Number 4
October 24, 2007
 
 

M I N U T E S

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
College of Letters and Sciences
Meeting of October 18, 2007

    PRESENT:  Ellen Davis, Paul House, Pilar Melaro, Jeff Zimmerman, Jerre Collins,  Jon Kane, David Cartwright,  Steve Sahyun, Jolly Emrey, Elizabeth Olson, Richard Salem, Jim Winship, Ellie Schemenauer, David Welsch, and Elizabeth Hachten, Chair.

    GUESTS:  Ron Berger - Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice
    1. The minutes of the October 4, 2007 were approved on a Schemenauer/Olson motion.
    2. Announcements: 
      1. The chair announced that at a future meeting she would like to discuss changes to BA degree program in the area of Foreign Languages and of the possibility of adding an international requirement to the program.
    3. Davis/Emrey moved to approve the new course, BIOLOGY/GEOLOGY 451/651 "Natural History of Yellowstone NP and the Upper Great Plains."  The motion passed with the provision that the "Relationship to program assessment objectives" area and the "Student learning obejectives" in the syllabus be revised.  These changes have been satisfactorily made and the proposal has gone forward.
    4. Davis/Collins moved to approve the changes in Biology-Ecology_Field (BSE) and Biology -Cell_Physiology (BSE).   The motion passed unanimously.
    5. Salem/Cartwright moved to approve the new course, CRIMIJUS 322 "Criminal Investigation of Child Abuse."   The motion passed unanimously.
    6. Salem/Emrey moved to approve the Course Revision, Description change, Number change for SOCIOLGY 140 to 240 "Introductory Sociology."   The motion passed with the provision that the Justification  be expanded.  This change had been satisfactorily made and the proposal has gone forward.
    7. Davis/Schemenauer moved to approve the Deletion of the Biology-General BSE submajor.  The motion passed unanimously.
    8. Winship/Sahyun  moved to receive and record the following informational items:
      1. Change in the Human Services Foundation Minor.
      2. Title Change for BIOLOGY 341 FROM "Animal Development"  TO  "Developmental Biology
      3. Requisite changes for the following Sociology courses:
        1. SOCIOLGY 426 "Minorities and the Criminal Justice System"
        2. SOCIOLGY 465/665 "Extraordinary Groups: The Sociology of Intentional  Communities"
        3. SOCIOLGY 473/673 "Social Theory: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives"
        4. SOCIOLGY 476 "Methods of Social Research"
        5. SOCIOLGY 478 "Sociology in Practice"
      4. Deletion of the following Sociology Courses
        1. SOCIOLGY 336 "Women in Asia: Environment, Work, and Development"
        2. SOCIOLGY 455/655 "Sociology of the Family"
The motion passed unanimously.
  1. The Biology Dept asked the committee to give feedback on changing the Marine Biology and Freshwater Ecology submajor from a 34 credit major with a required minor to a broader 46 credit emphasis in marine and aquatic biology with no minor required. The committee felt that if no minor is required, it should be at least a 54 credit emphasis.  It was suggested that the unique requirements other than the Chemistry requirement could be made part of the emphasis to bring the credits up to the 54 credits.  The chair asked the members to take the issue of having "super majors" with no minor instead of the traditional major with a minor back to the departments for discussion and feedback.
  2. The meeting adjourned on a Schemenauer/Kane motion.




Respectfully Submitted


Elaine Wagner, Secretary