New Programs and Innovations Committee

Minutes 3/18/04

NPIC met in cyberspace this week to acknowledge a raft of eleventh-hour special topics course notifications already approved by UCF chair Jim Tait.  The courses are:

ANT 298 Visual Anthropology 
ANT 298 Language and Identity 
ART 298 Figurative Sculpture 
ART 398 Rome as a Work of Art 
COM 298 Visual Anthropology 
COM 298 Copywriting for Electronic Media 
COM 498 Promotion Management 
GER 298 Exploring German Culture Through Tales, Stories, Film 
JRN 298 Introduction to Photojournalism 
MDS 298 Media Literacy for Young People 
MDS 298 The Mediated Self 
MDS 398 Unmasking the Media 
MDS 398 Postmodernism, Pastiche, Parody:  Deconstructing The Simpsons 
NUR 398 Health Professionals and Public Policy Advocacy 
PSC 298 Latin American Security 
THR 398 Costume History 
THR 498 Masks and Make-up 
THR 498 Movement for Actors 
WMS 298 Representations of Motherhood 

Two members expressed concern about one special topics course that may or may not be violating the stipulation prohibiting X98 courses from being degree requirements.  At the suggestion of the UCF Steering Committee an email has been sent requesting clarification from the course's writer.