University
of Rhode Island
Faculty
Senate
October
3, 2005
Faculty
Senate Curricular Affairs Committee
Four
Hundred Thirty-Fourth Report
During the summer and at the
September 26, 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: Expiration for COM 240X Introduction to Electronic Media (3) to
permit a final offering in fall 2005.
b. CHANGE: Prerequisites for the
following courses:
1)
COM 209, 210 and 251 by adding “Pre: 100.”
2) COM 324 to “202 or
221”
2.
Film Media Program
a.
CHANGE: All references to “Film Studies” to “Film Media.”
b. CHANGE: FLM 204 and FLM 205
by deleting the prerequisite.
3.
Department of History
CHANGE:
Admission to 300-level history courses for spring 2006 to students who have 24 or more
credits.
4.
Department of Political Science
CHANGE:
The minor in International Relations by adding:
1)
PSC 350 and 481 to the International Relations Theory section
2) PSC 434 to the Comparative
Government section
5.
Department of Psychology
ADD:
PSY 302X Laboratory in Quantitative
Methods in Psychology (1)
Laboratory projects in data
collection, analysis and reporting, designed to parallel course
material in PSY 300, (Lab. 2) Pre: concurrent registration in PSY
300, section 03.
6.
College Writing Program
CHANGE:
Prerequisite for WRT 227 to “Pre: Open to Business majors with
sophomore or higher standing. Open to a limited number of writing
majors with sophomore or higher standing.”
B. College of the Environment
and Life Sciences
1.
Department of Community Planning and Landscape Architecture and
Department of Natural Resources Science
CROSS-LIST:
CPL 300 as “CPL 300 (or NRS 300) Introduction to Global Issues in
Sustainable Development (3)”
2.
Department of Plant Sciences
CHANGE:
Prerequisites for the following courses:
1)
PLS 200, 205, 215, 250, 301, 306, 311, 331, 332, 341, 350, 352, 361,
and 399 to” Pre: BIO 102 or PLS 150 or permission of instructor.”
2) PLS 255 to “Pre: BIO 102 or
PLS 150 and CHM 103 or 124 or permission of instructor.
3) PLS 320 - delete prerequisite.
4) PLS 390 to “Pre: MTH 107 or
108 or 111 or permission of instructor.”
5) PLS 393 to “Pre: ENT 385 or
387 and PLS 332 or 440 or permission of instructor.”
C. College of Pharmacy
Department
of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
ADD:
BPS 201X How Drugs Work (3)
Informative discussion about
drugs and how they produce effects in humans to treat diseases as well
as nutritional and dietary supplements for health maintenance. This
course will also discuss drugs and supplements that are used for
recreational purposes and to enhance performance. (Lec. 3)
S E C T I O
N II
Curricular Matters
Which Require Confirmation by the Faculty Senate
A. College of Arts and
Sciences/College of the Environment and Life Sciences
Department
of Biological Sciences
CHANGE:
Credits, description and method of instruction for BIO 302:
BIO 302 Animal
Development (4)
Survey of the patterns and
mechanisms of animal development, including the molecular genetic
control of development, medical developmental biology and evolution of
development. (Lec. 3, Lab 3) Pre: 101, 102, and two additional
semesters of biological sciences; genetics recommended.
B. College of Arts and Sciences
1.
Women’s Studies Program
ADD:
WMS 360 Men and Masculinities (3)
Examines from a feminist
perspective, the values, beliefs, myths, realities, research and
writings about men and masculinities in contemporary United States
life. (Seminar). Pre: 150.
2.
College Writing Program
ADD:
The following new courses:
1)
WRT 270 Writing Our Selves:
Writing in the Expressivist
Tradition (3)
Focuses on the expressivist
tradition of writing, including memoirs, medical narratives, nature
meditations and informal essays. (Seminar) Pre: any 100-level WRT course
2) WRT 360 Composing Processes and the Canons
of Rhetoric (3)
Examines historical and
contemporary theories of composing and rhetorical canons: writing
processes, style and arrangement, and relationships among writing,
learning social contexts, technology and publication. Field
research on professional writers. (Lec. 3) Pre: 201 and another WRT
course at the 200-level or above.
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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 September 26, 2005
meeting of the Curricular Affairs Committee and the September 30, 2005
meeting 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:
Prerequisite for COM 422 to “Pre 221 or 251.”
b.
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
CHANGE:
Prerequisite for APG 413 (or MAF 413) to “Pre: 203 or MAF 100 or
graduate status. Open only to juniors, seniors and graduate
students.”
2.
College of the Environment and Life Sciences
a.
Department of Community Planning and Landscape Architecture and
Department of Natural Resources Science
*CROSS-LIST:
The following courses:
a)
CPL 487 as “CPL 487 (or NRS 487) International Development Internship
(1-6)”
b) CPL 495 as “CPL 495 (or NRS
496) International Development Seminar (3)”
b.
Department of Plant Sciences
*CHANGE:
Prerequisites for the following courses:
a)
PLS 436 to” Pre: BIO 102 or PLS 150 or permission of instructor.”
b) PLS 440 to “Pre: 200 or 332.”
c) PLS 442 to “Pre: 341
and 440 or permission of instructor.”
d) PLS 471 to “Pre: 250 and 215
or permission of instructor.”
e) PLS 475 to “Pre: NRS 212 and
PLS 215 and BIO 346.”
*No action by the Graduate
Council. Not for graduate credit