TO: LETTERS AND SCIENCE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

Wendy Strauch Nelson, Art
Elena Gonzalez-Muntaner, Foreign Languages and Literatures
Tony Palmeri, Communication
Linda Eroh, Mathematics
Tracy Slagter, Political Science
Heike Alberts, Geography and Urban Planning

FROM: Charles Gibson, chair (Chemistry)

DATE: September 24, 2008

RE: L&S Curriculum Committee meeting #3

October 2, 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. in N/E 107

AGENDA

I. Approval of minutes from September 18, 2008

II. New Business

A. New Curriculum Proposals

Art Department – requests to approve upper level courses for General Education. (one proposal for the following courses)

01.      ART 310: Ancient World Art – approve for General Education

02.      ART 312: Gothic Art and Architecture – approve for General Education

03.      ART 313: Italian Renaissance Art – approve for General Education

04.      ART 314: Northern Renaissance Art – approve for General Education

05.      ART 315: 17 th and 18 th Century Art – approve for General Education

06.      ART 317: Art of India, China and Japan – approve for General Education

07.      ART 321: Art History, Modern – approve for General Education

08.      ART 322: Art History, Contemporary – approve for General Education

09.      ART 323: Studies in American Art – approve for General Education

 

Geography Department – request to approve upper-level course for General Education.

10.       General Education: approve GEOG 342 as Natural Science course

 

Foreign Language Department – request to approve intro and intermediate Chinese for General Education. (four proposals noted below in this link)

11.      CHINESE 110: Introduction to Chinese I – approve for General Education

12.      CHINESE 111: Introduction to Chinese II – approve for General Education

13.      CHINESE 210: Intermediate Chinese I – approve for General Education

14.      CHINESE 211: Intermediate Chinese II – approve for General Education

 

Math Department – prerequisite change.

15.      MATH 122: Mathematics for Computer Science – prerequisites change - Blue Sheet rec'd

 

English Department – 4 requests .

16.      ENGLISH 302, 307, 309, 310, 316, 317, 318, 321, and 389 – make ENGLISH 202 an acceptable prerequisite - Blue Sheet rec'd

17.      ENGLISH 387: Special Topic in Rhetoric and Composition - prerequisites correction to course description - Blue Sheet rec'd

18.      Master of Arts in English – change application deadline

19.      English Minor, Creative Writing Emphasis – requirements revisions

 

Music Department – prerequisite and minor description changes.

20. MUSIC 009: Junior Recital – prerequisites change - Blue Sheet rec'd

21. MUSIC 016: Convocation – prerequisites and description changes - Blue Sheet rec'd

22. MUSIC 019: Senior Recital – prerequisites change - Blue Sheet rec'd

23. MUSIC 107: Music Theory I – prerequisites change - Blue Sheet rec'd

24. MUSIC 184: Voice Class II – prerequisites change - Blue Sheet rec'd

25. MUSIC 261, 263, 265 and 267 – prerequisites and description changes - Blue Sheet rec'd

26. MUSIC 345: Jazz Theory and Improvisation – prerequisites change - Blue Sheet rec'd

27. MUSIC 362, 363 and 365 – prerequisites changes - Blue Sheet rec'd

28. MUSIC 391: Percussion Instruments – prerequisites and description changes - Blue Sheet rec'd

29. MUSIC 180: Guitar Class – prerequisites and description changes - Blue Sheet rec'd

 

Music Department – 4 requests.

30. MUSIC 219: Music and Culture – description change; delete repeatable

31. MUSIC 359: Audio for Video Techniques – prerequisites and component changes; remove field component - Blue Sheet rec'd

32. MUSIC 361: Organ – credits change - Blue Sheet rec'd

33. MUSIC 191: Percussion Instruments – prerequisites and description changes - Blue Sheet rec'd

 

Music Department – requests to change the composition classes.

34. MUSIC 247: Composition I – credits change; change to variable credit, independent study

35. MUSIC 248: Composition II – credits change; change to variable credit

36. MUSIC 347: Composition III – credits change; repeatable and variable credit

37. MUSIC 348: Composition IV - credits change; repeatable and variable credit

38. MUSIC 447: Composition V – make repeatable for credit

39. MUSIC 448: Composition VI – make repeatable for credit

 

Music Department – change to music business option.

40. Music Major: Music Industry Emphasis, Music Business Option J 73015 A – delete requirements

 

Music Department – change to the recording technology option.

41. Music Major: Music Industry Emphasis, Recording Technology Option J 73015 B – delete music techniques course requirement

42. Music Major: Music Industry Emphasis, Recording Technology Option J 73015 B – delete conducting course requirement

43. Music Major: Music Industry Emphasis, Recording Technology Option J 73015 B – delete composition requirement

 

Kinesiology Department – consideration of proposals tabled at previous meeting. (proposals below contained in one link)

44. Kinesiology 122: New course (clarify prerequisites and number of credits).

45. Kinesiology 246: New course (correct syllabus required).

46. Kinesiology 171: Prerequisite change (clarify prerequisites).

47. Kinesiology 173: Prerequisite/course component change (clarify prerequisites.)

 

DEPARTMENT CHAIRS: Please send a qualified representative to this meeting who is able to answer questions about the proposal(s) listed above.

  

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