Present:	Daniel Carpenter II, Scott Drewianka, Connie Jo, Susanne Lenné Jones, Jay Moore, Tom O'Bryan, Jeffrey Oxford, David Pritchard, Peter Sands, Charles Schuster, Kris Surerus, Michael Weinert
Excused:	Keith Sverdrup
Guests:	Cheryl Ajirotuto, Bettina Arnold, Andrea Joseph, Bernard Perley, Kim Romenesko, Shangping Xu, Jeff Smith, Lorena Terando

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.

   V. C.1.

   It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following courses: Geo Sci 400   Water Resources (new) Geo Sci 562 Environmental Surface Hydrology (new) Geo Sci 749 Biogeochemistry of Soils (new) Shangping Xu was available to answer questions. The motion was approved.

   IV. A.

   It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of JMC's changes to the major. Jeff Smith was available to answer questions. The committee looked over the transition plan submitted by JMC and agreed that it appeared to be a workable plan. The motion was approved.

   IV.B.

   It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following CARs: JMC 203 News Writing and Reporting JMC 222   Advertising Principles and Practices JMC 224 Principles of Public Relations JMC 242 Radio News Reporting Jeff Smith was available to answer questions. The motion was approved.

   V.A.1.

   It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following CARs: CompLit 820 Translation Theory (prereq; j-o status) Trnsltn 820 Translation Theory (new; j-o) Spanish 349 Introduction to Interpreting (prereq; j-o status) Trnsltn 349 Introduction to Interpreting (new; j-o) Lorena Terando was available to answer questions. The motion was approved.

   V.B.1.

   It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following course: Anthro 361   Applications in Linguistic Anthropology -- gray Bernard Perley and Cheryl Ajirotutu were available to answer questions. The motion was approved.

   V.B.2.

   It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the proposal to change the requirements of the Museum Studies Certificate. Bettina Arnold was available to answer questions. The motion was approved.

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

2. Procedural Matters -- none
3. Automatic Consent
   1. Approval of Minutes #3, 2007-2008 (October 16, 2007) -- There were no objections to the minutes; they stand approved.
   2. Special Listing Requests-- There were no objections to any of the Special Listing Requests; they stand approved.

      AncMedSt	Classic 299	Ad Hoc: "Jason and Medea" subtitle	Certif Prog
      Celtic Std	English 192	Freshman Seminar: "Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales" Subtitle	Certif Prog
      Cult/Com	Hebr St 238	Topics in Hebrew/Jewish Literature, Art, and Culture: "Judaism, Christianity, Islam: 3 Religions - One God" subtitle	Certif Prog
      Cult/Com	Hebr St 261	Representing the Holocaust in Words and Images	Certif Prog
      Cult/Com	Hebr St 268	Jewish and Christian Responses to the Holocaust	Certif Prog
      Cult/Com	Hebr St 282	Jewish Identity in Contemporary America	Certif Prog
      Cult/Com	Hist 200	Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues: "Civil Rights Movement in Milwaukee" subtitle	Certif Prog
      Cult/Com	Hist 271	The 1960s in the United States: A Cultural History	Certif Prog
      Cult/Com	JMC 210	Jewish and Ethnic Narratives and Identities in Media	Certif Prog
      GIS	Anthro 768	Topics in Advanced Research Design in Anthropology	Certif Prog
      GIS	L&I Sci 465	Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services	Certif Prog
      GIS	L&I Sci 714	Metadata	Certif Prog
      Med/Neg	Ind Rel 715	Alternative Dispute Resolution	Certif Prog
      Med/Neg	Ind Rel 801	Research Project in Industrial and Labor Relations	Certif Prog
      Med/New	Ind Rel 999	Independent Study	Certif Prog
      MENAS	Arabic 199	Independent Study	Certif Prog
      Prof Wrtg	Commun 627	Designing and Developing Communication Courses and Programs	Certif Prog
      Prof Wrtg	Commun 810	Studies of Communication in Organizations	Certif Prog
      Prof Wrtg	Commun 813	Seminar in Mediated Communication	Certif Prog
      Prof Wrtg	Commun 823	Seminar in Small Group Communication	Certif Prog
      Prof Wrtg	Commun 827	Seminar in Instructional Communication	Certif Prog
      Prof Wrtg	English 708	Advanced Professional Writing	Certif Prog
      Prof Wrtg	English 709	Rhetoric, Writing, and Information Technology	Certif Prog
      Prof Wrtg	English 710	Advanced Project Management for Professional Writers	Certif Prog
      Urb Std	UrbPlng 140	Issues in Contemporary Urban Planning	Certif Prog
      Urb Std	UrbPlng 141	Urban Planning Solutions to Contemporary Urban Problems	Certif Prog
      Urb Std	UrbPlng 292	Current Planning Issues: (Subtitle)	Certif Prog
      Urb Std	UrbPlng 315	Planning for Great Cities of the World: Their Growth and Guided Urbanization	Certif Prog
      Urb Std	UrbPlng 316	Planning for the Great Cities of America	Certif Prog
      Urb Std			Certif Prog
      Urb Std	UrbPlng 591	Introduction to Urban Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Planning	Certif Prog
      Urb Std	UrbPlng 614	Planning and the Suburbs: Their Growth and Maturity	Certif Prog
      Urb Std	UrbPlng 630	Budgeting and Finance in the Public Sector	Certif Prog
      Urb Std	UrbPlng 651	Land Use Planning Practice	Certif Prog
      Urb Std	UrbPlng 655	Negotiation Theory and Practice for Urban Planners	Certif Prog
      Urb Std	UrbPlng 661	Neighborhood Planning and Revitalization	Certif Prog
      Urb Std	UrbPlng 662	Land Use Planning for Urban Redevelopment	Certif Prog
      Urb Std	UrbPlng 683	Planning for Small Towns	Certif Prog
      Urb Std	UrbPlng 684	Planning Local Economic Development	Certif Prog
      Wmns	English 875	Seminar in Modern Literature: "Becoming Modern - Gendered Narratives" subtitle	Crosslist

   3. CAR Forms - view online at http://www4.uwm.edu/des/apps/carform/login.cfm -- There were no objections to the CAR forms below; they stand approved.

      Chem 781	Pulsed NMR Spectroscopy Theory and Practice (cr, descrip)
      Geog 547	Spatial Analysis (cr)
      Spanish 489	Internship in Spanish, Upper Division (cr, descrip, prereq)

   It was moved, seconded, and approved to suspend the agenda to deal with new business.

V.A. 2.

It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following courses: Spanish 768   Naturalism and Its Influences (new) Spanish 770 The Modern Spanish Novel (new) Spanish 782 Modern Spanish Women Writers (new) Spanish 785 Detective Fiction of Spain (new) Jeffrey Oxford was available to answer questions. The motion was approved.

V.A.3.

It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the proposal to change the requirements of the Jewish studies major. The motion was approved. Connie Jo requested that the committee consider a proposal for a new course, Jewish 799, that she had neglected to put on the agenda. The committee agreed to do so.

V.A.4.

It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the following course: Jewish 799   Independent Study (Subtitle) (new) Connie Jo explained that Chava Frankfort Nachmias was not able to attend the meeting and could not find an advisory committee member who was able to attend. Tom O'Bryan objected to approval of a graduate-level course in a curricular area not housed in a department and in which there is no graduate program. Connie Jo said there was precedence for doing so-the Center for Women's Studies had graduate courses long before they had a graduate program. Students in existing graduate programs often can take courses in other areas to count toward their degree requirements. Having such courses in the Jewish curricular area is a more accurate reflection of the students' work. Other members of the committee wondered if an already existing independent study number could be used for students who wanted to receive credit for attending a symposium co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies in March 2008. A substitute motion to table the course and to ask Professor Chava Nachmias to attend the next meeting was moved, seconded, and approved (5 voted in favor of the motion, 3 opposed it).

V.B.3.

It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the proposal to change the research requirement of the major in economics. The motion was approved.

IV.C.2.

Enrollment in classes without rooms - After a long discussion about the problems that are created when students are allowed to enroll in classes that have not been assigned rooms, it was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean that face-to-face, credit courses scheduled for Spring, 2008 that have not yet been assigned rooms have their enrollment capped at 0 until such time as a room has been assigned. The motion was approved with one abstention. The committee stated that they were not willing to extend the recommendation to fall semester at this time because they wanted data about how efficiently departments were using their assigned space.

IV.C.5.

Competency in Languages not offered at UWM. The Committee discussed possible ways for native speakers of languages not taught at UWM to demonstrate proficiency in such languages. Andrea Joseph from CIE told the committee that ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) has been able to test and certify competency in all languages not offered at UWM for which Global Studies students have requested exams. Students pay all of the costs incurred. It was moved and seconded to recommend to the faculty that ACTFL certification be accepted for completion of the foreign language requirement. The motion was approved. It also was moved, seconded, and approved to allow UWM faculty members who speak languages not taught at UWM to test students' levels of proficiency for the purpose of satisfying the foreign language requirement.

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

4. Old Business
   1. JMC Changes to Major (transition plan) - approved, see above
   2. CAR Forms - courses that were held for clarification of JMC transition plan - approved, see above

      JMC 203	News Writing and Reporting (delete)
      JMC 222	Advertising Principles and Practices (delete)
      JMC 224	Principles of Public Relations (delete)
      JMC 242	Radio News Reporting (delete)

   3. Discussion Items
      1. Courses not offered in many years - postponed
      2. Enrollment in classes without rooms - see above
      3. Report on activities of Assessment Subcommittee - postponed
      4. Extraordinary Accommodations - postponed
      5. Language Competency in Languages not offered at UWM - see above
5. New Business
   1. Humanities
      1. CARs - jointly-offered courses - approved, see above

         CompLit 820	Translation Theory (prereq; j-o status)
         Trnsltn 820	Translation Theory (new; j-o)
         Spanish 349	Introduction to Interpreting (prereq; j-o status)
         Trnsltn 349	Introduction to Interpreting (new; j-o)

      2. CAR Forms - approved, see above

         Spanish 768	Naturalism and Its Influences (new)
         Spanish 770	The Modern Spanish Novel (new)
         Spanish 782	Modern Spanish Women Writers (new)
         Spanish 785	Detective Fiction of Spain (new)

      3. Recommendation to Revise the Requirements of the Jewish Studies Major - approved, see above.
   2. Social Sciences
      1. CAR Form - approved, see above

         Anthro 361

         Applications in Linguistic Anthropology (new)

      2. Recommendation to Revise the Requirements of the Museum Studies Certificate - approved, see above
      3. Recommendation to Revise the Research Requirement of the Major in Economics - approved, see above
   3. Natural Sciences
      1. CAR Forms - approved, see above

         Geo Sci 400	Water Resources (new)
         Geo Sci 562	Environmental Surface Hydrology (new)
         Geo Sci 749	Biogeochemistry of Soils (new)

   4. Discussion Items
      1. Office Hours - postponed
      2. Second Baccalaureate Degree - Tom O'Bryan asked the committee to clarify the wording of a policy describing the conditions under which a second baccalaureate degree may be obtained. The policy currently says "...students must complete at least 30 credits in residence at UWM beyond those required for the first degree." The committee suggested the following wording "...students must complete at least 30 credits in residence at UWM after the date on which the first degree is awarded." Connie Jo will draft a recommendation to the L&S Faculty to revise the policy.
6. Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 11:00 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 #4, 2007-08.ap&cc