A&S; Curriculum Committee Minutes, 12/2/97
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MINUTES
DECEMBER 2, 1997
Members present: S. Davis, J. Hart, S. Maloney, M. Rohmann, R. Sahoo, E. Segal (Chair), M. Stenger, R. TaylorGuests: L. Littleway (TA), D. Palmer (TA)
Professor Segal called the meeting to order at 9:35. The minutes of the meeting of November 11 were approved as distributed. Changes to the minor in English were approved, effective 98F. The minor program will note that within the 12 required hours of historical surveys (ENGL 301-302 and 311-312) students may elect to substitute two WR courses from a list of acceptable substitutions listed under the major requirements. The committee approved changes to the requirements for the B.S in Science-Dentistry, effective 98F. The foreign language requirement was reduced from 12 to 8 hours, and two additional biology courses totalling 7-9 hours were added to the natural science requirements. Elective hours were reduced to 3-9, keeping total program hours in A&S; at 97. The committee also authorized the dean's office to make administrative changes as necessary in the other cooperative B.S. Science programs to reflect the recent changes to the biology curriculum. For B.S. and B.S./Biochemistry degrees in Chemistry, the requirement of 3 hours of chemistry electives was replaced with a requirement of 3 hours in undergraduate research or cooperative internship. The following course actions were approved, effective 98U unless otherwise specified. POLS 331: International Organization; description change; WR credit POLS 519: Urban Poverty and Policy; WR credit SOC 373: Occupations and Organizations; change to 400-level; prerequisite changes; WR credit SOC 400: Independent Study; description change limits to 6 the number of hours of independent study which may be applied to the major in sociology SOC 521: Social Transformation in Eastern and Central Europe; new course SOC 616: Advanced Multivariate Modeling; cross-listed with PSYC 614 PSYC 614: Advanced Multivariate Modeling; new course; cross-listed with SOC 616 SOC 634: Social Network Analysis; description change; change to 500-level PHYS 634: General Relativity; new course PSYC 400: Research Practicum; change of grade option to P/F (P/F grade option may be used even though the course is required of majors.) PSYC 405/406: Honors Research; new courses PSYC 693: Interviewing Skills Practicum; new course PSYC 694: Supervision Practicum;new course CHEM 100: Introduction to Chemistry; title/description change (This course will become the primary remedial course for Chemistry 201.) CHEM 101: Elements of General and Biological Chemistry; title/ description change (This course will become the primary general education course in chemistry.) CHEM 102: Elements of General and Biological Chemistry II; delete CHEM 105: Chemistry for Health Professionals; new course (to be required by the nursing program) BIOL 390: Special Topics; new course BIOL 391: Special Topics; new course; WR credit BIOL 406: Undergraduate Research; new course; WR credit BIOL 504: Independent Study; new course; WR credit In connection with the approval of BIOL 391, 406, and 504, variable hour courses, the committee discussed application toward the WR requirement of a course carrying less than 3 hours credit. It concluded that if the course met all WR requirements (minimum words, etc) than a student could fulfill the upper division WR requirement with fewer than 6 credit hours in two WR courses. Professors Littleway and Palmer responded to questions about several course proposals from Theatre Arts. Action was deferred until the next committee meeting. The meeting adjourned at 11:00. [12/02/97]