University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
College of Letters and Science

2005-2006
Academic Policies and Curriculum Committee
Meeting: Wednesday, May 10, 2006, 12:30 p.m.
Holton Hall 241

Agenda No. 9

  1. Call to Order

  2. Procedural Matters
    1. Chair's Authorization for Summer Actions
    2. Election of Chair for 2006-2007 Academic Year

  3. Automatic Approvals - none

  4. Automatic Consent
    1. Approval of Minutes #8, 2005-2006 (April 12, 2006) - white
    2. Special Listing Requests
      Celtic Std Portugs 499 Ad Hoc: "Galician Culture: An Overview" topic Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm Bio Sci 194 Freshman Seminar: "Forbidden Knowledge: Science and Censorship" topic Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm CompLit 230 Literature and Society: "Gender and Utopia;" "Asian Literature" topics Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm CompLit 231 Literature and Religion: "Holocaust: Children and War" topic Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm Dance 313 History of Dance I Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm English 192 Freshman Seminar: "Representations of the American Dream;" "Hmong American Life Stories;" "African-American Folklore in Literature" topics Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm English 248 Literature and Contemporary Life: "Growing Up Gay" topic Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm   Ethnic 250 Selected Topics in Ethnic Studies: "Hmong History, Culture, and Contemporary Life;" "Blacks, Jews, and Black Jews" topics 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, Mohammad" topic Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm Hebr St 254 Studies in Hebrew Culture: "Contemporary Israeli Film" topic Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm Hist 280 Islamic Civilization: The Formative Period Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm Jewish 101 Jewish Culture in America: History, Literature, Film Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm Portugs 192 Freshman Seminar: "History of Brazil" topic Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm Portugs 360 Brazilian Culture: "Brazilian Music" topic Certif Prog
      Cult/Comm Russian 192 Freshman Seminar: "Russia Today" topic Certif Prog
      Ethnic Std Jewish 101 Jewish Culture in America: History, Literature, Film Certif Prog
      Urb Std Arch 584 Urban Landscape Architecture Certif Prog
      Urb Std Global 321 The Global City in History Certif Prog
      Wmns Std Anthro 193 Freshman Seminar: "Women in Middle Eastern Society" topic Crosslist
      Wmns Std Ethnic 250 Special Topics in Ethnic Studies: "Women as Migrants and Workers" topic

      		 Crosslist
    3. CAR Forms - view online at http://www3.uwm.edu/des/apps/carform/login.cfm
      Bio Sci 490   Molecular Genetics (title, descrip)
      German 360 German for International Business Communication I (prereq)
      German 410 German Cultural History (prereq)
      German 411 Modern-Day Germany (prereq)
      German 415 Topics in German Civilization: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      German 488 Topics in German Philology: (Subtitle) (prereq)
      Spanish 320 Advanced Conversation (delete) - see V.A. below
  5. Old Business
    1. Tabled CARs - salmon
      Hist 329 The Roman Catholic Church, 1500 to the Present (new) [U/G differentiation]
      Spanish 320 Advanced Speaking and Listening II (title, descrip, prereq) [wrong version of the syllabus was attached] Note: department has decided to delete 320 (current title: Advanced Conversation); it does not fit into the core courses for the major. Titles for Spanish 318 and 319 have been modified to remove the "I."
      Spanish 461 Topics in Hispanic Culture: (Subtitle) (#[old 365], descrip, prereq; withdraw GER-HU)
      Spanish 470 Survey of Hispanic Literature and Civilization (new) [add request for GER-HU]
      Spanish 472 Survey of Spanish-American Literature and Civilization (new) [add request for GER-HU]
      Spanish 474 Survey of Spanish Literature and Civilization (new) [add request for GER-HU]
      Spanish 545   Seminar in Hispanic Linguistics: (Subtitle) (#[old 445], title, descrip, prereq) [syllabus should require a writing assignment]
    2. English Composition Competency Requirement - gray
    3. Undergraduate/Graduate Differentiation - green
    4. PAWS and Prerequisites

  6. New Business
    1. Social Sciences
      1. CAR Forms - purple
        Geog 130 Geography of Islam (new)
        Global 372   Medicine and Pharmaceuticals in the Global Age (new)
    2. Natural Sciences
      1. CAR Forms - blue
        Bio Sci 577 The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Learning and Memory (new)
        Bio Sci 596   Neuropharmacology (new)
    3. Humanities - pink
      1. Proposal to Revise the Requirements of the Certificate in Rhetorical Leadership
      2. Proposal to Establish a Chinese Curricular Area
      3. Proposal to Establish a Japanese Curricular Area
    4. Other
      1. Jointly-offered CARs - white
        Bio Sci 933   Seminar in Neuroscience (new; j-o w/Psych)
        Psych 933 Seminar in Neuroscience (new; j-o w/Bio Sci)
      2. Request for Approval for International Requirement - white
        Honors 200 Honors Seminar: The Shaping of the Modern Mind - 2 subtitles
        "The Imperial Idea in Modern European History"
        "The Idea of the Nation in Modern History"
      3. International Requirement - salmon
      4. Implementation Subcommittee's Assessment Recommendations - gray
        1. breadth requirement
        2. research requirement
      5. Declaring a Major Online

  7. Adjournment

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

Agenda #9, 2005-06.ap&cc