RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
ACADEMIC REVIEW COMMITTEE (ARC)
Meeting Minutes of
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
10:00 – 11:30 A.M., BC 236
Members present: J. Lipkin (CA), Chair; D. Crawley (SSHS); L. D’Antonio (TAS);
G. Gonpu (ASB); S. Kurzmann (LIB); M. Ecker (Office of the Provost, ex-officio member)
I.
Announcements (J. Lipkin)
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J. Lipkin met with B. Barnett regarding ARC review of minor curricular changes.
Course level guidelines and course enrollment guidelines passed at the most recent
Faculty Assembly meeting.
J. Lipkin made a revision to the Program Review Process for graduate programs to
include Graduate Council review.
II.
Decision Items.
The following requests were approved
ARC Course Request #401 (B. Blake)
COMM 313: Visual Effects for DVD and Film
Course Revisions: level change from 300 to 400 level and new prerequesite
ARC Course Request #402 (M. Giacoppe)
LITR 3XX: 20th and 21st Century Novel
New course
General Education International Issues
ARC Course Request #403 (E. Rainforth)
ENSC 1XX: Fossils to Forests
New course
ARC Course Request #404 (E. Negron)
COMM 351: Race, Ethnicity, and Cross-Cultural Journalism
Course Revision: level change from 300 to 400
General Education Intercultural North America
ARC Course Request #405 (A. Perry)
COMM 336: Sports Information and Promotions Campaigns
New course
ARC Course Request #406 (M. Edelstein)
PSYC 343: Environmental Psychology
General Education Intercultural North America
ARC Course Request #407 (R. Abzug)
MGMT 305: Management of Non Profit and Social Purpose Organizations
Course Revisions: level change from 300 to 400; new prerequisite;
new title – Managing Non-Profit Organizations
ARC Course Request #408 (K. Sunshine)
INTD 3XX: Myths of Venice: Images in Art, Literature, Film, and Contemporary Culture
New course
General Education Topics in Arts and Humanities
ARC Course Request #410 (T. Hutchins)
ECON 325: International Economics
General Education International Issues
ARC Course Request #411 (A. Olbrecht)
ECON 323: Comparative Economic Systems
General Education International Issues
ARC Course Request #412 (C. Brisson)
PHYS 4XX: Photonics
New course
ARC Course Request #413 (J. Hecht)
FINC 311: Financial and Economic Forecasting
Course Revision: level change from 300 to 400
ARC Course Request #414 (M. Fluhr)
POLI 2XX: American Diplomacy
General Education Intercultural North America
ARC Course Request #415 (M. Davis)
ARTH 338: Avante-Garde Art, 1900-1940
General Education International Issues
ARC Course Request #409 (K. Sunshine)
CINT 499: Nature and the American Experience
Course Revisions: level change from 400 to MALS;
New title – The Environment and American Culture
****Pending approval****
The meeting was adjourned at 12:00.
Respectfully submitted,
Donna Crawley