University
of
MINUTES 2004-2005 CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEETING
# 4
Present: John
Schwaller, Mike Korth, Judy Kuechle, Jooinn Lee, Pieranna Garavaso in
for Jenny Nellis, James Wojtaszek in
for Mary Elizabeth Bezanson, Harold Hinds,
Carol Marxen, Sarah Black, Blair
Jasper, Ruth Thielke, Nancy Helsper
Tom McRoberts and Jeri Mullin.
Absent: Dave
Roberts, Chris Ervin, Lee Thao, and Sara Haugen.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
MOTION: (Hinds,
Black) To approve minutes from
VOTE:
Motion passed (6-0-0)
SOCIAL SCIENCE CATALOG CHANGES
Lee explained to CC that all IS majors and the Social
Science major will be presented at the
ANTHROPOLOGY
Lee presented Form A and Form B with a minor correction on
Form B and a new course Anth 3204.
MOTION:
(Marxen, Black) To approve the Anthropology changes.
VOTE:
Motion approved (7-0-0)
ECONOMICS
Lee presented Form A and Form B and explained that Econ 4900
is being replaced with Econ 4501 which is repeatable to 4 cr. The ECAS form
will be updated to reflect this correction.
MOTION: (Korth, Black) to approve
Economics changes
VOTE: Motion passed (7-0-0)
HISTORY
Lee stated there were many changes in History because of the
elimination of Topics Courses. A revised copy of the cluster heading
information was distributed this week to the members. Lee presented Form A and
Form B. A member questioned if the GER designator for Hist 1402 could be HDIV
instead of HIST. Lee explained that the
GER is a judgment call by the faculty member proposing the course. The
committee discussed the Hist designator and it was indicated that the
designator can be changed at a later time. Lee indicated the courses Hist 3554,
3606 and 3707 should be corrected to read offered odd years. The GER for Hist
3707 was reviewed and it was suggested that it be changed to IP. Schwaller
indicated that CC cannot change the GER; however the committee could approve
the course with the suggestion that the GER for the course be changed to
IP. Schwaller also pointed out to the
committee that History was not able to follow the suggested procedure for
creating cluster headings with an identifier for course titles.
MOTION:
(Kuechle, Korth) To approve History changes with a
suggestion to have the
GER for Hist 1402 changed to HDiv
and the GER for Hist 3707 changed to IP.
VOTE:
Motion passed (7-0-0)
MANAGEMENT
Lee presented Form A and Form B and one new course Mgmt 4602
which had received provisional approval earlier. Schwaller asked how common it
was for individual majors to have residency requirements. A member stated that
it was odd. There was discussion among the members about the residency
requirement on the Management Form B. Lee indicated he would bring the
committee’s concerns to the discipline. It was suggested that the form B not be
approved at this time. The committee continued with course approvals.
MOTION: (Kuechle/Hinds)
To approve Management changes with the exception of
the
residency
statement on Form B. If the discipline insists on keeping the statement it will
come
back to CC separately.
VOTE:
Motion passed (7-0-0)
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Lee presented Form A and Form B indicating only minor
changes proposed by the discipline.
MOTION:
(Black, Jasper) To approve Political Science changes.
VOTE:
Motion passed (7-0-0)
PSYCHOLOGY
Lee presented Form A and Form B noting the minor changes in
Psychology. A member asked if the titles for Psy 4620 and Psy 4720 could be
changed to take out “Psychology I” and “Psychology II” after Biological to make
the title read easier. A member explained that he had e-mailed a member of the
Psychology discipline and they approved this title change.
MOTION:
(Marxen/Black) To approve Psychology changes.
VOTE:
Motion passed (7-0-0)
SOCIOLOGY
A member suggested sending back Soc 3301 for clarification on the rationale.
Lee presented Form A and Form B.
MOTION:
(Black/Jasper) To approve Sociology changes with the
exception of Soc 3301.
GEOGRAPHY:
Lee presented the Geography changes and was happy to
announce that they now have an instructor with a PhD in Geography. A member
suggested dropping some history courses and creating some more geography
courses. Lee stated that with the permission of Humanities he would very much
like to increase the number of Geography courses as the instructor is also an
English professor. A member stated that the whole campus would benefit from an
increase in Geography courses.
MOTION:
(Hinds/Black) To approve Geography changes.
VOTE:
Motion passed (7-0-0)
Meeting adjourned.
Submitted by Karen Van Horn