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UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
Minutes of the January 25, 2002 Meeting

PRESENT:  Scott Bradley, John Washbush (for James Bronson), Jim Butchart, Dan Edlebeck, George Ferencz, Anne Hamilton, John Howat, Phil Johns, Larry Kenney, Jo Ann Oravec, Larry Schuetz, Bruce Eshelman (for Stephen Solheim), Alvaro Taveira, Richard Telfer, Eric Updike, and Wilfred Tremblay

ABSENT:   Ann Ruff, Sandra Lawrence, and Jimmy Meler

GUESTS:   Dieudonne Phanord and Anne Stinson

Richard Telfer called the meeting to order at 2:16 p.m.

John Washbush moved to approve the January 25, 2002 agenda.  Larry Kenney seconded the motion, and the motion carried.

Both the November 2, 2001 and the December 14, 2001 minutes were approved on a Phil Johns/Jim Butchart motion.

Richard Telfer reminded the committee of which members are voting members.  He then explained that there are special requirements for certain activities and notes that any proposals that change the General Education Requirements require approval by two or more representatives from each college.
 

Jim Butchart moved, and George Ferencz seconded, approval of the proposal for the new course ARTSTDIO 390 Digital Photography/Digital Imaging from the Art Department. After some discussion regarding the proposal's lack of addressing the budgetary impact of faculty, the motion carried with one opposed.  The proposal for a change in requisites for ARTSTDIO 484(686) Graphic Design 4: Computer Processes was received and recorded on a George Ferencz/John Washbush motion.

The new course CIGENRL 214 Informing the Education Consumer: Issues in American Public Education from the Curriculum and Instruction Department was approved, including General Education credit, on a Alvaro Taveira/Scott Bradley motion.

Alvaro Taveira moved, and Anne Hamilton seconded, to approve the Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Coaching  Department's proposal for a change in the Physical Education K-12 Non-licensure Emphasis (BSE).  The motion carried.

John Howat moved to receive and record the Marketing Department's proposals for change in title and description of MARKETNG 429 (from Personal Selling, to Personal Selling and Sales Management) as well as the deletion of MARKETNG 349 Sales Management. John Washbush seconded the motion, and the motion carried.

Phil Johns moved, and Jim Butchart seconded, to receive and record the changes in credit and contact hours MATH 041 Beginning Algebra and to approve the changes in credit and contact hours for MATH 141 Intermediate Algebra.  After some discussion, the motion carried with at least two votes from each of the constituencies, noting that there was one dissenting vote from Letters and Sciences, and one from Arts and Communications.
 

George Ferencz moved to receive and record the special courses approved between December 6, 2001 and January 16, 2002 which are as follows:
 
Course Number Title Term Approved
CIGENRL 490/690 Integration of Technology 2021 12/10/01
ECON 796 Econ Ed-Elem/Sec Teachers 2021 12/28/01
EDFOUND 490/690 Contemporary Indian Issue 2023 12/28/01
EDFOUND 490/690 World of Business 2021 12/10/01
EDFOUND 790 Inst Theory & Tech Integr 2021 12/28/01
PEGNRL 490 Racquetball I 2023 12/10/01
PEGNRL 490 Racquetball II 2023 12/10/01

John Washbush seconded the motion, and the motion carried.

Dick Telfer then distributed the proposal from the College of Education for a change in GPA requirements for Professional Education students.  He noted that the GPA requirement has been changed to a 2.75 due to DPI requirements.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:10 p.m.