200 Writing in Biology
    16. BIOLOGY 251 Introduction of Genetics
    17. BIOLOGY 253 Introduction to Cell Biology
    18. BIOLOGY 254 Biotechnology Laboratory Methods I
    19. BIOLOGY 257 Introduction to Ecology
    20. BIOLOGY 258 Field Experience
    21. BIOLOGY 311 Microbiology
    22. BIOLOGY 340 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
    23. BIOLOGY 361 Human Anatomy and Physiology I
    24. BIOLOGY 363 Molecular Biology
    25. BIOLOGY 370/570 Aquatic Biology
    26. BIOLOGY 430 Animal Behavior
    27. Description change and requisite change for BIOLOGY 457 General Ecology.
    28. PHYSCS 221"Intermediate Laboratory."
  12. 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