COLLEGE OF LETTERS & SCIENCES
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

AGENDA

The Committee will meet THURSDAY, November 12,  2009
at 2:15 PM in White 6C

       
       
  1. Approval of the October 15, 2009 Minutes.
  2. Announcements
  3. Latin American Studies
    1. Change in the Latin American Studies minor.  (The change makes the minor more coherent, with all students in the minor taking INTRNAR 260, Introduction to Latin American Studies.  The minor is also strengthened by the addition of a study/travel abroad experience or related internship, and the unique requirement of Spanish 252 proficiency)
  4. Asian Studies
    1. Change in the Asian Studies minor.  (The number of electives should be 6 units, so that total number of credits for the minor would be 21 units [3 units from Capstone + 6 units from Humanities + 6 units from Social Sciences + 6 units electives]).
  5. Receive and Record
    1. Prerequisite change for the following English courses:
      1. ENGLISH 341 The American Renaissance
      2. ENGLISH 347_547 British Modernism
      3. ENGLISH 379 Rhetoric for Writers
      4. ENGLISH 401_601 The Heroic Age
      5. ENGLISH 404_604 Shakespeare
      6. ENGLISH 405_605 Shakespeare
      7. ENGLISH 420_620 Victorian and Edwardian Literature
      8. ENGLISH 460-660 Major Authors
      9. ENGLISH 463-663 Nineteenth-Century Women Writers
  6. Continue discussion on Comprehensive majors and "liberal arts" education and consider the attached resolution.  You may find it useful to review the attached definitions of liberal education and liberal arts from the AAC&U.
  7. Continue discussion on Foreign Language requirements for the BA and other possible international curricular initiatives. See the memo from Dr. Hachten.