Present:	Kathryn Dindia, Connie Jo, Jay Moore, Tom O'Bryan, Jeffrey Oxford, Peter Sands, Charles Schuster, Kris Surerus, Michael Weinert
Excused:	John Berges, Steven Redd
Guests:	Janie Besharse, Kim Romenesko

1. Call to Order - The chair, Kathryn Dindia, called the meeting to order at 1:03 p.m. in HLT 241.
   
   

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

   V.A.1.

   It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following new course: CES 290   Seminar: Cool Power to Slow Global Warming (new) Janie Besharse responded to questions about the course. Members agreed that the course description did not seem to communicate the content of the course as well as it might. In addition, a number of suggestions were made for changes to the syllabus. Janie will revise those documents and send them to Connie. Contingent upon these changes being made, the motion was approved.

   It was moved, seconded, and approved to return to the order of the agenda.
   
   
2. Procedural Matters
   1. Election of Co-Chair - Michael Weinert was drafted, kicking and screaming, to serve as co-chair for 2006-2007.
   2. Selection of Subcommittee Chairs - The following individuals agreed (or were "volunteered") to serve as subcommittee chairs: Humanities - Jeffrey Oxford, Natural Sciences - Kris Surerus, Social Sciences - Steven Redd.
   3. Review of Committee's Charter, Automatic Approval Items - There were no questions about the committee's charter or any of the items that are listed for automatic approval.
   4. Meeting Schedule - The Committee will meet on Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. Connie Jo will set the meeting dates to avoid conflicts with Faculty Senate meetings and will distribute the schedule to the members. The Committee agreed to meet in about three weeks and then every four weeks thereafter.
      
      
3. Automatic Consent
   1. Approval of Minutes #9, 2005-2006 (May 10, 2006) - The minutes were corrected to clarify that including a writing assignment in the syllabus for Spanish 545[old # 445] was a suggestion, not a prerequisite for approval of the course changes.
   2. Summer Report, 2005-2006 - There were no objections to the summer report; it stands approved.
   3. Annual Report, 2005-2006 - The annual report was amended to add another item under Procedural Matters: "10. The subcommittee to review courses for the international requirement (see item 5 above) was reappointed with Jeffrey Oxford replacing Gabrielle Verdier who spent a semester in France."
   4. Special Listing Request - There were no objections to the special listing request; it stands approved.

      CompLit

      Hebr St 254

      Studies in Hebrew Culture: "Jewish Literature and Culture" subtitle

      crosslist

   5. CAR Forms - There were no objections to the CAR forms; they stand approved.

      MAFLL 790	Thesis (cr)
      Russian 245	Russian Life and Culture (prereq; GER-HU rationale)

4. Old Business
   1. Report of Implementation Subcommittee - Kathryn Dindia and Connie Jo gave a brief update on the implementation activities over the summer. It was suggested that Connie resend to chairs and major coordinators the Committee's memo concerning implementation.
   2. Assessment of L&S Degree Requirements - postponed until next meeting
   3. Sport and Recreation Courses - postponed
      
      
5. New Business
   1. Natural Sciences
      1. CAR Form - see above

         CES 290

         Seminar: Cool Power to Slow Global Warming (new)

   2. Humanities
      1. CAR Forms
         

         It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following new course:
         Hebr St 256	Good and Evil in Judaism, Christianity, Islam (new)
         It was suggested that the syllabus provide details concerning the service learning component of the course. After much discussion, the motion was approved with no changes.
         It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the following course:
         MAFLL 710	Comparative Systems for Translation (new)

   3. Social Sciences
      1. CAR Form - It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the following CAR:

         Wmns 410

         Theoretical Traditions in Women's Studies (prereq; level)

      2. Proposal to Modify Requirements of the M.A. in History/Public History Specialization - It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the proposed changes to the Public History Specialization of the History M.A. Several members said that they found the changes confusing. It was moved, seconded, and approved to table the motion until a representative from the department could be at the meeting.
   4. Other -
      1. Tom O'Bryan raised the issue of the APCC policy that freezes action on any curricular matters for the entire College if one department does not submit its self-study (for its ten-year review) by the deadline. Members agreed that this action is unfair, given that other departments in the College have no way to pressure a department to complete its self-study. Connie was asked to draft a memo to the APCC raising this concern. If that Committee did not respond by changing its policy, members agreed to take the matter to the Senate.
      2. Tom O'Bryan informed the committee of a web-site that links to all of the university policies that are typically found on class syllabi. He recommended that Connie Jo inform department chairs of this web-site, as well as the L&S grade appeal policy web-site, so that they can pass it on to their faculty who, in turn, can put the web-site addresses on their class syllabi instead of listing all of the policies individually. The websites are: www.uwm.edu/Dept/SecU/SyllabusLinks.pdf and www.uwm.edu/letsci/services.html (click on "undergraduate grievance/grade appeal" link).
         
         
6. Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 2:28 p.m.
   
   
   

Respectfully submitted,

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

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

Minutes #1, 2006-07.ap&cc