1. Call to Order - The chair, Sara Hoot, called the meeting to order at 10:02 a.m. in Holton Hall 241.
   
   
2. Automatic Approvals
1. CAR Forms

Africol 497	Study Abroad: (Subtitle) (prereq, level)
Art Hist 497	Study Abroad: (Subtitle) (prereq, level)
Atm Sci 497	Study Abroad: (Subtitle) (prereq, level)
Chem 497	Study Abroad: (Subtitle) (prereq, level)
CompLit 497	Study Abroad: (Subtitle) (prereq, level)
Geog 497	Study Abroad: (Subtitle) (prereq, level)
Hist 497	Study Abroad: (Subtitle) (level)
Italian 497	Study Abroad: (Subtitle) (prereq, level)
JMC 497	Study Abroad: (Subtitle) (prereq, level)
Linguis 497	Study Abroad: (Subtitle) (prereq, level)
Math 497	Study Abroad: (Subtitle) (prereq, level)
Sociol 497	Study Abroad: (Subtitle) (prereq, level)
Wmns Std 497	Study Abroad: (Subtitle) (prereq, level)

3. Automatic Consent - There were no objections to any of the following items, they stand approved.
1. Approval of Minutes #5, (January 23, 2004)
2. CAR Forms - view on web at http://www.des.uwm.edu/intranet/carform/

Anthro 156	Food and Culture (desc)
English 400	Introduction to English Linguistics (prereq)
Geog 650	Geography Field Work (cr)
Geo Sci 663	Earthquake Seismology (credits, prereq)
Linguis 211	Roots of Words (desc, format)
Linguis 400	Introduction to English Linguistics (prereq)
Linguis 470	Historical/Comparative Linguistics (prereq)
Linguis 474	Language Typology and Language Universals (prereq)
Linguis 476	Linguistic Theory (prereq)
Linguis 490	Field Methods (prereq)
Linguis 492	Structure of a Language: (Subtitle) (prereq)
Pol Sci 335	Comparative Political Systems (prereq)

3. Special Listings Requests

Am Ind Std	Linguis 131	First Semester of an Uncommonly-Taught Language: (w/approp subtitle)	Certif Prog
Celtic Std	Linguis 297	Study Abroad: (w/approp subtitle) Certif Prog	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Africol 100	Survey of African-American Society	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Africol 102	Survey of African-American Literature	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Africol 111	Introduction to African-American History to 1865	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Africol 112	Introduction to African-American History, 1865-Present	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Africol 125	Economics of the Black Community	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Africol 205	The Poetry of African, African-American, and Caribbean Writers	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Africol 210	The African-American Novel	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Africol 235	African-Americans and South Africa	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Africol 250	Black Women and White Women in the Contemporary U.S.	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Africol 265	Psychological Effects of Racism	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Art 100	Basic Art Experiences	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Art 105	Art Survey	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Art 106	Art Survey	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Bio Sci 206	Biology of Women	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	CL Sci 245	Client Diversity in Health Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Perspective	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Ethnic 101	U.S. Ethnic Experience: American Indians, Hispanics, and Immigrants from Northern and Western Europe	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Ethnic 102	U.S. Ethnic Experience: Immigrants from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Ethnic 203	Western Great Lakes American Indian Community Life of the Past	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Geog 110	The World: Peoples and Regions	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Geog 114	Geography of Minorities in the United States	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Geog 125	Introduction to Environmental Geography	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Geog 140	Our Urban Environment: Introduction to Urban Geography	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Geog 213	Geography of Asia	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	HCA 245	Client Diversity in Health Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Perspective	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	History 445	African Americans from Slavery to Freedom	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Honors 200	Honors Seminar: The Shaping of the Modern Mind: (w/approp subtitle)	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Music 102	American Popular Music	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Music 309	American Folk and Popular Music	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Pol Sci 106	Politics of the World's Nations	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Pol Sci 175	Introduction to International Relations	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Pol Sci 215	Ethnicity, Religion, and Race in American Politics	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Portugs 380	Luso-Brazilian Literature in Translation: Race, Gender, & Military Struggles-Africa, Brazil, etc.	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Spanish 173	Introduction to Latin America	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Spanish 363	Spanish-American Culture	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Spanish 365	Topics in Hispanic Culture: (Subtitle)	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Spanish 371	Introduction to Latino Literature in English	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Spanish 373	Topics in Latino Literature in English: (Subtitle)	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Ther Rec 245	Client Diversity in Health Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Perspective	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Wmns Std 200	Introduction to Women's Studies: A Social Science Perspective	Certif Prog
Cult & Comm	Wmns Std 201	Introduction to Women's Studies: A Humanities Perspective	Certif Prog
Ethnic Std	Hist 200	Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues: (w/approp subtitle)	Certif Prog
Ethnic Std	Sociol 224	American Minority Groups	Certif Prog
Film Std	Art Hist 192	Freshman Seminar: (w/approp subtitle)	Certif Prog
Film Std	Comp Lit 192	Freshman Seminar: (w/approp subtitle)	Certif Prog
Fr & Franc	French 499	Ad Hoc: (w/approp subtitle)	Certif Prog
Global Std	Art 302	Visual Art Workshop: "Exile, Migration, Diaspora" subtitle	Certif Prog
Global Std	Art 402	Visual Art Workshop: "Exile, Migration, Diaspora" subtitle	Certif Prog
Scand Std	Philos 433	Nineteenth-Century Philosophers	Certif Prog

It was moved, seconded, and approved to suspend the agenda to accommodate guests.

VI.B.1.	CES 550	Introduction to Science Interpretation (new)
	CES 551	Application of Science Interpretation (new)

Tim Ehlinger gave a brief description of CES 550 and CES 551. Tim, Janie Ebsharse, and Mary Gruhl answered questions by the Committee concerning the two courses. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of CES 550 and 551.

It was moved, seconded, and approved to return to the order of business.

4. Procedural Matters
1. Brief Announcement Concerning L&S Committees (Connie Jo) - Connie Jo explained that it is difficult to find faculty members willing to serve on the L&S Faculty committees. She informed the Committee that the preference sheets were sent out early in an effort to recruit faculty members before they felt the end of the semester pressure. Connie explained that there are suppose to be two nominees for every position vacant. She said there were not enough faculty willing to serve to fill the slate of nominations. She told members that the Committee on Committees will make a proposal to the L&S Faculty to combine the APAC, GPC, and the C&CC into a Curriculum and Policies Committee. Charles Schuster expressed his concern that reducing the number of committees will impede faculty governance. After much discussion, Committee members agreed to talk to the chairs of their departments, asking them to urge faculty members to agree to be nominated for faculty committees.
   
   
5. Old Business
1. Recommendations of the L&S Degree Requirements Review Subcommittee - Kent Redding gave a brief summary of the survey. Genevieve McBride commended Kent for the excellent job he did as chair of the Subcommittee. Charles Schuster questioned the proposed competency requirement for foreign languages; he believes implementation will be expensive. Madeleine Velguth responded by saying that, in general, the languages still have capacity in the sections they offer. In addition, the new requirement should encourage students to continue their language studies in high school with the result that more students will score on the exam at the required level. In response to another question, she explained that retro credits would continue to be granted. After much discussion, members agreed that high school counselors should be given two years notice of the implementation of the new foreign language requirement.
   
   Members discussed the substitution of a world affairs requirement for international and capstone requirements. After much discussion, the Committee agreed to discuss their viewpoints via email due to lack of time.
   
   
6. New Business
1. Social Sciences - None
2. Natural Sciences
1. CAR Forms

Bio Sci 458	Community Ecology (new) - Sara Hoot gave a brief explanation of and answered questions about Bio Sci 458. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of Bio Sci 458 contingent on changing graduate student grading.
Bio Sci 599	Special Topics in Biological Sciences: (Subtitle) (new) - Sara Hoot gave a brief explanation of and answered questions about Bio Sci 599. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of Bio Sci 599 contingent upon revision of the syllabus to remove reference to text chapters.
CES 550	Introduction to Science Interpretation (new) - see above.
CES 551	Application of Science Interpretation (new) - see above.
Math Stat 462	Data Analysis and Graphing Using SAS-II (prereq, level) - It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of MthStat 462 contingent upon modifying the grading criteria to include more qualitative differences between U and G requirements.
Physics 698	Research Experience for Teachers (new) It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of Physcis 698.

3. Humanities
1. CAR Forms - The following courses were tabled at Jennifer Watson's request. She indicated that they have not been reviewed by the entire department.

Linguis 181	First Semester Gaelic (new)
Linguis 182	Second Semester Gaelic (new)
Linguis 281	Third Semester Gaelic (new)
Linguis 282	Fourth Semester Gaelic (new)

2. Articulation Agreement Between WTCS Supervisory Management and UWM Communication Department - Connie Jo gave a brief explanation of and answered questions concerning the articulation agreement between WTCS and UWM. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the L&S Faculty approval of the proposal for an articulation agreement between the WTCS Supervisory Management Program and the UWM Communication Department.
3. Proposal to Change Requirements of the Certificate in Ancient Mediterranean Studies - view on line at: http://www.des.uwm.edu/intranet/Opc/printform.cfm?FormID=504 - Connie Jo gave a brief explanation of and answered questions concerning the clarification of requirements for the certificate in Ancient Mediterranean Studies.
4. Proposal to Change Membership of Advisory Committee for Ancient Mediterranean Studies - Connie told members that the Advisory Committee for Ancient Mediterranean Studies wished to add a student to the committee, selected from among those participating in the Program. It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Faculty approval of the proposal to change the membership of the Advisory Committee for Ancient Mediterranean Studies.
   
   
7. Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 11:35 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
Kory Kozloski, President of Student Association
Chairs (via email/web)
Secretary of the University

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