LAS Curriculum and Requirements Committee
Wednesday January 21, 2015
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
CoH 3022
MINUTES
A.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES – UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
B.
OLD BUSINESS -
C.
NEW BUSINESS –
Sociology Undergraduate Certificate in Disability Studies
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED with caveat that language
be changed to not imply anything regarding gainful
employment (i.e., “marketable” ► “desirable”);
Changes approved by Rex Welshon
1. New Course Proposals,
Humanities area requirement
and Cultural Diversity
area requirement requests:
WEST 4920 Spiked: Spike Lee’s Cinema
crosslisted with SOC 5920 Spiked: Spike
Lee’s Cinema
(Stephany Rose)
Suggestion that SOC 4920 also be
created
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
SOC 4920 will be created
2. New Course Proposal,
Social Science area requirement
and Cultural Diversity requirement
requests:
WEST 4500 Social Justice & Sustainability:
Living Mindfully
(Dena Samuels)
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
3. New Course Proposal:
ENGL 4973 Shakespeare and Sustainability
ENGL 5973 Shakespeare and Sustainability
(Rebecca LaRoche)
POSTPONED
4. New Course Proposal
and Global Awareness area
requirement request:
EUST 3000 Intro European/EU Culture
(Teresa Meadows)
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
5. New Course Proposals
SOC 2300 Life in an Aging Society
crosslisted with GRNT 2300
(Heather Albanesi)
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
and Social Science
area requirement requests:
6. Compass Curriculum submissions:
EXPLORE
GRNT 2300 Life in an Aging Society
SUMMIT
ENGL 4973 Shakespeare & Sustainability
SUSTAINABILITY
GES 3070 Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa
ENGL 4973 Shakespeare & Sustainability
WRITING INTENSIVE
ENGL 4300 Studies in American Literature and
Culture
ENGL 4950 Seminar in Literary Topics
ENGL 4973 Shakespeare & Sustainability
PHIL 3160 Philosophical Issues in Death and
Dying
PHIL 3180 Practical Ethics
WEST 4050 From the Harem to the War Zone
All UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED except
for ENGL 4973, which has not yet been
submitted to C&R.
D. ADJOURN:
Future meetings:
February 18
March 18
April 15
May 13