COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
COLLEGE ADVISORY COUNCIL
Arts Committee
MINUTES
7 June 2012
15:30, Room 219, Pray Harrold
Present: Sacksteder (ART), Hammill (CMTA), Däumer (ENGL), Dieterle (HIST/PHIL), Ensor (SAC), Higgins (WGST), Vosteen
(WL, chair)
Ex-Officio: Mehuron (CAS Dean’s Office)
I. Call to Order: 15:35
II. Minutes of the Meeting of 10 May 2012: APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
III. Old Business
College of Arts and Sciences
ART & CMTA
Request for New Course
ARTH 255 Visual and Cinematic Arts Since 1900
Tabled Unanimously on April 12 until both the ART and CMTAT courses can be considered at the same time; remained on table 10 May
APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
ENGL & WGST
Request for New Course
WGST/LITR445 Sexualities in Literature and Culture
APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
IV. New Business
College of Technology
COT
Requests for New Courses
TETP110 Teaching Impacts of Design, Engineering, and Technology
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE COMMENTS that the description needs correction (the course is not for students
“in grades K-12”) and that item 12c needs correction (the course is not for graduate students).
HRM120 Cooking Essentials for Non-Majors
TABLED UNANIMOUSLY: The proposed course does not provide options for students with moral, religious, or other
prohibitions for handling some food items (options need to be available to accommodate student diversity) and the proposal
should be accompanied by a bibliography.
HRM386 Global Hospitality Management II
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE COMMENT that the dress code description is vague for men yet very specific for
women. The subcommittee recommends changing the description to something like “proper business attire is required,”
which addresses both men and women in the same manner.
HRM435 Entrepreneurship in the Hospitality Industry
TABLED UNANIMOUSLY: The proposal needs clarification. The attached syllabus appears to have little to do with the
proposed course. If different topics will be taught for this course, then “Topics in…” should be included in the title and
catalog description. Additionally, the proposal is missing a bibliography.
COT709 Introduction to Statistical Reasoning in Technology
TABLED UNANIMOUSLY: The proposal does not indicate why this course is specific to technology. The course appears
similar to other graduate level statistics courses and COT should consult with COB, COE, and CAS departments having
existing graduate level statistics courses.
V. Chair’s Remarks:
The chair suggested implementing a requirement that tabled proposals being resubmitted be accompanied by a letter or memo
addressing how each proposal was revised. Such letters/memos would better enable the subcommittee to identify the changes. The
Ex-Officio stated that the recommendation will be pursued.
VI. Adjournment: 16:10
Respectfully submitted,
Bradley E. Ensor, recording secretary