COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
COLLEGE ADVISORY COUNCIL
Arts Committee
MINUTES
8 March 2012, 15:30, Room 219, Pray Harrold
Present: Perry (AAS), Sacksteder (ART), Kindred (CMTA), Woodland (ECON), Däumer (ENGL), Ramsey (DH-ENGL), Dieterle
(HIST/PHIL), Foster (MAD), Krause (PLSC), Ensor (SAC), Vosteen (Chair-WL)
Ex-officio: Mehuron (CAS Dean’s Office)
Guests: Victor Okafor (AAS), Mehmet Yaya (ECON), Steve Hayworth (ECON), Arnold Fleischmann (PLSC)
I. Call to Order: 15:30
II. Minutes of the Meeting of 9 February 2012: Motion to Approve pending correction to comments on DTC258 to include the
omitted statement “The catalog description should not make specific reference to General Education” Approved Unanimously
III. Old Business
A. College of Arts and Sciences
AAS
Proposal to Revise Program
Department of African American Studies (AAS)
10 November 2011: The proposal to revise the program was Tabled Unanimously on 10 November 2011: “so that the current program
description and statement on impacts can be included. The current program includes restricted electives from History and Literature, requiring
input from those units, and the proposal does not indicate how the current electives in ANTH, CTAR, ECON, GEOG, HIST, PLSC, and PSY
will fit into the proposed new program. A memo on the department name change should be sent to the Dean.”
12 January 2012: Motion to table because none of the concerns from the prior tabling were addressed: Tabled Unanimously
The guest from AAS described the reasons for the changes and replacement of other units’ courses, linking the changes
to program review feedback, desired structure, support for AAS courses developed since the current program was
introduced, and the resulting lack of room for non-AAS courses for requirements and restricted electives. Afterward,
there was discussion on the multiple units’ impact statements, effects on interdisciplinarity of the program, and how the
changes are associated with the history of the shift from being a program/young department to a department with faculty
to develop courses. Motion to Approve: 7 for, 0 against, 4 abstentions.
PLSC
Request for New Course
PLSC346 International Political Economy (previously tabled for input/discussion with SAC and ECON)
The guests from ECON repeated their concerns expressed in their impact statement on the proposal. The Guest from PLSC
reviewed points distributed prior to the meeting, emphasizing that the course has a disciplinary perspective different from
other disciplines. A lively discussion ensued over the topic of political economy and disciplinary perspectives/approaches to
the subject matter. Motion to Approve: 10 for, 1 against, 0 abstentions
B. College of Business
Proposals to Revise Programs
MBA—Management Specialization
Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship and MBA Specialization in Entrepreneurship
9 February 2012: Both of the above proposals were tabled by unanimous vote because they are incomplete. The MGA proposal included no
description of the current program. The other two revisions were included on one form and neither provided enough information about its relationship
to the other.
The COB proposal Remains on the Table: the proposals have not been completed as needed (the same proposals that were
previously tabled were resubmitted without corrections).
C. College of Health and Human Services
Request for New Course
DTC258 American Regional Foods
2-09-12: The above course was tabled unanimously. Comment: Anthropology might want to examine this proposal. The
catalog description should not simply reproduce the rationale.
Motion to Pass with the Comment that the catalog description still needs to be changed: the catalog description should not make
specific reference to General Education. Unanimous.
IV. New Business
A. College of Arts and Sciences
HIST/PHIL
Proposals to Revise Programs
The following two HIST/PHIL proposals to revise programs were Unanimously Approved as a Package.
• Geography Major (GST) Secondary Teacher Certification
• Secondary Education History Major (HSTT)
CAC Arts Minutes 8 March 2012
MAD
The following MAD request for course revision, request for new course, and proposal to revise program were Unanimously
Approved as a Package.
1. Request for Course Revision
MUSC232 Voice Class (restriction)
2. Request for New Course
MUSC1XX World Music
3. Proposal to Revise Program
Musical Theatre Minor
PLSC
Proposal to Revise Program
International Affairs (INTA) Approved Unanimously
B. College of Education
The following four proposals to revise programs were Unanimously Passed as a Package.
Proposals to Revise Programs
• Masters of Arts in Educational Media and Technology (EDMT)
• Elementary Education Language Arts Group Minor
• Elementary Education Language Arts Group Major
• Elementary Education Social Studies Group Major / SSG
C. College of Health and Human Services
Request for New Course
PEGN116 Bully Proofing Approved Unanimously
V. Chair’s Remarks: none
VI. Adjournment: 17:00
Respectfully Submitted,
Brad Ensor, recording secretary