TOPICS INDEX FOR 2009-2010 LSA CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
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date
Actuarial Math & Math of Finance & Risk Management Concentration and Sub-Concentration
modifications were approved effective W10.
09/22/09
11/10/09
Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Academic Minor modifications were approved effective
F10.
01/19/10
Biochemistry Concentration modifications were approved effective F10.
03/16/10
03/30/10
Biophysics Academic Minor: a decrease in the total number of required credits from 18 to 15 was
approved effective F10.
03/09/10
Biophysics Concentration modifications were approved effective F10.
01/19/10
CAAS Honors Concentration modifications were approved effective F10.
01/19/10
Center for Global & Intercultural Study: AT Miller
10/27/09
Chemistry Concentration & Academic Minor modifications were approved effective F10.
03/16/10
CICS 101: Introduction to International Studies
09/22/09
Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Concentration Sub-Plan: new name approved effective W10.
11/10/09
Community Action & Social Change (CASC) Academic Minor for LSA students was approved
for LSA students effective F09.
10/06/09
10/13/10
Complex Systems Academic Minor proposal was approved effective F10.
01/19/10
02/02/10
Course Approval Process Overview: Bob Megginson
09/15/09
Course Approval Process: Ways to improve the effectiveness of LSA’s undergraduate course
approval process
04/13/10
Current Issues in LSA Undergraduate Education: Terry McDonald
09/15/09
Curriculum Committee members for 2009-10 were acknowledged, especially faculty whose
elected term ends in June.
04/13/10
Earth System Science Concentration modifications were approved effective F10.
10/06/09
10/27/09
Electrical Engineering Academic Minor offered by EECS was approved for LSA students
effective F10.
03/30/10
Experiential Courses
03/16/10
Geological Sciences Concentration modifications were approved effective W10.
09/22/09
12/01/09
01/19/10
Half-Term Curriculum: efforts to increase the number of offerings
02/16/10
Independent Study Guidelines were approved.
10/27/09
Individual Concentration Program modifications were approved effective F10.
12/01/09
02/02/10
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Informatics Concentration modifications were approved effective F10.
03/16/10
Informatics Concentration updated course list was approved effective W10.
11/10/09
Informatics' request to allow concentrators to use STATS 350 (250) or its equivalent toward
fulfillment of LSA Area Distribution requirements was denied.
03/16/10
International Studies Concentration modifications were approved effective F10.
01/19/10
International Studies Concentration modifications, including changing the four tracks to sub-plans
(International Security; Norms & Cooperation; Political Economy & Development; Comparative
Culture & Identity; and Global Environment & Health) were approved effective F09.
12/01/09
Italian Concentration & Academic Minor modifications were approved effective W10.
09/22/09
Joint Meeting with the College of Engineering Curriculum Committee
02/16/10
Judaic Studies Concentration modifications were approved effective F10.
01/19/10
Latina/o Studies Concentration modifications were approved effective F10.
01/19/10
LSA Newnan Academic Advising Center: Annual Update
02/09/10
Mathematical Sciences Concentration modifications to advisory prerequisites were approved
effective W10.
11/10/09
Mathematical Sciences Program Concentration modifications were approved effective F10.
01/19/10
Mathematics Academic Minor modifications were approved effective F10.
01/19/10
Mathematics Teaching Certificate updated course list was approved effective F10.
11/10/09
Mathematics: V.J. Nair
02/16/10
Matthews Underclass Teaching Award: recommendation for this year’s award was accepted.
04/06/10
MCDB 398 & 498: proposed Independent Studies were deferred.
09/22/09
10/13/09
Modern European Studies Academic Minor modifications were approved effective F10.
01/19/10
Modern Greek Concentration modifications to requirements were approved effective W10.
11/10/09
Philosophy Concentration & Minor modifications were approved effective W10.
09/22/09
Physics Academic Minor modifications were approved effective F10.
03/09/10
Physics & Applied Physics Concentrations modifications were approved effective F10
03/09/10
Physics presented an overview of curricular changes to undergraduate introductory courses.
02/16/10
Physics: A PowerPoint presentation by Brad Orr about pedagogical changes in the department’s
introductory courses.
03/16/10
Polish Concentration updated course list was approved effective W10.
11/10/09
Polish Language, Literature, & Culture Academic Minor updated course list was approved
effective W10.
11/10/09
Polymer Chemistry Academic Minor modifications were approved effective F10.
03/16/10
PUBPOL 481/PHYSICS 481. National Science Policy in the 21st Century: Homer Neal
10/06/09
10/13/09
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Quantitative Reasoning Requirement: Summary Findings of CRLT’s assessment of the QR
Requirement
04/13/10
Race & Ethnicity Course Approvals
09/15/09
10/14/09
11/10/09
01/19/10
02/02/10
03/09/10
RC’s Academic Minor in Text-to-Performance: name change to Drama: Text-to-Performance was
approved effective F10.
03/09/10
Role of Writing in Course Proposals was approved.
10/13/09
10/27/09
11/10/09
Romance Languages & Literature Concentration modifications were approved effective F10.
01/19/10
Russian Concentration updated course list was approved effective W10.
11/10/09
SI (School of Information) 301, 410, & 422 were approved for LSA credit effective F09.
10/06/09
SI (School of Information) 429 and 446 were approved for LSA credit effective F10.
03/09/10
SM 217 (Sports Management) was approved for non-LSA degree credit.
09/22/09
Social Anthropology Concentration was discontinued effective W10.
11/10/09
Sociology Concentration modifications were approved effective F10.
03/16/10
Sociology Subplans Concentration was discontinued effective W10.
11/10/09
Statistics Concentration modifications were approved effective F10.
01/19/10
Statistics: Vijay Nair responded to a question from Engineering about training in data analysis and
statistical techniques prior to junior year.
02/16/10
SW 305 was approved for LSA credit and SS distribution effective F09.
10/13/09
Sweetland Writing Center: Revised Guidelines for the First-Year Writing Requirement (FYWR)
were approved.
10/06/09
Ukrainian Language, Literature, & Culture Academic Minor updated course list was approved
effective W10.
11/10/09
UM Admissions Office: Annual Report on the Attributes of the Incoming Class
02/09/10
Urban Studies Academic Minor updated course list was approved effective W10.
11/10/09
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