A&S; Curriculum Committee Minutes, 10/30/01

Members Present: J. McLeod, R. Powers, R. Roebuck, M. Rohmann, S. Seif, M. Stenger (Chair), R. Taylor

Members Absent: S. Willihnganz

The minutes of the meeting of October 16 were approved as distributed.

The committee approved a proposal for a bioethics concentration in the B.A. in Philosophy.

The following course actions were approved, effective 2002 Fall. [Graduate courses must also be approved by the Graduate Council and proposals for General Education must be approved by the General Education Course Committee.]

PHIL 523: Applied Philosophy (changed to a topics course)
ART 309: Introduction to Graphic Design (changed to ART 371)
ART 347: Historic Interiors (changed to ARTH 347)
ART 549: BFA Fibers-Construction (delete)
ART 550: BFA Painting (delete)
ART 552: Directed Study in Photography (change to ART 555)
ART 556: Directed Study in Ceramics (change to ART 534)
ART 558: BFA Seminar (change to ART 591)
ART 559: Senior Project (change to ART 597)
ART 580: Professional Development in Interior Design (change to ART 596)
ARTH 395: Art and Architecture in the U.S. (changed to American Art I)
ARTH 396: American Art II (new course)
PARA 320: Computers and the Law (General Education-computer literacy)
COMM 360: World Wide Web Writing (title/description change)
WMST 203: Gender Issues in Public Dialogue (new course; General Education-oral communication)
PHIL 318/WMST 360: Philosophy and Feminism (General Education-CD2)
HIST 506/WMST 533: Women in 19th Century America (new course; WR credit)
WMST 633: Women in 19th Century America (new course)
HIST 591: Civilizations of Ancient and Medieval India (new course; WR credit)
HIST 592: Modern India (new course; WR credit)
GEOG 441: History, Philosophy, and Literature of Geography (WR credit)
GEOG 442: Senior Thesis (WR credit)
GEOG 530: Transportation Geography (prerequisite change)

Brief editorial corrections to descriptions were approved for the following Biology courses: 500, 506, 507, 509, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 518, 519, 522, 529, 540, 542, 550, 562, 563, 568, 569, 584, 600, 607, 609, 610,613, 614, 616, 618, 619, 620, 621, 629, 639, 640, 641, 642, 644, 650, 651, 657, 661, 662, 663, 664, 668, 669, and 684.

Action was deferred on COMM 560 until it could be determined if the department wished to submit it for graduate credit.