University of Rhode Island

Faculty Senate

Curricular Affairs Committee

AGENDA for the seventh meeting of the 2007-08 academic year to be held on Monday, March 24 2008 in Library Conference Room A.

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

Consent Agenda items are labeled with a C. Any member can request that a consent item be discussed.

II. Disposition of Minutes of Meeting #6, February 25, 2008 (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/CAC06m_2-25-08.pdf)

III. REPORTS

Course Fees Subcommittee Report (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/Memo_re_course_feees_review.pdf;  http://www.uri.edu/facsen/Final_Draft_policy_on_fees.pdf)

IV. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

A. College of Arts and Sciences (Memorandum of April 9, 2007 enclosed with Agenda for Meeting #1)

    Department of Music

Change in method of instruction for MUS 121, MUS 225 and MUS 227 (enclosed with Agenda for Meeting #1)

B. College of Arts and Sciences (memorandum dated September 20, 2007 enclosed with Agenda for Meeting #2)

Departments of Political Science and Sociology (Proposal #5)

Change in prerequisite for PSC 274 (or SOC 274)

C. College of Human Science and Services

Department of Human Development and Family Studies (memorandum and enclosures with Agenda for Meeting #2)

Addition of HDF 416 (enclosed with Agenda for Meeting #2)

D. College of Human Science and Services (memorandum dated October 31, 2007 and enclosures with Agenda for Meeting #3)

Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design

Addition of TMD 126 [Department requests that consideration be postponed]

E. College of Arts and Sciences

1. Film Studies Program

Addition of the following new courses:

                1) FLM 110 (see attachments for meetings #5 and #6 on web; http://www.uri.edu/facsen/FLM110X_Syllabus_Nuegent.pdf;

http://www.uri.edu/facsen/FLM110X_FINAL_PROJECT.pdf;
http://www.uri.edu/facsen/FLM_110x_FinalProj_RB.pdf;
http://www.uri.edu/facsen/FLM_110_syll_Bergstrom.pdf)

                2) FLM 351 (see attachments for meetings #5 and #6 on web; http://www.uri.edu/facsen/FLM_351_Revised.pdf)

                3) FLM 352 (see attachments for meetings #5 and #6 on web; http://www.uri.edu/facsen/FLM_352_Revised.pdf)

2. Women's Studies Program

Addition of the following new courses:

1) WMS 302 (See attachments for meetings #5 and #6 on the web)

2) WMS 430* (see attachments for meetings #5 and #6 on web; http://www.uri.edu/facsen/WMS_430_Rev_full.pdf)

F. College of the Environment and Life Sciences

1. Department of Fisheries Animal and Veterinary Science

Temporary Course: AVS 340X (see attachments for meeting #5 on web)

2. Department of Natural Resources Science (see attachments for meeting #6 on the web; http://www.uri.edu/facsen/NRS_401__NRS_445_addtl.pdf)

   a. Addition of NRS 401

b.  Addition of NRS 445   

V. NEW BUSINESS

A. College of Business Administration

1. Change in name of entrepreneurship major (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/BUS_entrepreneurial.pdf)

C 2. Changes in the following courses (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/BUS_minor_undergrad_course_changes.pdf):

a. Description and prerequisite for BUS 110, 320, 321, 322, 335, *420, *449

b. Description for BUS 301, 302, *428, *460

c. Prerequisite for BUS 341, 355, 367, *404,

d. Title, description and prerequisite for BUS 345, *443, *445,

*460

e. Title and description for BUS *401, *421, *424

f. Title, prerequisite, description and deletion of cross listing

for BUS *441

3. Addition of the following new courses (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/BUS_318a_318b_361_464_addtl.pdf 

   and  http://www.uri.edu/facsen/cover_memo_BUS_3-7-08.pdf )

a.  BUS 318 (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/BUS_318a.pdf)

b. BUS 318b (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/BUS_318b.pdf)

c.  BUS 361 (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/BUS_361.pdf)

d. BUS *464 (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/BUS_464.pdf)

C 4. Change in curriculum for some BUS majors (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/BUS_curriculum_changes.pdf)

B. College of Engineering

1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

C Change in description for CVE *460 (http://www.uri.edu/CVE_460_change.pdf)   

2. Department of Electrical Engineering

C a. Change in B.S. Curriculums in Electrical Engineering

 (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/BME_ELE_CPE_-ELE_480_481.pdf)

b. Change in credits and method of instruction for for ELE *480

c. Change in credits for ELE *481

d. Divide each of the following courses into 2 courses, a lecture course and laboratory course: http://www.uri.edu/ELE_course_divisions.pdf)

1) ELE 205, 208

2) 306, 342, 343

3) ELE *401, *405, *408, *427, *436, *444, *447, *458.

C 3. Department of Chemical Engineering (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/OCE_CHE_minor_changes.pdf

Change in prerequisite for CHE 272 and *464

C 4. Department of Ocean Engineering

a. Change in prerequisite for OCE 301

b. Change in title, description and prerequisite for OCE (or CVE *422)

C. College of the Environment and Life Sciences

1. Department of Biological Sciences

C Changes in curriculums for BA and BS Degrees in Biological Sciences, BS in Marine Biology and/or BA in Biology http://www.uri.edu/facsen/BIO_Curric_Changes_revised_.pdf

2. Department of Landscape Architecture

a. Changes in the following courses: (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/CPL_GEG_Minor_Changes.pdf)

1) Prerequisite for CPL 391, 392

2) Description and prerequisite for CPL 397

3) Title and description for CPL *410

4) Level, number, and title for CPL *511

5) Level, number, title and description for CPL *530

6) Level, number, title, prerequisite and description for CPL *545

7) Title for GEG 200

b.  Change in minor in Community Planning (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/Minor_Community_Planning.pdf)

c.   Change in level and number for LAR *482 (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/LAR_302-482_form.pdf)

            3.  Department of Plant Sciences (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/PLS_324_324X_proposal.pdf)

a. Change credits and method of instruction for PLS 324X

b. Addition of PLS 324

D.  College of Human Science and Services (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/HSS_Curr_March_08.pdf)

C School of Education

a. Change in description for EDC *478, *479

b. Change in title, prerequisite and description for EDC *424

c. Change in number for EDC *425

d. Change in description for undergraduate curricular requirements

C E. College of Nursing

1. Change in description of minor in Thanatology (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/Than_minor_changes_feb_2008.pdf)

2. Change in prerequisite for NUR 253 (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/NUR_253_minor_change.pdf)

F. College of Pharmacy

Elimination of the B.S. Degree in Pharmacy (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/BS_Pharmacy_Elimination.pdf)

G. Honors Program

C Change in title for HPR 125 and 312  (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/HPR_125-312_Titles.pdf) 

H. Online Course - WRT 303 (http://www.uri.edu/facsen/WRT_303.pdf and http://www.uri.edu/facsen/WRT_303_background.pdf)

*May require action by the Graduate Council