University of Minnesota, Morris

Morris, Minnesota

 

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

FOR 2002-03

 

The Curriculum Committee (CC) held 15 regular meetings during the academic year 2002-03.  There were ten (10) meetings during fall semester, and five (5) meetings during spring semester.

 

CATALOG CHANGES

 

This was a catalog year.  Several changes were made to each division.  Catalog changes were presented in the order of Humanities, Science & Math, Social Sciences, Education and IS & CE, allowed two weeks for each Division, finished on November 13, 2002.

 

FALL SEMESTER

 

First Year Seminar Recommendations: Discussed the proposal submitted by the FYS Steering Committee.  CC accepted the proposal made by the FYS Steering Committee and will move forward with their recommendations and clarifications.  This proposal will be sent to Campus Assembly

 

Graduation  Standards:  Brenda Boever had sent out graduation standards information from the project she worked on with Ruth Thielke last spring.  This information will be used by high schools and the college to advise students who attend UMM under the Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) to determine how UMM courses will be used to meet high school graduation requirements.

 

African American Studies Minor Proposal:  A revised version of the African American Studies Minor that was just approved by Campus Assembly was distributed.  The minor would not be in the next catalog because it will not get to the Regents until February 2003, at the earliest.

 

The Big Idea:  Schuman addressed the Curriculum Committee to explain a new proposed program for UMM that is currently called “The Big Idea”. This program would provide the opportunity for every student here at UMM to study abroad during May term after their sophomore year.  Schuman went on to explain how the program would operate and what financial implications would arise. This idea came from the International Programs Committee and if we do it UMM will be the only institution in America that would have this type of program.   Schuman explained that this is a major logistical enterprise and the magnitude of it has not been underestimated. Possible funding could come from three sources, an endowment, a grant for a 2-3 year term or funding from a modest increase in tuition/legislative allocation.   The people in Admissions who have been consulted believe that the program will be a boon for admissions, and that careful external testing will be done to verify that impression.   Implementing this program or a variant thereof will have a large positive impact on our international programs.  Schuman stated that there are two issues that keep arising; one is that it is not a good idea to let them pick a place and that UMM should pick the place where they will travel. The other concern is that we should let the students go to any of three or four places we suggest. 

 

Fall Semester Curriculum Proposals:

            Passed:  To approve the following curricular change proposals.

                           Division of Education

                           Education Form A

                           Education RC Forms:

                                       Ed 2101  Foundations and Issues in Education

                                       Ed 3101H  Honors: Ethics and Decision Making in Education I

                                       Ed 3102H  Honors: Ethics and Decision Making in Education II

                           Elementary Education Form A

                           Elementary Education Form B

                           Elementary Education RC Forms:

                                       ElEd 4101  Strategies for Inclusive Schooling

                                       ElEd 4901  The Teacher and Professional Development

                           Secondary Education Form A

                           Secondary Education Form B

                           Secondary Education RC Forms:

                                       SeEd 4101  Block I: Teaching the Middle and Secondary Student

                                       SeEd 4102  Block II: Teaching and Learning Strategies

                                       SeEd 4103  Practicum Experience in the Middle and Secondary School

                                       SeEd 4201  Directed Student Teaching in the Middle and Secondary

                                                          School

                                       SeEd 4901  The Teacher and Professional Development

                           Wellness and Sports Science Form A

                           Wellness and Sports Science Form B

                           Wellness and Sports Science NC Forms:

                                       WSS 3210  Internship in Wellness and Sport Science

                           Wellness and Sports Science RC Forms:

                                       WSS 1051  Fitness for Life

                                       WSS 1200  Variable Topics in Wellness Skills

                                       WSS 1214  Raquetball

                                       WSS 1215  Skating

                                       WSS 1216  Skiing

                                       WSS 1219  Strength Training

                                       WSS 1221  Walking and Jogging

                                       WSS 2000  Variable Topics in Wellness and Sports Science I

                                       WSS 2004  Psychological Aspects of Sports

                                       WSS 2005  Sociological Aspects of Sports

                                       WSS 3001  Advanced Athletic Training

                                       WSS 3002  Medical Aspects

                                       WSS 3003  Rehabilitation of Injury and Disease

                                       WSS 3004  Therapeutic Modalities

                                       WSS 3005  Organization and Administration of Athletic Health Care

                                       WSS 3006  Practicum in Athletic Training I

                                       WSS 3007  Practicum in Athletic Training II

                                       WSS 4101  Planning and Programming of Athletic Facilities

                                       WSS 4102  Organization and Administration of Athletics and Recreation

                                       WSS 4901  Senior Seminar

                           Division of Humanities

                           Art History Form B

                           Art History RC Forms:

                                       ArtH 3101  Art of Ancient Greece

                                       ArtH 3111  Art of Ancient Rome

                                       ArtH 3121  Medieval Italian Art

                                       ArtH 3131  Northern Renaissance Art

                                       ArtH 3141  15th-century Italian Renaissance Art

                                       ArtH 3151  High Renaissance Art

                                       ArtH 3161  16th-century European Art

                                       ArtH 3171  Baroque Art

                                       ArtH 3181  Rococo to Revolution

                                       ArtH 3191  American Art to 1900

                                       ArtH 3201  19th-century European Art through Post-Impressionism

                                       ArtH 3211  Early Modern Art: Symbolism to Surrealism

                                       ArtH 3231  History of Photography

                                       ArtH 3241  African American Art

                                       ArtH 3251  Pre-Columbian Arts of the Americas

                                       ArtH 3261  Chinese Art

                                       ArtH 3271  The Art of Japan

                                       ArtH 3281  Women and Art

                           English Form A

                           English Form B

                           English NC Forms:

                                       Engl 1131  Introduction to Literature

                                       Engl 2012  Introduction to Fiction

                                       Engl 2013  Introduction to Drama

                                       Engl 2041  Introduction to African American Literature

                                       Engl 2202  British Literature Survey II

                                       Engl 3012  Advanced Fiction Writing

                                       Engl 3014  Advanced Poetry Writing

                                       Engl 3151  Writing Revolution

                                       Engl 3152  Nineteenth-Century British Poetry

                                       Engl 3153  Gothic Literature

                                       Engl 3154  The British Novel: Conrad to Lawrence

                                       Engl 3155  English Fiction from Jane Austen to George Eliot

                                       Engl 3156  Modern Irish Literature

                                       Engl 3157  English Renaissance Drama

                                       Engl 3158  Milton

                                       Engl 3231  Women and Modernism: A Room of Her Own

                                       Engl 3241  Mark Twain

                                       Engl 3251  The Vietnam War in Literature and Film

                                       Engl 3342  Chicanas/os and Latinas/os in Film and Literature

                                       Engl 3411  Critical Approaches to Literature

                                       Engl 3501  The American West Revisited

                                       Engl 3511  Poetry and the Natural World

                           English RC Forms:

                                       Engl 1031  Imagining Contemporary America

                                       Engl 1100  Variable Topics in Interpreting Literature

Engl 1102  Variable Topics in Interpreting Literature: The

                   Environmental Imagination

Engl 1105  Variable Topics in Literature: Strange Places, Marvelous

                   Races: Medieval Travel Literature

Engl 1106  Variable Topics in Literature: Icelandic Saga

Engl 1107  Variable Topics in Literature: Novel into Film

Engl 1108  Variable Topics in Literature: Myth and Literature

Engl 1113  Variable Topics in Interpreting Literature: Literature of

                   Slavery

Engl 1114  Variable Topics in Interpreting Literature: Immigration,

                   Identity, and the American Dream

Engl 1116  Variable Topics in Interpreting Literature: Introduction to

                   African American Literature

Engl 1117  Variable Topics in Interpreting Literature: Modern Drama:

                   Exploring Nightmares

Engl 1118  Variable Topics in Interpreting Literature: Queer

                   Multiculturalism

Engl 1119  Variable Topics in Interpreting Literature: Island, Inns, and

                   Haunted Houses

Engl 2011  Introduction to Poetry and Poetic Language

Engl 2031  Gender in Literature and Culture

Engl 2102  Variable Topics in Writing: Writing Poetry from Art: An

                   Ekphrastic Experience

Engl 2121  Introduction to Creative Writing

Engl 2201  British Literature Survey I

Engl 2211  American Literature Survey I

Engl 2212  American Literature Survey II

Engl 3011  Advanced Creative Writing

Engl 3053  Variable Topics in Literature and Language I: Chicana and

                   Chicano Literature

Engl 3056  Variable Topics in Literature and Language I: Gender,

                   Genre, and Sexuality in Modernist Literature

Engl 3059  Variable Topics in Literature and Language I: Introduction to

                   Critical Theory

Engl 3111  British Romanticism: Origins and Influence

Engl 3121  Victorian and Modern British Literature

Engl 3131  The English Novel

Engl 3141  Irish Literature from the 18th-century to the Present

Engl 3159  Shakespeare

Engl 3161  Medieval Literature

Engl 3162  Chaucer

Engl 3162H  Honors: Chaucer

Engl 3163  Life in a Medieval City:  Literature and Culture in York,

                   700-1500

Engl 3221  Development of the Novel in the United States

Engl 3261  Modern British and American Poetry

Engl 3271  Making the American Man

Engl 3301  U.S. Multicultural and Multiracial Literatures

Engl 3311  Native American Literature

Engl 3321  Women’s Literature

Engl 3331  African American Literature

Engl 3341  Chicana/o and U.S. Latina/o Literatures

Engl 4004  Senior Seminar: Variable Topics in Literature and Language:

                   Old English Literature and Language

                           French Form A

                           French Form B

                           French NC Forms:

                                       Fren 1303  Paris as Text/Image/Sound

                                       Fren 1303H  Honors: Paris as Text/Image/Sound

                                       Fren 1304  French Women Authors in Translation

                                       Fren 1304H  Honors: French Women Authors in Translation

                                       Fren 3071  French Fairy Tale and the Fantastic

                                       Fren 3091  French Poetry: Survey, Analysis, Creation

                                       Fren 4901  Senior Seminar

                           French RC Forms:

                                       Fren 1021  French Language and Culture in Paris I

                                       Fren 1021H  Honors: French Language and Culture in Paris I

                                       Fren 1302  French Cinema

                                       Fren 1302H  Honors: French Cinema

                                       Fren 1311  West African Francophone Cinema

                                       Fren 1311H  Honors: West African Francophone Cinema

                                       Fren 3015  French Culture II: Modern and Contemporary France

                                       Fren 3016  French Culture I: Medieval and Early Modern France

                                       Fren 4011  Theme etversion

                                       Fren 4200  French Practicum

                                       Fren 4210  French Culture on Computer

                           Humanities NC Forms:

                                       Hum 1361  Literary Representations of India and the Orient

                                       Hum 1361H  Honors: Literary Representation of India and the Orient

                                       Hum 1550  Variable Topics in Hispanic Literature and Culture

                                       Hum 1550H  Honors: Variable Topics in Hispanic Literature and

                                                             Culture

                                       Hum 3401  West African Francophone Cinema

                                       Hum 3401H  Honors: West African Francophone Cinema

                           Humanities RC Forms:

                                       Hum 1311  West African Francophone Cinema

                                       Hum 1311H  Honors: West African Francophone Cinema

                           Italian NC Forms:

                                       Ital 1301  CE: Beginning Italian I

                                       Ital 1302  CE: Beginning Italian II

                           Music NC Forms:

                                       Mus 1045  Class Guitar

                                       Mus 3221  Guitar

                                       Mus 3222  Electric Bass

                           Philosophy Form B

                           Philosophy RC Forms:

                                       Phil 1121  Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion

                                       Phil 2112  Professional Ethics

                                       Phil 2131  Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

                                       Phil 2141  Introduction to Analytic Feminism

                           Russian RC Forms:

                                       Russ 1001  Beginning Russian

                           Spanish NC Forms:

                                       Span 1050  Variable Topics in Associated Languages

                                       Span 1051  Variable Topics in Associated Languages: Introduction to

                                                          The Language and Culture of Portuguese Speaking People

                           Speech RC Forms:

                                       Spch 1071  Introduction to Groups: Principles and Practices

                                       Spch 3111  History of Rhetoric in the Contemporary Period

                                       Spch 3200  Variable Topics in Public Address

                                       Spch 4100  Variable Topics in Freedom of Speech

                           Studio Art Form B

                           Studio Art RC Forms:

                                       ArtS 1101 through 1106  Basic Studio

                                       ArtS 2101  Second-Year Drawing

                                       ArtS 2102  Second-Year Drawing

                           Theater Form B

                           Theater RC Forms:

                                       Th 1101  The Theatre Experience: An Introduction

                                       Th 2211  Oral Interpretation

                                       Th 2221  Readers’ Theatre

                                       Th 3201  Advanced Acting and Directing: Period Styles

                                       Th 3202  Advanced Acting and Directing: Realism and Alternatives

                                       Th 4301  Scenic Design

                           Division of Science and Math

                           Biology Form A

                           Biology From B

                           Biology NC Forms:

                                       Biol 4331  Global Change Ecology

                           Biology RC Forms:

                                       Biol 1101  Freshmen Seminar in Biological Principles

                                       Biol 2111  Cell Biology

                                       Biol 3101  Genetics

                                       Biol 3121  Molecular Biology

                                       Biol 3131  Ecology

                                       Biol 4102  Human Physiology

                                       Biol 4111  Microbiology

                                       Biol 4151  Entomology

                                       Biol 4161  Evolution

                                       Biol 4171  Plant Systematics and Evolution

                                       Biol 4191  Freshwater Biology

                                       Biol 4211  Biochemistry

                                       Biol 4311  Conservations Genetics

                                       Biol 4611  Biochemistry Lab

                                       Biol 4901  Senior Seminar

                                       Biol 4994H  Senior Honors Project

                           Chemistry Form A

                           Chemistry Form B

                           Chemistry RC Forms:

                                       Chem 1102H  Honors: General Chemistry II

                                       Chem 2301  Organic Chemistry I

                                       Chem 2302  Organic Chemistry II

                                       Chem 2311  Organic Chemistry Lab I

                                       Chem 2312  Organic Chemistry Lab II

                                       Chem 2321  Introduction to Research

                                       Chem 3101  Analytical Chemistry

                                       Chem 3501  Physical Chemistry I

                                       Chem 3502  Physical Chemistry II

                                       Chem 3511  Physical Chemistry Lab

                                       Chem 3701  Inorganic Chemistry

                                       Chem 3801  History of Chemistry

                                       Chem 3811  Macromolecules

                                       Chem 4351  Bioorganic Chemistry

                                       Chem 4352  Synthesis

                                       Chem 4552  Molecular Spectroscopy

                                       Chem 4894  Research

                           Computer Science Form A

                           Computer Science Form B

                           Computer Science RC Forms:

                                       CSci 1301  Problem Solving and Algorithm Development I

                                       CSci 1302  Problem Solving and Algorithm Development II

                                       CSci 2101  Data Structures

                                       CSci 2901  Seminar I

                                       CSci 3401  Models of Computing Systems

                                       CSci 3501  Algorithms and Computability

                                       CSci 3601  Software Design and Development

                                       CSci 4901  Seminar II

                                       CSci 4400  Variable Topics in Computing Services

                                       CSci 4500  Variable Topics in Theory

                                       CSci 4600  Variable Topics in Programming and Languages

                           Geology Form A

                           Geology Form B

                           Geology NC Forms:

                                       Geol 3061  Introduction to Soils and Soil Geochemistry

                           Geology RC Forms:

                                       Geol 1011  Geology of the National Parks

                                       Geol 1012  Oceanography

                                       Geol 1101H  Honors: Physical Geology

                                       Geol 2051  Field Research Methods in Geology

                                       Geol 2131  Geomorphology

                                       Geol 2141  Glacial and Quaternary Geology

                                       Geol 2151  Historical Geology: Earth History and Changing Scientific

                                                          Perspectives

                                       Geol 3051  Field Research Methods in Geology II

                                       Geol 3111  Introduction to Invertebrate Paleontology

                                       Geol 3401  Geophysics

                                       Geol 3411  Advanced Stratigraphy: Subsurface Methods

                                       Geol 3421  Air photo Interpretation

                                       Geol 3601  Introduction to Geochemistry

                                       Geol 4120  Advanced Sedimentology: Depositional Systems

                                       Geol 4130  Advanced Geomorphology

                                       Geol 4140  Advanced Glacial and Quaternary Geology

                           Math Form A

                           Math Form B

                           Math RC Forms:

                                       Math 1011  Pre-Calculus

                                       Math 1021  Survey of Calculus

                                       Math 1101  Calculus I

                                       Math 1102  Calculus II

                                       Math 2211  History of Mathematics

                                       Math 2202  Mathematical Perspectives

                                       Math 2401  Differential Equations

                                       Math 3211  Geometry

                                       Math 3501  Applied Deterministic Modeling for Management Science

                                       Math 3502  Applied Probabilistic Modeling for Management Science

                                       Math 4201  Complex Analysis

                                       Math 4211  Real Analysis

                                       Math 4221  Topology

                                       Math 4231  Abstract Algebra II

                                       Math 4241  Number Theory

                                       Math 4401  Numerical Methods With Applications in Mathematical

                                                           Modeling

                                       Math 4450  Variable Topics in Applied Mathematics      

                           Natural Science NC Forms:

                                       Nsci 2051  CE: Archaeoastronomy of Native Americans

                           Physics Form A

                           Physics NC Forms:

                                       Phys 1052  The Solar System

                                       Phys 1053  Introduction to Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology

                                       Phys 1091  Principles of Physics I

                                       Phys 1092  Principles of Physics II

                           Physics RC Forms:

                                       Phys 4901  Senior Thesis

                           Statistics Form A

                           Statistics Form B

                           Statistics RC Forms:

                                       Stat 4601  Biostatistics

                                       Stat 4994H  Senior Honors Project

                           Division of the Social Sciences