UW-Milwaukee - College of Letters and Science

Academic Policies and Curriculum Committee

Meeting: Thursday, November 9, 2006, 3:30 p.m.
Holton Hall 241

Agenda No. 4


  1. Call to Order

  2. Procedural Matters - none

  3. Automatic Approvals
    1. CAR Forms
      Arabic 311 Classical Arabic (prereq)
      Arabic 312 Classical Arabic (prereq)
      Chinese 102   Second Semester Chinese (prereq)
      Chinese 201 Third Semester Chinese (prereq)
      Chinese 202 Fourth Semester Chinese (prereq)
      Chinese 301 Fifth Semester Chinese (prereq)
      Chinese 302 Sixth Semester Chinese (prereq)
      French 104 Second-Semester French (prereq)
      French 203 Third-Semester French (prereq)
      French 204 Fourth-Semester French (prereq)
      French 303 Conversation and Composition: Intermediate Level (prereq)
      French 310 Contemporary French Usage (prereq)
      French 324 Contemporary French Language and Culture (prereq)
      French 325 Intensive Grammar and Usage (prereq)
      French 411 Conversation and Composition: Advanced Level (prereq)
      French 412 Conversation and Composition: Advanced Level (prereq)
      German 102 Second-Semester German (prereq)
      German 203 Third-Semester German (prereq)
      German 204 Fourth-Semester German (prereq)
      German 331 Intermediate German Grammar and Usage
      German 626 Advanced German Grammar and Usage (prereq)
      Greek 104 Introduction to Classical Greek II (prereq)
      Greek 205 Intermediate Greek (prereq)
      Greek 304 Plato (prereq)
      Hebr St 102 Second Semester Hebrew (prereq)
      Hebr St 201 Third Semester Hebrew (prereq)
      Hebr St 202 Fourth-Semester Hebrew (prereq)
      Hebr St 301 Modern Hebrew Literature I Hebrew (prereq)
      Hebr St 302 Modern Hebrew Literature II in Hebrew (prereq)
      Italian 104 Second-Semester Italian (prereq)
      Italian 114 Intensive Italian II (prereq)
      Italian 203 Third-Semester Italian (prereq)
      Italian 204 Fourth-Semester Italian (prereq)
      Italian 311 Advanced Conversation and Composition: Contemporary Italian Usage (prereq)
      Italian 312 Contemporary Italian Language and Culture (prereq)
      Japan 102 Second Semester Japanese (prereq)
      Japan 201 Third Semester Japanese (prereq)
      Japan 202 Fourth Semester Japanese (prereq)
      Japan 301 Fifth Semester Japanese (prereq)
      Japan 302 Sixth Semester Japanese (prereq)
    2. Program Change Proposals to Incorporate Research Requirement - view online at https://www3.uwm.edu/des/apps/opcform/
      1. Anthropology (contingent upon approval of research proposal - see below)
      2. Art History
      3. Comparative Literature
      4. Geography
      5. Geosciences (contingent upon approval of research proposal - see below)
      6. International Studies (contingent upon approval of research proposal - see below)
      7. Italian
      8. Philosophy
      9. Physics
      10. Political Science

  4. Automatic Consent
    1. Approval of Minutes #3, 2006-2007 (October 12, 2006) - white and oddly formatted
    2. Special Listing Request
      Celtic   Hist 297 Study Abroad: "Queens, Witches, and Wenches: Women's Lives in 19th Century Scotland" subtitle Certif Prog
      Celtic Hist 497 Study Abroad: "Queens, Witches, and Wenches: Women's Lives in 19th Century Scotland" subtitle Certif Prog
      Celtic Wmns 297   Study Abroad: "Queens, Witches, and Wenches: Women's Lives in 19th Century Scotland" subtitle Certif Prog
      Celtic Wmns 497 Study Abroad: "Queens, Witches, and Wenches: Women's Lives in 19th Century Scotland" subtitle Certif Prog
    3. CAR Forms - view online at http://cfprod01.imt.uwm.edu/des/apps/carform/
      CompLit 230   Literature and Society: (Subtitle) (cr)
      CompLit 231 Literature and Religion: (Subtitle)(cr)
      CompLit 232 Literature and Politics: (Subtitle) (cr)
      CompLit 233 Literature and Film: (Subtitle) (cr)
      English 101 Introduction to College Writing (prereq)
      English 105 College Writing Workshop (title, prereq)
      French 451 Cinema of the French Speaking World: (Subtitle) (prereq; withdraw GER-HU) - prereq chg approved previously; form has been amended to withdraw GER-HU
      Linguis 161 First-Semester Hmong Literacy (# FLL 107)
      Linguis 162 Second-Semester Hmong Literacy (# FLL 108, descrip, prereq)
      Linguis 163 First-Semester Lao Literacy (# FLL 109)
      Linguis 164 Second-Semester Lao Literacy (# FLL 110)
      Linguis 323 Business Chinese (#Chinese 310, prereq)
      Philos 685 Senior Capstone Research Seminar: (Subtitle) (title, descrip, prereq, level)

  5. Old Business
    1. Assessment of L&S Degree Requirements - salmon
    2. Sport and Recreation Courses - green

  6. New Business
    1. Natural Sciences
      1. CAR Forms
      2. Recommendation to Revise the Requirements of the CES Major --gold
      3. Recommendation to Eliminate the Microbiology Option of the Biological Sciences Major and to Change the Requirements of the General Biological Sciences and the Microbiology Majors -- pink
    2. Humanities
      1. CAR Forms -- violet
        Chinese 200 Chinese Calligraphy (new)
        Chinese 277 Chinese Discussion Section: (Subtitle) (new*)
        Japan 277 Japanese Discussion Section: (Subtitle) (new*)
        Linguis 277 Chinese or Japanese Discussion Section: (Subtitle) (delete*)
        * Because one course is being split into two, this is being submitted as a deletion and two new courses; it actually is a curricular area change
        Spanish 123   Regional Languages of Spain, First Semester: (Subtitle) (new)
        Spanish 124 Regional Languages of Spain, Second Semester: (Subtitle) (new)
      2. Request to Establish a New Curricular Area in Translation and Related CAR Forms -- gray
        MAFLL 709   Seminar in Literary and Cultural Translation (prereq; j-o w/Trnsltn)
        Trnsltn 709 Seminar in Literary and Cultural Translation (new; j-o w/MAFLL)
        Trnsltn 726 Computer Assisted Translation (# chg from MAFLL 726)
      3. Recommendation to Rename the Hebrew Studies Minor, Add an Option in Jewish Studies, and Modify the Existing Option -- pink
      4. Recommendation to Revise the Requirements of the French Major - salmon
    3. Social Sciences
      1. CAR Forms - white
        Anthro 447   The Global Politics of Human Rights (new; jointly offered w/Global 447)
        Global 447 The Global Politics of Human Rights (new; jointly offered w/Anthro 447)
      2. Recommendation to Revise the Requirements for Declaring the Major in Journalism and Mass Communication -- gold
      3. Recommendation to Revise the Requirements of the Economics Major -- green
    4. Other
      1. Research Requirement Proposals - white
        1. Anthropology
        2. Biological Sciences
        3. Economics
        4. Geosciences
        5. Microbiology
        6. Sociology
        7. French
      2. Discussion of Approval Process

  7. Adjournment


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

Agenda #4, 2006-07.ap&cc