Curriculum Committee
October 4, 2012 CETES 207 3:30 p.m.
Minutes
Members Present: John Hodgson, Dennis Frisby, Susan Hall, Deborah Williams, Lynda Robinson, Ken
Masters, Ann Nalley, Mandy Husak, William Carney, Carla Guthridge, Linda Wright-Smith, Justin Walton
1. The minutes from the September 6, 2012 meeting were approved unanimously.
2. Program and Course changes
A. School of Science and Technology
1. Physical Sciences
a. Program change in Chemistry.
The request to replace STAT 3003 with STAT 3013 for Health Profession option and
to add a minimum cumulative GPA requirement in the major of 2.0 was approved
unanimously.
b. Program change in Physics
The request to add a minimum cumulative GPA requirement in the major of 2.0 was
approved unanimously.
B. School of Liberal Arts
1. Music
Program change. A request to add MUSC 4900 (Senior Capstone) as requirement for
the Bachelor of Arts in Music, Bachelor of Music, and Bachelor of Music Education was
approved unanimously.
2. History and Government
a. A request for a prerequisite change for HIST 2133, to add departmental permission
as a prerequisite, was approved unanimously.
b. A request for a change of catalog description for PHIL 1113 was approved
unanimously.
C. Adult and Continuing Education
A request to add UNIV 2001, Strategies for Academic Success, as a requirement for
enrollment in classes for all students on probation was discussed. A motion including
the recommendation that the course description be modified to add the requirement
that students must pass the proposed course to continue their enrollment in classes and
to be removed from probation passed with one nay vote.
3. Other business
A. The committee discussed and agreed to act upon upcoming proposals to change the course
numbers for several Health and Physical education courses using email for discussion and
voting.
B. Next meeting: November 1, 2012 CETES 207 3:30 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 4:00 p.m.