Undergraduate Curriculum Forum

Notification Management Committee

Minutes 3/21/02 (amended)

Present: Jon Bloch (chair), Beena Achhpal, Vince Bresling, Noreen DeCrosta. Joe Fields, Kathy Mauro.

1. Proposals approved: Beena made the motion to accept each of the following, and Kathy seconded; the proposals were approved unanimously:

    A. CSC 390 (Object-Oriented Programming)

    B. BA Studio Art (Scupture)

    C. BA Studio Art

    D. BS Studio Art

    E. BS Studio Art - Ceramics

    F. BS Studio Art - Graphic Design

    G. BS Studio Art - Painting

    H. BS Studio Art - Printmaking

    I. Art 240 - Intro to Sculpture: Casting & Subtraction

    J. Art 241- Intro to Sculpture: Modeling & Construction

    K. Art 340 - Metal Sculpture

    L. Art 341 - Wood Sculpture

    M. Art 342 - Sculptural Casting

    N. Art 440 - Advanced Sculpture

    O. SOC 315 (Sociology of Gender)

    P. SOC 338 (Juvenile Delinquency)

    Q. SOC 365 (Social Interaction)

    R. BS EDU (Early Childhood Education w/ Cert.)

    S. BS EDU (Elementary Education w/ Cert.)

    T. BS EDU (Middle Grades w/ Cert.)

    U. EDU 485 (Student Teaching Seminar)

    V. BS Studio Art - Photography

2. Proposals approved pending changes: Beena made the motion to accept each of the following, and Kathy seconded; the proposals were approved unanimously, pending the following issues:

A. HON 254 (The World of Utopian and Dystopias): Minor typo in catalog description; proposals states "See attached syllabus" for course outline, but no syllabus was attached.

B. EDU 311 (Integrated Curriculum Upper Elem. Grades): Minor Typo in catalog description; some confusion over the change in prerequisites (EDU 312 or 320?); rationale for changes needed.

3. Other Business

A. Discussion concerning course revisions: When courses have not been offered in a long while, should changes such as renumbering, the changing of a title, and/or new catalog descriptions be treated as minor course revisions (as is the present policy), or do these changes in effect suggest the development of a new course? (For example, should there be a line drawn regarding courses that have not offered in a certain number of semesters?) Also, should there be more extensive and unified archives, whereby there can be easy reference to nature of specific courses before and after minor changes?

 

Submitted by: J. Bloch