Curriculum Committee Minutes
March 28, 2000
Present: Barry, Breitenbach, Cannon, Cooper, Ives, Kerrick, Kontogeorgopoulos, Livingston,
Mitani, Neff-Lippman, Neshyba (chair), Pasco-Pranger, Pinzino, Stevens, Sugimoto, Tomhave,
Warning, Washburn
Neshyba called the meeting to order at 4:05 p.m. The minutes for the meeting of March 7 were
approved with the following correction to the on-line version: the Report of the Special
Interdisciplinary Major subcommittee should begin “Pasco-Pranger (subcommittee chair) reported
that a proposal by student Scott Miller for a SIM in Comparative Performance Studies
emphasizing Writing and Directing in Film and Theatre has been withdrawn by the student. The
subcommittee had communicated three serious concerns to Miller. . . .”
Announcements
Neshyba announced that representatives of the Curriculum Committee will present a summary of
the Committee’s deliberations about the revision of the fall semester calendar at the next faculty
meeting.
Barry announced that the Association of American Colleges and Universities will hold a
conference at PLU on April 6-8 about integrating liberal and professional education.
Report of the Humanistic Perspective subcommittee
ACTION: Warning (subcommittee chair) M/S/P to reapprove the following courses for the
Humanistic Perspective Core:
CSOC 212 Women, Men and Society
HON 211 The Classics: Humanistic Perspective
PHIL 107 Making Choices about the Environment: A Freshman Seminar
Report of the Women Studies Curriculum Review subcommittee
ACTION: Pinzino (subcommittee chair) M/S/P to approve the curriculum review of the
Women Studies Program. Pinzino reported that the Women Studies Program now offers a
minor, and there is no intention of proposing a major. Nor is there any intention of shifting from
women studies to gender studies. The program is dependent on the willingness of other
departments to provide faculty and courses to serve its needs. Currently the courses that satisfy
Women Studies requirements are at the upper division; there is some hope that Women Studies
might create freshman seminars in the future. The program’s coordinator noted that the lack of a
permanent office space has been a problem.
Report of the Communication II Core subcommittee
ACTION: Pinzino (subcommittee chair) M/S/P to reapprove the following courses for the
Communication II B Core:
CHIN 101/102 Elementary Chinese
CHIN 201/202 Intermediate Chinese
CHIN 301/302 Advanced Chinese
FREN 101/102 Elementary French
FREN 201/202 Intermediate French
FREN 230 Advanced French
FREN 240 French Studies in Commerce and the Media
FREN 250 Culture and Civilization of France
FREN 301 Introduction to French Literature I
FREN 311 Introduction to French Literature II
FREN 402 Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century French Literature
FREN 403 Nineteenth-Century French Literature
FREN 404 Twentieth-Century French Literature
FREN 480 Seminar in French Literature
GERM 101/102 Elementary German
GERM 201/202 Intermediate German
GERM 230 Advanced German
GERM 250 Culture and History of Germany
GERM 301 Introduction to German Literature I
GERM 311 Introduction to German Literature II
GERM 402 Romanticism
GERM 403 Novelle
GERM 404 Modern Literature
GERM 480 Seminar in German Literature
GRK 101 Introduction to Ancient Greek I
GRK 102 Introduction to Ancient Greek II
JAPN 101/102 Elementary Japanese
JAPN 201/202 Intermediate Japanese
JAPN 301/302 Third Year Japanese
LAT 101 Elementary Latin I
LAT 102 Elementary Latin II
SPAN 101/102 Elementary Spanish
SPAN 201/202 Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 230 Advanced Spanish
SPAN 240 The Uses of Spanish
SPAN 250 Hispanic Cultural Studies
SPAN 301 Hispanic Literary Studies
SPAN 311 Literature of the Americas
SPAN 402 Spanish Literature of the Golden Age
SPAN 403 Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature
SPAN 404 Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature
SPAN 480 Seminar in Hispanic Literature
Pinzino reported that the subcommittee had examined syllabi and raised questions about a
graded oral component and about exposure to the target culture and its values. Barry praised
Pinzino for her tactful and efficient direction of the review.
Report of the Communication I Core subcommittee
ACTION: Ives (subcommittee chair) M/S/P to reapprove the following courses for the
Communication I Core:
HUM 111 Legends of the Fall: A Writing Intensive Humanities Seminar
HUM 113 The Genealogy of "Race": A Writing Intensive Seminar
Report of the Natural World Core subcommittee
ACTION: Kerrick (subcommittee chair) M/S/P to reapprove the following courses for the
Natural World Core:
BIOL 101
Introduction to Biology
BIOL 111
Principles of Biology
BIOL 112
Diversity of Life
CHEM 110/111 Fundamental Chemistry I, II
GEOL 101
Physical Geology
GEOL 102
Principles of Historical Geology
GEOL 104
Physical Geology of North America
GEOL 105
Oceanography
GEOL 110
Regional Field Geology
GEOL 151
The Earth Revealed
HON 212
The Natural World
PHYS 105
Historical Development in the Physical Sciences: Classical Physics
PHYS 107
Light and Color
PHYS 109
Astronomy
PHYS 110
PHYS 111/112
PHYS 121
PHYS 122
PHYS 205
PHYS 299
Stellar and Galactic Astronomy
General College Physics
General University Physics
General University Physics
Physics of Music
The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy
ACTION: Livingston M/S/P that ENVR 105 (Environmental Science) be reapproved as a
Natural World Core course. The subcommittee reviewed a syllabus that had been written by an
instructor who has since left the university. The new instructor of the course has not yet taught it,
so a new syllabus has not yet been prepared. The Committee voted to reapprove the course
based on the existing syllabus.
Kerrick concluded his report by offering a recommendation to the task force that will be rewriting
the Core guidelines for the Natural Scientific “way of knowing.” He urged the modification of
guideline II.B and the removal of guideline III.D, so that Core courses in science would not be
required to treat the social applications of scientific knowledge.
Report of the Society Core subcommittee
ACTION: Sugimoto (subcommittee chair) M/S/P to reapprove CSOC 204 (Social
Stratification) and PG 104 (Introduction to Political Theory: The Perennial Issues) for the
Society Core and to approve a new course IPE 250 (Britain Today: Issues & Perspectives)
for the Society Core.
Report of the Comparative Values subcommittee
ACTION: Barry M/S/P to reapprove the following courses for the Comparative Values
Core:
BPA 407
Professional and Personal Ethics
CSOC 460
Moral Consciousness and Social Action
COMM 440
Gender and Communication
ENGL 375
The Harlem Renaissance
ENGL 377
Literature in a Changing World Order
FL 375
Nationalism and Modern Japanese Literature
HUM 305
Modernization and Modernism
PG 344
American Political Thought
Report of the Historical Perspective Core subcommittee
ACTION: Cannon (subcommittee chair) M/S/P to reapprove the following courses for the
Historical Perspective Core:
ECON 221
History of Economic Thought
HIST 233
The Making of Modern England: The Anglo-Saxon Age to the Eve of the
Industrial Revolution
HUM 201
The Arts, Ideas, and Society: Western Tradition
Tomhave asked why HIST 233, an ILACA Program course, was recommended for approval in the
Core. Washburn replied that the course so closely corresponds to HIST 230 (The Roots of
English Society and Politics) that any student who transferred in HIST 233 would receive Core
credit and would be barred from taking HIST 230 for credit.
ACTION: Cannon M/S/P to approve a new course, REL 205 (Holocaust: Courage and
Complicity), for inclusion in the Historical Perspective Core.
Tomhave asked about the “breadth” guideline. Cannon replied that the course as proposed
devotes significant attention—perhaps 20% of the term—to the study of anti-Semitism in other
periods and cultures, so the subcommittee concluded that the course met the requirement that it
be “broad in scope.”
At 5:03 p.m. Stevens M/S/P that the meeting adjourn.
Respectfully submitted,
William Breitenbach
Secretary