Present:	Mike Allen, Bettina Arnold, James Coggins, Connie Jo (ex officio), William Kean, Jeffrey Merrick, Jane Nardin
Excused:	Michael Day, Charles Schuster (ex officio), Roy Swanson

1. Professor William Kean, the Chair of the Committee, called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. in Holton 241.

2. Automatic Consent
   
   1. Minutes #4 (November 9, 1999) were approved as submitted.
   2. There were no objections to these Special Listing Requests:

      Asian St	Hist	448-200	Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues (with appropriate subtitle)	Certif Prog
      Bio Sci	Psych	820-254	Physiological Psychology	Crosslisted
      Bio Sci	Psych	820-654	Advanced Physiological Psychology	Crosslisted
      Lit Trans	CompLit	260-444	Spec Listing	Myths, Legends, and Poems of the Celts

   3. There were no objections to these Writing-Intensive course requests:

      JMC	584-661	Mass Communication and Society
      Sociol	900-493	Capstone Seminar in Sociology

   4. There were no objections to this W-I course prerequisite change:

      JMC

      584-661

      Mass Communication and Society

3. Procedural Matters - None

4. Old Business
   
   1. Community Program in Jewish Studies - nothing to report
   2. Quality of Work Requirement in the Major - nothing to report
   3. Film Studies Curricular Area Code
      It was moved, seconded, and approved to take from the table the proposal for a film studies curricular area code. It was moved and seconded to approve the proposal. Discussion centered on whether it was necessary to have a more comprehensive plan for the film studies area, showing the need for the code. It was moved and seconded to table the proposal.

      At this point, Connie Jo arrived at the meeting. The committee suspended its rules to ask for additional background on the proposal. Following that report, the mover and seconder of the motion to table withdrew the motion. After some additional discussion, the original motion to approve the proposal was passed with one abstention.

5. New Business
   
   1. Natural Sciences
      
      1. The following Course Action Request was recommended unanimously to the Dean for approval:

         Honors

         462-380

         Honors Seminar in the Arts: (Subtitle) (prereq)

   2. Social Sciences
      
      1. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean that the Urban Affairs Curricular Area Code be dropped.
         
      2. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean that the proposal from Psychology to add a course to its "Foundations" group be approved.
   3. Humanities
      
      1. The following Course Action Requests were recommended unanimously to the Dean for approval:

         English	*350-565	Introduction to Adult/University Level TESOL (new, j-o)
         English	*350-567	Materials for ESL Instruction (new)
         English	*350-569	Internship in Teaching ESL to Adult Learners (new) * contingent upon clarification of departmental approval
         Linguis	550-565	Introduction to Adult/University Level TESOL (#[426], title, descrip, prereq, j-o)
         Spanish	912-119	Spanish for Social Services and Law Enforcement I (new)
         Spanish	912-120	Spanish for the Health Professions I (title,descrip, prereq)
         Spanish	912-121	Spanish for the Health and Social Services II (prereq

      2. The following Cultural Diversity Request was recommended unanimously to the Dean for approval:

         English

         ^350-192

         Freshman Seminar: Southeast Asian American Literature and Life Stories subtitle ^ contingent upon clarification of departmental approval

         Committee members asked Connie Jo to contact Mary Louise Buley-Meissner to explain that minor changes in the title of her Asian-American literature course require a new request for approval each time.

6. The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,


Connie Jo
Special Assistant to the Dean and
Distinguished Advisor
Secretary to the L&S Faculty

Distribution: Dean Marshall Goodman
Associate Deans Meadows, O'Bryan, Schuster, Van Wynsberghe
Assistant Deans Horstman, Kissinger, Olfe
Professor Ellen Murphy, Secretary of the University

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