ASCRC Minutes 10/19/10
Members Present: M. Beebe-Frankenberger, D. Dalenberg, C. Henderson, S.
Greymorning, C. Knight, M. Grimes, P. Muench, J. Sanders, L. Sims, K. Spika, L.
Tangedahl, E. Uchimoto, A. Williams, K. Zoellner
Members Absent/Excused: B. Borrie, L. Higgins, J. Staub
Ex-Officio Present: B. Holzworth, E. Johnson, S. O’Hare, A. Walker-Andrews
Guest: D.Devolve, S. Edwards
Chair Knight called the meeting to order at 2:10 p.m.
The minutes from 9/28/10 were amended and approved.
Communications:

New student members Joe Sanders, Luke Sims, and Katie Spika were welcomed to
the committee.

The Residency Requirement Catalog Language was approved by the Faculty Senate.

ASCRC’s procedure for adding new courses advises subcommittees to ask whether a
course has been taught experimentally. However, it does not require courses to be
taught experimentally. If this was a requirement it should be noted on the new course
form. Departments may have valid reasons for creating a course that is not first
taught experimentally. ASCRC may want consider revising the procedure language
so it is clear that departments may develop new courses without first teaching them
experimentally. The justification section of the form should address the need for the
course.

The revised reserved course number policy was updated based on common-course
numbering changes, but no longer specifies a number for professional papers. The
revisions likely did not take into account the need for a professional paper reserved
number because they are mostly used for graduate courses. Professional paper will be
added to the policy under X99.
Business Items:

Associate Provost Walker-Andrews summarized the data provided by the Director of
the First Year Interest Group (FIG) program, Steve Edwards. The materials included:
o A list of courses, associated department, and faculty mentor
o Letter to faculty requesting FIG Leader nominations
o FIG Leader application
o FIG Leader interview questions
o Syllabi for FIG Leader Training Seminars taken pre and concurrent to FIG
Seminar (Currently these are set up as experimental courses in the Honors
College. Course forms will be submitted next year for permanent status)
o Distribution of grades in FIG Seminars
o FIG Leader GPA distribution
o Memo- Responsibilities for First-Year Interest Groups Faculty Mentors
o FIG Seminar Student Course Evaluation
o FIG Program Evaluation for FIG Leaders
o Sample syllabi for FIG Seminar courses
Academic Affairs is still working on finding an academic home for the courses to
assure adequate oversight. The Honors College would not be an appropriate academic
home for the FIG Seminars because students would likely think they had to be honors
students in order to take the courses. Associate Provost Walker-Andrews has spoken
with the Dean of the Mansfield Library, but the library faculty have not been
consulted. Associate Provost Walker-Andrews will see about getting on the agenda
for a library faculty meeting.
Possible options for improvements to the program include stipends for faculty
mentors, change grading status to credit / no credit, and assure the faculty of record is
listed on the syllabus. FIG Leaders academic performance while teaching should be
tracked and analyzed as well.
The model may be expanded to incorporate the “big picture” theme of guiding
students’ general education. The program would have to be faculty driven and could
include linked courses that address systematic questions.

Professor Muench, the Humanities and Cultural Studies Subcommittee Chair
presented the consent agenda. The courses appended below were approved.
The issue of cross-listing arose during the review. It was suggested that the course
form be revised so departments are required to identify the primary rubric of the
course. Professor Muench used “z” as the place holder for the cross-listed courses.
Ideally cross-listing should be a local way of labeling the course. Students should be
directed to register for the common-course from the cross-listed label.
Curriculum review is complicated by the concurrent review of the FLOCS. Course
numbers and titles are a moving target, so programs should consider where they are in
the review when proposing changes.
Although ASCRC and the Faculty Senate may approve a course number proposed by
the department, it is not finalized until after it has been reviewed by the FLOC or the
Commissioner’s Office. The following statement is on the course form to alert
departments to this situation: The course number may be changed at the system level.
Good and Welfare

Registrar Johnson acknowledged the Registrar Office Staff, Bonnie Holzworth and
David Devolve for their work on common-course implementation
The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 PM.
Humanities Consent Agenda
Course/Change
Title
African American Studies
AAS 347/
Voodoo, Muslim,
HSTA 347z
Church: Black
Religion
Change
Subcommittee
Recommendation
Change title from
African American
Religious Experience,
change descr.
Approve.
Instructor would like
primary rubric to be
AAS. Suggested HSTA
crosslist #: 347z.
Approve.
Instructor updated
catalog language in
response to email from
subcommittee chair.
Instructor would like
primary rubric to be
AAS. Suggested HSTA
crosslist #: 415z.
Approve.
Instructor updated
catalog language in
response to email from
subcommittee chair.
AAS 415
(345)/
HSTA 415z
(345) UG
The Black Radical
Tradition
Change number from
345; make UG.
Program
Modification
AAS minor
Reduce core
requirements by one
course, reduce credits
(from 27 to 24).
Davidson Honors College
HC 320 E
Research Portfolio
Seminar
HC 122 E
Ways of Knowing II
Program
Modification
English
ENCR 320
Modify requirements
Craft of Revision
Increase credits (from
2 to 3).
New course on ethical
ways of knowing.
Treat honors section
of LS 151 or LS 152
as equivalent to HC
121 (Ways of
Knowing I).
Approve.
New course.
Companion course to
Approve.
Approve.
Approve.
HSTA 370H/
LS 370Hz/
WGS 370Hz
Women in America
from the Colonial Era
Through the Civil
War
undergraduate literary
magazine, The Oval.
Change course
number from 270H;
restores this course to
300-level.
History
HSTA 371H/
LS 371Hz/
WGS 371Hz
Women in America
from the Civil War to
the Present
Change course
number from 271H;
restores this course to
300-level.
HSTR 101
Western Civilization I
HSTR 102
Western Civilization
II
HSTR 103
Honors Western
Civilization I
HSTR 104
Honors Western
Civilization II
Program
Modification
Major requirements
Change descr.
(change end of date
range from 1715 to
1648).
Change descr.
(change beginning of
date range from 1715
to 1648).
Change descr.
(change end of date
range from 1715 to
1648).
Change descr.
(change beginning of
date range from 1715
to 1648).
Change
methods/writing
requirement from
HSTR 300 or 400level to HSTR 200
and 400-level.
HSTR 200
Introduction to
Historical Methods
The Historian's Craft
HSTR 300
HSTR 400 UG
Historical Research
Seminar
New course (1 credit).
Replaces HSTR 300.
Delete (replaced by
HSTR 200 and 400level requirement).
New course. Will
satisfy Upper-Division
Approve.
Instructor would like
primary rubric to be
HSTA. Suggested LS
and WGS crosslist #s:
LS 370Hz
WGS 370Hz
Approve.
Instructor would like
primary rubric to be
HSTA. Suggested LS
and WGS crosslist #s:
LS 371Hz
WGS 371Hz
Approve.
Approve.
Approve.
Approve.
Approve.
This change will also
affect history/political
science joint program
and comprehensive
social science.
Catalog language will
be updated.
Approve.
Approve.
Approve.
Writing Requirement.
HSTA 461 UG Research in Montana New course. Will
History
satisfy Upper-Division
Writing Requirement.
HSTA 470/
Writing Women's
New course. Will
LS 470z/
Lives
satisfy Upper-Division
WGS 470z UG
Writing Requirement.
HSTR 418 UG
HSTR 437 UG
Research Seminar:
Britain in the Long
Eighteenth Century
U.S. - Latin American
Relations
New course. Will
satisfy Upper-Division
Writing Requirement.
New course. Will
satisfy Upper-Division
Writing Requirement.
Approve.
Approve.
Instructor would like
primary rubric to be
HSTA and course
number to be 470; had
originally changed it to
471 because she
thought this was
required for crosslisting purposes.
Suggested LS and
WGS crosslist #s:
LS 470z
WGS 470z
Approve.
Approve.