COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
COLLEGE ADVISORY COUNCIL
Arts Committee
MINUTES
10 May 2012
15:30, Room 219, Pray Harrold
Present: Hammill (CMTA), Däumer (ENGL), Ramsey (ENGL-DH), Dieterle (HIST/PHIL), Foster (MAD), Singh (PLSC), Ensor
(SAC), Vosteen (WL-Chair)
Ex-officio: Mehuron (CAS Dean’s Office)
Guests: Christina Karshin (CHHS), Lee Stille (CMTA), Monica Millan (WL), Ronald Cere (WL)
I. Call to Order: 15:30
II. Minutes of the Meeting of 12 April 2012: Approved Unanimously
III. Old Business
A. College of Arts and Sciences
ART and CMTA
Request for New Course
ARTH255 Visual and Cinematic Arts Since 1900 Remains on Table
ENG
Requests for New Courses
CHL456 Jewish Children’s and Adolescent Literature Approved Unanimously
WL
Proposal to Revise Program
Group Major in Language and International Trade Approved: 4 for, 1 against, 1 abstention
B. College of Health and Human Services
Requests for New Courses
PAS670 Ethics and Research Methods for Physician Assistants Remains on Table
PAS680 Medical Spanish for Physician Assistants Remains on Table
C. College of Technology
The following COT Request for course revision and program revision were passed as a package: 5 for, 0 against, 1 abstention
1. Request for Course Revision
IDE222 History of Interiors (number, title, description)
2. Proposal to Revise Program
Interior Design (IDE)
IV. New Business
A. College of Arts and Sciences
AAS
Request for Course Revision
AAS231 Urbanization and the African Community (title, description) Approved Unanimously
ART
The following ART request for course revision, new course, and program revision were approved as a package unanimously
Request for Course Revision
ARTS311 Intaglio/Relief (title, description)
Request for New Course
ARTS313 Relief Printmaking
Proposal to Revise Program
Bachelor of Fine Arts (ARTS, ARTH, ARTE)
CMTA
The following CMTA 18 course revisions, 4 new courses, and 2 program revisions were Approved as a Package Unanimously
1. Requests for Course Revisions
CTAC570 Teaching of College Speech (number)
CTAC572 Studies in Organizational Communication (number, title, description)
CTAC573 Studies in Communication and Negotiation (number, title, description)
CTAC577 Communication and Change (number, title, description)
CTAC578 Community Communication (number)
CTAC579 Studies in Intercultural Communication (number, title, description)
CTAC582 Rhetorical Theory (number)
CTAC583 Studies in Communication and Conflict Resolution (number, title, description)
CAC Arts Committee Minutes, 5-10-12 / 2
CTAC584 Studies in Small Group Communication (number, title, description)
CTAC586 Theories of Persuasion (number)
CTAC587 Communication Theory (number, description)
CTAC645 Theories of Interpersonal Communication (title, description
CTAC677 Research Techniques (title, description
CTAR360 Dramatic Composition (title)
CTAR457 Audition (number)
CTAT241 Radio-Television-Film Announcing (title)
CTAT432 Advanced Television Production and Direction (description)
CTAT433 Advanced Electronic Moviemaking (description)
2. Requests for New Courses
CTA 310 Health Communication
CTAT232 Lighting for TV and Film
CTAT233 Digital Video Editing
CTAT434 Documentary Film Production
3. Proposals to Revise Programs
Master of Arts in Communication (COMM)
Master of Arts in Theatre Arts
ENGL and CMTA
Proposal to Revise Program
Public Relations Interdisciplinary Major (PURL) Tabled Unanimously for discussion with CMTA
ENGL
1. Requests for Course Revisions The two ENGL course revisions were Approved as a Package Unanimously
ENGL408W Writing for Writing Teachers (title, description)
CRTW335 Creative Writing [NO OTHER INFORMATION]
2. Requests for New Courses
The following three ENGL new course proposals were Approved as a Package Unanimously with the comment to uncheck the
graduate students on the LITR180 proposal.
CRTW300 Gateway to the Creative Writing Program
CRTW490 Capstone Project
LITR180 Rebels and Outsiders in Literature
The following four ENGL new course proposals were Tabled as a Package Unanimously for discussion with CMTA
JRNL221 Fundamentals of Social Media
JRNL317 Crisis Communication
JRNL333 Integrated Campaigns
JRNL403 The Agency
3. Proposal to Revise Program
Creative Writing (CRTW) Approved Unanimously
SAC
Requests for Course Revisions
The following three SAC course revisions were Approved as a Package Unanimously
SOCL307 Sociology of the Workplace (title, description)
SOCL503 The Family as an Institution (description, restriction)
SOCL508 Advanced Social Psychology (description, restriction)
WL—SPNH
The following WL-SPNH 4 course deletions, program phase out, 6 course revisions, 4 new courses, 3 program revisions, and new
degree program were Approved as a Package Unanimously
1. Requests for Course Deletions
SPNH221 Intermediate Spanish Reading
SPNH261 Introduction to Professional Language Study
SPNH341 Survey of Spanish Literature
SPNH351 Survey of Spanish-American Literature
2. Request for Program Phase Out
Spanish Literature Minor (SPL)
3. Requests for Course Revisions
SPNH222 Introduction to Hispanic Literatures
SPNH401 Advanced Readings in Spanish Literature (pre-/co-requisite)
SPNH402 Advanced Readings in Spanish-American Literature (pre-/co-requisite)
SPNH471 Culture and Literature of the Hispanic Groups in the United States (pre-/co-requisite)
SPNH543 Spanish Grammar and Syntax (hours, pre-/co-requisite)
CAC Arts Committee Minutes, 5-10-12 / 3
SPNH544 Spanish Graduate Conversation (hours, pre-/co-requisite)
4. Requests for New Courses
SPNH467 Introduction to Spanish Interpretation
SPNH501 Advanced Readings in Spanish Literature
SPNH502 Advanced Readings in Spanish-American Literature
SPNH567 Introduction to Spanish Interpretation
5. Proposals to Revise Programs
Spanish Culture Minor (SPCL)
Spanish Teaching Minor (SPLT)
Master of Arts in World Languages—Spanish (MAWL—Spanish)
6. Proposal for New Degree Program
Minor in Foundations in Spanish Translation (BA)
B. College of Education
The following COE 4 new courses and 3 program revisions were Passed as a Package Unanimously with the comment to correct item
11 on COUNT671 and to provide a rationale for SPHI528.
1. Requests for New Courses
COUN671 Career Development and Educational Planning in the Schools
EDLDxxx Leadership Perspectives in Comparative International Education
EDLD638 Assessment and Program Evaluation in Higher Education
SPHI528 Education of Students With Hearing Impairment
2. Proposals to Revise Programs
Graduate Certificate in Community College Leadership (CCL)
Educational Leadership MA (HESA)
School Counseling Program
V. Chair’s Remarks: none
VI. Adjournment: 16:43
Respectfully submitted,
Bradley E. Ensor, recording secretary