UNIVERISTY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

Minutes of the January 26, 2007 meeting

PRESENT:Scott Bradley, Jessica Cole representing Dan Edlebeck, Tom Colwin, Rita Czaja, Ellen Davis, Simone DeVore, Carol Elsen, Jolly Emrey, George Ferencz, Liz Hachten, Barbara Penington, Amy Schumacher, Lauren Smith, Lila Waldman, and Linda Yu

ABSENT:Katy Heyning, Barbara Monfils, Laura Plamann, and Becky Wintermute,

GUEST: Bruce Bukowski, Barbara Grubel, and Steve Sahyun

Liz Hachten, presiding as chair in Barbara Monfils' absence, called the meeting to order at 2:15 p.m.

The January 26, 2007 agenda was approved on a Rita Czaja/Lauren Smith motion.

George Ferencz moved and Simone DeVore seconded the approval of the October 20, 2006 minutes.  Motion carried.

Simone DeVore moved with a second by George Ferencz to approve the curriculum proposal from the College of Business & Economics for a new course - BEINDP 201 Entrepreneurship for Non-Business Majors. The motion carried.  The change in submajor for General Business Entrepreneurship Emphasis (BBA) was approved on a Rita Czaja/Lauren Smith motion

For the following curriculum proposals from the College of Education, the requisite change for EDUNIDP 443 Field Study: Ages 3 through 8 was received and recorded on a Rita Czaja/Scott Bradley motion,  the change in major for Early Childhood Education was approved on a Simone DeVore/Amy Schumacher motion, and the articulation agreements - Early Childhood Education - Early Childhood through Middle Childhood and Early Childhood Education - Early Childhood Regular/Special Education were received and recorded on a Simone DeVore/Amy Schumacher motion.

For the curriculum proposal from the Accounting Department, Simone DeVore moved with a second by Rita Czaja to receive and record the requisite change for ACCOUNT 454 Accounting Information System. The motion carried.

Ellen Davis with a second by Barbara Penington moved to receive and record the following curriculum proposals from the Biology Department: requisite change for BIOLOGY 430 Animal Behavior and description change and requisite change for BIOLOGY 457 General Ecology.  The motion carried.  The contact hour change and/or credit change for BIOLOGY 412 Immunology was approved on an Ellen Davis/Barbara Penington motion.

George Ferencz moved with a second by Barbara Penington to approve the curriculum proposal for the new course - SPEECH 346 Sound and Image:  An Exploration of Sound for/with Visual Media from the Communication Department  The motion carried.

Linda Yu moved to receive and record the curriculum proposal for the title change - from:  FNBSLW 370 Small Business Finance to: FNBSLW 370 Entrepreneurial Financial Management from the Finance and Business Law Department. Rita Czaja seconded the motion.  The motion carried.  The curriculum proposals for change in major for Finance, Finance: Insurance Emphasis, Finance: Finance Planning Emphasis, Finance: Real Estate Emphasis (BBA) from the Finance & Business Law Department were approved on a Linda Yu/Rita Czaja motion.

For the curriculum proposals from the Geography and Geology Department for new courses - GEOGRPY 120 Introduction to Weather and Climate and GEOGRPY 361 Geography of South and Southeast Asia, Lauren Smith moved to approve with a second by Ellen Davis.  The motion carried. Ellen Davis moved to receive and record the curriculum proposal for the description change and title change from:  GEOGRPY 364 Geography of Asia to: GEOGRPY 364 Geography of East Asia from the Geography and Geology Department.  Linda Yu seconded the motion.  The motion carried.

For the following curriculum proposals from the Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Coaching Department, the contact hour change and/or credit change for HEALTHED 341/541 Yoga and Stress Reduction was approved on a Rita Czaja/Amy Schumacher motion; the description change and title change from: HEALTHED 360 High Level Wellness to: HEALTHED 360 Current Topics in Health and Wellness, the description change, title change, requisite change from: PEPROF 340 Team and Individual Sports to: PEPROF 340 Teaching Physical Education in Secondary Schools, the requisite changes for HEALTHED 471/671 Research in Health and Physical Activity, PEPROF 325 Physical Education for the K-3rd Classroom Teacher, PEPROF 326 Physical Education for the 4-8th Classroom Teacher, PEPROF 327 Motor Programming for Early Childhood were received and recorded on a Lauren Smith/Scott Bradley motion; and the course revision, description change, title change, and writing requirement from: PEPROF 165 Introduction to Physical Education and Mechanical Principles to: PEPROF 165 Introduction to Physical Education was approved on a Rita Czaja/Jolly Emrey motion; the new course RECREATN 388 Special Events Management was approved on a Scott Bradley/Lauren Smith motion; and the change in submajor - Health, Human Performance, and Recreation (BSE) was approved on a Tom Colwin/Ellen Davis motion.

For the following curriculum proposals from the History Department, the title change from:  HISTRY 326 History of Contemporary Women, from 1800 to: HISTRY 326 Global Women?s History, Since 1800 was received and recorded on an Ellen Davis/Rita Czaja motion; the new courses - HISTRY 363 From Goddesses to Witches:  Women in Pre-Modern European History, HISTRY 337 Modernization in the Middle East, HISTRY 338 The Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1900-present were approved on a Lauren Smith/Ellen Davis motion; the change in major for History (BA/BS), Public History Emphasis, History (BSE), Social Studies Broadfield (BSE) - History with Social Studies and change in minor for History minor, History minor with Public History Emphasis, History Elementary Education minor, History Secondary Education minor were approved on a Tom Colwin/Jolly Emrey motion.

Lila Waldman moved with a second by Linda Yu to approve the curriculum proposals for the description change, title change, contact hour change and/or credit change, requisite change, repeatability change for ITBE 493 Computer End-User Internship and the new course - ITBE 280 Introduction to Information Systems from the Information Technology and Business Education Department.  The motion carried.

The curriculum proposal for a change in major - Integrated Science-Business major from the Integrated Science-Business Program was approved on an Ellen Davis/Amy Schumacher motion.

Barbara Penington moved to approve the curriculum proposal for the new course - LSINDP 100 Foreign Film Appreciation from the College of Letters and Sciences.  Rita Czaja seconded the motion.  The motion carried.

For the following curriculum proposals from the Management Department, the change in major for Operations Management:  Emphasis in E-Operations was approved on a Rita Czaja/Lila Waldman motion and the title change from:  MANGEMNT 387 Entrepreneurship to:  MANGEMNT 387 Entrepreneurship:  New Ventures and the description and title change from:  MANGEMNT 460 Computer Integrated Operations and Project Management to:  MANGEMNT 460 Project Management and Enterprise Resource Planning were received and recorded on an Amy Schumacher/Linda Yu motion.

For the following curriculum proposals from the Management Computer Systems Department, the course revision, description change, title change, requisite change for MCS 232 Concepts of COBOL with File Structures was approved on a Lila Waldman/Linda Yu motion;  the requisite changes for MCS 220 Concepts of Programming, MCS 231 Concepts of Data Structures, MCS 325 Web Development I, MCS 331 Systems Analysis and Design I, MCS 391 MCS Cooperative Program, MCS 425 Web Development 2, MCS 431 Systems Analysis and Design 2, MCS 475 Network Engineering, MCS 485 Project, MCS 496 Special Studies, MCS 498 Independent Studies were received and recorded on an Ellen Davis/Linda Yu motion;  and the change in major for Management Computer Systems - BS and Management Computer Systems - BBA were approved on a Lila Waldman/Rita Czaja motion.

For the curriculum proposal from the Marketing Department, Rita Czaja moved to receive and record the title change from:  MARKETNG 400 Product Policy and Strategy to: MARKETNG 400 Innovation and Technology Marketing with a second by Linda Yu.  The motion carried.  Lila Waldman moved to approve the curriculum proposal for the new course MARKETNG 460 Entrepreneurial Marketing from the Marketing Department.  Rita Czaja seconded the motion. The motion carried.

Ellen Davis moved to receive and record the curriculum proposals from the Mathematical and Computer Sciences Department for a requisite change for COMPSCI 271 Assembly Programming and a course deletion for COMPSCI 372 Intermediate Programming and COMPSCI 475 Network Engineering and to approve the change in minor - Web Site Development and Administration.  Rita Czaja seconded the motion.  The motion carried.

George Ferencz moved to approve with a second by Barbara Penington the curriculum proposals from the Music Department for credit change for MUSC 438 Medieval Music, MUSC 445 Renaissance Music, MUSC 447 Music of the Classical Period, MUSC 448 Music of the Romantic Period, and  MUSC 463 Music after 1900.  The motion carried.

For the following curriculum proposals from the Physics Department, the requisite change for PHYSCS 221 Intermediate Laboratory, and the course deletion for PHYSCS 161 General Physics Laboratory I, PHYSCS 163 General Physics Laboratory II, PHYSCS 170 Introductory Physics I, PHYSCS 320 Electricity and Magnetism I, PHYSCS 322 Electricity and Magnetism II, PHYSCS 354 Optics, PHYSCS 355 Optics Laboratory, PHYSCS 410 Modern Physics I, PHYSCS 411 Modern Physics I Laboratory, PHYSCS 412 Modern Physics II were received and recorded on a Rita Czaja/Amy Schumacher motion;  the course revision, description change, contact and/or credit change, general education option (GM) for PHYSCS 100 Energy and course revision, description change, title change, number change, contact hour and/or credit change from:  PHYSCS 160 General Physics I to:  PHYSCS 140 Principles of Physics I, from:  PHYSCS 162 General Physics II to: PHYSCS 141 Principles of Physics II, from:  PHYSCS 172 Introductory Physics II to:  PHYSCS 180 Physics for Scientists and Engineers I, and PHYSCS 174 Introductory Physics III to: PHYSCS 181 Physics for Scientists and Engineers II, and new courses - PHYSCS 190 Frontiers of Engineering and Physics, PHYSCS 324 Methods of Theoretical Physics, PHYSCS 325 Classical Electromagnetism, PHYSCS 344 Modern Physics, PHYSCS 360 Optics, and PHYSCS 425 Quantum Mechanics were approved on an Ellen Davis/Rita Czaja motion; and other curricular action for Major/Emphasis description change, change in major for Physics Industry Emphasis (BA/BS), Physics Graduate School Emphasis (BA/BS), Physics Engineering Emphasis (BA/BS), Physics BSE, change in minor for Physics, Physics Education Emphasis, Physical Science were approved on an Amy Schumacher/Rita Czaja motion.

Rita Czaja moved to approve the curriculum proposal from the Political Science Department for new course - POLISCI 240 Law and Society.  Tom Colwin seconded the motion.  The motion carried.  For the other two curriculum proposals from the Political Science Department, Lauren Smith moved to approve with a second by Rita Czaja the change in major for Political Science (BSE) and change in minor for Political Science Education Emphasis.  The motion carried.

Rita Czaja moved to receive and record the curriculum proposal from the Psychology Department for requisite change for PSYCH 499 Honors Thesis.  Ellen Davis seconded the motion.  The motion carried.

For the following curriculum proposals from the Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice Department, the course deletion for ANTHROPL 324 Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific was received and recorded on an Ellen Davis/Amy Schumacher motion and the new course -ANTHROPL 225 Human Evolution:  Introduction to Biological Anthropology, ANTHROPL 316 Pharmaceuticals, Culture, and Society, ANTHROPL 320 Heritage and Cultural Resource Management, SOCIOLGY 255 Sociology of Science Fiction and change in major for Sociology (BSE), Social Studies - Broadfield Sociology I Emphasis, Social Studies - Broadfield Sociology II Emphasis, and Sociology - Comparative Studies Emphasis were approved on an Amy Schumacher/Rita Czaja motion.

The curriculum proposals for requisite changes for the following courses from the Special Education Department were received and recorded on a Lauren Smith/Simone DeVore motion:  SPECED 361 Inclusive Methods of Instruction, SPECED 380/580 Phase 3 Portfolio, SPECED 406/606 Career/Vocational Programming for Exceptional Educational Needs, SPECED 426 Introduction to Individualized Diagnostic Assessment of EEN, SPECED 440/640 Advanced Behavior Interventions Strategies, SPECED 450/650 Intervention for Children with EBD, SPECED 458/658 Collaboration for Effective Instruction, SPECED 465/665 Curriculum/Methods Cognitive Disabilities - Functional, SPECED 470/670 Student Teaching Seminar, SPECED 480/680 Phase 4 Portfolio, SPECED 486/686 Academic Intervention I, SPECED 487/687 Academic Intervention II, SPECFLD 385/585 Cross Categorical Field Work, SPECFLD 410/610 General Education Field Experience, SPECFLD 485A/685A Specialization Field Work - Cognitive Delay, SPECFLD 485B/685B Specialization Field Work - Learning Disability, SPECFLD 485C/685C Specialization Field Work - Emotional/Behavioral Disorders.

George Ferencz moved to approve with a second by Tom Colwin the curriculum proposal from the Theatre/Dance Department for a course revision, description change, contact hour and/or credit change for DANCE 348 Contemporary Dance Technique III.  The motion carried.

The special courses approved between 10/5/06 through 1/17/07 were received and recorded on a Tom Colwin/Rita Czaja motion.

Course #	Title	Term	Approved
CIGENRL 490	Environmental Education	2073	11/24/06
CIGENRL 490/690	Wrkshp:  Teach Cooperatives	2073	11/9/06
CIGENRL 490/690	ReflectPracticeEarlychdEd	2071	12/8/06
CIGENRL 490/690	Little Learners Education Places	2071	1/10/07
CIGENRL 494/694	Adv Inquiry Discussion in SS	2071	1/12/07
CIGENRL 490	Strategies for Teaching Visual Literacy	2073	1/18/07
COACHING 490/690	Play & Coach Golf	2073	11/24/06
COACHING 490/690	Sport Camp Observation & Participation	2073	11/24/06
COACHING 490/690	Facility Planning	2073	11/24/06
EDFOUND 490/690	Contemporary Indian Issues	2073	11/17/06
EDFOUND 490/690	World of Business - Education for Employment	2071	11/17/06
EDUINDP 490/690	Conflict Resolution	2073	11/15/06
HISTRY 790	Dialogs w/Democracy III	2067	11/7/06
HISTRY 790	Teaching with Documents	2073	11/24/06
LIBMEDIA 790	Superv LibMedia Prac	2071	12/28/06
LIBMEDIA 790	Inst Theory & Tech Integr	2077	12/28/06
MUSC 490	Elementary General Music Methods	2071	12/5/06
MUSC 490	Music & Dance of North India	2073	11/28/06
PEGNRL 490	Frisbee Golf	2073	11/24/06
POLISCI/SOCIOLGY 291/491/691	Globalization - Mexico	2077	10/27/06
SAFETY 796	Org Admin School Safety	2073	11/6/06
SCHBUSMG 790	Current Issues in School Business Mngmt	2077	12/21/06
SPECED 490/690	Strategies for Writing Success	2073	11/21/06
SPECED 490/690	Workshop:  Outdoor Rec/Edu	2073	12/8/06

The meeting was adjourned at 3:30 p.m. on Rita Czaja/Lauren Smith motion.

Respectfully submitted,

Leslie Meyer