UWM College of Letters and Science

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
College of Letters and Science

Course and Curriculum Committee
Meeting: Thursday, December 10, 1998
Holton Hall 241
2:00 p.m.
Agenda #5


  1. Call to Order

  2. Automatic Consent
    1. Approval of Minutes #4 (November 12, 1998)
    2. Automatic Approvals
      1. Additions to the International Courses List
        English 350-363    Medieval Epic and Romance
        English 350-500    Literature of the Medieval World: (Subtitle)
        English 350-501    Literature of the Renaissance World: (Subtitle)
        English 350-540    Introduction to Old Norse
        History 448-354    France from Napoleon to World War I, 1804-1914
        History 448-355    France from World War I to European Integration, 1914 to the Present
        Pol Sci 778-359    Problems of American Foreign Policy

      2. Prerequisite Changes for W-I Courses
        English 350-201    Strategies for Academic Writing
        English 350-205    Business Writing
        English 350-208    Writing and Research
        English 350-211    Aspects of the English Language
        English 350-222    English Writers: The Modern Period
        English 350-225    Introduction to Modern Literature: Backgrounds
        English 350-226    Introduction to Modern Literature: Recent Developments
        English 350-230    Writing with Style
        English 350-233    Introduction to Creative Writing
        English 350-251    Fantasy in Literature
        English 350-253    The Tradition of Science Fiction
        English 350-262    American Plays

    3. Procedural Matters
      1. Approved List of Automatic Consent Items

    4. Old Business
      1. Tabled Course Portug 782-360 Brazilian Culture (new/GER-HU)
      2. Definition of Advanced Level Courses
      3. Draft of Proposal for Special Degree General Requirements
      4. Draft of Proposal for "Sr St" Prerequisite for Capstone Courses
      5. Draft of Committee on Committees Proposal for Review of New Degree Requirements in the Year 2002

    5. New Business
      1. Humanities
        1. Revision of Requirement to Declare Communication Major and Concentrated Study
        2. Revision of Requirements of the Gay and Lesbian Studies Certificate Program
        3. CAR Form
          ArtHist 180-105    Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, and the Internet (3 cr, new/GER-HU)
          Commun 245-655    Cultural Training and Adjustment (3 cr, title, desc, prer)
          English 350-202    Writing in the Humanities (3cr, desc, prer
          English 250-205    Business Writing (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-206    Technical Writing (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-207    Health Science Writing (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-211    The Literary Imagination: How to Read and Write about Literature (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-221    English Writers: The Anglo-Saxons through the Eighteenth Century (3 cr, title (edit), prer)
          English 350-223    American Writers: Colonial Times through the Nineteenth Century (3 cr, title (edit), prer)
          English 350-224    American Writers: The Twentieth Century (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-227    Comedy: (Subtitle) (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-228    Tragedy: (Subtitle) (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-240    Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture: (Subtitle) (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-243    Women's Literature: (Subtitle) (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-245    The Life, Times, and Work of a Literary Artist: (Subtitle) (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-247    Literature and Human Experience: (Subtitle) (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-248    Literature and Contemporary Life: (Subtitle) (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-252    Mystery and Detective Fiction (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-261    American Short Stories (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-263    American Novels (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-270    The Forms of Fiction: (Subtitle) (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-271    The Forms of Poetry: (Subtitle) (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-274    Literature and the Other Arts: (Subtitle) (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-275    The Forms of Folk Literature: (Subtitle) (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-276    Introduction to American Indian Literature: (Subtitle) (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-277    Introduction to Ethnic Minority Literature: (Subtitle) (3 cr, desc, prer)
          English 350-285    Modern Irish Language and Literature (3 cr, desc, prer)
          Hebr St 440-302    Modern Hebrew Literature (3 cr, desc)
          Hebr St 440-321    The Holocaust & the Politics of Memory (3 cr, new)
          MassCom 584-142    Television and Radio in American Society (3 cr, new/GER-SS)
          MassCom 584-642    Television Newsroom Management (3 cr, new)
          Philos 736-354    Modern Social and Political Theory (3 cr, new)
          Philos 736-521    Philosophy of the Social Sciences 3 cr, desc)
          Spanish 912-508    Seminar in Hispanic Literature: (Subtitle) (3 cr, prer)

      2. Natural Sciences
        1. Proposal to bifurcate the Geosciences major
        2. CAR Forms
          Geosci 422-101    The Dynamic Earth (5 cr, delete)
          Geosci 422-125    Volcanoes in Space and Time (2 cr, delete)
          Geosci 422-126    Shifting, Drifting Continents (3 cr, delete)
          Geosci 422-185    Introductory Earth Science for Teachers (3 cr, prer)
          Geosci 422-310    Mineral Resources and Energy (3 cr, delete)
          Geosci 422-314    Geologic Field Methods (1 cr, delete)
          Geosci 422-409    Process Geomorphology (3 cr, title, desc, prer (edit))
          Geosci 422-512    Stratigraphical Laboratory (2 cr, delete)
          Geosci 422-522    Micropaleontology (3 cr, delete)
          Geosci 422-525    Paleoecology (3 cr, delete)
          Geosci 422-543    Principles of Petroleum Geology (3 cr, delete)
          Geosci 422-544    Petroleum Laboratory (2 cr, delete)
          Geosci 422-639    Metals and Industrial Minerals (3 cr, delete)
          Geosci 422-642    Metallic Mineral Deposits (2 cr, delete)
          Geosci 422-664    Seismic Exploration Techniques (1 cr, delete)
          Geosci 422-669    Seismic Interpretation (3 cr, delete)
          Geosci 422-696    Topics in the Geological Sciences: (Subtitle) (1-3 cr, new)
          Geosci 422-697    Seminar in the Geological Sciences: (Subtitle) (1-3 cr, new)
          Honors 462-200    Honors Seminar: The Shaping of the Modern Mind--(Subtitle) (3H, title, desc, prer)
          Physics 754-120    General Physics I (Non-Calculus Treatment) (4 cr, prer)
          Physics 754-209    Physics I (Calculus Treatment) (4 cr, prer)
          Physics 754-210    Physics II (Calculus Treatment) (4 cr, prer)

      3. Social Sciences
        1. Revisions in the International Studies Major (Download a copy of the document  Word95, Rich Text File, PDF)
        2. Revisions in the History Major
        3. CAR Forms
          Africol 106-220    Introduction to Statistics in Africology (3 cr, prer)
          Anthro 156-306    European Archaeology (3 cr, title, desc)
          Anthro 156-307    World Archaeology: Foundations of Civilization (3 cr, title, desc)
          Anthro 156-323    Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia (3 cr, new)
          Anthro 156-328    Comparative Studies of Music, Race, and Gender in Nationalism (3 cr, new)
          Anthro 156-501    Archaeology of Death (3 cr, new)
          Econ 296-210    Economic Statistics (3 cr, prer)
          Econ 296-734    Foundation of Econometric Methods (3 cr, #(635), title, desc, prer)
          Hist 448-288    The Theory and Practice of Historical Writing: A Writing-Intensive Inquiry (3 cr, new/GER-HU)
          Hist 448-291    Seminar on Historical Method: Theory and Approach (W-I) (3 cr, new/GER-HU)
          Hist 448-473    History of Wisconsin Indians (3 cr, title, desc)
          Hist 448-654    History of Wisconsin (W-I) (3 cr, new)

      4. Preliminary Entitlement to Plan a Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies degree
        (Download a copy of the document  Word95, Rich Text File, PDF)

    6. Adjournment
Agenda5.ccc
cc:    Dean Marshall Goodman
        Associate Deans Johnson, Meadows, O'Bryan, Van Wynsberghe
        Associate Dean-Elect Schuster
        Assistant Deans Horstman, Kissinger, Olfe
        Department Chairs (via email)


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