2010-2011 University Curriculum Committee
Minutes for Friday September 17, 2010
1:00 PM
Sun Trust Room – BAS
The meeting was called to order by chair, Matt Foglia with the following in attendance: Sherry
Roberts, Phil Loubere, Mary Lou Veal, James Comas, Dawn McCormack, Lisa Sheehan-Smith, Robyn
Ridgley, Scott Handy, Chris Quarto, Suzanne Mangrum (Library rep), Teresa Thomas (Ex-Officio), John
Omachonu (Int. Vice Provost for Academic Affairs), and De’Antwaine Moye. Visitors were Tina
Johnson (Women’s and Gender Studies) and George Murphy (Biology).
Dr. Omachonu thanked the committee members for their willingness to serve on the committee and
gave committee their charge.
The committee elected Dawn McCormack as Vice Chair, and Sherry Roberts as Secretary by
unanimous vote.
The committee voted to approve minutes from April 23, 2010 meeting with no corrections.
Old Business – Tabled Proposals
Tabled proposals were brought back to the table for discussion and decisioning. The following were
approved with changes as noted in italics.
Business
Economics and Finance
Inactivate ECON 4650 Comparative Economic Systems effective Fall 2011
Non-substantive Change: Eliminate the current option for B. S. Majors in Economics to select either
QM 3620 pr ECON 4620 and REQUIRE these majors to take ECON 4620 in the senior year effective
Fall 2011
Number Change-FIN 4010 Intermediate Financial Management to FIN 3950 Intermediate Financial
effective Spring 2011
Non-substantive Change: Replace ECON/Fin elective with FIN 3910 for the Business Finance
Emphasis effective Fall 2011
Non-substantive Change: Replace ECON/Fin elective with FIN 3910 for the Real Estate Emphasis
effective Fall 2011
Non-substantive Change: Replace ECON/Fin elective with FIN 3910 for the Insurance Emphasis
effective Fall 2011
Non-substantive Change: Replace ECON/Fin elective with FIN 3910 for the Financial Institution
Management Emphasis effective Fall 2011
Basic and Applied Sciences
Chemistry
CHEM 4460 In-Depth Inorganic Chemistry B: Structure, Bonding, Metallic, and Organometallic
Chemistry (new course) add to list of 7 chemistry hours required for the major
New Proposals
New proposals were brought to the table for discussion and decisioning. The following were approved
with changes as noted in italics.
Education
Elementary and Special Education: Interdisciplinary Studies
Non-substantive Change: Require at least a C- for Interdisciplinary Studies K-6 and 4-8 upper division
form.
Liberal Arts
Art
ART 4970-Senior Thesis (new course) also non substantive revision-require in BA in Art History
major effective Spring 2011
Women’s and Gender Studies
Changing course prefixes from WMST to WGST for: 2100, 2500, 3000, 3001, 3500, 3900, 4201-4213,
4500 and 4900.
Add courses to elective pool: ANTH 3752, HIST 4550, SOC 4140, SOC 4361
Basic and Applied Sciences
Biology
Terminate a General Biology Concentration Summer 2014
Consolidate existing Animal Biology Concentration Fall 2011
Revise Curriculum and Change Existing Concentration Name From Animal Biology to Organismal
Biology and Ecology Fall 2011
There was no further business and the meeting was adjourned.
All meeting dates, submission deadlines, agenda, minutes, and scanned proposals are available on the
University Curriculum Committee at http://frank.mtsu.edu/~ucc/ .