A&S; Curriculum Committee Minutes, 1/20/98

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MINUTES

JANUARY 20, 1998

Members present: S. Davis, J. Hart, S. Maloney, M. Rohmann, E. Segal (Chair), M. Stenger, R. Taylor

Members absent: R. Sahoo

Professor Segal called the meeting to order at 11:05.

The committee changed its Spring 1998 meeting time to Mondays, 9:30-11:00.

The minutes of the meeting of December 9, 1997, were approved as distributed.

The committee deferred action on POLS 392 (removal of prerequisites) and the 
Political Science Department's proposal regarding Advanced Placement Credit 
until a departmental representative could be present to answer questions.

HIST 304: Historical Methods was approved as a new course and for WR credit.  
The course will be required of history majors, effective AY 98-99.

PAS 384: Disease, Ecology, and Environmental Management in Africa was approved 
for WR credit, effective 98F.

A title change for PAS 338 was approved.  The course had been 
"Entrepreneurship and Economic Development" and will be retitled "Race and 
Economics."

BIOL 301/302: Introduction to Ecology and BIOL 410: Applied Ecology were 
approved as optional courses in the newly created minor in Culture, Ecology, 
and Health  in the Department of Pan African Studies.

A proposal from the Department of Psychology to grant Advanced Placement 
credit was approved.  Credit for PSYC 201 will be awarded to students who 
present a grade of 3 or higher on the Advanced Placement examination in 
Psychology, effective 98F.

A proposal from the Department of Mathematics to grant Advanced Placement 
credit in statistics was approved.  Credit for MATH 109 will be awarded to 
students who present a grade of 3 or higher
on the Advanced Placement examination in statistics, effective 98F.

The following policy from the Department of Mathematics was approved:  "A 
student may not register for credit in a lower-level mathematics course that 
is a part of a sequence of prerequisites for a higher-level course for which 
the student has already received credit."   As approved, the policy applies 
only to courses in the Department of Mathematics.  The committee discussed the 
application of a similar policy to other areas, and will consider whether or 
not to make such a college-wide proposal at a later time.

The committee approved a new minor in African American Theatre in the Theatre 
Arts Department. The 19-hour minor will require:

   TA 326
   3 hours from TA 322 or TA 323
   1 hour in TA 350
   12 hours to be selected from TA 362, TA 363, TA 364, TA 365, 
        and TA 366.


The meeting was adjourned at 12:05.

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