Minutes
LAS Curriculum and Requirements Committee
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
8:00 a.m. – COH 2036
Present – Members: Jim Eberhart, Curt Holder, Robert Durham, Suzanne MacAulay, Lynda Dickson, Edgar CotaTorres. Ex-officio: Sheryl Botts, Kakki Brown.
A.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES – November 18, 2009 – Unanimously approved with amendment – add
those present.
B.
OLD BUSINESS
C.
NEW BUSINESS
The committee has decided to make the last meeting of the semester fall during dead week rather
than finals week. This will begin with the spring semester.
1.
New Course Proposal:
COMM 105 Introduction to Strategic Communication
(Blake) MOTION TO APPROVE – UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED
2.
New Course Proposal:
SS Area Requirement and
Global Awareness (see below)
P SC 208 Introduction to Comparative Politics
(Sondrol) MOTION TO APPROVE – UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED
3.
New Course Proposal:
P SC 207 Introduction to International Relations
(Dias) MOTION TO APPROVE – UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED
4.
New Course Proposals:
ENGL 334 American Sentimentality Through the
Literatures of Abolition
ENGL 335 American Romanticism Through Realism
(Ginsberg) MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH –
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
5.
New Course Proposals:
COMM 144 Foundations of Leadership
COMM 244 Leadership Theory and Practice
COMM 333 Gender and Leadership
COMM 377 Ethical Leadership
COMM 477 Leadership Communication in a Global
Environment (Hackman) MOTION TO APPROVE ALL 5
COURSES – UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
6.
New Course Proposal:
COMM 416/616 Communication Training and
Development (Staley) MOTION TO APPROVE –
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
7.
New Course Proposals:
HIST 160 Making of the Modern Middle East I
HIST 161 Making of the Modern Middle East II
(Woodall) MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH –
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
8.
New Course Proposal:
PES 417 Optics Lab (Glushchenko) MOTION TO
APPROVE WITH NEW COURSE DESCRIPTION –
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
9.
New Course Proposal:
GES 457/557 Military Geographies (Havlick) MOTION TO
APPROVE – UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
10.
New Minor Proposal:
Creative Writing (Malek and Bennett) MOTION TO
APPROVE WITH REWORKING OF PROPOSAL TO
MAKE IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND – UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED (Bob Durham will review the rewording
and approve for the committee)
11.
Area Requirement (Social Sci):
P SC 208 Introduction to Comparative Politics
MOTION TO APPROVE – UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
12.
Global Awareness Requirement:
P SC 208 Introduction to Comparative Politics
HIST 160 Making of the Modern Middle East I
HIST 161 Making of the Modern Middle East II w/drawn
HIST 368/WEST 3680 Islam and the West
MOTION TO APPROVE REMAINING 3 COURSES –
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
13.
Cultural Diversity Requirement:
WEST 4100/GM 410 Native American Perspectives on
Museums – NOT APPROVED (Suzanne will talk to
Janice about resubmitting)
WEST 4280 Native American Philosophical Thought
WEST 2020 Introduction to Diversity Issues
MOTION TO APPROVE REMAINING 2 COURSES –
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED