UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
The Graduate School
CURRICULAR REPORT FROM THE GRADUATE
COUNCIL TO THE FACULTY SENATE:
REPORT NO. 2000-2001-9
At meeting No. 371 held April 20, 2001, the Graduate Council
considered and approved the following curricular matters which are
now submitted to the Faculty Senate for information or confirmation
as indicated.
I. Matters Requiring Confirmation by
Faculty Senate
A. College of Environmental and Life Sciences
1. Department of Community Planning
a. New Course:
CPL 554 Community Development Funding and Subsidies (3) Analysis
of strategies to access capital markets, protect the public good and
induce public benefits. Financial planning and feasibility analysis
for government-subsidized development projects. Not for graduate
credit in the College of Business. In alternate years. (Sem)
b. Suspend (four-year rule):
CPL 536 International Comparisons in Urban and Regional Planning
CPL 541 Urban and Rural Housing Policy
CPL 692 Special Problems in Planning
2. Department of Fisheries, Science and
Technology
a. New Course:
FST 531 Fisheries Stock Assessment (3) A quantitative approach to
describing the processes of fish growth and mortality, the estimation
of stock size, the prediction of stock yield and management
practices. Spreadsheets and other microcomputer applications will be
used for analysis and modeling. (Lec 2/Lab 3) Pre: 415, STA 409 or
permission of instructor.
B. College of Human Science and Services
1. School of Education
a. New Course
EDC 555 Quantitative Thinking and Applications for Education (3)
Basic logic and techniques of quantitative data analysis. For
Education Ph.D. students planning to conduct applied research in
educational settings, this course provides foundations of receptive
and expressive literacy. This course satisfies the prerequisite for
EDP 625, but cannot be used for program credit. (Lec) Pre: Admission
to joint URI-RIC Ph.D. in Education program. (Spans both summer
sessions)
a. Changes:
EDC 508 Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development &endash; change
description to read:
Curriculum development of interdisciplinary units for
schools. Focus is on grade-level units, which incorporate multiple
subject areas. Both individual and group projects required.
EDC 518 Teaching Science in the Elementary School &endash; change
description to read:
Emphasis on methods and materials for use in the
teaching of science in technology, life, earth, space and physical
science topics. Pre: Permission of instructor
EDC 520 Teaching of Arithmetic &endash; change title and
description:
EDC 520 Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School
.....underlying the teaching of mathematics in the elementary
school;....available for the classroom teacher of mathematics.
EDC 570 Elementary School Curriculum &endash; change prerequisite
to read:
Pre: 529 or equivalent.
2. Department of Human Development and
Family Studies
a. Change:
HDF 553 Higher Education Practicum &endash; change grading method
to S/U
C. College of Arts and Sciences
1. .Department of Biological Sciences
a. Change:
BIO 508 Seminar in Biological Literature &endash; add ASP to
crosslisting and change prerequisite to read: Pre: Graduate standing
or permission of the instructor
2. Department of English
a. Change:
Change the requirement for the specialization in rhetoric and
composition studies in the M.A. to:
Delete ENG/WRT 520, ENG 645, and add ENG/WRT 524
Change the requirement for the specialization in rhetoric and
composition studies in the PhD to:
Delete ENG/WRT 520, and add WRT 647
Change the general program requirements for the MA and PhD in
English to include ENG 510 and 514
D. Graduate School of Oceanography
1. Change:
OCG 652 Marine Geophysics &endash; change course number to OCG
552 (GEO 452)
2. Suspend (four-year rule):
OCG 644 Global Paleoclimatology
OCG 646 Deep-Sea Sediments and Processes