Undergraduate
Curriculum Committee Minutes
March 11, 2003
Members Present: Ronald
Glass, Donald Socha , Terence Kelly, Stephen Mc Dougal, Robert Klindworth,
Andrew Matchett, Brian Finnigan, Kenny Hunt, Joseph Kastantin
Members Absent: Adrienne Loh, Dean
Wilder, Travis McBride, Mary Heim, Jamie Lee Bergum, Nick Osborne
Consultants: Emily Johnson, Amelia
Dittman, Chris Bakkum, Diane Schumacher
Guests: Kathryn Hollon, Delores Heiden, Eric Kraemer, Thomas Hench, Tim
Gerber, Mark Sandheinrich, Dayr Reis, Robin Mc Cannon, Kristine Saeger, Raymond
Schoen, Richard Gappa
1. M/S/P to approve minutes of February 11, 2003.
2. Second Readings:
Proposal #34, Associate Degree, degree requirements, effective Fall
2003.
See degree requirements in the minutes of February 25, 2003.
The CLS Core Curriculum Committee provided the Undergraduate Curriculum
Committee a list of the UW and Minnesota schools and their requirements for the
number of resident credits. Pam
Rodgers does have the written response from all of the deans, but wasn’t
present at the meeting to supply the committee with this information.
The CLS Curriculum Committee has requested that UCC decide about
assigning associate degree oversight. This proposal was tabled due to the fact
that the letters from the deans were not available.
This proposal will be revisited at the next Undergraduate Curriculum
Committee meeting.
Proposal #38, EDM 317, Educational Media, course deletion, effective Fall 2003.
EDM 318, Educational Media-Materials Production, course deletion, effective Fall 2003.
EDM 319, Technology for Teaching and Learning, new course, 2 credits, effective Fall 2003. The course is an introduction to the systematic planning of instructional technology. Course objectives include developing functional skills in computer hardware and software, design of multimedia materials, and effective application of technology in teaching and learning. The course focuses on the basic principles of learning through technology integration into instruction with the use of multimedia, web development, instructional media, distance learning, Internet use and ethical, legal and social issues in technology. Prerequisite: junior standing.
The department has spoken with the Computer Science department in
regards to overlap. The Computer
Science department feels that the overlap is minimal. The second sentence in the course description was reworded as
noted above. M/S/P to approve the proposal on the second reading.
3. First Readings:
Proposal #37, O-T 499, Independent Study, course description, effective Fall 2003. Independent study under the direction and supervision of a member of the occupational therapy faculty. Activities related to occupational therapy including additional independent research may be pursued. Prerequisite: admission by consent of the instructor. Repeatable for credit-—maximum 6.
M/S/P to approve the proposal on the first reading.
Proposal #39, MGT 484,
International Human Resource Management, prerequisite,
effective Fall 2003. The course examines human resource practices in
countries other than the United States. These practices are compared and
contrasted with common U.S. practices and implications for multinational
corporations are considered. Specific
topics may include: staffing,
recruiting, overseas transfers, performance appraisal, compensation, and equal
employment opportunity issues. Prerequisite: MGT 308.
Management (CBA),
electives, effective Fall 2003.
Management Major
(College of Business
Administration) —
The Department of
Management offers students three tracks which may be utilized to complete a
major in management: general management and technology, human resources, and
international management* as listed below:
General Management and
Technology—
24 credits. The student
must take MGT 303, 305, 370, 395, 398, 408; plus two courses from group I: MGT
300, 360, 399, 400, 412, 428, 430, 494, I-S 320, 330; or one course from group I
and three credits from group II: MGT 450, 452, 499.
Human Resources—24
credits. The student must take MGT 303, 305, 385, 386, 408, 486; plus two
courses from group I: MGT 400, 431, 483, 484, 485; or one course from group I
and three credits from group II: MGT 450, 452, 499.
International
Management—24 credits.
The student must take MGT
303, 305, 360, 408, 430, 431; plus two courses from group I: MGT 400, 405, 484;
or one course from group I and three credits from group II: MGT 452, 499.
Department moved MGT 400
from group II to group I. Change will be retroactive, although not to be
detrimental.
MGT 431, Business Labour
and Human Rights, title, course description, effective
Fall 2003. Examines the impact of globalization, trade regulation and
international conventions, agreements and law on human rights: specifically in
the context if business and labour rights. Topics include the emergence of
post-war human rights structures; the impact of the International Labour Office
on Human Rights in the workplace; the establishment of economic, social, and
cultural rights in the context of business; the growing conflicts between trade
agreements and national policy and emerging partnerships between business
organizations and international agencies. Managerial and trade union responses
to emerging human rights issues are considered. Prerequisite: MGT 303 and 308.
One committee member observed that the
subject matter of MGT 431 is related to the subject matter of PHL 340, which
suggests the possibility that an interdisciplinary treatment of the subject
might be feasible. M/S/P
to approve the proposal on the first reading.
Proposal #40, BIO 302,
Introductory Plant Identification, title, course
description, effective Fall 2003.
Introduction to the
identification of trees, shrubs, and other herbacious plants of both local
native and cultivated species. Field trips required. Lect. 1, Lab. 2.
Prerequisite: BIO 204. Offered Sem. I, odd years.
BIO 390, Latin and Greek
for Scientists, new course, 2 credits, effective Fall
2003. Most scientific terminology comes to us as derived from Latin and
Greek words. This course provides a solid background in scientific vocabulary by
learning root words, prefixes and suffixes, as well as combinations of two or
more root words and prefixes. Prerequisite: four science courses, at least two
of which are BIO or MIC. Does not apply toward biology major in any
concentration. Offered Sem. II.
BIO 405/505, Aquatic and
Wetland Vascular Plants, title, effective Fall 2003.
BIO 413/513, Medical
Mycology, course description, prerequisite, effective
Spring 2003. A study of the increasing number of medically important
fungi, including the yeasts, molds, other fungi, and actinomycetes that are
pathogenic to humans and other animals. Emphasis is on laboratory techniques for
isolation and identification of pathogenic fungi. Lect. 2, Lab. 2. Prerequisite:
BIO 412/512 or MIC 230. Offered Sem. II.
M/S/P to approve the BIO 302, 405, 413 on the first reading; BIO 390
will return for a second reading. The
committee recommended that the title for BIO 390 be changed to Bioscientific
Terminology. The instructor of the
course will be contacted regarding that suggestion.
Proposal #41, ENG/EDM
315, Adolescent Literature, prerequisite, course
description, effective Fall 2003.
Survey of literature
suitable for reading by adolescent boys and girls. The course is designed
primarily for middle/secondary education students. Prerequisite: three credits
in 200-level English courses and junior or senior standing. (Not open for credit
in the English minor except for education minors.) (Cross-listed with ENG; may
only earn credit in EDM or ENG.)
M/S/P
to approve the proposal on the first reading.
Proposal # 42, Radiation
Science: Radiation Therapy, required preprofessional
courses, effective Fall 2003.
Pre-professional
requirements —
44 credits, including BIO
105*, 312 and 313; CHM 103*, 104; C-S 101*; MTH 151**; PHY 125* or PHY 103* and
104; MTH 145* or 250*; PSY 100* or SOC 110* or SOC 120*; ECO 110 or
120.
The
change to this program is due to changes made by the accreditation agency.
Instead of taking both PSY and SOC, students may choose one. ECO 110 or
120 was added because ECO 471, a required course, has ECO 110 as a prerequisite.
M/S/P to approve the proposal on the first reading.
Proposal #43, NMT 395,
Immunology for the Nuclear Medicine Technologist,
course description, 1 credit, effective Fall 2003.
A highly focused
investigation of the practices of immunology for the student of nuclear medicine
technology. Offered Sem. II.
Immunology
has decreased in importance for nuclear medicine technologists.
Therefore, the department is reducing the number of credits to 1 for this
course, which will reduce the program by 1 credit.
M/S/P to approve the proposal on the first reading.
4.
Consent Agenda:
PHL 201, Introduction to Ethics, course description, effective Fall 2003. A study of important ethical views in the history of philosophy. A search for justifiable standards of conduct through a critical examination of different ethical points of view. There will be additional introductory emphasis on selected issues in applied ethics from a multicultural point of view. Prerequisite: PHL 100. Offered Sem. I.
PHL 206, History of Philosophy, II, course description, effective Fall 2003. Principle questions of philosophy and history of their analysis from the Renaissance through the Enlightenment. Prerequisite: PHL 100. Offered Sem. II.
This proposal was submitted after the deadline for the meeting. It was requested that future proposals be submitted in a timely manner in order for standard processes to be followed. M/S/P to approve the proposal.
5.
Old Business: None
6. New Business
Faculty Senate was unable to discuss the criteria for evaluation of proposals on February 27. This item is on the Faculty Senate agenda for this week. Andy will report to the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee at the next meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 4:59 p.m. The next UCC meeting is March 25, 2003.
Diane L. Schumacher, UCC Secretary