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College of Letters and Science Faculty Document No. 596
November 1, 2001
2000-2001
Course and Curriculum Committee Annual Report
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 adding a capstone requirement for Comparative Study of Religion.
- Approve adding global studies courses to the minor in History.
- Approve adding global studies courses to the major in History and allow the senior thesis to count as the capstone requirement.
- Approve the revised list of electives in the International Studies major.
- Approve allowing post-baccalaureate students to earn the certificate in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies.
- Approve changing the name of the curricular area code to agree with the certificate program name for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Certificate Program.
- Approve allowing both semesters of Business and Legal Spanish to count in the major, Hispanic Language and Culture option, for Spanish.
- Approve title change for Latin American Studies Certificate Program to Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and the program is open to post-baccalaureate students.
- Approve new Certificate Program in Digital Arts and Culture.
- Approve amending the electives list for the major in Conservation and Environmental Science.
- Approve revising Option A of the English major.
- Approve revision of the Spanish minor.
- Approve revision of the Great Books Certificate requirements.
- Approve revision of the English major.
- Approve establishment of three Forensic Science Certificates.
- Approve the following new French courses: 190, Elementary French Electives; 197, Study Abroad; 428, Castles, Cathedrals and Common People: the Foundations of French Culture; 433, Topics in French Literature.
- Approve change in requirements for the Anthropology major.
- Approve Biochemistry Major Implementation Plan.
- Approve change in requirements for the Sociology major.
- Approve a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Women's Studies.
- Approve change in Spanish Capstone and Honors in the Major requirements.
- Approve revision of requirements for Major in French.
- Approve reinstatement of Curricular Area Code 522 for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
- Approve the BAGS Implementation Plan.
- Approve revision of the History Department's requirements for the Concentrated Study in Two Department.
- Approve the Celtic Studies Certificate Program.
- Approve capstone requirement in the Sociology major.
- Approve change in admission requirements for the JMC major and minor.
- Approve adding a capstone experience to the International Studies major.
- Approve adding a capstone experience with option of an internship to complete the capstone requirement to the Africology major.
- Approve adding a capstone experience to the German major.
- Approve adding a capstone experience to the Classics major.
- Approve adding a capstone experience to the Linguistics major.
- Approve adding a capstone experience to the Hebrew Studies major.
- Approve adding a capstone experience to the Russian major.
- Approve adding a capstone experience to the Philosophy major.
- Approve adding a capstone experience to the Art History and Criticism major.
- Approve opening the Latino Studies Certificate to post-baccalaureate students.
- Approve adding a capstone experience to the Mathematical Sciences majors.
- Approve adding a capstone experience to the Geosciences major.
- Approve adding a capstone experience to the Conservation and Environmental Science major.
- Approve a proposal to eliminate the W-I requirement.
- Approve a request for an entitlement to plan a major in Actuarial Science.
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 11, 2001, the following actions were approved (includes multiple actions for some courses):
| Type of Change |
Number |
| 1. Certificate Program Courses |
130 |
| 2. Change in Graduate Credit |
0 |
| 3. Course Number |
8 |
| 4. Credit Courses |
6 |
| 5. Crosslisted Course |
8 |
| 6. Cultural Diversity |
0 |
| 7. Deletion of Existing Courses |
16 |
| 8. Description |
67 |
| 9. Drop Joint-Offering |
0 |
| 10. GER Distribution |
13 |
| 11. International Course |
0 |
| 12. Jointly Offered Courses |
0 |
| 13. Level |
4 |
| 14. New Courses |
63 |
| 15. Prerequisite Changes |
162 |
| 16. Prerequisite/International |
131 |
| 17. Title |
36 |
| 18. Special Listing Requests |
4 |
| 19. Special Major |
176 |
| 20. Subtitle/Retakeability Status |
64 |
| 21. Void last action |
1 |
| 23. W-I |
1 |
Course Action Requests were approved for departments and programs as follows:
| Africology |
14 |
| Anthropology |
21 |
| Art History |
52 |
| Astronomy |
0 |
| Atmospheric Sciences |
0 |
| Biochemistry |
1 |
| Biological Sciences |
1 |
| Chemistry |
4 |
| Classics |
14 |
| Communication |
15 |
| Comparative Literature |
0 |
| Economics |
3 |
| English |
19 |
| Environmental Studies |
2 |
| ESL |
5 |
| Ethnic Studies |
0 |
| Film Studies |
6 |
| Forensic Science |
5 |
| French |
8 |
| FLL |
1 |
| Geography |
17 |
| Geosciences |
7 |
| German |
6 |
| Greek |
0 |
| Hebrew Studies |
0 |
| History |
45 |
| Honors |
0 |
| International Studies |
2 |
| Italian |
13 |
| JMC |
8 |
| Latin |
0 |
| Lesbian, Gay& Transgender Studies |
0 |
| Linguistics |
0 |
| L&S Humanities |
0 |
| L&S Natural Science |
1 |
| L&S Social Science |
0 |
| Mathematical Sciences |
9 |
| Philosophy |
7 |
| Physics |
3 |
| Polish |
0 |
| Political Science |
17 |
| Portuguese |
7 |
| Psychology |
26 |
| Russian |
0 |
| Serbo-Croatian |
1 |
| Sociology |
21 |
| Spanish |
67 |
| Urban Affairs |
0 |
| Women's Studies |
0 |
434 Course Action Requests were approved.
Special Listing Requests
| Africology |
0 |
| American Indian Studies |
2 |
| Anthropology |
0 |
| Art History |
0 |
| Asian Studies |
5 |
| Astronomy |
0 |
| Atmospheric Sciences |
0 |
| Biochemistry |
0 |
| Biological Sciences |
2 |
| Biotech |
4 |
| Chemistry |
0 |
| Classics |
0 |
| Communication |
0 |
| Comparative Literature |
0 |
| Economics |
3 |
| English |
1 |
| Conservation & Environmental Science |
73 |
| Ethnic Studies |
0 |
| Film Studies |
0 |
| French/Francophone |
5 |
| Geography |
17 |
| Geosciences |
0 |
| German |
6 |
| Great Books |
10 |
| Greek |
0 |
| Hebrew Studies |
0 |
| History |
0 |
| Honors |
0 |
| International Studies |
81 |
| Italian |
0 |
| Jewish Studies |
9 |
| JMC |
0 |
| Latin American & Caribbean Studies |
4 |
| Latino Studies |
0 |
| Lesbian, Gay& Transgender Studies |
6 |
| Linguistics |
1 |
| Literature in Translation |
0 |
| L&S Humanities |
0 |
| L&S Natural Science |
0 |
| L&S Social Science |
0 |
| Mathematical Sciences |
0 |
| Mediation |
1 |
| MidEast & N.African |
19 |
| Modern Studies |
2 |
| Peace Studies |
7 |
| Philosophy |
0 |
| Physics |
0 |
| Polish |
0 |
| Political Science |
1 |
| Portuguese |
1 |
| Pre-Med |
41 |
| Psychology |
0 |
| REES |
4 |
| Religion |
19 |
| Russian |
0 |
| Scandinavian Studies |
8 |
| Sociology |
4 |
| Spanish |
0 |
| Urban Affairs/Studies |
0 |
| Women's Studies |
9 |
320 Special Listing Requests were approved.
Procedural Matters
- Jeffrey Merrick was elected chair and James Coggins was elected co-chair.
- Sub-committee chairs were elected: Campbell Tatham for HU; Bettina Arnold for SS; Vince Cronin for NS.
- Appointments to the W-I Subcommittee were: Charles Schuster (Committee Liaison); Mike Allen (Humanities); Jeff Merrick (Social Sciences).
- The 1999-2000 Annual Report was approved as submitted.
- Committee actions listed in the 2000 Summer Report were approved and are included in the course summaries of this report.
Respectfully submitted,
2000-2001 Course and Curriculum Committee
College of Letters and Science
Mike Allen, Communication
Jay Beder, Math Sciences
Bettina Arnold, Anthropology
James Coggins, Biological Sciences
Vincent Cronin, Geosciences
Connie Jo, Ex Officio
Jeffrey Merrick, History, chair
Jane Nardin, English
Charles Schuster, Ex Officio
Roy Swanson, FLL/FICL
Campbell Tatham, English
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Prepared by Y. Bode
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