College of Letters and Science Faculty Document No. 566
November 2, 2000
Course and Curriculum Committee
Annual Report 1999-2000
Meetings
The Course and Curriculum Committee of the College of Letters and Science held twelve meetings during the academic year to carry out its functions as authorized by Letters and Science document #168.
Legislative Recommendations
The following recommendations were forwarded to the Dean for his action or referral to the Faculty:
- Approve revisions in the Geosciences major and minor programs.
- Approve proposal to amend requirements of minor in Business Spanish (Non-Business Track Students).
- Approve proposal to amend requirements of minor in Business Spanish (Business Track Students).
- Approve proposal to create a minor in Business French.
- Approve proposal to establish a curricular area (368) in Film Studies contingent upon receipt of an indication from the Departments of Art History and English that they have no objections to this action.
- Approve proposal to change the name of the Center for Latin America.
- Approve proposal for certificate in Adult/University Level TESOL.
- Approve that a minor in Business German be established.
- Approve change in requirements of the Major in Spanish/Major Option in Hispanic Language and Culture and the Minor in Spanish.
- Approve inclusion of Bio Sci 562 in the BAOC electives list.
- Approve proposal that the Urban Affairs Curricular Area Code be dropped.
- Approve proposal from Psychology to add a course to its ";Foundations"; group.
- Approve proposal for a capstone requirement in the Spanish major.
- Approve Political Science Department's capstone proposal.
- Approve Psychology Department's capstone requirement.
- Approve Anthropology Department's revision to the major, which includes the capstone requirement.
- Approve Africology Department's change in its major.
- Approve History Department's capstone requirement.
- Approve FICL Department's change in the comparative literature major.
- Approve name change for the Certificate Program in Gay and Lesbian Studies.
- Approve proposal from Mathematical Sciences and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science for an entitlement to plan a B.S. degree in Applied Math and Computer Science.
- Approve the proposal for the capstone requirement in biological sciences.
- Approve change in the name of the minor in Mass Communication to Journalism and Mass Communication.
- Approve the proposal by the Department of Chemistry for an entitlement to plan a major in biochemistry.
- Approve the proposal for the capstone requirement in Journalism and Mass Communication.
- Approve the proposal for revisions in the Concentrated Study in Two Departments or Curricular Areas policies.
- Approve "International" status in meeting L&S degree requirement to Geography 416-213.
- Approve name change of the "Biological Aspects of Conservation" major to "Conservation and Environmental Science."
- Approve change for Film Studies curricular code.
Course Approval and Review
A primary function of the Committee is to review all requests for new courses and for modifications of existing courses. As of May 10, 2000, the following actions were approved (includes multiple actions for some courses):
| Type of Change |
Number |
|
Type of Change |
Number |
| 1. Certificate Program Courses |
150 |
|
10. GER Distribution |
10 |
| 2. Change in Graduate Credit |
0 |
|
11. International Course |
3 |
| 3. Course Number |
14 |
|
12. Jointly Offered Courses |
2 |
| 4. Credit Changes |
3 |
|
13. Level |
5 |
| 5. Crosslisted Courses |
2 |
|
14. New Courses |
36 |
| 6. Cultural Diversity |
2 |
|
15. Prerequisite Changes |
62 |
| 7. Deletion of Existing Courses |
6 |
|
16. Title |
15 |
| 8. Description |
24 |
|
17. Special Listing Requests |
295 |
| 9. Drop Joint-Offering |
0 |
|
18. Subtitle/Retakeability Status |
25 |
| |
|
|
19. W-I |
40 |
Course Action Requests were approved for departments and programs as follows:
| Africology |
3 |
|
French |
23 |
|
L&S Humanities |
2 |
| Anthropology |
7 |
|
FLL |
1 |
|
L&S Natural Sciences |
1 |
| Art History |
1 |
|
Gay & Lesbian |
1 |
|
L&S Social Sciences |
1 |
| Astronomy |
0 |
|
Geography |
1 |
|
Mathematical Sciences |
3 |
| Atmospheric Sciences |
0 |
|
Geological Sciences |
2 |
|
Philosophy |
2 |
| Biochemistry |
0 |
|
German |
1 |
|
Physics |
2 |
| Biological Sciences |
9 |
|
Greek |
0 |
|
Polish |
0 |
| Chemistry |
8 |
|
Hebrew Studies |
3 |
|
Political Science |
1 |
| Classics |
3 |
|
History |
10 |
|
Portuguese |
1 |
| Communication |
10 |
|
Honors |
1 |
|
Psychology |
2 |
| Comparative Lit. |
0 |
|
International Relations |
0 |
|
Russian |
1 |
| Economics |
4 |
|
Italian |
1 |
|
Sociology |
2 |
| English |
29 |
|
Journ & Mass Comm |
2 |
|
Spanish |
17 |
| ESL |
3 |
|
Latin |
0 |
|
Urban Affairs/Studies |
13 |
| Ethnic Studies |
0 |
|
Linguistics |
5 |
|
Women's Studies |
3 |
179 Course Action Requests were approved.
Special Listing Requests
| Africology |
0 |
|
FLL |
0 |
|
L&S Humanities |
3 |
| Anthropology |
1 |
|
Gay & Lesbian |
8 |
|
L&S Natural Sciences |
0 |
| Art History |
0 |
|
Geography |
0 |
|
L&S Social Sciences |
0 |
| Asian Studies |
7 |
|
Geological Sciences |
0 |
|
Mathematical Sciences |
0 |
| Astronomy |
0 |
|
German |
0 |
|
MidEast & N.African |
11 |
| Atmospheric Sciences |
0 |
|
Great Books |
9 |
|
Peace Studies |
4 |
| Biochemistry |
0 |
|
Greek |
0 |
|
Philosophy |
0 |
| Biological Sciences |
2 |
|
Hebrew Studies |
0 |
|
Physics |
0 |
| Biotech |
15 |
|
History |
0 |
|
Polish |
0 |
| Chemistry |
0 |
|
Honors |
0 |
|
Political Science |
0 |
| Classics |
0 |
|
Internat'l Relations |
135 |
|
Portuguese |
0 |
| Communication |
0 |
|
Italian |
0 |
|
Psychology |
0 |
| Comparative Lit |
0 |
|
Jewish Studies |
3 |
|
Religion |
4 |
| Economics |
0 |
|
Journ & Mass Comm |
2 |
|
Russian |
0 |
| English |
0 |
|
Latin American Studies |
4 |
|
Sociology |
1 |
| Ethnic Studies |
0 |
|
Latino Studies |
1 |
|
Spanish |
0 |
| Film |
1 |
|
Linguistics |
3 |
|
Urban Affairs/Studies |
0 |
| French |
0 |
|
Literature Trans |
3 |
|
Women's Studies |
78 |
| Francophone |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
301 Special Listing Requests were approved.
Procedural Matters
- Jane Nardin was elected co-chair unanimously.
- Sub-committee chairs were elected: Mike Allen for HU; Jeff Merrick for SS; Jim Coggins for NS; Chuck Schuster for W-I.
- Appointments to the W-I Subcommittee were: Jay Beder, NS; Jane Nardin, HU; Bettina Arnold, SS.
- Committee members agreed to meet every three weeks on Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m. for the Fall semester. Beginning with 2000, meetings will be held on Wednesday mornings--Jan. 26, Feb. 16, Mar. 8, Mar. 29, Apr. 19, and May 10.
- Committee members agreed that no formal action was necessary to require development of a policy for approval of "senior standing" for capstone courses. Departments will address proposals on an individual basis when they are submitted.
- Jeffrey Merrick was elected unanimously as Committee chair for the 2000-2001 academic year.
- The Committee approved the authorization of the chair to act on behalf of the Committee on non-controversial business during the summer.
- The Committee agreed that in the future the Committee should act upon requests for GER credit with stricter attention to the original guidelines. The Chair and Chair-elect will draft a memo in Summer 2000 to be reviewed by the Committee in the fall and sent to the departments informing them of the Committee's intent to adhere more strictly to the guidelines.
- The Committee unanimously approved thanking and commending the chair, Professor William Kean, for his fine work in leading the Committee for two years.
Procedural Policies
- The Committee agreed to endorse two policy statements proposed by the Computer Policy Committee: ownership of courses once they are approved by the APCC and authority for the choice of instructor, method of pedagogy, etc. once the course is approved.
- The Committee agreed that the following changes should be reviewed by the C&CC but do 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 is necessary.
- The Committee agreed that all CAR forms except those for new courses can be considered as automatic consent business.
- The Committee agreed that Honors Program requests for a subtitle of an Honors course that count toward the International requirement should be considered as automatic consent business.
- The Committee approved the endorsement of UROP to recommend approval of the CAR forms listed below and to grant automatic approval to additional UROP Seminar and Apprenticeship courses when they are developed and submitted to the Committee.
English 350-296 UROP Apprenticeship (new)
L&S HU 530-296 UROP Apprenticeship (new)
L&S NS 532-296 UROP Apprenticeship (new)
L&S SS 534-294 UROP Seminar I (new)
L&S SS 534-295 UROP Seminar II (new)
L&S SS 534-296 UROP Apprenticeship (new)
Psych 820-296 UROP Apprenticeship (new)
Respectfully submitted,
1999-2000 Course and Curriculum Committee
College of Letters and Science
Mike Allen, Communication
Jay Beder, Math Sciences
Bettina Arnold, Anthropology
James Coggins, Biological Sciences
Michael Day, Geography
Connie Jo, Ex Officio
William Kean, Geosciences, Chair
Jeffrey Merrick, History
Jane Nardin, English
Charles Schuster, Ex Officio
Roy Swanson, FLL/FICL
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