CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
College of Letters and Sciences
Meeting of October 28, 2010
PRESENT: Ellen Davis, Paul House,
Pilar Melero, Molly Patterson, Anglea Harlan,
David Cartwright, Steve Sahyun, Elizabeth
Olson, Paul Adogamhe, Paul Gregory,
and
Elizabeth Hachten,
Chair.
GUESTS: Larry Neuman - Sociology, Anthropology & Criminal Justice and Peter Hoff - Foreign Languages
The minutes of theSeptember 30, 2010meeting were approved as distributed on a Davis/House motion.
Announcements: None
Cartwright/House moved to approve the new major, Japanese Studies proposal with authorization to Implement New Program Proposal. Discussion ensued. The approval was tabled on an Olson/Davis motion pending clarification of the proposal (i.e. entry requirements, prerequisite grade requirement clarification, rationales for course, update to four year plan documentation, list of required courses in AR format, and list of milestones). Motion to table passed unanimously.
Chairperson Hachten distributed two handouts: 1) a memorandum; and 2) foreign language placement comparison charts. She also provided a summation of progress made by the Foreign Language Subcommittee and told the Committee that the data would be available online in the near future as the Subcommittee progresses toward proposal submission. (Note: Other Foreign Language Data information may be found on the L&S Curriculum main page at http://acadaff.uww.edu/ls.)
The
meeting adjourned at 3:30 pm on a House/Gregory motion.