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UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
Minutes of the April 5, 2002 Meeting

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

ABSENT:   Scott Bradley, Sandra Lawrence, Jimmy Meler, Ann Ruff, Larry Schuetz, and Eric Updike

Dick Telfer called the meeting to order at 2:15 p.m. and publicly thanked Larry Schuetz (although absent) for running the last meeting.

John Washbush moved, and Alvaro Taveira seconded, approval of the April 5, 2002 agenda which carried.

The March 8, 2002 minutes were approved on a John Howat/John Washbush motion.

Phil Johns moved approval of the proposal for a change in submajor from the Colleges of Business and Economics and of Letters and Sciences to move the Professional Business Minors from L&S to B&E under the appropriate minors.  John Howat seconded the motion, and the motion carried.

Larry Kenny moved, and Alvaro Taveira seconded, to receive and record the proposals from the Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Coaching Department for changes in requisites for PEPROF 251 Water Safety Instructor and PEPROF 291 Lifeguarding.  The motion carried, however, it was suggested that the department add to the description or to the prerequisites that placement testing is required.  Larry Kenney then moved approval of the proposal for a new course COACHING 252  Sports Pedagogy: Teaching and Coaching Sports Skills and the proposal for a change in the Coaching Minor.  Jim Butchart seconded the motion, and the motion carried.

John Washbush moved to receive and record the Management Department's proposal for a change in title for MANAGEMNT 465 from Operations Strategy  to Global Operations Strategy.  Jo Ann Oravec seconded the motion, which carried.

The proposal from the Music Department for a revision of the notes in the 2002-2004 Catalog was approved on a George Ferencz/Wilfred Tremblay motion.

Pete Mesner moved to approve the Physics Department's proposal to delete the submajor Pre-professional / Pre-Engineering. Phil Johns seconded the motion, and the motion carried.
 
Anne Hamilton moved, and Phil Johns seconded, to receive and record the proposal from the Political Science for a change in repeatability in POLISCI 498 Independent Study. The motion carried.
 

Phil Johns moved, and George Ferencz seconded, to receive and record the proposal from the Sociology Department AFRIAMR/SOCIOLGY 470  African American Families. The motion carried.  Anne Hamilton then moved to receive and record the proposal for changes in contact hours, credits, and requisites for ASIANST/SOCIOLGY 350  Contemporary Japanese Society.  Jim Butchart seconded the motion, and the motion carried.  The proposal for a change in title for course SOCIOLGY 359 from Social Change to Sociology of Globalization was received and recorded on a Phil Johns/John Washbush motion.
 
George Ferencz moved to receive and record the special courses approved between February 28, 2002 and March 27, 2002 which are as follows:
 
Course Number Title Term Approved
ARTSTDIO 496/696 Design Ac Dimension:  AEI  2021 3/05/02
FORNLANG 496  Japanese Conversation I  2027 2/28/02
LIBMEDIA 790 Electronic Portfolios  2027 2/28/02

Alvaro Taveira seconded the motion, and the motion carried.

Dick Telfer then shared with the committee that a subgroup of the UCC had met prior to the UCC meeting to review the travel study proposals.  The committee noted that:
 
  1.   All of the travel studies required that something be done ahead of time.
  2.   Most contained some formal or informal discussion during travel.
  3.   Grades required a journal, test, paper, or some combination thereof.

The committee is recommending that lecture hours count 1:1 so that 20 hours of lecture would equal 20 contact hours, and that appropriate field work be considered as a lab and count as 2:1 (56 field hours would equal 28 contact hours).  It was also noted that all travel studies reviewed would have met the contact hour requirement given these guidelines.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:42 p.m. on a Anne Hamilton/George Ferencz motion.