COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
COLLEGE ADVISORY COUNCIL
Arts Committee
MINUTES
21 February 2013
15:30, Room 219, Pray Harrold
Present: Perry (AAS), Hammill (CMTA), Dieterle (HIST/PHIL), Singh (PLSC), Ensor (SAC), Higgins (WGST), Vosteen (chair, WL)
Guest: Minnie Bluhm (Health Administration, School of Health Siences, CHHS)
I. Call to Order: 15:30
II. Minutes of the Meeting of 24 January 2013: Unanimously Approved with correction: AAS 350 should be AAS351.
III. Old Business
College of Health and Human Services
School of Health Sciences
New Degree Program
Public Health (Bachelor of Science)
At the meeting of 1-24-13, this proposal was tabled unanimously for discussion with AAS (regarding potential inclusion of AAS 351 The Social Context of
African American Health), PHIL (regarding the potential inclusion of PHIL 223 Medical Ethics), and SAC (regarding potential impacts from including two of
its courses, particularly SOCL 345 Ethnographic Methods).
The CHHS guest described the need for the program and responded to questions on how it should be more inclusive with existing
courses, especially those on ethnic disparities in health care and on ethics, from AAS, PHIL, and PLSC. The guest stated that the
program could be expanded but the intent was to get it “put on the books” as a first step and to expand it later. SAC described
problems with using its SOCL345 course and that academic units need to be consulted prior to including their courses in a
program. An agreement was made to contact these departments for input. The proposal Remained Tabled – Unanimous.
IV. New Business
A. College of Arts and Sciences
CMTA
The following CMTA 2 course deletions, 2 course revisions, and request for new course were Unanimously Approved as a Package
1. Requests for Course Deletions
CTAO412 Oral Interpretation of Poetry (title, description)
CTAO311 Interpretation of Prose
CTAR522 TIE: Theatre-in-Education (title, hours, description)
CTAO536 Screen Play Writing I
3. Request for New Course
2. Requests for Course Revisions
CTAO 500 Studies in Performing Prose and Poetry
ENGL
The following ENGL request for new course and 2 program revisions were Unanimously Approved as a Package
1. Request for New Course
Children’s Literature Minor (CHL)
ENGL540 Visual Rhetoric and Information Design
Interdisciplinary Major in Children’s Literature and
2. Proposals to Revise Programs
Drama/Theatre for the Young
HIST/PHIL
Request for New Course
PHIL280 Philosophy and the Fundamentals of Scientific Reasoning – Approved Unanimously with comment: for future reference,
the schedule and outline on the syllabus should indicate what will be the content for a course offering.
IESS
Proposal for New Degree Program
Sustainability Minor – Approved Unanimously
SAC
1. Request for Course Revision
SOCL 312 Medical Sociology (title, description) – Approved Unanimously
2. Proposal to Revise Program
Criminology and Criminal Justice (CRM) – Approved Unanimously with a comment to consider the PSYC and PLSC suggestions
WL
Requests for New Courses
The 2 FLAN new course proposals were Tabled Unanimously for inconsistencies in graduate-undergraduate participation information.
Both graduate-level course proposals are restricted to only undergraduates (Item 12c). FLAN542 is intended for both graduates and
undergraduates; however, undergraduates cannot take the prerequisite (FLAN612). Additional minor comments are that the grading
scales on the syllabi include “A+” grades, which EMU does not have, and that “E” should be changed to the new “F”.
FLAN 541 Practicum in World Language Instruction—Secondary
FLAN 542 Practicum in World Language Instruction—Elementary
V. Chair’s Remarks: none
VI. Adjournment: 16:45
Respectfully Submitted,
Bradley Ensor, recording secretary