UWM College of Letters and Science
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
College of Letters and Science

2000-2001
Course and Curriculum Committee
Meeting: Friday, February 16, 2001, 3:00 p.m.
Holton Hall 241

Minutes No. 8

Present: M. Allen, J. Beder, J. Coggins, M. Day, W. Kean, J. Merrick, J. Nardin, R. Swanson, C. Jo
Excused:   B. Arnold, C. Schuster
Guest: M. Liston
  1. Call to Order: The co-chair, Professor Jane Nardin, called the meeting to order at 9:35 a.m. in HLT 241.


  2. Automatic Consent: There were no objections to the following items, so they are accepted.
    1. Approval of Minutes #7 (January 26, 2000)
    2. Course Action Request Form
      3. FLL/General393-192   Freshman Seminar: (Subtitle) (new; GER-HU)

  3. Procedural Matters
    1. The Semester II meeting schedule was distributed; there were no questions.
    2. Connie Jo announced that the CAR form for Urb Aff 942-240 was withdrawn.

  4. Old Business
    1. Community Program in Jewish Studies - nothing to report
    2. Quality of Work Requirement in the Major - nothing to report

  5. New Business


    6. A motion to suspend the agenda to accommodate a guest was made, seconded, and approved.

    The Committee considered the CAR form and GER request for a new course:
    Philosophy 736-245   Critical Thinking and the Law: (Subtitle).
    It was moved, seconded and approved to recommend approval of the new course and GER-HU credit for it.

    A motion to return to the order of the agenda was made, seconded, and approved.

    1. Social Sciences
      1. The following CAR forms were recommended for approval:
        2. Sociol 900-610 Reproduction of Minority Communities (new; jointly-offered with Ed Pol 310-610)
        Urb Aff 942-340   Indicators of the Death and Life of Great Amer Cities (delete)
        Urb Aff 942-350 The New Utopians: The Mystique of Systems Design and Social Change (delete)
        Urb Aff 942-360 Perspectives on the Urban Scene (delete)
        Urb Aff 942-440 The City in the World of the Future (delete)

        At this point of the meeting, the chair arrived and took over conducting the meeting.

        Urb Aff 952-299   Ad Hoc: (Subtitle) (# 942-299)
        Urb Aff 952-499 Ad Hoc: (Subtitle) (# 942-499)

      2. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the Africology Department's change in its major.
      3. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the History Department's capstone requirement.

    2. Humanities
      1. The following CAR forms were approved:
        2. Art Hist 180-105   Asian Art and Architecture (new)
        Philos 736-245 Critical Thinking and the Law: (Subtitle) (new)
      2. The following GER-HU requests were approved:
        3. Art Hist 180-105   Asian Art and Architecture (new)
        Philos 736-245 Critical Thinking and the Law: (Subtitle) (new)
      3. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the FICL Department's change in the comparative literature major.
      4. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the name change for the Certificate Program in Gay and Lesbian Studies.

    3. Natural Sciences
      1. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the proposal from the Departments of Mathematical Sciences and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science for an entitlement to plan a B.S. degree in Applied Math and Computer Science.

    4. Other New Business
      1. L&S Approval Matrix: Connie Jo requested the committee members' views on some additional kinds of changes that had been identified. Committee members agreed that the following changes should be reviewed by the C&CC but did not have to go to the L&S Faculty: GER/CD, crosslisting, related courses, L&S degree categories (W-I, International, Seminar, advanced natural science), and assignment of courses to major categories. Members also agreed that the second, third, and last of these items could be handled as Automatic Consent Business. Finally, members agreed that no review of active/inactive status changes was necessary.


      2. Peoplesoft. Connie Jo reported that Peoplesoft cannot handle credit values using the word “or.” This has implications for about 30 courses on campus. One suggestion made was to approve a separate course at each credit value needed.

  6. Adjournment - There was no additional business; the meeting was adjourned at 10:10 a.m.


Respectfully submitted,

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

Minutes #8.ccccc: Dean Marshall Goodman
Associate Deans Meadows, O'Bryan, Schuster, Van Wynsberghe
Assistant Deans Horstman, Kissinger, Olfe
Secretary of the University
Department Chairs (via email)
Undergraduate Advising Coordinators (via email)



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