Minutes
LAS Curriculum and Requirements Committee
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
8:00 a.m. – COH 2036
Present – Members: Curt Holder, Jim Eberhart, Bob Durham, Lynda Dickson, Suzanne MacAulay,
Edgar Cota-Torres. Ex-officio: Sheryl Botts, Kakki Brown, Ruth Sansing, Rex Welshon.
A.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES – September 16, 2009 UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
B.
OLD BUSINESS
C.
NEW BUSINESS
1.
New Course Proposal:
CHEM 408 Nuclear Chemistry (Eberhart)
3 APPROVED, 1 RECUSED, 1 ABSTAIN
2.
New Course Proposal:
P SC 460 Politics of Terrorism (Riley)
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED – Rex Welshon and
Leonard Riley will rewrite the catalog
description.
3.
New Course Proposal &
Global Awareness Requirement:
P SC 417 Mexican Political Development (Sondrol)
POSTPONED – Dr. Sondrol did not attend
meeting
4.
New Course Proposal:
ENGL 341 Poetry for the People (Ortega)
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED with changes
recommended by committee.
5.
Social Science Area Requirement
& Global Awareness Requirement: SOC 470/WEST 4700 Global Feminisms
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
6.
Humanities Area Requirement
& Global Awareness Requirement: WEST 3480 Global Women’s Issues
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED