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

2000-2001
Course and Curriculum Committee
Meeting: Friday, March 9, 2001, 3:00 p.m.
Holton Hall 241

Minutes No. 9

Present:   Mike Allen, Bettina Arnold, Jay Beder, James Coggins, Vince Cronin, Connie Jo (ex officio), Jeff Merrick, Terry Nardin, Charles Schuster (ex officio), Roy Swanson
Excused: Cam Tatham
Guests: Ellie Miller, Kathy Miller-Dillon

  1. Call to Order – The Chair, Jeff Merrick, called the meeting to order at 3:03 p.m. in HLT 241.

  2. Automatic Approvals - none

  3. Automatic Consent
    1. Minutes #8 (February 16, 2001) were approved as submitted.
    2. Special Listing Request Forms - There were no objections to the following Special Listing Requests; they stand approved.
      3. BioSci C L Sci 246-534 Medical Microbiology Crosslist
      BioSci C L Sci 246-535 Medical Microbiology Laboratory Crosslist
      Con/EnvS Anthro 156-448 Cultural and Human Ecology Spec Major
      Con/EnvS Geog 416-403 Remote Sensing: Environmental and Land Use Analysis Spec Major
      Con/EnvS   Geog 416-405 Introductory Cartography Spec Major
      Con/EnvS Geog 416-411 Physical Climatology Spec Major
      Con/EnvS Geog 416-420 Methods and Principles in Land Form Geography Spec Major
      Con/EnvS Geog 416-455 Applied Climatology Spec Major
      Con/EnvS Geog 416-464 Environmental Problems Spec Major
      Con/EnvS Geog 416-475 Geography of Soils Spec Major
      Con/EnvS Geog 416-525 Geographic Information Systems Spec Major
      MENAS Intl St 504-550 Senior Seminar in International Studies: (w/appropriate subtitle) Certif Prog
      Scand St Anthro 156-306 European Archaeology Certif Prog
      Scand St CompLit 260-320 Literature of the Mediaeval World: (w/appropriate subtitle) Certif Prog
      Scand St Engl 350-300 Old English Literature: Beginnings to 1066 Certif Prog
      Scand St Engl 350-540 Introduction to Old Norse Certif Prog
      Scand St Engl 350-541 Advanced Old Norse Certif Prog
      Scand St Geosci 422-443 Glacial and Pleistocene Geology Certif Prog
      Scand St Philos 736-453 Special Topics in the History of Modern Philosophy: (w/appropriate subtitle) Certif Prog
    3. CAR Forms [view on-line at http://www.des.uwm.edu/intranet/carform/]
      4. Spanish 912-103   First-Semester Spanish (prereq)
      Spanish 912-111 Intensive Course in Spoken Spanish II (prereq)
      Spanish 912-119 Spanish for Social Services and Law Enforcement I (prereq)
      Spanish 912-120 Spanish for Health Professionals I (prereq)
      Spanish 912-121 Spanish for the Health and Social Services II (prereq)
      Spanish 912-310 Talking About the Hispanic World (prereq)
      Spanish 912-311 Advanced Composition (prereq)
      Spanish 912-312 Independent Writing (cr, descrip)
      Spanish 912-316 Spanish for Native Speakers I (prereq)
      Spanish 912-317 Spanish for Native Speakers II (prereq)
      Spanish 912-332 Business and Legal Spanish I (prereq)
      Spanish 912-340 Phonetics (prereq)
      Spanish 912-342 Business and Legal Spanish II (descrip, prereq)
      Spanish 912-347 Introduction to Translation (elim old #)
      Spanish 912-350 Introduction to Literary Studies (prereq)
      Spanish 912-361 Spanish Culture (prereq)
      Spanish 912-363 Spanish-American Culture (prereq)
      Spanish 912-365 Topics in Hispanic Culture: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-371 Introduction to Latino Literature in English (title, prereq)
      Spanish 912-373 Topics in Latino Literature in English: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-391 Social and Historical Issues in the Hispanic World: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-401 Medieval Literature: (Subtitle) (descrip, prereq)
      Spanish 912-403 The Renaissance in Spain: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-405 Golden Age Literature: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-407 Golden Age Drama: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-409 Cervantes: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-411 The Enlightenment in Spain: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-415 Romanticism and Realism: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-417 Modern Spanish Literature: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-419 Contemporary Spanish Literature: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-441 History of the Spanish Language (prereq)
      Spanish 912-445 Topics in the Spanish Language: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-447 Seminar in Advanced Spanish Translation: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-451 Pre-Columbian and Chronicle Literature: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-453 Spanish-American Colonial Literature: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-455 Nineteenth Century Spanish-American Literature: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-457 Modern Spanish-American Literature: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-459 Contemporary Spanish-American Literature: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-506 Seminar in Spanish Literature: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-507 Seminar in Spanish-American Literature: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-508 Seminar in Hispanic Literature: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 912-510 Seminar in a Hispanic Writer: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      The following request was withdrawn for the present:
      History 448-380   Buddhism: A Cultural History (title, prereq)

    The agenda was suspended to address the business of interest to the Committee's guests.

    It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean and the Faculty approval of Item VI.B.1, a request for an entitlement to plan a major in women's studies. Ellie Miller and Kathy Miller-Dillon were available to answer questions from Committee members. Several suggestions for minor changes were made. There was brief discussion of the rationale, and it was suggested that changes be considered before forwarding the proposal to the Faculty. The motion was approved unanimously.

    The Committee returned to the order of the agenda.

  4. Procedural Matters - none

  5. Old Business
    1. Community Program in Jewish Studies - nothing to report
    2. Committee Interdisciplinary Major - The Committee reviewed a draft response to the APCC's recommendations regarding the CIM. It was suggested that item #5 be modified to clarify that issues of program resources and faculty compensation for the formal submajors were addressed by the coordinating committees, and it was not necessary for the Course and Curriculum Committee to do so. There are no such issues for the individualized majors.

  6. New Business
    1. Social Sciences
      1. Proposal to Revise the Requirements for the Concentrated Study in Two Departments, History - It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to recommend to the dean approval of a revision in the History Department's requirements for the concentrated study.
    2. Humanities
      1. Request for an Entitlement to Plan a Major in Women's Studies - addressed earlier
    3. Natural Sciences - none
    4. Other
      1. Approval of Courses in Non-Departmental Curricular Areas - A draft of a possible policy, written by Vince Cronin, was discussed. Committee members reached a general consensus that two issues were involved: approval of a course's content and arrangements for staffing approved courses. The C&CC should address only the former; the latter is an internal department matter. Nevertheless, the C&CC should be vigilant in requesting consultation from departments with a potential interest in the proposed course. It was moved, seconded, and approved to table the proposed policy statement to allow the Chair time to draft some revisions, based on the Committee's discussions.

        Associate Dean Charles Schuster and Connie Jo reported that some questions concerning curricular turf had arisen during the preparation of the fall schedule. There appears to be the need for some oversight of such issues, and the C&CC seems to be the appropriate committee for this purpose. Of particular concern is the absence of any review in the assignment of subtitles for variable content courses. The Chair will attempt to develop some ideas on this matter in his rewriting of the policy statement discussed above.
      2. Draft Memo to Department Chairs and Program Coordinators - The Committee reviewed the draft memo to departments and suggested elimination of the last item relating to the W-I requirement, since this requirement is under discussion by the W-I subcommittee. The Committee modified the item relating to reviews for GER/CD credit by eliminating the second sentence. The draft was approved as modified.

  7. Adjournment - The meeting adjourned at 3:56 p.m.


Respectfully submitted,


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

Distribution: Interim Dean Richard Meadows
Associate Deans Miller, O'Bryan, Schuster, Van Wynsberghe
Assistant Deans Horstman, Kissinger, Olfe
Chairs (via email/web)
Secretary of the University

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