Present:	Scott Drewianka, Connie Jo, Jay Moore, Tom O'Bryan, Jeffrey Oxford, David Pritchard, Charles Schuster, Kris Surerus, Keith Sverdrup, Michael Weinert
Excused:	Susanne Lenné Jones, Peter Sands
Guests:	Vytaras Brazauskas, Rachel Buff, Beate Damm, Eric Key, Jim Mileham, Edith Moravcsik, Bernard Perley, Kim Romenesko

1. Call to Order - The chair, Jeffrey Oxford called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m. in HLT 241.
2. Procedural Matters - none

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

   IV.	Automatic Consent - Beate Damm was available to answer questions about the Translation/CompLit Special Listing Request and Edith Moravcsik was available to answer questions about the CAR form for Linguistics 211. There were no objections to any of the automatic consent items; they stand approved. Approval of Minutes #1, 2007-2008 (August 27, 2007) Special Listing Requests AnctMedSt   Latin 501 Readings in Latin Prose: "Cicero" subtitle Certif Prog AnctMedSt CompLit 207   World Literature in Translation: Antiquity through the 1600s Certif Prog ApdGeront AdLdsp 547 Educational Dimensions of Practice with Older Adults Certif Prog ApdGeront AdLdsp 577 Adult Literacy and Workforce Development Certif Prog ApdGeront HMS 550 Psychological Aspects of Human Movement Certif Prog ApdGeront HMS 551 Psychology of Injury/Illness/Disease: Implications/Strategies for Rehab Certif Prog ApdGeront HMS 570 Sociological Aspects of Physical Activity Certif Prog ApdGeront HMS 860 Seminar in Motor Control Certif Prog ApdGeront Psych 680 Psychology of Aging Certif Prog ApdGeront Soc Wrk 564 Social Services for the Aging Certif Prog ApdGeront Soc Wrk 791 Current Topics in Social Work: "Death and Dying;" "Social Gerontology" subtitles Certif Prog ApdGeront Soc Wrk 820 Seminar in Social Work Practice: "Social Work for the Elderly" subtitle Certif Prog ApdGeront Soc Wrk 851 Social Issue and Policy Analysis: "Age and Community - Policy to Practice" subtitle Certif Prog Asian St Hist 370 Topics in the History of Religious Thought: "Introduction to Buddhist Thought" subtitle Certif Prog CES Geog 297 Study Abroad: "Urban Environmental Changes in Guatemala" subtitle Intdptl Mjr CES Geog 497 Study Abroad: "Urban Environmental Changes in Guatemala" subtitle Intdptl Mjr CES Bio Sci 406 Marine Biology Intdptl Mjr CES Bio Sci 430 Animal Behavior-Ethology Intdptl Mjr Comp Rel Hist 304 A History of Greek Civilization: The Age of Alexander the Great Intdptl Mjr Cult/Com Ethnic 265 Hmong Americans: History, Culture, and Contemporary Life Certif Prog Cult/Com Hist 281 Islamic Civilization: The Middle Period, 1200-1805 Certif Prog DAC Commun 431 Rhetoric and the Internet Certif Prog Fr/Franc Anthro 314 American Indian Societies and Cultures Certif Prog Fr/Franc CompLit 230 Literature and Society: "Existentialism" subtitle Certif Prog Global Ethnic 250 Topics in Ethnic Studies: (internationally-focused subtitle) Intdl Degree Global Hist 192 Freshman Seminar: "Global Religions: Diversity and Dialogue;" "History and Globalization" subtitles Intdl Degree LatAm/Crb Geog 297 Study Abroad: "Urban Environmental Changes in Guatemala" subtitle Certif Prog LatAm/Crb Geog 497 Study Abroad: "Urban Environmental Changes in Guatemala" subtitle Certif Prog Lit in Trns CompLit 350 Topics in Comparative Literature: "Literary and Artistic Perspectives on Prostitution" subtitle Spec Lstng Med/Neg Bus Adm 737 Managerial Decisions and Negotiations Certif Prog Med/Neg Bus Adm 799 Reading and Research Certif Prog Med/Neg Commun 665 Introduction to Mediation Certif Prog Med/Neg Commun 865 Theory and Practice of Mediation Certif Prog Med/Neg Commun 998 Communication Internship Certif Prog Med/Neg Commun 999 Independent Study Certif Prog Med/Neg Econ 753 Collective Bargaining Certif Prog MidE/NAf Arabic 297 Study Abroad: (Subtitle) Certif Prog MidE/NAf Arabic 497 Study Abroad: (Subtitle) Certif Prog MidE/NAf Hist 401 Topics in Middle Eastern History: (Subtitle) Certif Prog Modern English 742 Mass Culture Spec Lstng Modern English 720 Modern Literary Theory Spec Lstng Modern English 878 Seminar in Feminist Critical Theory: (Subtitle) Spec Lstng Peace Urb Std 360 Perspectives on the Urban Scene: "The Urban Riot" subtitle Certif Prog Pre-Med Physics 306 Introduction to Biophysics Certif Prog Transltn CompLit 820 Translation Theory Certif Prog Urb Std Global 421 Cities in the Global Economy Certif Prog Urb Std Sociol 193 Freshman Seminar: "Latinos and the City" subtitle Certif Prog Wmns CompLit 463 Literary Criticism: Major Authors "Feminist Criticism" subtitle Crosslist CAR Forms - view online at http://www4.uwm.edu/des/apps/carform/login.cfm Hist 286 The Korean War (title) Linguis 211   Origins of Words (title, GER-SS) Psych 514 Conditioning and Learning (prereq) Psych 654 Advanced Physiological Psychology (prereq) Psych 656 Psychophysiology (prereq) GER Forms Hist 200   Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues: "The Civil Rights Movement in America" subtitle (GER-CD) Hist 270 Topics in American History: "Mixed-Race Identity in American Culture" subtitle (GER-HU/CD)
   V.A.1.	It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the proposed changes to the Comparative Study of Religion Major. Anne Hansen gave an overview of proposed changes and responded to questions. The motion was approved.
   V.C.1.	It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following course: Math Stat 592   Professional Development Seminar (new) Vytaras Brazauskas and Eric Key attended the meeting to respond to questions. They brought to the meeting a proposal to create two courses, Math Stat 592 and 593, instead of just the one course. However, new CAR forms had not been created for the proposed 592 and 593 courses. After much discussion, a motion was made, seconded, and approved to table the course.
   VI.A.1.	It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following course: French 599 Tools and Techniques of Research in French (new) Jim Mileham attended the meeting to respond to questions. The motion was approved.
   VI.B.1.	It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following course: Anthro 360   Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (# chg to 105, prereq, level, GER/CD) Bernard Perley attended the meeting on behalf of Cheryl Ajirotutu, who could not be there. There were concerns about the overlap statement, and members felt that a statement saying that the course had a service learning component should go into the course description. With the contingency that the course get checked out again by Fred Eckman of Linguistics for overlap, and that the course description include a statement about the course having a service learning component, the motion was approved.
   V.B.1.	It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following course: Ethnic 350   Advanced Topics in Comparative Ethnic Studies (new; new syllabus attached) Rachel Buff attended the meeting. The motion was approved.
   V.B.2.	It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the proposal to revise the requirements of the Comparative Ethnic Studies Certificate Rachel Buff attended. The motion was approved.

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

3. Automatic Approval: There were no questions about the Automatic Approval item.
   1. CAR Form

      Italian 296

      UROP Apprenticeship (new)

4. Automatic Consent -- see above
5. Old Business
   1. Humanities
      1. Recommendation to Revise the Requirements of the Comparative Study of Religion Major -- approved, see above
   2. Social Science
      1. CAR Form

         Ethnic 350

         Advanced Topics in Comparative Ethnic Studies (new; new syllabus attached) -- approved, see above

      2. Recommendation to Revise the Requirements of the Comparative Ethnic Studies Certificate --approved, see above
   3. Natural Science
      1. CAR Form

         Math Stat 592

         Professional Development Seminar (new)

   4. Discussion Items
      1. Courses not offered in many years - Connie explained to the committee that there are numerous courses on the books that have not been offered in many years. Because these courses continue to show up in the catalog, it presents a false picture of a department's array of course offerings. Also, some departments are running out of numbers for new courses. Should this issue be brought to the faculty so they can decide whether or not these courses should "automatically" be deleted after a certain amount of time? The committee suggested that Connie start this process by drafting a policy and creating a list of courses that have not been offered in 10 years.
      2. Enrollment in classes without rooms - Connie asked the committee their thoughts about how best to handle classes that end up not being assigned a room after Allen Meier makes his room assignments. Should students be allowed to enroll only in courses that have rooms? The committee suggested that an analysis be done that shows how rooms are presently assigned. Is the present system equitable? Should areas that have shown a large amount of growth get additional rooms?
      3. Extraordinary Accommodations - Connie explained that the subcommittee that looked at this issue a few years ago has to be reconstituted. She said she would contact the old members to find out if they would again join the subcommittee. Kris Surerus agreed to chair the subcommittee this year.
6. New Business
   1. Humanities
      1. CAR Forms
         It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following course:

         Chinese 320

         Contemporary Chinese Societies Through Film (new, int'l status)

         The motion was approved with the contingency that the following statement be added to the CAR form: "Counts as repeat of Linguis 200 with similar topic."

         French 599

         Tools and Techniques of Research in French (new)- approved, see above

   2. Social Sciences
      1. CAR Form

         Anthro 360

         Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (# chg to 105, prereq, level, GER/CD) - approved, see above

   3. Natural Sciences - none
   4. Other
      1. Discussion about determining language competency in languages not offered at UWM.
         Tom is dealing with two students who would like to meet the foreign language requirement in a language that is not offered at UWM. One of the students has found a person at the University of Kansas who is willing to test the student in the language. If the student is not allowed to use the results of the test taken at the University of Kansas to meet the language requirement, he wants the requirement waived. Tom explained that UW Madison allows students to meet their language requirement only in languages that they can test within the university. However, Madison offers many more languages than UWM. Tom's question to the committee is, should students be allowed to demonstrate proficiency in a language not offered by UWM by testing at another university? If so, whose responsibility is it to find an appropriate testing place?
         
         When UWM changed its degree requirements in 1998, Tom believes the implementation document said that the requirement could be met by completing two years of language in high school, by going to a high school that is taught in a language that is foreign to the student, or via the placement test. The committee decided to table the issue until the implementation document could be consulted.
7. Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 11:15 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

Minutes #2, 2007-08.ap&cc