UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
Kingston, Rhode Island
FACULTY SENATE
March 6, 2000
Faculty Senate Curricular
Affairs Committee
Three Hundred and Eighty-Second
Report
At the Curricular Affairs Committee's meeting of February 22,
2000 the following matters were considered and are now presented to
the Faculty Senate.
S E C T I O N I
Informational Matters
College of Arts and Sciences
1. Department of Biological Sciences
a. CHANGE: Description and prerequisite for BIO 355
as follows:
BIO 355 Marine Invertebrates of Southern New England (SS,
3) Collection and identification of marine invertebrates of
southern New England. Emphasis on field and laboratory studies.
Student collection will incorporate video photography. (Lab. 6)
Pre: 112 and 113 or permission of instructor.
b. ADD: BIO 360X Marine Biology (I, 4) The nature of
plants and animals of the sea. Diversity of species and adaptations
from the sea surface to the depths of the ocean. (Lec. 3, Lab. 3)
Pre: 112, 113. Carrington, Cobb
2. Department of History
a. CHANGE: Title and description for the following
courses:
1) HIS 116 History of Western Science (I, II, 3)
Development of western science from ancient Greece and Rome until the
present. Topics include relations of science and religion, emergence
of science-based industry, and interaction between science and
politics (especially during war). (Lec. 3)
2) HIS 346 Immigration, Ethnicity and Race in America (I,
3) History of immigration to US from the colonial period to the
present, with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Compares
different waves, explores shifting attitudes toward immigrants, and
discusses how race and ethnicity shaped immigrants' experiences.
(Lec. 3) Sterne
3. Department of Music
a. CHANGE: Number for the following courses:
1) MUS 131 Introduction to the Music Profession to "MUS 119
(131);"
2) MUS 132 Basic Music Theory to "MUS 120 (132)."
b. CHANGE: Prerequisite for MUS 121 to "Pre: 119 and 120 or
permission of instructor. Concurrent or previous keyboard
experience."
c. CHANGE: Description and prerequisite for the following
courses:
1) MUS 171 Piano Class I (II, 1) Development of basic
techniques and musicianship for effective use of the piano. This
course will emphasize Proficiency I. (Lab. 2) Pre: Credit or
concurrent enrollment in 121 and 122.
2) MUS 172 Piano Class II (I, 1) Further development of
basic techniques and musicianship for effective use of the piano.
Basic keyboard skills in transposition, sight reading accompaniments
and melody harmonization with improvised accompaniment. This course
will emphasize Proficiencies 2 & 3. (Lab. 2) Pre: 171 or
equivalent.
d. CHANGE: Description for MUS 271:
MUS 271 Piano Class III (II, 1) Further development of
basic keyboard performance skills in sight-reading and harmonization.
This course will emphasize Proficiencies 4 & 5. (Lab. 2) Pre:
172 or equivalent. Open to music majors only.
e. CHANGE: Prerequisite for MUS 339 to "Pre: EDC 250 or the
equivalent."
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S E C T I O N II
Curricular Matters Which Require Confirmation by the
Faculty Senate
A. College of Arts and Sciences and College of Human
Science and Services
Department of Biological Sciences and Department of
Physical Education and Exercise Science
a. CHANGE: Number, primary listing, method of
instruction and prerequisite for BIO 343 (or PEX 343):
PEX 334 (or BIO 334) Physiology of Exercise...(Lec.3) Pre: BIO
201 or 242 and concurrent enrollment in 335.
b. ADD: PEX 335 (or BIO 335) Physiology of Exercise Laboratory
(I, II, SS, 1) Student participation in laboratory sessions
designed to understand the physiology of exercise relating to body
composition, EKG, pulmonary, and metabolic functions. (Lab. 3)
Pre: 201 or 242 and concurrent enrollment in 334. Staff
B. College of Arts and Sciences
1. Department of Art
ADD: The following new courses:
1) ARH 376 History of Animation (I or II, 3) Traces the
development of animation from the pre-history of animation to the
present. (Lec. 3) Pre: 251, 252 or permission of instructor.
2) ARH 377 The History of Experimental Film (I or II, 3)
Traces the development of experimental cinema in the context of
modern art. (Lec. 3) Pre: 251, 252 or permission of
instructor.
2. Department of Biological Sciences
CHANGE: Description, method of instruction and
prerequisite for BIO 141:
BIO 141 Introduction to the Biology of Marine Animals (I,
3) Environmental adaptations, physiology, and behavior of marine
animals. Description of methods of study of marine animals. (Lec.
3) Pre: Open to freshmen only or by permission of instructor. Not for
major credit for B.A. Biology, B.S. Biological Sciences, or B.S.
Marine Biology. In alternate years. Next offered 2001.
3. Department of Communication Studies
ADD:The following new courses:
1) COM 341 Documentary Pre-production (I or II, 3)
Understanding the documentary form in both its historic and modern
context. Basic camera, shooting, and interviewing techniques are
studied. Research and writing a documentary proposal required.
(Lec. 3) Pre: junior standing. Reed and Conlon
2) COM 342 Documentary Production (I or II, 3) Builds on
work completed in 341. Field camera operation, lighting, archival
materials, writing, directing, producing and editing a documentary
short on a topic researched and pre-produced in 341. (Lec. 3) Pre:
341. Reed and Conlon
4. Department of Economics
CHANGE: B.S. in Economics option in Economics Theory
and Methods by adding ECN 376 as a required course.
5. Department of English
ADD: Minor in writing as follow:
Writing Minor: Students who declare a minor in Writing are
required to complete 18 credits. These credits shall be completed
from among two clusters of courses: Three courses from WRT 201, 235;
ENG 205A, 205B, 205C. (NOTE: Students who major in Business may
include WRT 227 among this first cluster of courses.) and three
courses from WRT 301, 333; ENG 305, 330.
6. Film Studies Committee
CHANGE: Minor in Film Studies by adding FLM 101 as a
requirement.
7. Department of History
a. ADD: HIS 117 History of Medicine (I, 3)
Focus on the U.S. in the 19th and 20th centuries. Professionalization
of medicine, status of healers in different cultures, creation of
scientific medicine, alternative medical practice, effect of changing
disease patterns on medical theory/practice. (Lec. 3) Rusnock
b. DELETE: HIS 115 The History of Science to 1800 (I, 3)
8. Department of Music
a. CHANGE: Method of instruction for MUS 119 (131) to
"(Lec. 1)."
b. ADD: MUS 272 Piano Class IV (I, 1) Continuation of MUS
271. Further development of keyboard performance skills in
sight-reading and harmonization. This course will emphasize
Proficiencies 6 & 7. (Lab. 2) Pre: MUS 271 or equivalent. Open
to music majors only.
c. CHANGE: Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree program:
Music
Musicianship: MUS 119 (1); 120, 121, 122, 225, 226, 227, 228
(14); . . .
Music History and Literature
Musicianship: MUS 119 (1); 120, 121, 122, 225, 226, 227, 228
(14). . .
d. CHANGE: Requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree to read
as follows:
Bachelor of Music
All Bachelor of Music students must successfully complete Option
I or Option II of the piano proficiency requirement. In Option I
students must pass all seven piano proficiencies by the end of their
junior year. Piano proficiency examinations before the faculty
examination committee are scheduled on a regular basis during the
fall and spring semesters. In Option II students take MUS 171, 172,
271, and 272 and successfully pass each course with a grade no lower
than a C. Failure to pass Option I or Option II will require
reexamination in succeeding semesters. No one will graduate with a
Bachelor of Music degree until this requirement is fulfilled. [All
New] The piano proficiencies for students selecting Option I consist
of the following seven proficiencies:
1. Nomenclature. The student will be able to answer questions
which deal with nomenclature concerning the piano as well as
nomenclature which may concern tempo, dynamics, and/or other elements
of music.
2. Scales. The student will perform all major scales two octaves,
hands together, by memory at a tempo of M.M. = 144 per note.
3. Harmonize at sight. The student will read two melodies taken
from any major or minor key chosen by the examination committee,
improvising suitable accompaniments for the melodies by using
diatonic triads and secondary dominants, and reading from chord
symbols.
4. Transposition. The student will transpose at sight two
melodies selected by the examination committee. The student will be
asked to transpose the melodies either a half step or whole step up
or a half step or whole step down.
5. Patriotic songs. The student will play America and The
Star-Spangled Banner in a manner suitable for accompanying community
or school singing. These accompaniments are to be prepared in
advance.
6. Sight-read accompaniments. The student will be able to play at
sight a four-part song and an accompaniment for a vocal or
instrumental soloist.
7. Repertoire. The student will play two prepared piano pieces by
contrasting composers. The pieces must be approved in advance by a
member of the piano faculty or an instructor of class piano.
Music Composition . . .MUS 119 (1); 120, 121, 122, 225, 226, 227,
228, 416 (17). . .
Music Education
Studies in Music . . .MUS 119 (1); 120, 121, 122, 225, 226, 338
(14)
Professional Education . . .The piano proficiency Options I or II
and all courses required in the degree program, with the exception of
MUS 480 [capstone] must be completed before supervised student
teaching (EDC 484).
Music Performance
. . .MUS 119 (1); 120, 121, 122, 225, 226, 228 (14); . . .
Voice: . . . MUS 171, 172, 271, and 272.
e. CHANGE: Requirements for the minor in Music as follows:
Minor in Music. The purpose of this . . . must earn credit for
MUS 111 or 119 (1) and 120 (2);
Music Performance Minor
. . . must earn credits for MUS 111 or 119 (1) and 120 (2). . .
9. Department of Sociology and Anthropology
CHANGE: Requirements for Bachelor of Science options
as follow:
1) The Public Policy Option: add SOC 495 as a required course and
delete the requirement of 3 credits at the 400 level.
2) The Organizational Analysis Option: add SOC 241 as an
alternative to SOC 450, add SOC 495 as a required course and delete
the requirement of 3 credits at the 400 level.
C. College of the Environment and Life Sciences
*1. Department of Food
Science and Nutrition
a. CHANGE: Name of Department to Department of
Nutrition and Food Sciences
b. CHANGE: Course code for all FSN courses to NFS
c. DELETE: Undergraduate major in Food Sciences
d. CHANGE: Undergraduate major in Dietetics to encompass all
nutrition-related programs into the Nutrition and Dietetics major as
follows:
The Nutrition and Dietetics Major:
This major prepares undergraduate students for careers in
nutrition-related fields. Two options, Dietetics and Nutrition, are
available.
The major requires 10 credits in introductory professional
courses including NFS 110, 207, 237, and 276; 22 credits in sciences
(4 credits in general chemistry, 4 credits in organic chemistry, 7-8
credits in biology, 4 credits in microbiology, and 3 credits in
biochemistry), 3 credits in statistics, and 25 credits in the
concentration including the following courses: NFS 394, NFS 395, NFS
441, NFS 410 and NFS 458. WRT 101 and COM 101 are required and may be
used to fulfill General Education requirements. There are 18-24
credits of supporting electives and 12 credits of free electives. A
total of 123 credits is required for graduation.
Dietetics Option: The Dietetics Option is approved by the
American Dietetic Association (ADA) and is required of all students
planning to become Registered Dietitians. This option provides
students with an academic background in clinical, community, and
administrative dietetics.
In addition to the core courses specified for the major, the
following courses are required: NFS 236, NFS 337; NFS 375, NFS 376,
NFS 444 and MGT 300. SOC 100, PSY 113 are also required and may be
used to fulfill General Education requirements. Students are
encouraged to use supporting elective and free elective courses to
study disciplines related to the field.
Nutrition Option: This option is for students who want to
study nutrition but do not plan to become registered dietitians.
Using this option, students have the opportunity to design their own
programs by combining training in nutrition with other areas which
interest them.
In addition to the courses specified for the major, students must
complete a minimum of 3 credits in NFS 491/2 or NFS 451, and 9
credits selected from advanced level NFS courses. Students must also
select a "minor" field of study. To satisfy this requirement,
students can complete any one of the University-approved minors, or
complete 18 credits in a curriculum other than NFS. Examples of
possible minors are health promotion, exercise science, psychology,
international development, journalism, biology and general business.
Alternatively, with approval from the department, students may
complete 18 credits related to their interests or career goals
selected from several disciplines. Students may, for example, select
courses to prepare for graduate school or to meet basic admission
requirements for medical school.
*The Curricular Affairs Committee
expresses regret that circumstances compel the Department of Food
Science and Nutrition to make these changes.
2. Department of Plant Sciences
ADD: PLS 301 Nursery Crop Production and Management
(II, 3) Foundation of nursery management and woody plant
production practices. History and organization of the nursery
industry, land selection and management, plant culture, growing
structures and equipment, and recent innovations. (Lec. 2, Lab. 2)
Pre: BIO 112 or PLS 205 or permission of instructor. In alternate
years. Next offered spring 2001. Maynard
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S E C T I O N III
Joint Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee and
Graduate Council on 400-Level Courses
At the Curricular Affairs Committee's meeting of February 22,
2000 and the Graduate Council's meeting of February 25, 2000, the
following matter was considered and is now presented to the Faculty
Senate for confirmation.
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences
CHANGE: number, level and prerequisite for BIO 464 as
follows:
BIO 354 (464) Invertebrate Zoology... Pre: BIO 112 and 113