LAS Curriculum and Requirements Committee
Wednesday September 16, 2015
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
COLU 3022
MINUTES
Present: Kevin Landis, Chris Duval, Ed Hoang, Edgar Cota-Torres, Sandy Berry Lowe, Greg
Oman, Emilie Vrbancic, Rex Welshon, Mary Long
A.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES – May 13, 2015
B.
OLD BUSINESS
None.
C.
NEW BUSINESS –
Kevin Landis will serve as Chair
Introduction of Greg Oman
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
1. New Course Proposals
and Natural Science area
requirement requests (3):
(w/draw BIOL 1013 NS area
requirement request)
BIOL 1011 PLTW Biomedical Sciences
BIOL 1012 PLTW Human Body Systems
BIOL 1013 PLTW Medical Interventions
BIOL 2040 PLTW Biomedical Innovation
(Tom Wolkow)
POSTPONED
2. New Course Proposal:
MATH 3210 Introduction to Geometry
(Radu Cascaval)
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
3. New Course Proposals:
HIST 3001 The Historian’s Craft
(Barb Headle)
HIST 3080 Maps as Historical Documents
to be cross-listed with new course proposalGES 3080 Maps as Historical Documents
(Barb Headle)
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED as a bundle
4. New Course Proposal:
Late submission of
Cultural Diversity area requirement
request:
SOC 3440 Community Leadership
(Heather Albanesi)
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
The subsequent submission of Cultural
Diversity area requirement request
circulated via email was not approved
per Kevin Landis; 3 approved, 3 opposed
5. New Course Proposal
and Social Science area
requirement request:
PSY 3630 Sex Crimes Against Children
(Sandy Wurtele)
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
D. DISCUSSION:
Revise LAS Area Requirement Request
form – Sandy Wurtele and Kevin Landis
ADJOURN:
The C&R Meeting schedule can be located at http://www.uccs.edu/las/faculty-and-staff/committees.html