Curriculum Committee
Agenda
January 31, 2011
Meeting Time: 3:30
Place: CETES Room 207
Membership:
Jim Hawkins (Education and Behavioral Sciences)
Ken Masters (Business)
Robert Bausch (Liberal Arts)
Kelly McClure (Education and Behavioral Sciences)
Gary Buckley (’09-’10 Chair of CC, Science and Technology)
Misael Santiago (Liberal Arts)
Justin Walton (Liberal Arts)
Ali Soylu (Business)
Lynda Robinson (Education and Behavioral Sciences)
Carla Guthridge (Science and Technology)
Greg Herring (Science and Technology)
Linda Phillips (Registrar, ex officio)
Marie-Ginette Baillargeon (Faculty Senate Rep)
John Hodgson, (VPAA designee, ex officio)
1. Consideration of minutes from November 29, 2010.
2. Curriculum changes:
a. Sociology – Addition of SOCI 4903 (Capstone course) as a new course and modification of
program to add this course as a core requirement.
b. Chemistry program – Modifications based on last two Curriculum Committee discussions.
3. Informational: The General Education Committee has recommended the removal of General Chemistry
II and its lab (CHEM 1474 and CHEM 1471) from the general education list.
Summary of Feedback on Chemistry Degree Modification
Our initial concerns included:
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courses listed under the Health Profession option that are no longer offered
the requirement for a minor was not clear for the Chemistry Degree Option
some of the electives under the Health Option were not upper division but a statement was made that one
must select thirteen or more hours to achieve 40 hours of upper division
e-mail feedback from Curriculum Committee members over the last week regarding proposed modifications:
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Remove the course names from the General Education side of the sheet or have the course names match up
with the official course name
Why is FNAR 1013 listed specifically, especially with the “or” statement?
Remove references to forty upper division hours – that is already on the check sheet on the front side
Wording, particularly around the electives, should be clearer.
Curriculum Committee Proposed Actions – November 29, 2010
Course Addition
Course
Dept.
SOCI 4903
Sociology &
CJ
Program Modifications
Sociology
Sociology &
CJ
Chemistry
Physical
Sciences
Reasons for Addition
Adds capstone; better alignment with
national norms; opportunity to pull
together topics from curriculum
Chair
1/14/11
Dean
1/18/11
Gen. Ed.
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Teacher Ed.
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Include SOCI 4903 (above) as a core
requirement; increases hours from 36
hours to 39 hours
Rearrange degree to three options to
include recent American Chemical Society
certification and health professional
option
1/14/11
1/18/11
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Curriculum