University Requirements Curriculum Committee
Meeting Friday, December 7, 2012, 2:30-5:00, Room 62 Johnson
Agenda
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Call to Order
Minutes of the November meeting
ELR subcommittee discussion Items introduced by Ralph Lorenz
The ELR subcommittee thinks that there is a need to provide additional education about the ELR to
URCC members (and others). Many members of the URCC are new this year and haven't had the benefit
of discussions from previous years. URCC members are in the approval chain for some of the ELR
approval processes, and thus it is important that members be well-educated about the overall procedures.
These are some of the questions the subcommittee has:
1. Should we propose some sort of training/workshop for the URCC on the ELR review process? Would
this best be handled within a regular URCC meeting or in a separate event (such as through the
FPDC)?
2. Should we require or recommend in stronger terms the use of the ELR rubric in the evaluation of ELR
course and section proposals? (The rubric is currently only a resource for helping submitters to stay
on track.)
3. For the sake of consistency, should we involve the ELR subcommittee to a greater degree in the
approval process, by having the subcommittee screen all ELR proposals before the large committee
sees them? If the subcommittee were to be responsible for giving final approval on the form, it could
eliminate the possibility of a faculty member at the URCC level rejecting something that has been
approved already at the Chair/Director level.
4. In some cases individuals have served in a dual capacity (Chair and URCC representative) in signing
approval for an ELR—should we address this situation in any way in order to have more diversity in
the approval process?
5. Do we need to flesh out the appeal process by involving the subcommittee?
Curricular Proposals
Kent Core Assessment Plans
Honors College
HONR 13597 – Western Identity
Kent Core
College of the Arts
School of Music
MUS 22111 – The Understanding of Music
MUS 22121 –Music as a World Phenomenon
Kent Core
Kent Core
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
CHEM 10030 – Chemistry in Our World
CHEM 10031 – Chemistry in Our World Lab
CHEM 10050 – Fundamentals of Chemistry
CHEM 10052 – Introduction to Organic Chemistry
CHEM 10053 – Inorganic and Organic Laboratory
CHEM 10054 – General and Elementary Organic Chemistry
Department of Computer Science
CS 10051 – Introduction to Computer Science
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Department of Geography
GEOG 10160 – Introduction to Geography
GEOG 17063 – World Geography
GEOG 17064 – Geography of the US and Canada
GEOG 21062 – Physical Geography
GEOG 21063 – Physical Geography Laboratory
GEOG 22061 – Human Geography
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Department of Geology
GEOL 11040 – Earth Dynamics
GEOL 11041 – Earth Dynamics Lab
GEOL 11042 – Earth History
GEOL 11043 – Earth History Lab
GEOL 21062 – Environmental Geology
GEOL 21080 – Oceanography
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Department of Mathematics
MATH 11008 – Explorations in Modern Mathematics
MATH 11009 – Modeling Algebra
MATH 11010 – Algebra for Calculus
MATH 11012 – Intuitive Calculus
MATH 11022 – Trigonometry
MATH 12001 – Algebra and Trigonometry
MATH 12002 – Analytic Geometry and Calculus
MATH 12011 – Calculus with Precalculus I
MATH 12012 – Calculus with Precalculus II
MATH 14001 – Basic Mathematical Concepts I
MATH 14002 – Basic Mathematical Concepts II
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Kent Core
Department of Physics
Large-Scale Change to Courses
A. Revise pre-requisites to include MATH 12001 as an alternative prerequisite to PHY 12201, PHY 13001 (KC), PHY (KC) 13011
Kent Core
ELR Requests
Department of Political Science
POL 20001 – Political Methods
ELR
Other Proposals
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School of Music
MUS 32212 – Music History 1750-1900 (revise prerequisites)
WIC
School of Theatre and Dance
DAN 47175 – Capstone Project
THEA 41026 – Playwriting (WIC, revise prerequisites
ELR
WIC
Department of Pan-African Studies
PAS 23001 – Black Experience I: Beginnings to 1865
Revise course content
PAS 23002 – Black Experience II: 1865 to Present
Course content and catalog description
Other Business
Kent Core
Kent Core