ASCRC Minutes 11/1/11
GBB 226, 2:10
Members Present: M. Beebe-Frankenberger, D. Dalenberg, W. Davies, N. Greymorning, M. Grimes, C. Henderson, C. Knight, J.
Staub, L. Tangedahl
Members Absent/Excused: B. Borrie, D. Stolle
Ex-Officio Present: B. Holzworth, E. Johnson, S. O’Hare, A. Walker-Andrews
Chair Tangedahl called the meeting to order at 2:10 p.m.
The minutes from 10/25/11 were approved.
Communication Items:

ASCRC members were copied on the Provost’s response to the Writing Committees’ Writing Skills Advocacy letter. The Provost
is aware of the situation involving Forestry limiting enrollment on its Technical Writing Course to majors only. Health and
Human Performance and Computer Science required their majors to take the course. The deans and other groups are discussing
the complex matter. There is not a magic pool of funds to address such problems. It was questioned whether ASCRC should add
its’ voice. Students need to have access to courses that teach writing appropriate for their major. Over the years there has been
concern that one composition course is not sufficient to teach students to write. However, resources have not been allocated for a
second composition course. Resources are spent on assessment (UDWPA), but it does not improve students writing. There are no
additional resources going towards the writing program assessment pilot project. Hopefully this approach will identify areas
where improvements can be made to improve students writing.

A member of the Prerequisite Working Group requested ASCRC to consider catalog language defining satisfactory completion of
prerequisites.
Unless otherwise specified in the course description in the UM Catalog, prerequisite courses for an undergraduate
course need to be completed with a traditional letter grade of C- or better. If a prerequisite is satisfied through
Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or CLEP exam credit, the grade "CR" is acceptable.
ASCRC discussed the issue and incorporated the language into the current catalog language. It is the students’ responsibility to
know the consequences of not satisfactorily completing prerequisites. Language will need to be considered for failure to
satisfactorily complete corequisites.
Prerequisites and Corequisites
"Prereq.." indicates the course or courses to be satisfactorily completed (C- or better, unless otherwise specified in the
course description in the UM Catalog) before enrollment in the course described. Failure to complete satisfactorily the
prerequisite will result in the student being dropped from the course. "Coreq." indicates a course which must be taken
concurrently with the course described.
Executive Director O’Hare will take the language to the Working Group for consideration. Programs can set higher standards.

The committee briefly discussed a possible fast track process for considering prerequisite changes. It is likely the fall pilot will be
expanded to include additional courses. These courses will have clear, specific prerequisites. The form should be easy to
complete and to review. The draft prerequisite review form will be edited and sent to the Working Group for consideration. It is
unclear whether a prerequisite changes review is necessary this spring. Changes must go to the Faculty Senate in February in
order to make the on-line catalog. Would a spring review be conducted by the curriculum subcommittees or members of ASCRC?
The committee requests a timeline from the Working Group that justifies the compressed review. When is full Prerequisite
implementation expected?

ASCRC members are invited to the Global Leadership Initiative Retreat on November 10th with Dr Carol Schneider, President of
the Association of American Colleges and Universities. There will be various working groups in the morning and a talk and panel
discussion with UM faculty members at 2:10 pm.
Business Items: Curriculum Review

The Science and Math Subcommittee approved the appended list of courses after review of follow-up responses.

A few additional courses were recommended for approval from the Humanities Subcommittee (approved list appended). Changes
were made to the language in the Arabic Minor proposal, but ASCRC still has concerns. David Aronofsky, UM Legal Council
and Lucy France, Director, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action will be contacted for guidance. Course forms require
signature of other affected programs.

A few additional items were approved from Education and Fine Arts (list appended). MAR 360, 362 and Musics Technology and
Resources for K-12 courses were withdrawn. ASCRC did not approve ARTZ 492 UG Independent Study. The program is
requesting to change repeatability from 12 to 24. This is a lot of credits to show in one course on a student’s transcript.

The consent agenda of the Social and Behavioral Subcommittee was approved (appended below). The subcommittee asked
ASCRC whether there should be a policy regarding unatached minors. It seems there should be some guidelines regarding
academic oversight and line of authority. The committee will ask the Exective Committee of the Faculty Senate for input.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:05 p.m.
Science and Math Consent Agenda
Applied Computing & Electronics
EET 105
EET 106
EET 111
EET 112
DC Circuit Analysis
AC Circuit Analysis
Basic Electronics
Electronics Lab I
New course
New course
Delete course
Delete course
EET 121
EET 122
EET 123
Semiconductors
Electronics Lab II
Amplifier Lab
Delete course
Delete course
Delete course
EET 205
EET 206
Solid State Electronics I
Solid State Electronics II
New course
New course
Program ModificationEET
Program ModificationNRG
Minor curriculum revision – to incorporate course changes
Minor curriculum revision – to incorporate course changes
Humanities Consent Agenda
Native American Studies
NASX 306
Contemporary Issues of
Indigenous Peoples
Change title from Contemporary Issues of
American Indians
NASX 351
Traditional Ecological
Knowledge in the
Northern Rockies
Montana's Indians:
Relationships with the
land
new course
NASX 352
new course
Education and Fine Arts Consent Agenda
Health and Human Performance
HHP 288
HHP289
HHP 498
First Responder Emergency
Care and CPR Lecture
First Responder Emergency
Care and CPR Laboratory
Internship
Change name to Emergency Medical Responder
Lecture
Change name to Emergency Medical Responder
Laboratory
Add prereq, change descr, change minimum credits
(R-4 to R-6)
Dance Forms: Tribal Style
Belly
New course
Theatre and Dance
DANC 170A
THTR 440
Costume Design II
Change from UG to U - to allow co-convening
THTR 450
Scene Design II
Change from UG to U - to allow co-convening
THTR 460
Theatre Lighting II
Change from UG to U - to allow co-convening
THTR 465
Theatre Sound II
Change from UG to U - to allow co-convening
Social and Cultural Stucies Consent Agenda
Anthropology
ANTY 432 UG
Medical Anthropology and
Global health
New Course
ANTY 452 UG
GIS in Archaeology
New Course
Level I
Minor in Forensic Studies
New Minor
LING 471 UG
Phonetics and Phonology
UG to U, Co-convening with LING 571
LING 472 UG
Generative Syntax
UG to U, Co-convening with LING 572
LING 473 UG
Language and Culture
UG to U, Co-convening with LING 573
LING 474 UG
Historical Linguistics
UG to U, Co-convening with LING 574
LING 475 UG
Linguistic Field Methods
UG to U, Co-convening with LING 575
LING 478 UG
Second Language
Development
UG to U, Co-convening with LING 578
LING 484 UG
No. Amer Indigenous
Languages and Linguistics
UG to U, Co-convening with LING 584
LING 489 UG
Morphology
UG to U, Co-convening with LING 589
COMM 322
Public Relations Portfolio
Change title from Public Relations Writing
EVST
Program Modification
Graduate requirements
clarify post CCN
PSCI 227
Issues in Global Public
Health
New Course
Program Modification
Intl Relations
add courses to option
Program Modification
American Politics
add courses to option
PSCI 401 UG
Nonprofit Human Resource
Management
Nonprofit Volunteer
Management
change title from Nonprofit Administration
Nonprofit Program Planning
and Evaluation
Issues in Nonprofit
Administration: Ethics and
Legal Issues
Change title from Issues in Nonprofit
Administration and Public Policy
Delete course
Nonprofit Advocacy and
Public Policy
Intro to Rural and
Environmental Change
Change title from Issues in Nonprofit Admin and
Public Policy
Change title and course description to reflect the
way it is taught
Social change and Global
Development
Capstone in Rural and
Environmental Change
Change title and course description to reflect the
way it is taught
Update course description and reduce prerequisites
Environmental Sociology
Update course description, change the semester it
is offered, and drop prerequisite requirement
Political Science
PSCI 402 UG
PSCI 403 UG
PSCI 404 UG
PSCI 405 UG
SOCI 270
SOCI 370
SOCI 460 UG
SOCI 470 UG
change title from Issues in Nonprofit
Administration Volunteer Management