UNDERGRADUATE
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MINUTES
Date: October
24, 2012
Present: Tom Dell Carl Castles
John Hoover Don
Wilathgamuwa
Brian Gurney Cindy
Dell
Richard Pierce Del Brumley
Becky Lyons (ex-officio)
Absent: Ying
Wang – excused
Guests: Ardyce
Endresen Gary
Acton
Joy Honea Sam
Boerboom
Cindy Dell called
the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. in the Chancellor’s Conference Room.
The October 3 meeting
minutes were accepted as presented.
I. ITEMS – FIRST READING
Item 17 Minor in
Women’s Studies. New program.
Item 17.a SOCI 274
Women, Culture and Society (crosslisted with A&SC 274). Change rubric to crosslist with WS.
Item 17.b WS 492
Independent Study. New course.
Item 17.c WS 294/494
Seminar in Women’s Studies. New course.
Item 17.d WS 498
Internship/Cooperative Education. New
course.
Item 17.e WS 499
Capstone Seminar in Women’s Studies. New
course.
- Motion by Tom Dell, seconded by Brian Gurney to approve Items 17 through 17.e on first
reading.
Joy Honea, Chair of Sociology, Political Science, Native American
Studies and Environmental Studies, stated that we used to have a Women’s
Studies program, but it was mothballed years ago. Because of that old program, most of the
courses needed for this new minor already exist. The seminar in Women’s Studies, which will
now serve as a capstone, has even been offered recently. Dr. Honea also supplied a staffing plan for
the courses, as many are offered on an alternating semester or year
schedule. The only concern with this
program is if it generates a huge amount of interest, an additional section of
SOCI 274 may need to be added.
- Motion carried.
- Motion by Rich Pierce, seconded by John Hoover to
waive second reading of Items 17 through
17.e.
- Motion carried.
Item 14 M 121 College Algebra. Change prerequisite and course description.
Item 14.a M 122 College Trigonometry. New course.
Item 14.c M 151 Precalculus. Delete course.
- Motion by John Hoover, seconded by Brian Gurney
to approve Items 14, 14.a, and 14.c on
first reading.
It was noted that 14.b and 14.d are Gen Ed proposals.
It was stated that M 151 is very difficult to schedule because it is
five credits. The Department has decided
to delete the course and offer M 122 instead, which covers half of the content
of 151. They also hope to remove M 151
from Gen Ed and add M 122. The changes
to M 121 are simple, including adding “appropriate placement score” to the
prerequisite.
- Motion carried.
- Motion by Carl Castles, seconded by Brian Gurney
to waive second reading of Items 14,
14.a, and 14.c.
- Motion carried.
Item 15 COMT 101
Fundamentals of Communication. Delete
course.
Item 15.a COMT 322
Principles of Public Relations. Change
course description (also CCN to COMX 351)
Item 15.b COMT 482
Women, Media and Health (crosslisted with COMT 582, HADM 482, HADM 582, HHP
482, and HHP 582). Change rubric to
COMX, change title to Women, Media and Society, and change course description.
Item 15.d FILM 311
Essentials of Video Production. Change
course description.
- Motion by Brian Gurney, seconded by John Hoover
to approve Items 15, 15.a, and 15.d.
Sam Boerboom, Department of Communication and Theatre, stated that COMT
101 is being deleted because it is rarely offered and the content is covered in
other courses.
It was cited that COMT 482 is crosslisted with several other
rubrics. The question was raised as to
whether the crosslisting would continue with the new title of the course.
- Motion carried.
- Motion by Tom Dell, seconded by Brian Gurney to table Item 15.b until clarification is
received on the crosslisting.
- Motion by John Hoover, seconded by Brian Gurney
to waive second reading of Items 15,
15.a, and 15.d.
- Motion carried.
Item 18 WRIT 221 Intermediate Technical Writing. Change course description.
- Motion by Brian Gurney, seconded by Carl Castles
to approve Item 18 on first reading.
Gary Acton, Chair of English, Philosophy, and Modern Languages, stated
that an issue was raised at Academic Senate that WRIT 221 had the same course
description as WRIT 121. This course
description change solves that issue.
WRIT 221 has not been offered for a number of years, but they are
reviving the course in order to add it to the Gen Ed core. The course had been in Gen Ed before, but was
left out in the crush to re-submit all courses for the Academic Foundations
overhaul. WRIT 221 will be an
alternative to College Writing II or Business Writing.
The question was raised as to why the COT/City College course WRIT 121
Introduction to Technical Writing was not considered as a prerequisite to WRIT
221. Dr. Acton responded that adding
WRIT 121 as a prerequisite is making a global change for perhaps only two or
three students per year. It was
responded that we don’t know how many students may fall into this
situation. Dr. Acton noted adding WRIT
121 as a prerequisite would imply that WRIT 121 and WRIT 101 are equivalent,
and they are not considered equivalent in the current course equivalency
guides. It was suggested that the
prerequisite include “consent of instructor.”
Dr. Acton responded that in that situation, all students registering for
the course would have to get instructor consent.
- Motion failed with two abstentions.
The meeting
adjourned at 4:50 p.m.
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