University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
College of Letters and Science
2000-2001
Course and Curriculum Committee
Meeting: Friday, September 8, 2000, 9:30 a.m.
Holton Hall 241
Minutes No. 1
| Present: |
Mike Allen, Bettina Arnold, Jay Beder, James Coggins, Vince Cronin, Connie Jo (ex officio), Jeffrey Merrick, Terry Nardin, Roy Swanson, Cam Tatham |
| Excused: |
Chuck Schuster (ex officio) |
| Guests: |
Fred Anapol, Tom Holme, Celi Jeske, Julio Rodriguez-Luis |
- The chair, Jeffrey Merrick, called the meeting to order at 9:31 a.m. in Holton Hall 241.
- Automatic Consent
- Minutes #12 (May 10, 2000) were approved as submitted.
- The 1999-2000 Annual Report was approved as submitted.
- Committee actions listed in the 2000 Summer Report were affirmed.
- The following CAR forms were accepted as automatic consent business.
| Chem 224-102 |
General Chemistry (prereq) |
| Commun 245-599 |
Research Practicum (prereq) |
| Commun 245-597 |
Practicum in Teaching Communication (prereq) |
| Commun 245-627 |
Designing and Developing Communication Training Interventions (prereq) |
| Commun 245-699 |
Advanced Independent Reading (prereq) |
| English 350-449 |
Writing Internship in English (prereq) |
| Math 600-225 |
Calculus with Precalculus I (cr, prereq) |
| Math 600-226 |
Calculus with Precalculus II) (cr, prereq) |
| Math 600-231 |
Calculus and Analytic Geometry (desc) |
| Math 600-232 |
Calculus and Analytic Geometry (desc) |
| Math 600-233 |
Calculus and Analytic Geometry (desc) |
| MthStat 601-562 |
Design of Experiments (prereq) |
| Philos 736-237 |
Technology, Values and Society (desc, prereq) |
| Physics 754-405 |
Medical Physics (desc, prereq) |
- The Special Listing Requests were accepted as automatic consent items.
See agenda #1, 2000-2001 Committee Year, for list of courses.
- Procedural Matters
- James Coggins was elected as the Co-Chair for 2000-2001.
- The following Subcommittee Chairs for 2000-2001 were elected:
| Humanities: |
Cam Tatham |
| Social Sciences: |
Bettina Arnold |
| Natural Sciences: |
Vince Cronin |
- The tentative meeting schedule for the Fall Semester was approved. The Committee will meet on Fridays, September 29, October 20, November 10, December 1, and December 22. The Spring meeting schedule will be set at a later meeting.
- The Committee's Review Procedures were discussed briefly for the information of new members.
- Two vacancies on the W-I Subcommittee were filled: Humanities - Mike Allen; Social Sciences - Jeff Merrick. Chuck Schuster will be asked to continue as the official Committee liaison.
- Old Business
- Community Program in Jewish Studies - nothing to report
- Quality of Work Requirement in the Major - nothing to report
- Adherence to GER Guidelines - The chair, Jeff Merrick, requested that the Committee affirm its intent to exercise stricter adherence to GER guidelines this year. He will communicate that information to department chairs in a memo very soon.
- New Business
- Natural Sciences - The following items were approved. Tom Holme was present to respond to questions concerning the new course, Chemistry 105.
- CAR Form
| Chem 224-105 |
General Chemistry for Engineers (new) |
- GER Request
| Chem 224-105 |
General Chemistry for Engineers (NS+) |
- Recommendation for Revision of the Math Major Requirements
- Social Sciences - The following items were approved; JMC 260 with one abstention. Fred Anapol was present to respond to questions concerning the new course, Anthropology 405. Connie Jo was asked to explain the "not retakable" statement in the JMC 260 course to the APCC.
- CAR Forms
| Anthro 156-405 |
Forensic Anthropology (new) |
| JMC 584-260 |
Contemporary Non-Fiction Media: (Subtitle) (new) |
- GER Request
| JMC 584-260 |
Contemporary Non-Fiction Media: (Subtitle) (HU) |
- Humanities - The following items were approved, with two conditions. The Department of English has requested W-I credit for English 286. If the W-I subcommittee recommends approval of 286, the C&CC grants automatic approval to a CAR form making the required description changes. English 633 was approved on condition that the minutes reflect the Committee's view that "rhetoric" is not the exclusive province of the English Department. Julio Rodriguez-Luis was present to respond to questions about Spanish 310 and the Spanish minor.
- CAR Forms
| English 350-286 |
Writing about Film and Television (new) |
| English 350-633 |
Seminar in Rhetoric and Writing (new) |
| English 350-634 |
Seminar in English Language Studies (new) |
- GER Request
| Spanish 912-310 |
Talking about the Hispanic World (HU) |
- Recommendation for Revision of the Spanish Minor
- Recommendation for Revision of the "Great Books" Certificate Requirements
- Recommendation for Revision of the English Major
- Interdisciplinary - The following items were approved, with one abstention.
- Recommendation to Establish Three Forensic Science Certificates
- CAR Forms (all also jointly offered w/CLSci 246- and Crm Jst 266- )
| Anthro 156-281/Chem 224-281 |
Dead Men Do Tell Tales (new)* |
| Anthro 156-285/Chem 224-285 |
Medicolegal Death Investigation (new)* |
| Anthro 156-481/Chem 224-481 |
Criminalistics (new)* |
| Anthro 156-585/Chem 224-585 |
Internship in Forensic Toxicology (new)* |
| Anthro 156-589/Chem 224-589 |
Internship in Death Investigation (new)* |
- Concentrated Study in Two Departments (or Curricular Areas) - deferred until the next meeting.
- Commun 245-698 Internship in Communication (prereq) was removed from automatic consent and considered as a separate item because the Department proposed a modification of the submitted CAR form. The prerequisite language requiring that students be Communication majors or minors was to be removed and the following course prerequisites were to be substituted: Commun 101(P), 103(P), and 105(P). The course was approved with the stated modifications.
- Adjournment
Distribution: Dean Marshall Goodman
Associate Deans Meadows, O'Bryan, Schuster, Van Wynsberghe
Assistant Deans Horstman, Kissinger, Olfe
Chairs (via email/web)
Secretary of the University
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