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

2000-2001
Course and Curriculum Committee
Meeting: Friday, December 22, 2000
Holton Hall 241

Minutes No. 6

Present:   Mike Allen, Bettina Arnold, Jay Beder, Connie Jo (ex officio), Jeff Merrick, Roy Swanson, Campbell Tatham
Absent: James Coggins, Vincent Cronin, Terry Nardin
Guests: Celi Jeske, Erland Olfe
  1. Call to Order - The Chair, Jeff Merrick, called the meeting to order at 9:31 a. m. in Holton 241.

  2. Automatic Approvals - There were no questions concerning the following items.
    1. CAR Forms
      FilmStd   368-192 Freshman Seminar: (Subtitle) (new)
      FilmStd 368-299 Ad Hoc: (Subtitle) (new)
      FilmStd 368-489 Internship in Film Studies, Upper Division (new)
      FilmStd 368-499 Ad Hoc: (Subtitle) (new)
      FilmStd 368-699 Independent Work (new)
    2. GER Form
      FilmStd   368-192 Freshman Seminar: (Subtitle) (new-HU)

  3. Automatic Consent -
    1. Minutes #5 (December 1, 2000) were approved as submitted.
    2. Special Listing Request Forms - There were no objections to the following items; therefore, they stand approved.
      CStRelig   CompLit 260-233 Literature and Film: (w/approp subt) Spec Major
      Int'l St History 448-239 Poland and Its Neighbors, 1795-1914 Spec Major
      Int'l St History 448-242 Women and Gender in Europe: 1750 to the Present Spec Major
      Int'l St History 448-282 The Modern Middle East in the Nine-teenth and Twentieth Centuries Spec Major
      Int'l St History 448-283 Arab-Israeli Relations: The Search for Peace Spec Major
      Int'l St History 448-295 Historical Encounters: (Subtitle) Spec Major
    3. The following CAR forms were recommended to the Dean for approval:
      English   350-404 Language, Power, and Identity
      English 350-433 Non-Fiction Writing for Publication
      English 350-436 Writing for Information Technology
      Engl/ESL   352-116 Introduction to College Writing in English as a Second Language
      Engl/ESL 352-117 College Writing in English as a Second Language
      Engl/ESL 352-118 Advanced College Writing in English as a Second Language
      GeoSci 422-302 Elementary Petrology

    The agenda was suspended to accommodate a guest who was present to discuss an item under Old Business.

    V. A. Erl Olfe presented a report on the Quality of Work Requirement in the Major. He indicated that using alternative methods of calculating grade point averages in the major for the 1999-2000 grades resulted in a negligible change in ability of students to graduate. He said students and advisors found the suggested new GPA standards confusing. After a general discussion, the Committee members agreed that no further action was needed.

    The Committee returned to the original agenda.

  4. Procedural Matters
    1. Meetings times for Spring semester were discussed. Members agreed the original schedule of meeting dates and times would be fine.
    2. Mike Darnell, Assistant Chair of the Department of English, sent a letter to the Committee members explaining the department's CAR approval process. The Committee members felt the matter was clarified at this time.
    3. Connie Jo reviewed the On-Line Program Changes /CAR Forms On-Line. She recommended that the members review On-Line Program Changes (OPC). She also recommended that CAR forms for automatic approval and automatic consent be viewed on-line. If a member wished to discuss one of these CAR forms, it could be photo-copied and distributed at the meeting. All new CAR forms will continue to be photo-copied and distributed with the agenda. The Committee members will try this new method and then discuss if a permanent procedural change is warranted.

  5. Old Business
    1. Quality of Work Requirement in the Major - Erl Olfe - see above report.
    2. Community Program in Jewish Studies - nothing to report

  6. New Business
    1. Humanities
      1. CAR Form
        Engl/ESL   352-120 Grammar and Editing in English as a Second Language Sciences.
        It was moved and seconded to recommend approval of this course to the Dean. The motion passed unanimously.
    2. Natural Sciences - none
    3. Social Sciences
      1. CAR Forms
        Anthro   156-295 Buzzwords
        Anthro 156-495 Buzzwords
        It was moved and seconded to recommend approval of these two courses to the Dean once the title is clarified and the syllabus is amended. The motion passed unanimously.
        Geog 416-540 Globalization and the City
        Geog 416-564 Urban Environmental Hazards
        It was moved and seconded to recommend approval of these two courses to the Dean. The motion passed unanimously.
      2. It was moved and seconded to recommend modification of the major in Africology to the Dean. The motion passed unanimously.
    4. Other
      1. APCC Recommendations on the Committee Interdisciplinary Major - deferred.

  7. The meeting was adjourned at 10:12 a.m.


Respectfully submitted,

Celi Jeske, Program Assistant
College of Letters and Science


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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