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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
College of Letters and Science

2002-2003
Course and Curriculum Committee
Meeting: Wednesday, January 29, 2003, 2:00 p.m.
Holton Hall 241

Minutes No. 6

Present:   Christopher De Sousa, Shane Haensgen, Sara Hoot, John Isbell, Connie Jo, Elihu Lubkin, Genevieve McBride, Campbell Tatham, Madeleine Velguth, Jennifer Watson
Excused: Terry Nardin, Charles Schuster
Guests: Nancy Burrell, Mary K. Casey, Garry Davis, Greg Iverson, Min Sook Kim, Denise Mueller, Thomas O'Bryan

  1. The Chair, Cam Tatham, called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m. in Holton Hall 241. Connie Jo announced that one of the two newly-appointed student members, Juanita Sayaovang Vang, had resigned from the committee.

  2. Automatic Approval - None

  3. Automatic Consent
    1. Minutes #5 (December 17, 2002) were approved unanimously as submitted.
    2. CAR Forms - view on web at http://www.des.uwm.edu/intranet/carform/ - Connie informed members of the Committee that there was an error in the number for Geog 406. The correct number is Geog 405. She also informed them that there was a correction in Geog 403; there was a description change as well as prereq change. With these corrections, there were no objections to any of the following CAR forms; they stand approved.
      3. ESL 118 Advanced College Writing in English as a Second Language (prereq)
      Geog 120   Our Physical Environment (desc, prereq)
      Geog 125 Introduction to Environmental Geography (prereq)
      Geog 310 General Climatology (desc, prereq)
      Geog 403 Remote Sensing: Environmental and Land Use Analysis (desc, prereq)
      Geog 405 Introductory Cartography (desc, prereq)
      Geog 411 Physical Climatology (desc, prereq)
      Geog 450 Climates of the Past and Climate Change (desc, prereq)
      Geog 455 Applied Climatology (desc, prereq)
      Geog 525 Geography Information Science (prereq)
      Geog 564 Urban Environmental Change and Social Justice (desc, title)
    3. Special Listing Requests - There were no objections to any of the following SLRs; they stand approved.
      4. Amer Ind Anthro 641 Seminar in Anthropology: "Repatriating Native America: New Solutions to Old Problems" subtitle
      Amer Ind Linguis 131 First Semester of an Uncommonly Taught Language: "Ojibwe" subtitle
      Asian Std English 192 Freshman Seminar: "Asian American Literature" subtitle
      Asian Std Linguis 132 Second Semester of an Uncommonly Taught Language: "Hmong" & "Lao" subtitle
      Asian Std Linguis 233 Uncommonly Taught Language: Intensive Second Seminar: "Korean" subtitle
      Fr & Franc French 289 Internship in French
      Fr & Franc French 310 Contemporary French Usage
      Fr & Franc French 489 Internship in French
      Fr & Franc Honors 200 Honors Seminar: The Shaping of the Modern Mind: (w/approp subtitle)
      Global Std Hist 132 World History Since 1500
      Global Std Hist 200 Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues: (w/approp subtitle)
      Global Std Hist 210 The Twentieth Century: A Global History
      Global Std Hist 840 Colloquium in Global History: (Subtitle)
      Global Std Pol Sci 106 Politics of the World Nation
      Int'l Std Honors 200 Honors Seminar: The Shaping of the Modern Mind: (w/approp subtitle)
      Int'l Std Polish 236 Polish Culture in Its Historical Setting
      Int'l Std Portug 225 Understanding Brazil: (w/approp subtitle)
      Int'l Std Sociol 495 Seminar in Sociology: "International Urban Sociology" subtitle
      Jewish Std Classics 304 The Graeco-Roman World: (Subtitle)
      Jewish Std   Hebr 250 History of Jewish Civilization: The Greek and Roman Periods
      Jewish Std Hebr 253 The Zionist Idea: To 1948
      Jewish Std Hebr 301 Modern Hebrew Literature I in Hebrew
      Jewish Std Hebr 302 Modern Hebrew Literature II in Hebrew
      Jewish Std Hebr 303 Modern Hebrew Literature I in English
      Jewish Std Hebr 304 Modern Hebrew Literature II in English
      Jewish Std Hist 283 Arab-Israeli Relations: The Search for Peace
      Jewish Std Pol Sci 327 Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
      Jewish Std Pol Sci 328 The Arab-Israeli Conflict
      LGBT Commun 681 Seminar in Communication in a World of AIDS
      LGBT English 247 Literature and Human Experiences: (w/approp subtitle)
      LGBT English 380 Media and Society: (w/approp subtitle)
      LGBT Hist 241 Women and Gender in Europe: 1200 to 1750
      LGBT Spanish 192 Freshman Seminar: (w/approp subtitle)
      Lit Transl Italian 299 Ad Hoc: "Tales of Pinocchio: Wood to Flesh" subtitle
      Peace Std Commun 520   Negotiations Skills Workshop
      Peace Std English 192 Freshman Seminar: "Vietnam in American Culture" subtitle
      Peace Std Hebr Std 238 Topics in Hebrew/Jewish Literature, Art, and Culture: (w/approp subtitle)
      Peace Std Hebr Std 254 Seminar in Aspects of Jewish Culture: (w/approp subtitle)
      Peace Std Pol Sci 362 Ethics and International Relations
      PreMed Bio Sci 325 (260) Genetics
      Religion Anthro 314 American Indian Societies and Cultures
      Religion CompLit 309   Masterpieces of Twentieth-Century Literature: (w/approp subtitle)
      Religion Ethnic 250 Selected Topics in Ethnic Studies: (w/approp subtitle)
      Religion Hebr St 238 Topics in Hebrew/Jewish Literature, Art, and Culture: (w/approp subtitle)
      Religion Hist 398 Honors Seminar: (w/approp subtitle)
      Rus E Eur Ethnic 250 Selected Topics in Ethnic Studies: (w/approp subtitle)
      Rus E Eur Polish 199 Independent Study
      Rus E Eur Polish 236 Polish Culture in Its Historical Setting
      Rus E Eur Polish 297 Study Abroad: (Subtitle)
      Rus E Eur Polish 497 Study Abroad: (Subtitle)
      Rus E Eur Russian 202 Fourth-Semester Russian
      Rus E Eur Serb Cro 199 Independent Study:
      Rus E Eur Serb Cro 699 Supervised Individual Reading
      Translatn English 434 Editing and Publishing
      Translatn English 436 Writing for Information Technology
      Translatn Spanish 447 Seminar in Advanced Spanish Translation
      Urb Std Pol Sci 387 Seminar in American Politics: (w/approp subtitle)
      Urb Std Pol Sci 452 Administrative Law
  4. Procedural Matters
    1. Semester II Meeting Schedule - Members of the Committee discussed times where all members could attend meetings. Due to conflict in schedules the Committee agreed to meet alternate days, Tuesdays 8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. and Wednesdays 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

  5. Old Business
    1. Humanities
      1. CAR Forms - Mary K. Casey gave a brief explanation of the difference between the requirements for Commun 481 and 581. Genevieve McBride asked if JMC was in agreement with Communications offering these courses. Connie informed members of the Committee that she had contacted JMC with the committee's concerns about the similarities in the titles. She did not receive a response from the department objecting to approval of Commun 481 and 581. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the following courses:
        Commun 481   Interpersonal Issues in Health Communication (new)
        Commun 581 Health Communication Interventions (new)
        Connie informed members of the Committee that she contacted JMC concerning Commun 381 having a title similar to a topic JMC has offered. She asked the department to let her know of any objections to the course. There was no response from JMC. The conditional approval of Commun 381 is affirmed.

  6. New Business
    1. Natural Sciences - None
    2. Social Sciences
      1. CAR Forms - Christopher De Sousa gave a brief summary of the courses and answered questions by the Committee. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the following CAR forms:
        Geog 128   Introduction to Caves and Caving (new)
        Geog 421 Geography of Latin America (title, prereq)
    3. Humanities
      1. CAR Forms/GER/CD
        Burrell gave a brief description of the Communication course and answered questions by the Committee. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the following CAR form:
        Commun 675   Communication in International Mediation and Peacebuilding (new)
        Connie Jo gave a brief outline of the Film Studies courses. She answered questions by the Committee and gave a brief explanation of Film Std 590 eventually becoming a capstone course. She gave a short explanation about the changes in Italian 245 and Hebr St 254 and answered questions by members of the committee. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the following CAR forms:
        Film Std 212   Intermediate Topics in Film Studies: (Subtitle) (new)
        Film Std 590 Contemporary Film Theory (new)
        Italian 245 Literary Fictions: (Subtitle) (title, cr, desc, prereq, GER-HU)
        Hebr Std 254   Seminar in Aspects of Jewish Culture: (Subtitle) (title, desc, GER-HU)
        Garry Davis described Linguis 151-164. Members of the Committee questioned the prereq for Linguis 161 and 163. Garry explained that students must have knowledge of the Hmong/Lao language. Cam Tatham asked if a statement should be added to these two courses in the prerequisite informing students these courses are "intended for students speaking Hmong." Professor Davis informed members of the committee that students must have a preliminary interview with instructors before being allowed to enroll in the courses. The Committee requested that "consent of instructor" be added to the prereq for these courses, but it was noted that this prereq still would not alert students that speaking Hmong/Lao was necessary. With a change to 161 and 163 to clarify the intended audience, it was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the following courses:
        Linguis 151   First-Semester Korean (new)
        Linguis 152 Second-Semester Korean (new)
        Linguis 161 First-Semester Hmong Literacy (new)
        Linguis 162 Second-Semester Hmong Literacy (new)
        Linguis 163 First-Semester Lao Literacy (new)
        Linguis 164 Second-Semester Lao Literacy (new)
        Greg Iverson gave a brief summary of the changes to Linguis 211-214. He explained that Linguis 323 is a course developed for students who have a growing interest in Global Studies. He answered questions by the Committee. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the following courses:
        Linguis 211   Roots of Words (title, descrip, GER-HU)
        Linguis 241 Third-Semester Japanese (cr, descr)
        Linguis 242 Fourth-Semester Japanese (cr, descr)
        Linguis 323 Business Chinese (new)
  7. The meeting was adjourned at 3:35 p.m.


Respectfully submitted,

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


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

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