1. Call to Order - The chair, Kathryn Dindia, called the meeting to order at 12:36 p.m. in HLT 241.
   
   
2. Procedural Matters - none
   
   
3. Automatic Approvals - none
   
   
4. Automatic Consent
   1. Minutes #6, 2005-2006 (February 22, 2006) - There were no changes to the minutes; they stand approved.
   2. Special Listing Requests - It was moved, seconded, and approved to table two of the Special Listing Requests (SLRs) (indicated below with an asterisk) and to ask the Cultures and Communities Program to provide an explanation of why these listings are appropriate. The Committee also indicated that the Archit 584 listing should be tabled to get information about how it related to Cultures and Communities. Committee members did not notice until later that C&C was not making the request; it was coming from Urban Studies. It, therefore, was not covered in the Committee's motion to table. There were no objections to any of the other SLRs; they stand approved.

      Celtic Std	Portugs 499	Ad Hoc: "Galician Culture: An Overview" subtitle	Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm	Bio Sci 194*	Freshman Seminar: "Forbidden Knowledge - Science and Censorship" subtitle	Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm	CompLit 230	Literature and Society: "Gender and Utopia;" Asian Literature" subtitle	Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm	CompLit 231	Literature and Religion: "Holocaust - Children and War" subtitle	Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm	Dance 313*	History of Dance I	Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm	Ethnic 250	Selected Topics in Ethnic Studies: "Hmong History, Culture, and Contemporary Literature;" "Blacks, Jews, and Black Jews" subtitles	Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm	English 192	Freshman Seminar: "Representations of the American Dream;" "Hmong American Life Stories;" "African-American Folklore in Literature" subtitles	Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm	English 248	Literature and Contemporary Life: "Growing Up Gay" subtitle	Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm	ExcEduc 330	Deaf History	Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm	ExcEduc 352	American Deaf Culture	Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm	Hebr St 238	Topics in Hebrew/Jewish Literature, Art, and Culture: "Moses, Jesus, Mohammed" subtitle	Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm	Hebr St 254	Studies in Hebrew Culture: "Contemporary Israeli Film" subtitle	Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm	Hist 280	Islamic Civilization: The Formative Period	Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm	Jewish 101	Jewish Culture in America: History, Literature, and Film	Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm	Portugs 192	Freshman Seminar: "History of Brazil" subtitle	Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm	Portugs 360	Brazilian Culture: "Brazilian Music" subtitle	Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm	Russian 192	Freshman Seminar: "Russia Today" subtitle	Certif Prog
      Ethnic Std	Jewish 101	Jewish Culture in America: History, Literature, Film	Certif Prog
      Urb Std	Archit 584	Urban Landscape Architecture	U-Certif Prog G - Crosslisted

   3. CAR Form - view online at http://www3.uwm.edu/des/apps/carform/login.cfm

      CES 550

      Introduction to Science Interpretation (descrip, prereq) - yellow

5. Old Business
   1. English 237 (new), tabled - There was a long discussion with Sandra Brusin representing the English composition program, focused primarily on how English instructors could teach the writing conventions of the various disciplines that the students in this course would represent. The Committee members expressed support for providing additional instruction in writing, but they thought some other format might be more appropriate. Sandra will take the Committee's concerns back to the writing committee in English for discussion.
      
      
6. New Business
   1. Humanities - It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean blanket approval of CAR forms for Commun 300 and all upper-division Communication courses to add "satisfaction of GER English Composition competency req" to the courses' prerequisites.
      1. CAR Form

         Commun 300

         Interviewers and Interviewing (prereq) - buff/cream

      2. Request for Blanket Approval of Prerequisite Change for Advanced Communication Courses
   2. Social Sciences
      1. Proposal to Revise the Requirements of the International Studies Major - It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the proposed changes in the International Studies Major requirements. Don Pienkos explained the background of this request. The motion was approved unanimously.
   3. Natural Sciences
      1. CAR Form - It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the following CAR:

         Geo Sci 638

         Advanced Igneous Petrology (title, descrip, prereq) - gray

   4. Other
      1. Draft Memo Re: U/G Differentiation - The draft memo to the Graduate School regarding its requirements for U/G differentiation in course syllabi was reviewed. Several changes were proposed and approved. Connie Jo will make the corrections and send the memo.
      2. Implementation Subcommittee Recommendations - The subcommittee recommendations were reviewed and the following suggestions made for changes to the report:
         • add high school equivalencies to the foreign language section;
         • change the wording describing the breadth requirement list to indicate it is a preliminary list, not a final list, and add a third point that departments and program be asked to affirm the list and/or propose changes;
         • clarify point (3) under the definition of upper-division courses to make it less confusing;
         • make departments aware that, except for class standing, prerequisites are not enforced during registration.
         Members agreed that the implementation plan would require Faculty approval, but they felt it could be listed as automatic consent business.
         
         Discussion of the last bullet point above led to the following Committee action: moved, seconded, and approved to ask that the Dean pursue getting I&MT to reprogram the way PAWS checks course prerequisites. Kathryn and Connie will prepare the memo.
      3. Student Appeal (confidential) - Committee members considered an appeal to be reinstated for the current semester from a student who received a one-semester academic drop. After discussing the student's appeal letter and academic record, the members voted unanimously not to approve the appeal. Kathryn will write to the student informing him of the decision.
         
         
7. Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 1:56 p.m.
   
   
   

Respectfully submitted,

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

Distribution: Dean G. Richard Meadows
Associate Deans Harris, Swain
Assistant Deans Horstman, Kissinger
Secretary of the University

Minutes #7, 2005-06.ap&cc

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