UCC Agenda

April 8, 2008
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Meeting
3:30pm, 325 Graff Main Hall

  1. 1. Approval of the March 25, 2008 minutes
  2. 2. Second readings:                                
     
    PSY
    PSY 370, Educational Psychology, 3 cr.; change in prerequisites: PSY 100 and 210 OR HED 205 AND PSY 212 and concurrent or previous enrollment in one of the following: EFN 210/C-I 211 or SHE 210 OR ESS 225/226.
     
  3. 3. First readings:
     
    POL
    POL 375, Constitutional Law VI: Criminal Procedure, 3 cr.; new course
    This course will carefully examine criminal procedure as interpreted in U.S. Supreme Court rulings pertaining to the 5th and 6th Amendments.  Among the topics to be covered are protection against self-incrimination and double jeopardy, trail by jury, plea bargaining, right to counsel, and due process in the courtroom.  Prerequisites: POL 101 or 102 or 221.  Offered Sem. II only.
     
    POL 376, Constitutional Law VII: Administrative Law, 3 cr.; course revision – changing course number from POL 325 to POL 376
     
    POL 377, Constitutional Law VIII: Theories of Judicial Adjudication, 3 cr.; new course
    The central inquiry in Constitutional Law, and the question which most guides the U.S. Supreme Court, is whether the intentions of the Framers of 1787 should exclusively direct justices in interpreting constitutional provisions, or is it necessary to adjudicate cases in light of changing legal and social circumstances not known to members of the Philadelphia Convention. We will begin with a study of the 1787 Convention and then read a series of law review articles advocating both of these perspectives. Supreme Court opinions will not be covered in this course. Prerequisites: POL 101 or 102 and two courses from 370-376.  Offered 1 semester every academic year.
     
  4. 4. Consent Agenda:
  5. 5. Old business:            Hidden Prerequisites                                          
  6. 6. New business: