UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
Minutes of the October 5, 2001 Meeting

PRESENT:  James Bronson, Jim Butchart, Dan Edlebeck, George Ferencz, Anne Hamilton, Linda Holmes (for John Howat), Phil Johns, Larry Kenney, Jimmy Meler, Jo Ann Oravec, Larry Schuetz, and Richard Telfer

ABSENT:   Scott Bradley, Ann Ruff, Stephen Solheim, Alvaro Taveira, and Wilfred Tremblay
 

Richard Telfer called the meeting to order at 2:20 p.m.

George Ferencz moved to approve the October 5, 2001 agenda.  James Bronson seconded the motion, and the motion carried.
 

The September 7, 2001 and the September 21, 2001 minutes were approved on Phil Johns/James Bronson motions.

Anne Hamilton moved approval of the History Department's proposal for a new course, HISTRY 425 History of American Indian Law and Policy.  George Ferencz seconded the motion, and the motion carried.

Phil Johns moved, and Anne Hamilton seconded, to approve and to receive and record as appropriate, items six and seven of the agenda.  Item six: approval of the changes in the Sociology Major, Criminal Justice Minor, Family and Health Studies Minor, Sociology - Criminal Justice Emphasis, and the Sociology Minor; to receive and record the changes in number and requisite for Women and Crime (from:  WOMENST 390 to:   SOCIOLGY 379), to receive and record the change in description, title and requisite for SOCIOLGY 459/659 (from:  Patterns of Minority Group Relations to:  Processes and Patterns of Racial/Ethnic Inequality) from the Sociology Department.  Item seven: approval of the changes in the Gerontology Minor and the Human Services Foundation Minor from the Social Work Department.  The motion carried..
 

Larry Kenney moved to receive and record the special courses approved between September 13, 2001 and September 26, 2001 which are as follows:
 
Course Number Title  Term  Approved
PEGNRL 490  Introduction to Martial Arts Weapons   2021  9/18/01
CIGENRL 490/690   Cognitively Guided Instruction   2017*   9/21/01
CIGENRL 490/690   Reading and Writing in the Kindergarten, Primary and Early Years   2017*   9/21/01
CIGENRL 490/690   Teacher Eval Portfolios   2021*   9/21/01
CIGENRL 490   Knowledge and Skills for Mentoring New Teachers   2023   9/21/01
* partial semester

Phil Johns seconded the motion, and the motion carried.

A proposal to clarify the wording of the Repeat Policy in the catalog was distributed.  George Ferencz moved to recommend the document for language clarification.  Jo Ann Oravec seconded the motion, and the motion carried.

A document was distributed regarding the wording of the second degree statement in the catalog.  After some discussion, it was decided that Financial Aid should be consulted, and that the document should be revisited at a future meeting.

The meeting was adjourned on a Jim Butchart/James Bronson motion.