Number 1
September 17, 2009
 
 

M I N U T E S

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
College of Letters and Sciences
Meeting of September 3, 2009

    PRESENT:  Ellen Davis, Paul House, Pilar Melero, Carol Rosen, Jennifer Thibodeaux, Trudi Witonsky, Geetha Samaranayake, David Cartwright,  Steve Sahyun, Jolly Emrey, Elizabeth Olson, Michael Oldani, Ellie Schemenauer, Jeff Heinrich, Debra Heiber, and Elizabeth Hachten, Chair.
    1. The minutes of the April 30, 2009 meeting were approved on a Schemenauer/Sahyun motion.
    2. The 2009-2010 Curriculum Committee Guidelines were approved on a Olson/Emrey motion.
    3. The committee needed to elect a representative to the College Budget and Planning Committee.  Jolly Emrey volunteered to serve again. She was elected by acclamation.
    4. Announcements: 
      1. The  chair announced that she will be off campus for our next meeting scheduled for September 17th.  She requested that the meeting be canceled since there is no curriculum deadline on that date.  The committee approved canceling the meeting on a Cartwright/Thiibodeaux motion.
      2. At the April 30, 2009 meeting of this committee the issue of comprehensive majors vs the traditional major/minor was discussed.  The committee felt that guidelines should be established to justify why a comprehensive major is needed and how it relates to the goal of providing a liberal arts education.  It was suggested that we define "a liberal arts education" in order to frame the guidelines for the comprehensive major.  Beth Olson and Paul House volunteered to write a definition.  The chair would like Beth and Paul to present their draft of the definition and bring the comprehensive major issue to the table again at our October 1st meeting.   The chair also requested that the issue of changing the foreign language requirement be brought back to the table for discussion at our October 1st meeting as well.
      3. The chair announced that the October 15th meeting is the deadline for submitting proposals effective in Summer 2010.
      4. Ellie Schemenauer announced that she will be unable to attend the September 18th UCC meeting and asked if a member of the committee could substitute for her.  Ellen Davis volunteered.
    5. Witonsky/Melero moved to approve the following Languages & Literatures and Race & Ethnic proposals:
      1. Course revision for CHICANO_ENGLISH 200 "Chicano Literature: Historical Content and Contemporary Text."
      2. Title change for CHICANO_ENGLISH 200 FROM "Chicano Literature: Historical Content and Contemporary Text." TO "Chican@ Literature to 1980. (note the spelling of Chican@ is not a typo.  It is the discipline's preferred way to indicate Chicano_Chicana)
      3. Course revision for CHICANO_ENGLISH 201 "Contemporary Chicano Literature."     The motion passed unanimously.
  1. Thibodeaux/Schemenauer moved to approve the following History proposals:
    1. Change in the History BA_BS Major
    2. Change in the History BSE Major.
    3. Change in the Social Studies Broadfield Major.
    4. Change in the History Major-Public History Emphasis
    5. Change in the History Minor
    6. Change in the Public History Minor
    7. Change in the History Education Minor.  The motion passed unanimously.
  2. Emrey/Davis moved to approve the cross listing of the EDFOUND 341 "Urban Education: Issues and Policies" with Political Science. 
    The motion passed unanimously.
  3. Emrey/Olson moved to approve the change in the International Studies Major with Emphases and the deletion of the International Studies Major Without Emphases. The motion passed unanimously.
  4. Sahyun/Schemenauer moved to receive and record the following:
    1. Change in the Asian Studies Minor
    2. Add the 498 R to the following  Biology majors:
      1. Cell/Physiology (BABS)
      2. Biology Honors (BABS)
      3. Pre-Biomedical professions (BABS)
    3. Title change for HISTRY 493 FROM  "Applied History" TO "Public History Internship."
    4. Repeatability change for the following Psychology courses:
      1. PSYCH 498 Independent Study
      2. PSYCH 498-R  Undergraduate Research
    5. Delete the Psychology BSE submajor Social Studies - Broadfield Psychology II Emphasis
    6. Delete the following Sociology courses:
      1. SOCIOLGY 475
      2. SOCIOLGY 555        The motion passed unanimously.
  5. The question was asked as to when proofs for the new catalog were due.  They are due to Dr. Hachten by October 9th.  The procedure is correct the proof in red and add any updates if necessary.  If the updates require curricular action and they have been submitted to this committee through this meeting, it is suggested you attach the proposal(s) to the proofs and indicate this in not a change but a reflection of proposals approved at the college level and are expected to be approved through the curricular process by October.
  6. The meeting adjourned on a Thibodeaux/House motion.
Respectfully Submitted


Elaine Wagner, Secretary