University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Letters and Science 2002-2003 Course and Curriculum Committee Meeting: Tuesday, December 17, 2002, 9:30 a.m. Holton Hall 241 Minutes No. 5 Present: Jay Beder, Connie Jo, William Kean, Genevieve McBride, Terry Nardin, Kristene Surerus, Campbell Tatham, Madeleine Velguth, Jennifer Watson Excused:   Christopher De Sousa Guests: Douglas Cherkauer, Denise Mueller The chair, Cam Tatham, called the meeting to order at 9:35 a.m. in Holton Hall 241. Automatic Approval – None Automatic Consent Minutes #4 (November 26, 2002) were approved unanimously as submitted. CAR Forms - view on web at http://www.des.uwm.edu/intranet/carform - There were no objections to any of the following CAR forms; they stand approved. Bio Sci 524 Bird Ecology Laboratory (descr, prereq) Bio Sci 611 Seminar on Recent Advances in Limnology and Oceanography: (Subtitle) (title, prereq) Bio Sci 667 Advanced Techniques in Microbial, Molecular and Cellular Biology: (Subtitle) (cr, descr) English 435 Professional and Technical Writing (title, descr) Geo Sci 111 Geology of the National Parks (title, descr) Geo Sci 401   General Soil Science (descr, prereq) Italian 112 Italian Language and Culture for Professional Communication (title) JMC 542 Television News Reporting (prereq) Physics 463 Introduction to Atmospheric Physics (title, prereq) Special Listing Requests - None Procedural Matters - None Old Business - None New Business Natural Sciences CAR Forms - It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to recommend to the Dean approval of the following CAR forms: Geo Sci 102   Principles of Historical Geology (title, cr, descr) Geo Sci 301 Principles of Mineralogy (cr, descr, prereq) Geo Sci 302 Elementary Petrology (cr, descr, prereq) Geo Sci 390 Geosciences Research and Communication Methods ( title, cr, descr) Geo Sci 414 Structural Geology (cr, descr, prereq) Recommendation to Change Biochemical Major Option of Chemistry Major - view on web at http://www.des.uwm.edu/intranet/opc/viewform.cfm?FormID=387 - It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to recommend to the Dean approval of the changes in the Biochemical Major Option of the Chemistry major. Recommendation to Change Both Options of Geosciences Major - view on web at http://www.des.uwm.edu/intranet/opc/viewform.cfm?FormID=394 - It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to recommend to the Dean approval of the changes in both options of the Geosciences major. Social Sciences - None Humanities CAR Forms Commun 381   Health Communication (new) - The Committee discussed the possible conflict with JMC offering a topics course with a similar title during the spring. Cam Tatham and Connie Jo will contact Communication and JMC informing both departments that the course will be approved contingent on JMC's agreement to change the topic the next time the JMC course is offered. With that amendment it was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of Commun 381. Concerns were expressed over the similarity of the project required for each of the following courses: Commun 481   Interpersonal Issues in Health Communication (new) Commun 581 Health Communication Interventions (new) It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to table these courses. The Committee requested that a faculty member from Communication be present at the next meeting to answer questions concerning the courses. The meeting was adjourned at 9:55 a.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 D:comm/minutes#5, 2002-2003.ccc