University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
College of Letters and Science

2005-2006
Academic Policies and Curriculum Committee
Meeting: Wednesday, April 12, 2006, 12:30 p.m.
Holton Hall 241

Agenda No. 6

Present: Margaret Atherton, John Berges, Kathryn Dindia, Taly Drezner, Tom O'Bryan, Jeffrey Oxford, Steven Redd, Daniel Sherman, Michael Weinert
Excused: Connie Jo, Charles Schuster
Absent: Donald Solomon
Guests: Susan Beaumont, Ismael Márquez, Marc Tasman

  1. Call to Order - The Chair, Kathryn Dindia, called the meeting to order at 12:30p.m. in HLT 241.

  2. Procedural Matters - none

  3. Automatic Approvals - There were no questions about any of these items.
    1. CAR Forms
      Commun 301   Interpersonal Communication Processes (prereq)
      Commun 310 Communication in Organizations (prereq)
      Commun 313 Human Communication and Technology (prereq)
      Commun 320 Nonverbal Communication (prereq)
      Commun 323 Communication in Groups and Teams (prereq)
      Commun 327 Instructional Communication for Human Resource Trainers (prereq)
      Commun 335 Critical Analysis of Communication (prereq)
      Commun 350 Intercultural Communication (prereq)
      Commun 362 Argumentation and Debate (prereq)
      Commun 363 Communication in Human Conflict (prereq)
      Commun 370 Quantitative Research in Communication (prereq)
      Commun 380 Honors Seminar: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Commun 381 Health Communication (prereq)
      Commun 401 Communication in Marital and Family Relationships (prereq)
      Commun 402 Gender and Communication (prereq)
      Commun 410 Organizational Communication Technology (prereq)
      Commun 413 Rhetoric and the Internet (prereq)
      Commun 435 Rhetoric in Western Thought (prereq)
      Commun 436 Recent Rhetorical Theory (prereq)
      Commun 440 Contemporary Problems in Freedom of Speech (prereq)
      Commun 450 Cross-Cultural Communication (prereq)
      Commun 462 Communication in the Legal Process (prereq)
      Commun 464 Theory and Practice of Persuasion (prereq)
      Commun 468 Practicum in Mock Trial II (prereq)
      Commun 481 Interpersonal Issues in Health Communication (prereq)
      Commun 497 Study Abroad: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Commun 499 Ad Hoc: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Commun 500 Communication and Community Service (prereq)
      Commun 510 Organizational Communication Analysis (prereq)
      Commun 520 Negotiation Skills Workshop (prereq)
      Commun 550 International and Global Communication (prereq)
      Commun 581 Health Communication Interventions (prereq)
      Commun 597 Practicum in Teaching Communication (prereq)
      Commun 599 Research Practicum (prereq)
      Commun 627 Designing and Developing Communication Courses and Programs (prereq)
      Commun 631 Current Topics in Interpersonal Communication/Conflict Management: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Commun 641 Current Topics in Organizational/Professional Communication: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Commun 651 Current Topics in Rhetorical/Public Communication: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Commun 655 Cultural Training and Adjustment (prereq)
      Commun 660 Communication Capstone Seminar: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Commun 662 Seminar in Communication: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Commun 665 Introduction to Mediation (prereq)
      Commun 667 Great American Speakers and Issues (prereq)
      Commun 671 Current Topics in Intercultural/Global Communication: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Commun 672 Communication and Social Order (prereq)
      Commun 675 Communication in International Mediation and Peacebuilding (prereq)
      Commun 681 Seminar in Communication in a World of AIDS (prereq)
      Commun 697* Organizational Administration Capstone (prereq)
      Commun 698 Internship in Communication (prereq)
      Commun 699 Advanced Independent Reading (prereq)
      Econ 697* Organizational Administration Capstone (prereq)
      Physics 296 UROP Apprenticeship (new)
      Physics 497   Study Abroad: (Subtitle) (prereq, level)
      Sociol 697* Organizational Administration Capstone (prereq)
      * jointly-offered course
  4. Automatic Consent - There were no objections to any of the automatic consent items; they stand approved.
    1. Minutes #7, 2005-2006 (March 15, 2006)
    2. Special Listing Requests - none
    3. CAR Forms - view online at http://www3.uwm.edu/des/apps/carform/login.cfm
      Physics 123 General Physics Laboratory II (Non-Calculus Treatment) (descrip)
      Physics 270 Introduction to Computational Physics (title, cr, descrip, prereq)
      Physics 305 Medical Physics (descrip, prereq)
      Physics 306 Introduction to Biophysics (prereq)
      Physics 317 Thermodynamics (descrip, prereq)
      Physics 325 Optics (prereq)
      Physics 340 Modern Physics for Teachers (descrip, prereq)
      Physics 361 Short Course Physics: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Physics 370 Computational Physics (prereq)
      Physics 411 Mechanics (descrip, prereq)
      Physics 421 Electricity and Magnetism (descrip, prereq)
      Physics 441 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics I (title, descrip)
      Physics 442 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics II (title, descrip, prereq)
      Physics 489 Internship in Physics, Upper Division (prereq)
      Physics 498 Undergraduate Physics Seminar (prereq)
      Physics 511 Fundamentals of Acoustics (prereq)
      Physics 515 Statistical Mechanics (descrip)
      Physics 531 Principles of Quantum Mechanics I (title, descrip)
      Physics 532 Principles of Quantum Mechanics II (title, descrip)
      Physics 551 Introduction to Solid State Physics II (descrip, prereq)
      Physics 575 Vacuum Science and Technology (prereq)
      Physics 651 Introduction to Solid State Physics II (descrip)
      Physics 670 Electron Microscopy Laboratory (prereq)
      Physics 699 Advanced Independent Reading (descrip, prereq)
      Spanish 104 Second-Semester Spanish (prereq)
      Spanish 203 Third-Semester Spanish (descrip, prereq)
      Spanish 204   Fourth-Semester Spanish (prereq; drop GER-HU)
  5. Old Business - none

  6. New Business
    1. Humanities
      1. CAR Form - It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the following CAR form:
        FilmStd 412   Global Cinemas - Cinematic Practices in the Context of Globalization: (Subtitle) (new) - purple
      2. Proposal to Revise the Requirements of the Spanish Major (pink) and related CAR forms gray, gold, white, salmon); courses listed in order by new course number; old numbers are in [ ]
        It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the proposal to revise the requirements of the Spanish major with the understanding that the research requirement is approved in principle but that the Department will be required to submit the appropriate research requirement form.

        It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the following CAR forms:
        Spanish 305   Advanced Grammar and Composition I (delete effective FA 08) - gray
        Spanish 308 Advanced Writing and Reading (new) - gold
        Spanish 311 Advanced Grammar and Composition II (delete) - gray
        Spanish 312 Independent Writing (delete) - gray
        Spanish 315 Spanish Immersion Experience (descrip, prereq) - gray
        Spanish 316 Spanish for Native Speakers I (delete) - gray
        Spanish 317 Spanish for Native Speakers II (delete) - gray
        Spanish 318 Advanced Speaking and Listening I (new) - gold
        Spanish 319 Advanced Speaking and Listening I for Heritage Speakers (new) - white
        Spanish 332 Business and Legal Spanish I (descrip, prereq) - gray
        Spanish 341 Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics (new) - gold
        Spanish 347 Introduction to Translation: Spanish to English (descrip, prereq) - gray
        Spanish 348 Introduction to Translation: English to Spanish (descrip, prereq) - gray
        Spanish 349 Introduction to Interpreting (prereq) - gray
        Spanish 350 Introduction to Literary Analysis (title, prereq) - white
        Spanish 351 Introduction to Spanish Literature (delete) - gray
        Spanish 353 Introduction to Spanish-American Literature (delete) - gray
        Spanish 361 Spanish Culture (delete) - gray
        Spanish 363 Spanish-American Culture (delete) - gray
        Spanish 380 Spanish Literature in Translation: (Subtitle) (descrip, prereq) - gold
        Spanish 401 Medieval Literature: (Subtitle) (delete) - gray
        Spanish 403 The Renaissance in Spain: (Subtitle) (delete) - gray
        Spanish 407 Golden Age Drama: (Subtitle) (delete) - gray
        Spanish 411 The Enlightenment in Spain: (Subtitle) (delete) - gray
        Spanish 419 Contemporary Spanish Literature: (Subtitle) (delete) - gray
        Spanish 441 History and Dialects of the Spanish Language (title, prereq) - gray
        Spanish 442 Business and Legal Spanish I (# [342], prereq) - gray
        Spanish 443 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology (# [340], title, prereq) - salmon
        Spanish 444 Spanish Syntax and Morphology (# [344], title, descrip, prereq) - white
        Spanish 446 Hispanic Sociolinguistics (new) - salmon
        Spanish 451 Pre-Columbian and Chronicle Literature: (Subtitle) (delete) - gray
        Spanish 459 Contemporary Spanish-American Literature: (Subtitle) (delete) - gray
        Spanish 461 Topics in Hispanic Culture: (Subtitle) (# [365], descrip, prereq; drop GER-HU) - salmon
        Spanish 506 Seminar on Spanish Literature: (Subtitle) (title, prereq) - gray
        Spanish 507 Seminar on Spanish-American Literature: (Subtitle) (title, prereq) - gray
        Spanish 508 Seminar on Hispanic Literature: (Subtitle) (title, descrip, prereq) - gray
        Spanish 510 Seminar in a Hispanic Writer: (Subtitle) (dropped) - gray
        Spanish 545 Topics in Hispanic Linguistics: (Subtitle) (# [445}, title, descrip, prereq) - salmon
        Spanish 570 Seminar on Spanish Golden Age Literature (# [405], title, descrip, prereq) - gray
        Spanish 571 Seminar on Spanish-American Colonial Literature and Civilization: (Subtitle) (#[453], title, descrip, prereq) - salmon
        Spanish 572 Seminar on Cervantes: (Subtitle) (# [409], title, descrip, prereq) - gray
        Spanish 575 Seminar on 18th & 19th Century Spanish-American Literature & Civilization: (Subtitle) (# [455], title, descrip, prereq) - gray
        Spanish 577 Seminar on Modern Spanish-American Literature and Civilization: (Subtitle) (# [457], title, descrip, prereq) - white
        Spanish 578 Seminar on Modern Spanish Literature and Civilization: (Subtitle) (# [417], title, descrip, prereq) - salmon
        Spanish 580 Spanish Romanticism and Realism: (Subtitle) (# [415], title, descrip, prereq) - white
        It was moved, seconded, and approved to table the following CARs:
        Spanish 320 Advanced Speaking and Listening II (title, descrip, prereq; drop GER-HU) [wrong version of syllabus attached]
        Spanish 365   (new #461) Topics in Hispanic Culture: (Subtitle) (#, descrip, prereq; drop GER-HU) [correct form to indicate GER is being dropped]
        Spanish 445 (new #545) Topics in Hispanic Linguistics: (Subtitle) (#, title, descrip, prereq) [committee thinks course should include a writing assignment]
        Spanish 470 Survey of Hispanic Literature and Civilization (new) [seeking GER approval; need request form completed]
        Spanish 472 Survey of Spanish-American Literature and Civilization (new) [seeking GER approval; need request form completed]
        Spanish 474 Survey of Spanish Literature and Civilization (new) [seeking GER approval; need request form completed]
      3. Proposal from Department of Spanish and Portuguese to Modify Requirements of the Spanish Minor Options - It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of this proposal.
      4. Proposal from the Department of Communication to Modify Requirements for Declaring the Major - It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of this proposal. The Committee suggested a friendly amendment to the description: replace "Students must have a working email account to declare a major or minor" with "The Department communicates with students principally through email. Majors and minors are required to check their UWM email routinely." The motion was approved. [Note: the change was made subsequently.]
      5. Proposal from the Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature to Modify Requirements for Declaring the Italian Major - It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of this proposal.
    2. Social Sciences
      1. CAR Forms
        Geog 410   Gendered Geographies (new) - It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of this proposal. The Committee suggested a friendly amendment to the syllabus: either remove the following statement, which appears under "Course policies," or indicate how much papers will be downgraded - "Late papers will be downgraded in proportion to their lateness." The motion was approved. [Note: the syllabus was modified subsequently.]
        Hist 329 The Roman Catholic Church, 1500 to the Present (new) - The Roman Catholic Church, 1500 to the Present (new) - It was moved, seconded, and approved to table this CAR to clarify if the Department really wishes to seek graduate credit. If so, the Committee members doubt if the U/G differentiation is sufficient to be approved by the Graduate Curriculum Committee of the Graduate School.
    3. Natural Sciences
      1. CAR Forms - It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the following CAR forms:
        Physics 408   Experiments in Linear Electronics (prereq, level)
        Physics 410 Optics Laboratory (cr)
        Physics 706 Biophotonics (new)
        It was moved, seconded, and approved to table the following CAR form and to request that the Department submit a syllabus:
        Physics 409 Modern Physics Laboratory (title, descrip, prereq, level)
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      2. Proposal from the Department of Physics to Change the Requirements of the Major in Physics - It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of this proposal.
    4. CARs - Jointly-offered courses
      It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the following CAR forms:
      FilmStd 350   Global Jewish Film and Television (new; j-o w/Jewish)
      Jewish 350 Global Jewish Film and Television (new; j-o w/FilmStd)
      It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the following CAR forms, contingent upon approval by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication:
      Jewish 210 New Media and Culture: Jewish and Ethnic Narratives and Identities (new; j-o w/JMC)
      JMC 210 New Media and Culture: Jewish and Ethnic Narratives and Identities (new; j-o w/Jewish)
  7. Other
    1. English Composition Competency Requirement - It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Faculty the following policy: That a student who is ineligible to receive credit in English 102 because of completing a higher level English course for which 102 is a prerequisite may take English 102 to achieve the C grade needed to satisfy the English Composition competency requirement. [Proposed Fac. Doc. attached to original of these minutes.]
    2. Implementation Subcommittee Recommendations - Tabled due to insufficient time.

  8. Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 1:50 p.m.


Respectfully submitted,

Kathryn Dindia, Chair


Distribution: Dean G. Richard Meadows
Associate Deans Gajdardziska-Josefovska, Swain
Assistant Deans Horstman, Kissinger
Secretary of the University
Minutes #8, 2005-06.ap&cc