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UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
Minutes of the March 8, 2002 Meeting

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

ABSENT:   Sandra Lawrence, Jimmy Meler, Ann Ruff, and Richard Telfer,

Larry Schuetz called the meeting to order at 2:18 p.m.

John Washbush moved, and Larry Kenney seconded, approval of the March 8, 2002 agenda which carried.

The February 22, 2002 minutes were approved on a John Washbush/Larry Kenney motion.

The Occupational Safety (from BSE to BS) degree was withdrawn so that the College of Education could define the BS degree requirements.  Alvaro Taveira then moved approval the Occupational Environmental and Safety and Health Department's proposals for a change in the Occupational Safety major and the deletion of the Safety Studies Minor - Institutional Safety Emphasis, the Safety Studies Minor - Letters & Sciences Emphasis, and the Safety Studies Minor - Traffic Safety Emphasis.  George Ferencz seconded the motion, and the motion carried.

 
The proposal for a change in the Political Science Major (BA/BS) from the Political Sciences Department was approved on a Anne Hamilton/Jim Butchart motion.

Anne Hamilton moved, and Pete Mesner seconded, to approve the new course proposal from the Political Science and the Women's Studies and Antropology Departments POLISCI/WOMENST 464 (664) Women in International Relations. The motion carried.
 

George Ferencz moved to receive and record the special courses approved between February 14, 2002 and February 27, 2002 which are as follows:
 
Course Number Title Term Approved
JOURNLSM/ SPEECH 496 Comm. and the Web 2027 2/18/02
JOURNLSM/ SPEECH 496 Intro Multimedia Studies 2027 2/18/02
JOURNLSM/ SPEECH 496 Multimedia Aesthetics 2027 2/18/02
SFTYGEN 490/690 Construction Safety Mgmt 2027 2/18/02
CIGENRL 490/690 Emergent Literacy 2021 2/18/02

Alvaro Taveira seconded the motion, and the motion carried.

Larry Schuetz gave a brief history of the General Education Review Committee (GERC) and distributed a document which was a very general set of guidelines that the GERC uses to evaluate curriculum for General Education credit.  Larry pointed out that the committee looks for course numbering, the level of background needed to take the course, how the curricullum approaches the subject area (broad context - social, ethical, etc.), how it promotes critical thinking, what kind of assignments it requires, etc.  Courses that hold General Education credit must be made available to all students.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:45 p.m. on a John Washbush/Scott Bradley motion.