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,
December 15,
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 #3, November 17, 2008
III.
REPORTS
A. New
Undergraduate Degree Program: Proposal for a new Bachelor of Science
Degree in
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences - update.
B. Online Courses - Report by
Vice
Provost Libutti
IV. UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
V. NEW BUSINESS
A. College of Arts and Sciences (Meeting #3, November 18, 2008)
1. Department of Art and Art History
Addition
of new temporary course - ARH 361X
2.
Department of History
Addition of
HIS 342
3. Department of Journalism
C Change in prerequisite for JOR 220 and JOR 230
4. Department of Modern and Classical languages and Literatures
Addition of CLA 497
5. Writing and Rhetoric Program
Change in requirements for the Undergraduate minor in Writing
B. College of the Environment and Life Sciences
1. Department of Biological Sciences
Extension of temporary status for BIO 480X/580X*
2. Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Addition of new temporary course - BCH 211X [This course will appear in the December 31 edition of the Temporary Course Newsletter and cannot receive final approval until January 12, 2009]
C. College of Human Science and Services
Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Desgn
C Change in prerequisite for TMD 461*, 462*
D. College of Arts and Sciences (Meeting #4, December 2, 2008)
` 1. Department of Computer Science & Statistics
a. Addition of a Minor in Digital Forensics
b. Addition of CSC 414 [NOTE: original number for course was CSC 413]
2. Department of History
Change in HIS 366 (or AAF 366) and HIS 367 (or AAF 367) by combining
courses into HIS 336 (or AAF 366) and deleting HIS 367 (or AAF 367)
*May
require action by the Graduate Council