UW-Milwaukee - College of Letters and Science

Academic Policies and Curriculum Committee
2007-2008

Meeting: Thursday, February 14, 2008, 9:00 a.m.
Holton Hall 241

Minutes No. 7


Present: Scott Drewianka, Connie Jo, Susanne Lenné Jones, Stephani Klomsten, Jay Moore, Tom O'Bryan, Jeffrey Oxford, Peter Sands, Charles Schuster, Kris Surerus, Michael Weinert
Excused: David Pritchard, Keith Sverdrup
Guests: Dave Clark, John Heywood, Gregory Jay, Eric Key, Margaret Mika, Kim Romenesko

  1. Call to Order - The chair, Jeffrey Oxford called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. in HLT 241.

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

    VI.A.1.   It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following courses:
    MthStat 592 Actuarial Science Laboratory I: Probability, Finance, and Economics (new)
    MthStat 593   Actuarial Science Laboratory II: Interest Theory, Finance, and Economics (new)
    Eric Key was in attendance to answer questions. Chuck Schuster asked if 592 should be listed as a prereq to 593. Eric said "no," the courses can be taken in any order. The motion was approved.

    VI.B.1.   It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following course:
    English 442   Writing Center Tutoring Practicum (new)
    Margaret Mika responded to questions about the course. Michael Weinert pointed out that the course syllabus says that the course is retakable, but the CAR form does not. Margaret said the CAR form is correct. The statement in the syllabus "May repeat up to 3 cr" will be removed." With that contingency, the motion was approved.

    It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following courses:

    English 443 Grant Writing (new)
    English 444 Technical Editing (new)
    English 705   Professional Research Writing (new)
    Dave Clark was available for questions. With the contingency that "satisfaction of GER English Composition competency" be added to the prereq of English 444, the motion was approved.
    VI.C.1.   It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following course:
    Econ 110   Economics of Personal Finance (new)
    John Heywood was in attendance to answer questions. Tom O'Bryan asked if it was necessary to inform students that the books for the course were purchased by StudentLoanXpress (this information is on the syllabus). He also questioned what was meant by the statement "Students who do not return the book at the end of the class will see a severe negative impact on their grade." How, exactly, will student grades be impacted? Tom thought it might be more appropriate to have the library place a hold on the record of a student who does not return the book, rather than to have the grade negatively impacted. John said the StudentLoanXpress sentence would be removed, providing that there was not some kind of contractual arrangement with StudentLoanXpress; he also said that he would either eliminate the sentence that says the grade will be negatively impacted if books are not returned, or work out the kinks. With this understanding, the motion was approved.
    VI.C. 3.   It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the proposal to change the requirements of the Cultures and Communities Certificate.

    Gregory Jay responded to questions. With the contingency that the third sentence under "new copy" be revised to say "Students who transfer to UWM may petition to count up to a maximum of six credits in courses from other institutions that transfer to UWM as electives," the motion was approved.

    It was moved, seconded, and approved to return to the order of the agenda.

  2. Procedural Matters - none
  3. Automatic Approval--There were no objections to the automatic approval items; they stand approved.
    1. CAR Forms
      Chem 111 General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis (delete)
      Chem 117 General Chemistry (delete)
      Chem 118 General Chemistry (delete)
      Chem 693 Chemical Literature (delete)
      Chem 794 Core Course IV: Thermodynamics and Kinetics (delete)
      Chem 991 Research: General (delete)
      Chem 995 Research: Macromolecular (delete)
      ESL 090 Preparations for Writing in English as a Second Language (delete)
      ESL 095 Fundamentals of Writing in English as a Second Language (delete)
      ESL 096 Fundamentals of Reading and Writing in English as a Second Language (delete)
      Ethnic 300 Dynamics of American Ethnicity (delete)
      Honors 112 Writing and Critical Thinking (delete)
      Intl St 100   Contemporary World Problems (delete)
      JMC 805 Polls, Surveys, and Content Analysis (delete)
      MAFLL 713 Literary Interpretation in a Foreign Language (delete)
      Pol Sci 230 Human Bases of Political Life (delete)
      Pol Sci 396   Political Learning and Political Culture (delete)
      Pol Sci 445 Decision-Making in Government (delete)
      Pol Sci 478 Topics in Technology and Public Policy: (Subtitle) (delete)
      Pol Sci 765 Quantitative Analysis for Public Administration and Public Policy (delete)
      Pol Sci 876 Scope and Methods of Political Science II (delete)
      Pol Sci 923 Seminar in Political Socialization (delete)
      Pol Sci 927 Research on the Presidency (delete)
      Pol Sci 975 Seminar in Policy Analysis in States and Communities (delete)
      Psych 111 Special Topics in Psychology: (Subtitle) (delete)
      Psych 133 Brain, Mind and Behavior (delete)
      Psych 521 Computer Controlled Experimentation (delete)
      Psych 703 Colloquium (delete)
  4. Automatic Consent - There were no objections to the automatic consent items; they stand approved.
    1. Approval of Minutes #6, 2007-2008 (January 24, 2008)
    2. Special Listing Requests
      Ethnic Jewish 210 Jewish and Ethnic Narratives and Identities in Media Certif Prog
      MidENAf   Jewish 261 Representing the Holocaust in Words and Images Certif Prog
      MidENAf Jewish 268   Jewish and Christian Responses to the Holocaust Certif Prog
      Wmns Africol 299 Ad Hoc: "Sex in the Caribbean" subtitle Crosslist
      Wmns Africol 565 Selected Texts/Topics in Africology: "Black Women Writers" subtitle Crosslist
      Wmns Hist 841 Colloquium in Modern Studies: "Queer Theory" subtitle Crosslist
      Wmns Pol Sci 333 Seminar in Comparative Politics: "Gender and Politics in Developing Nations" subtitle Crosslist
  5. Old Business
    1. Discussion Item - Extraordinary Accommodations - Deferred to the next meeting (Connie and Kim still have not had time to deal with this).
  6. New Business
    1. Natural Sciences - approved, see above
      1. CAR Forms
        MthStat 592   Actuarial Science Laboratory I: Probability, Finance, and Economics (new)
        MthStat 593 Actuarial Science Laboratory II: Interest Theory, Finance, and Economics (new)
    2. Humanities
      1. CAR Forms - approved, see above
      2. CAR Forms
        English 442   Writing Center Tutoring Practicum (new)
        English 443 Grant Writing (new)
        English 444 Technical Editing (new)
        English 705 Professional Research Writing (new)
      3. Recommendation to Revise Jewish Studies Research Requirement -- It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the proposal to change the Jewish Studies Research requirement.
      4. Recommendation to Revise the Requirements of the Jewish Studies Major-- It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the proposal to change the requirements of the Jewish Studies Major.
      5. Recommendation to Revise the Requirements of the Jewish Studies Minor -- It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the proposal to change the requirements of the Jewish Studies Minor.
      6. Request to Reapprove the Name Change of UWM Film and Film Studies Major to BFA in Film/BA in Film Studies. It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Faculty reapproval of the Name Change of UWM Film and Film Studies Major to BFA in Film/BA in Film Studies. Chuck suggested that the Film Studies Faculty review the motion before this committee votes on it. The committee agreed and the motion was tabled.
    3. Social Sciences
      1. CAR Forms
        Econ 110 Economics of Personal Finance (new)
        Psych 696   It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following course:
        Internship in the Teaching of Psychology (new)
        Committee members voiced a number of concerns about the course. They wondered why it was retakable. What new information would students receive from the course if they took it a second or third time? A second concern had to do with the lack of specificity with regard to how students would be graded. Members thought the syllabus should provide more detailed information about grading. Some members questioned using interns rather than paid TA's for this task. Finally, members voiced concern because the syllabus did not spell out what students would gain academically from the course. A motion to table the course for further clarification was seconded and approved.
      2. Recommendation to Revise the Requirements of the Women's Studies Certificate - Women's Studies requested that this be pulled from the agenda.
      3. Recommendation to Revise the Requirements of the Cultures and Communities Certificate - approved, see above
  7. Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 10:07 a.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Kim Romenesko
Senior Administrative Program Specialist
L&S Administration

 

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