University of Rhode Island
Faculty Senate

                                                                    February 22, 2005

 

Faculty Senate Curricular Affairs Committee

Four Hundred Thirtieth Report

corrected

At the February 14, 2005 meeting of the Curricular Affairs Committee the following matters were considered and are now presented to the Faculty Senate.

 

SECTION I

 

Informational Matters

 

A.   College of Arts and Sciences

 

1.     Department of Communication Studies

 

a.  CHANGE: Offering of the B.A. major in Communication Studies to include traditional students at the Providence Campus.

 

b. CHANGE: Prerequisite for the following courses:

 

           1. COM 207, add Pre: 100

           2. COM 208, add Pre: 100

           3. COM 209, add Pre: 100

           4. COM 210, add Pre: 100

           5. COM 308, add Pre: 208 or permission of instructor

           6. COM 316, change to Pre: 202 and 208 or 209 and 210

           7. COM 333, add (COM 231 recommended)

           8. COM 381, change to Pre: 202 (101) AND 221 (103)

           9. COM 382, change to Pre: 202 (101), OR 221 (103)

           10. COM 383, remove 100, Add (210 recommended)

           11. COM 385, remove 100

           12. COM 391, 392, remove prerequisite

 

2.    Department of English

 

a.  CHANGE: Title and description for ENG 202:

 

                     ENG 202, Introduction to Literary Study (3)

Introduction to the study of literature and culture through written responses to and participation in a series of faculty presentations reflecting current critical and creative practices in the discipline. (Lec.3) Pre: 201. Restricted to English Majors.

 

b. CHANGE: Title and description for ENG 378:

 

              ENG 378 Aspects of Postmodernism (3)

              Introduction to major issues and theories of Postmodern Literature and Culture, emphases may include temporality, borders, cyberculture, theories of the image and constructions of subjectivity.  (Lec. 3).

 

3.    English Language Studies

 

           ADD:  ELS 322X Advanced Oral English Skills (3)

Focuses on advanced speaking and listening skills, for students whose first language is not English.    Emphasis on developing students' ability to communicate effectively in English language environments. (Lec. 3) Pre:  312X, or three years of university-level English. 

 

4.    Film Studies

 

CHANGE: Prerequisite for FLM 203 by deleting "101."

 

5.    Department of History

 

CHANGE: Title and description for HIS 323:

 

HIS 323 History of Great Britain in the Nineteenth Century (3)

Politics, culture, and economy of Great Britain in the nineteenth century: elements of both continuity and change in the social life and organization of its inhabitants, and in their religious and social beliefs: effects of British imperial expansion on the colonizers and on the colonized. (Lec. 3)

 

6.    Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures

 

    CHANGE: Delete prerequisite for the following courses and add 'Students enrolling in this course should have taken [former perquisite] or equivalent:'

 

CHN 102, 103, 104; FRN 102, 103, 104, 204, 207; GER 102, 103, 104, 112, 113, 114, 201, 202, 205, 206, 215, 216; HBW 102, 103, 104; ITL 102, 103, 104, 205, 206; JPN 102, 103, 104; LAN 192, 193, 194, 205, 206; LAT 102, 301, 302; GRK 102, 301, 302; POR 102, 103, 104, 205, 206; RUS 102, 103, 104, 205, 206; SPA 102, 103, 104, 205, 206, 207.

 

7.    Department of Sociology and Anthropology and African and African American Studies Program

 

              CROSS-LIST the following courses with AAF:

 

1)  SOC 240 (or AAF 240) Race Ethnic Relations

2)  SOC 336 (or AAF 336) Social Inequality

 

8. College Writing Program 

 

        CHANGE: Description for the following courses:

 

            1) WRT 104: add "Not open to students with credit in 105 or 106."

    2) WRT 105: add "Not open to students with credit in 104 or 106."

    3) WRT 106: add "Not open to students with credit in 104 or 105."

 

B.    College of Human Science and Services

 

       Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design

 

           CHANGE: Description for the following courses:

 

1) TMD 303 Textile Science (3)

The primary textile industry: fiber to finished fabric. Textile fibers and their properties; yarns, fabric construction, dyeing, finishing and printing. (Lec. 3) Students must be admitted to the degree-granting college (HSS) as TMD or TM majors, and concurrent enrollment in 313.

 

   2) TMD 313 Textile Science Laboratory (1)

Laboratory exercises in fiber identification, fabric analysis and fabric performance testing, dyeing and finishing. (Lab. 2) Students must be admitted to the degree-granting college (HSS) as TMD or TM majors, and concurrent enrollment in 303. 

 

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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

 

1.     Department of English

 

ADD:  ENG 379 Contemporary Literature (3)

       Studies in contemporary literature with an emphasis on cultural and interdisciplinary issues. Movements and emphases may include multiculturalism, culture and technology, globalization, and politics of the body. (Lec. 3)

 

2.    Department of Political Science

 

ADD:  Minor in International Relations

 

This minor is designed to provide students with a basic grounding in the theory and practice of international affairs. The International Relations minor will draw upon upper level courses in economics, history and political science.

 

Students who declare a minor in International Relations must complete a minimum of 18 credits. The required courses and options are outlined below. Most of these courses have prerequisites. Students are responsible for completing the required prerequisites before enrolling these courses.

 

REQUIREMENTS:

 

A. All students must take the following:

 

ECN 338   International Economics

 

B. Students must take at least ONE of the following:

 

PSC 431 International Relations

PSC 580 Seminar in International Relations Theory

 

    C. Students must take one course from each of the following groups:

 

International Relations Theory

PSC487 Rebuilding Our Communities: Theory and Practice

PSC 544 Democracy and Its Critics

PSC 546 Peace and World Order Studies

PSC 580 Seminar in International Relations Theory

PSC 584 Seminar in Advanced Comparative Theory

 

International Political Economy

ECN 305 Competing Traditions in Economics

ECN 344 International Financial Economics

ECN 363 Economic Growth and Development

ECN 381 Contemporary Political Economy

PSC 402 Environmental Policy and Politics

PSC 403 Global Ecopolitics

PSC 521 Comparative Labor Relations Systems

PSC 595 Problems of Modernization in Developing Nations

 

Comparative Government

HIS 332 History of Imperial Russia

HIS 374 History of Modern China

HIS 375 History of Modern Japan

HIS 38l History of Modern Latin America

HIS 384 The Caribbean

HIS 388 History of Sub-Saharan Africa

 

B.    College of the Environment and Life Sciences

 

       Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science

 

           ADD: AFS 311 Exploration of Marine Bioresources (3)

                 Explores marine bioresources for pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and novel biomaterials. Distribution and biodiversity of marine organisms important to industrial utilization. Culture and recovery technologies and assessment of bioactivity. (Lec. 3)

 

C.    College of Human Science and Services

 

1.     Department of Communicative Disorders

 

CHANGE: Curricular requirements for the B.S. degree in Communicative Disorders by deleting areas A, B, C and D and replacing them as follows:

 

Students may select 9 credits from the following list of courses in consultation with advisors:


COM: 221 (Interpersonal Communication); 251 (Small Group Communication)

CMD: 440 (advanced Head and Neck); 475 (Gestural Communications); CMD 491, 492 (Special Problems; 1-3 credits)

EDC: 312 (Psychology of Learning)

HDF: 200 (Life Span 1); 201 (Life Span 2), 203 (Introduction to Work with Children); 312 (Adult Development); 314 (Introduction to Gerontology); HDF 400 (Child Development Ð Advanced Course)

HIS: 117 (History of Medicine)

HSS: 120 (Introduction to Human Science and Services)

LIB: 120 (Introduction to Information Literacy)

LIN: 200 (Language and Culture); 220 (Introduction to the Study of Language)

PSY: 232 (Developmental Psychology); 254 (Behavior Problems & Personality Disorders); 300 (Quantitative Methods in Psychology; 388 (Psychology of Language); 442 (The Exceptional Individual)

SOC: 224 (Health, Illness, and Medical Care)

STA: 220 (Modern Day Statistics); 308 (Introductory Statistics)


2.    Department of Kinesiology

     

CHANGE: Requirements for the Adapted Physical Education Endorsement by replacing "EDC 402" with "PEX 410."

 

3. Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design

 

a. CHANGE:  Description of curriculum requirements for the Textiles Marketing program to read:

 

       Students in this curriculum must take the following courses: TMD 103, 224, 303[1], 313, 240, or 340 or 440, 402, 403, 433[2] and three credits of a TMD elective; CHM 102 or 105; MTH 131; STA 308, 412; CSC 101; ACC 201 and 202; MGT 300 or 301; BSL 333; MKT 301, 311, 415, and nine credits of MKT electives. Students must also take the following courses to complete general education requirements: CHM 101 or 103; NFS 207 or BIO 105 or MIC 190 or PHY 109/110 or PHY 111/185 or PHY 112/186; and ECN 201, 202.

   

b. CHANGE: Description of curriculum requirements for the Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design program to read:

 

              The following core courses are required: ART 101 or 207; TMD 103; 224; 232; 226 and 326 or 426, or 222 or 325 and 327; 303[3]; 313; 240, 340 or 440; 402, 433[4], HDF 225; ECN 201 and 202; CHM 101/102 or 103/105; NFS 207 or BIO 105 or MIC 190 or PHY 109/110 or PHY 111/185 or PHY 112/186.

 

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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

 

During the Fall 2004 semester and at the Curricular Affairs Committee's meeting of February 14, 2005 and at the November 19, 2004, December 17, 2004 and February 4, 2005 meetings of the Graduate Council, the following matters were considered and are now presented to the Faculty Senate.

 

A.   Informational Matters

 

1.     College of Arts and Sciences

 

a.    Department of Communication Studies

 

              CHANGE: Prerequisites for the following courses:

 

            a) COM 409, add Pre: 316A or 316B or 383

                     b) COM 440, add Pre: 340

                     c) COM 441, add Pre: 383 or 316A

                d) COM 445, add Pre: 210

                     e) COM 450, change to Pre: 251 (220).

 

b.    Department of Modern and Classical Languages

 

1)  CHANGE: Description for ITL 465 Topics in Italian Literature by adding "May be repeated with change in topic for a maximum of 9 credits."

 

2) CHANGE: Description for SPA 470 Topics in Hispanic Literature by adding "May be repeated with change in topic for a maximum of 9 credits."

 

c.  Department of Sociology and African and African American Studies Program

 

CROSS-LIST: SOC 428 as SOC 428 (or AAF 428) Institutional Racism

 

* d.  Department of Sociology and Department of Psychology

 

         CHANGE: Prerequisite for SOC 430 (or PSY 430) to "Pre: any 100 or 200-level course in Sociology or PSY 113 or permission of instructor."

 

2. College of Human Science and Services

 

a.    Department of Communicative Disorders

 

                  CHANGE: Method of instruction for CMD 465 to "(Lec. 4)."

 

       b. Department of Human Development and Family Studies

 

             * ADD: HDF 462X Health and Aging: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (3)

Explores biopsychosocial aspects of health, wellness and disease during late life.  Interdisciplinary focus on the benefits of healthy aging. Open to students in any health and human service professions programs. (Lec. 3) Not for graduate credit.

     

B. Curricular Matters Which Require Confirmation by the Faculty Senate

 

    1.  College of Arts and Sciences

 

       a.  Department of Biological Sciences

 

              CHANGE: Title, credits, description and prerequisite for BIO 418:

 

                         BIO 418 Ecology of Marine Plants (4)

Ecology, development, and physiology of marine algae and higher plants.  Topics include competition, herbivory, nutrient uptake, photosynthesis, and growth.  (Lec. 3, Lab. 3).  Pre: 102, 262 or permission of instructor.  Alternate years.

b. Department of Psychology

       ADD:  PSY 478 Applications of Psychology (1-3)          
Applications of psychological research and theory to contemporary problems, with an emphasis on scholarly bases. (Seminar) May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credits.

2. College of the Environment and Life Sciences

       Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science

      ADD:   AFS 435 Aquatic Food Product Development (3) Concept of product developments, physicochemical principles and process technology for aquatic food and marine bioproduct development, survey of aquatic and marine products and manufacturing processes, and lab exercises on key products. (Lec. 2, Lab. 2) Pre: 434 or equivalent.    
            

3. College of Human Science and Services

   

    a.  Department of Communicative Disorders

      

           CHANGE: Level, number and method of instruction for CMD 475:

 

                      CMD 275 (475) Gestural Communications (3) ... (Lec. 3)

 

    b. Department of Human Development and Family Studies

 

         * DELETE:  DHY 462 Oral Health Care of the Aged and Medically Compromised (3)       


4. College of Pharmacy

 

       Department of Pharmacy Practice

 

           CHANGE: The code for APS 504 to PHP 504 (APS) Health Systems II

           [This course was inadvertently omitted from Curricular Reports that reflected Faculty Senate Bill #03-04--19 The Four Hundred Twentieth Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee: Proposal to reorganize the College of Pharmacy.]

 

 

 

*No action by the Graduate Council. Not for graduate credit.



[1] Admission to the degree-granting college in the major is a prerequisite for TMD 303.

[2] Economics is a prerequisite for TMD 433 land HDF 225.

[3] Admission to the degree-granting college in the major is a prerequisite for TMD 303.

[4] Economics is a prerequisite for TMD 433 and HDF 225.