A&S; Curriculum Committee Minutes, 12/9/97
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MINUTES
DECEMBER 9, 1997
Members present: J. Hart, S. Maloney, M. Rohmann, E. Segal (Chair), M. Stenger, R. TaylorMembers absent: S. Davis, R. Sahoo
Guests: B. Adams, L. Badru, Y. Jones, C. Leuthart, L. Thompson, B. Tyler
Professor Segal called the meeting to order at 9:40. The minutes of the meetings of November 18 and 25 and December 2 were approved as distributed. The following course actions were approved, effective 98U unless otherwise noted. HIST 538: African American Leadership; new course; WR credit PAS 200: Intro to African American Studies; title/description change PAS 215: Black Writing Strategies; new course PAS 225: Survey of African American Education; SB GER credit PAS 317: African American Religion; cross-listed with HUM 377; HUM GER credit HUM 377: African American Religion; new course; cross-listed with PAS 317 PAS 328: African American Islam; new course; cross-listed with HUM 379; HUM GER credit HUM 379: African American Islam; new course; cross-listed with PAS 328 PAS 329: African Diaspora I: the Slave Trade (title change) PAS 333: Women's Health in Africa; new course; SB GER credit PAS 342: African, African-American, and Caribbean Women Novelists; new course; WR credit PAS 366: Inequality and Health: the Black Experience; new course; SB GER credit PAS 375: Public Health in Africa; new course PAS 384: Disease, Ecology, and Environmental Management in Africa; new course; cross-listed with GEOG 362 PAS 396: History of the Caribbean; new course; historical studies GER PAS 505: Service Learning; new course PAS 508: Independent Study; new course PAS 540: Pedagogy of African Studies; cross-listed with EDEM/EDSD 591; SB GER credit PAS 550: African Popular Culture; new course PAS 560: Geography and Nutrition Among Africans and African Americans; new course; cross-listed with GEOG 520; SB GER credit PAS 566: Post-Colonial Voices: Writing "Experience" in African Literature; new course; WR credit GEOG 358: Computer Application in Geography; delete (replaced in Geography program degree requirements by elective hours) GEOG 378: The North American City; new course; WR credit GEOG 578: Downtown Change and Development; new course (approved pending receipt of explanation of work required for graduate credit) GEOG 362: Disease, Ecology, and Environmental Management in Africa; new course; cross-listed with PAS 384 GEOG 520: Geography and Nutrition Among African and African-American Populations; new course; cross-listed with PAS 560 TA 581: Drama Techniques for High School Teachers; new course TA 322: African-American Theatre Workshop; credit hour change from variable hours to 3 hours TA 326: Cultural Diversity in Performance; new course; WR credit TA 362: Off-Broadway Plays by and about African-Americans; new course; WR credit; history/theory of the arts GER credit TA 363: African-American Women Dramatists; title/description change PAS 350: African-American Women Dramatists; title/description change WMST 380: African-American Women Dramatists; title/description change TA 366: History of African-American Theatre; history/theory of the arts GER credit BIOL 465: Principles of Physiology; credit hour change and removal of WR credit BIOL 475: Physiology Lab; new course; WR credit The committee approved changes to the degree requirements in Pan African Studies. The concentration in African Studies was deleted from the PAS minor. A new PAS minor concentration in Culture, Ecology, and Health was approved. Additionally, a new interdisciplinary minor in Cultural Performance, offered cooperatively between Pan African Studies and Theatre Arts, was approved. The meeting adjourned at 11:20. [12/11/97]