THE

UNIVERSITY

OF RHODE ISLAND

FACULTY SENATE

CURRICULAR AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

AGENDA for the third meeting of the 2008-09 academic year to be held on Monday, November 17, 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 #2, October 27, 2008

III. REPORTS

A. New Undergraduate Degree Program: Proposal for a new Bachelor of Science Degree in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences - update.

B. Cheating/Plagiarism in Online Courses (articles mailed separately on October 2, 2008) -- Guests Brett Rutherford and Vince Petronio

IV. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

College of Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Addition of CVE 493*

V. NEW BUSINESS

A. College of Engineering

1. Department of Chemical Engineering

C. Change in prerequisite for CHE 313

2. Department of Mechanical Engineering

Addition of MCE 471*

B. College of the Environment and Life Sciences

Department of Plant Sciences

Extension of temporary status for PLS 415X*

C. College of Human Science and Services

Department of Communicative Disorders

C. Deletion of CMD 260, CMD 261 and CMD 376

*May require action by the Graduate Council

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