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UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE Minutes of the April 9, 1999 Meeting
 

PRESENT:  Tom Colwin, George Ferencz, Mary Margaret Hosler, Philip Johns, Larry Kenney, Michael Longrie, Terry Ostermeier, David Remmele,  Steve Schmidbauer, Nathan Schmitt, Larry Schuetz, Mark Skidmore, Jim Stewart, Richard Telfer, and Lance Urven

ABSENT:   Scott Bradley, Greg Green, Joseph Greene, and Michelle Weis

GUESTS:    Nancy Fowell, Poonam Kumar, Ann Riall, Mary Lou Rossini, David Travis, Jonathan Smith

Dick Telfer called the meeting to order at 2:15 p.m.

George Ferencz moved to approve the agenda with the following revisions:  1)   "New Submajors" in item 6 should read "Change in Submajors",  and 2) Seminar Thesis in item 8 should read Senior Thesis.   Mary Margaret Hosler seconded the motion which carried.

Larry Kenney moved, and Terry Ostermeier seconded, approval of the March 19, 1999 minutes.  The motion carried.

The college-wide new course proposals 400-211 Introduction to Early Childhood Education, 400-213 Development of the Young Child, 400-214 Field Work 1: Observation and Reflection in Head Start, 400-215 Art in the Early Years,  and 400-216 Reflection Seminar: Ecology of the Child were approved Mary Margaret Hosler/Larry Kenney motion.

Lance Urven moved to approve the Biological SciencesDepartment's proposal for a new submajor Biology-Three Year Pre-Professional.  Phil Johns seconded the motion.  After some discussion regarding the title of the submajor and the campus rule regarding where the last 15 credits must be taken, the department agreed to change the title to Biology-Early Entrance Pre-Professional and to add a statement regarding the waiving of the 15 credit rule on campus and that the final 30 credits will be pre-approved by the department chair.  The motion carried.

Phil Johns moved, and Mike Longrie seconded to approve the Geography Department's new course proposals 722-100 Introduction to Geography, 722-300 Soil Science, 722-330 Biogeography, 722-440(640) Applied GIS: Applications for Business and Industry, 722-450 Advanced Methods in Physical Geography, and thecourse revisions 722-270, 722-370 (was 722-375), and 722-377(577)as a package.  The motion carried. Next the changes in submajors Geography Major: General Track,  Geography Major: International/Regional Track, Geography Major: Physical/Environmental Track, Geography Major: Techniques Track (was Quantitative Techniques Track), and the Geography Major: Urban/Area Track were approved on a Phil Johns/Lance Urven motion.

The cross-listed new course proposal from the Geography Department and the Math and Computer Sciences Department, 722/760-290  Spacial Analysis, was approved on a Phil Johns/Lance Urven motion

The Philosophy and Religious Studies Department's new course proposals for 600-201 Seminar: Introduction to Liberal Studies, and600-499 Senior Thesis were approved on a George Ferencz/Mike Longrie motion.  Mike Longrie then moved approval for the new major Liberal Studies Major.  Lance Urven seconded th emotion, and the motion carried.

Mark Skidmore moved to receive and record the proposals for a change in requisite for courses 840-394(594) and 840-444(644) from the Psychology Department.  Phil Johns seconded the motion, which carried.

George Ferencz moved to receive and record the special courses that had been approved between
March 1, 1999 and March 31, 1999 as listed below:
 

Course # Title Semester Approved
800-496 ntroduction to Geophysics 1993 3/15/99
 
Mark Skidmore seconded the motion, which carried.

The following recommendation was approved on a Mike Longrie/Terry Ostermeier motion:

The UCC recommends that the Faculty Senate delegate the approval of curricular matters to the Faculty Senate Chair. To ensure that the Faculty Senate has the opportunity to address any specific curricular matter in the Senate meeting, a copy of the UCC transmittal will be sent to all senators via e-mail or posted at the Web site at the same time it is sent to the Faculty Senate Chair.  Any senator may request within five days that an item be placed on the Faculty Senate agenda for consideration.  Unless such a request is made, the Faculty Senate Chair will sign the curriculum proposals indicating approval and forward them to the Provost.  If a request is made for Faculty Senate discussion of an item, the Faculty Senate Chair will delay action on that proposal until the Faculty Senate has completed its review.
 
Other business included discussion regarding the 1999-2001 Bulletin deadlines.  The following information has since been obtained:
UCC Approval Deadline        October 22, 1999
Graduate Approval Deadline   November 11, 1999
The meeting adjourned at 3:55 p.m. on a Larry Kenny/David Remmele motion.