COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
COLLEGE ADVISORY COUNCIL
Arts Committee
MINUTES
12 December 2013
15:30, Room 219, Pray Harrold
Present: Hammill (CMTA), Ramsey (ENGL), Egge (HIST/PHIL), Plagens (PLSC), Ensor (SAC), Higgins (WGST), Vosteen (WL)
Ex-Officio: Mehuron (CAS Dean’s Office)
Guest: Nancy Bryk (GEOG/GEOL)
I. Call to Order: 15:30
II. Minutes of the Meeting of 7 November 2013: Approved Unanimously
III. Old Business: None
IV. New Business
A. College of Arts and Sciences
HIST/PHIL
Request for New Course
HIST3xx History of Christianity Approved Unanimously with the comments that the prerequisite should be removed from the
syllabus and that there should be a program revision proposal to include the course as a restricted elective in the Religious
Studies Minor.
Course Revision Proposal
HIST543 Nationalism and Modernization in the Middle East and North Africa Approved Unanimously
GEOG/GEOL: Historic Preservation *Also under review by CAC-Sciences
The GEOL/GEOG guest provided an overview of the reason for the package of changes and new courses: some are outdated,
modifications were needed to meet NCPE changes, the program is developing digital curricula and facilities, material
conservation curricula is no longer emphasized, GHPR prefixes are needed to track SCH production, and catalog prerequisite
information needs correction. The guest also answered questions on allowing graduates to take GHPR475 without graduate
credit and on diversity in regards to the proposed GHPR540 course.
The following GEOG/GEOL program revision, 4 new course, and 11 course revision proposals were Approved Unanimously as
a Package with the comment that a course description change should be checked on the GEOG446 course revision form.
Program Revision Proposal
Historic Preservation MS Program Revision &
GEOG541 Material Culture Studies: A Disciplinary
supporting documents
Overview
Request for New Courses
GHPR475 Architectural Nomenclature
GHPR529 Introduction to Museums: History, Theory,
GHPR546 International Preservation: Historic Applications
Practice
GHPR547 Problems in Architectural Interpretation
GHPR540 People and Houses
GHPR630 Documenting Historic Places
GHPR550 Digital Cultural Heritage
GHPR690-692 Historic Preservation Project
GHPR633 Museum Experience Development
GEOG531 American Cultural Landscapes
Course Revision Proposals
GEOG548 American Vernacular Architecture
GEOG446 Heritage Interpretation and Tourism
GEOG549 Cultural Landscape Interpretation
GEOG333 Settlement Geography
B. College of Education
Teacher Education
Proposal to Revise Programs
Reading Minor
Language Arts Minor
Not Passed because there was no COE faculty vote on the proposal, raising questions about faculty input, and because the
proposal is not clear concerning what is meant by “substitute” in the proposed revision for the Reading Minor (students in the
Reading minor can substitute those courses or only those who are also minoring in the Language Arts Minor?) (Motion to Not
Pass: 6 for, 0 against, 1 abstention). One suggestion to make this clear to students was to create a separate list of Reading Minor
courses for students also minoring in Language Arts.
V. Chair’s Remarks: None
VI. Adjournment: 16:20
Respectfully submitted,
Bradley Ensor, recording secretary