New Programs and Innovations Committee Minutes 

February 4, 2010

Called to order at 9:40am
Present: G. Adams, G. Bogel, L. Carlson, G. Cochenet (Chair), J. Hong, D. Marino,
C. Michalski

I. New Business

A. Notification of three special topic sections were presented and logged.

Course #  Course Title Semester Times taught
MKT 398 Mixed Methods Marketing Research Fall 2010 0
SOC 398 Drugs and Society Fall 2010 2
SPA 498 Latin American Culture Through Film Fall 2010 0

Description of logged courses

MKT 398 - Mixed Methods Marketing Research
The course provides grounding in mixing methods for design and analysis of qualitative and quantitative forms of data in marketing research.  It describes criteria for judging the quality of such research.  Also, it provides instruction for writing up and reporting such work.

SOC 398 - Drugs and Society
Examination of developments, issues, and/ or creative work in the sociology of drug use.

SPA 498 - At the Movies: Latin American Culture Through Film
Proposed course explores contemporary Latin American and Caribbean cultures through film.  The course will examine Latin American and Caribbean cultural practices and the cinematic representation of specific historical events including the Cuban Revolution, the Dirty War, and the Trujillo Dictatorship.

B. NPIC briefly discussed the possibility of creating an XXX 198 special topics shell to be used in the upcoming LEP.  Questions and concerns were brought up and there needs to be much more discussion about this.

II. Old Business

A. None

Meeting adjourned at 10:30am.
Respectfully submitted by: Greg Cochenet