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Faculty Senate

Curricular Affairs Committee

 

AGENDA for the ninth meeting of the 2003-04 academic year to be held on Monday, April 26, 2004 in Library Conference Room A.

I. Call to order at 3:00 p.m.

II. Disposition of Minutes of Meeting #8, April 12, 2004 (enclosed)

III. REPORTS

IV. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

A. College of Arts and Sciences (Series B No. 1 &endash; December 1, 2003 enclosed with Agenda for Meeting #5, January 26, 2004)

Department of Art and Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Addition of ARH 475 and ARH 465 (or APG 465)

B. College of Engineering

Department of Ocean Engineering &endash; Temporary Course

Addition of OCE 351X (enclosed with Agenda for Meeting #5)

C. College of Arts and Sciences (Series B No. 3 &endash; March 31, 2004 enclosed with Agenda for April 12)

1. English Language Studies Program

Addition of ELS 412* (enclosed with Agenda for April 12)

*May require approval by the Graduate Council

2. Department of Political Science and Department of Mathematics

Addition of PSC 109 (or MTH 109) (enclosed with Agenda for April 12 and enclosure)

D. College of the Environment and Life Sciences

Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science

Addition of AFS 202 (enclosed with Agenda for April 12 and enclosure)

E. College of Human Sciences and Services

School of Education

Consideration of the addition of EDC 403* was postponed pending receipt of answers to question 18 on the approval form.

F. Service Learning Courses (enclosed with Agenda for April 12)

V. NEW BUSINESS

A. College of Arts and Sciences (Series B. No. 4 -April 20, 2004 enclosed) EFFECTIVE MAY 3, 2004.

1. Department of Philosophy

Change in title for RLS 131 (enclosure)

2. Department of Communication Studies

Addition of COM 325 (enclosure)

3. Department of Psychology

Change in title, description and credits for PSY 479* (enclosure)

*May require approval by the Graduate Council

4. Women's Studies Program

a. Addition of WMS 301 (enclosure)

b. Change in level, number and prerequisite for WMS 210 (enclosure)

5. Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Change in prerequisite for SOC 420 (enclosure)

6. Department of Art

a. Change in title for ART 462 (enclosure)

b. Change in curriculum requirements (enclosure)

1) B.A. in Art History

2) B.A. in Art Studio

3) B.F.A. in Art

B. College of the Environment and Life Sciences

1. Department of Community Planning and Landscape Architecture

a. Change in title and description for LAR 444 (enclosed)

b. Addition of CPL 475* (enclosed)

*May require approval by the Graduate Council

2. Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science

a. Change in title of Laboratory Animal option (enclosed)

b. Deletion of AFS 341 (enclosed)

c. Addition of AFS 426 (enclosed)

C. College of Nursing

Request to change the GPA requirement for the first clinical course in Nursing (enclosed)

D. Temporary Courses

1. April 30, 2004 Temporary Course Newsletter

a. College of Engineering

Addition of EGR 480X (enclosed)

b. College of Human Science and Services - Department of Human Development and Family Studies

Addition of HDF 475X (enclosed)

2. Approval of Summer Procedures for the Curricular Affairs Committee:

The CAC will follow its past practice of considering and approving X courses by mail between the last meeting in the spring and the first meeting in the fall as long as there are no objections. If objections are raised, consideration of the temporary course(s) will be postponed until the first CAC meeting in the fall.