Undergraduate Curriculum Team
Meeting Minutes
2:00 – 3:30 April 21, 2014
Holmes Hall 109
Meeting Facilitator: Anna Carlin
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Anna Carlin, Library Services, Chair
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Richard Coughlin, CAS
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Russell Hogg, CHPSW
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Anna Koufakou, WCE
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Kazuo Nakatani, LCOB
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Mark Simpson, COE
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Melanie Stanis, CAS
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Kristine DeWelde, General Education, Ex-Officio
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Peggy Raynor, Curriculum & Instruction, Ex-Officio
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Cathy Duff, Curriculum & Instruction, Ex-Officio
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Sherrie Amundsen, Curriculum & Instruction Ex-Officio
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Guests: Lisa Zidek, Mary Swanson, Rita Rubin/ College of Engineering; Mary Ann Zager, Jeff Kleeger, Kim Jackson, John Reilly/Arts and
Sciences
*Alternative CAS member, will be attending for the spring semester.
**Provided comments prior to meeting via email.
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****Not able to attend due to work conflict. Committee scheduled 3 different days and times for meetings to accommodate all
members as best as possible since 3 members had standing conflicts.
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Call to order: Chair called the meeting to order.
Approval of agenda : Approved as written.
Approval of 4/7/2014 minutes: Approved as written.
New Business
a. College of Engineering:
i. B.S.C.E. Civil Engineering Major Revision Proposal: Lisa Zidek presented the program revision.
Approved with addition of CES 4106 to catalog copy.
ii. B.S. Env. E. Environmental Engineering Major Revision Proposal: Lisa Zidek presented the program
revision. Approved with corrections to the course form for ENV 4612C: added the explanation and
corrected the effective date per Lisa Zidek.
iii. B.S. Software Engineering Major Revision Proposal: Lisa Zidek presented the program revision.
Approved.
iv. B.S. Bioengineering Course Changes (Major revision previously reviewed). Approved.
b. Arts and Sciences
i. B.S. Legal Studies Major Revision Proposal: Jeff Kleeger presented the program revision. Approved.
ii. B.A. English Major Revision Proposal: Kim Jackson presented the program revision. Approved.
iii. Earth and Space Science Minor Revision Proposal: John Reilly presented the minor revision. Approved.
iv. Medieval and Early Modern Studies Minor Revision Proposal: Approved.
v. Spanish Minor Revision Proposal: Kim Jackson presented the program revision. Approved.
vi. Digital Media Design Minor Revision Proposal: Approved.
vii. Critical Theory Minor Revision Proposal: Approved.
viii. Gender Studies Minor Revision Proposal: Tabled until the last UCT meeting which is scheduled on
5/6/14 at 2:00 p.m. The committee discussed the courses in the program and whether they have a
“gender” perspective. The committee suggested the minor be condensed focusing on gender studies.
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College
Program
Course Add
Course
Changes/Deletions
Prefix/No./Course
Title
Action
College of
Engineering
B.S.C.E. Civil
Engineering
Major Revision
Approved
CES 4106 Advanced
Structural Analysis
Approved
CGN 4802C Civil
Engin Senior Design
Approved
Change
CES 4605C Steel
Design
Approved
Change
Approved
Change
TTE 3002C
Transportation
Engineering
TTE 4201C Traffic
Engineering
Approved
Delete
Add
B.S. Env.E.
Environmental
Engineering
Major Revision
Approved
EES 3010 Science &
Tech of Solar Energy
Approved
EES 3204C Environ
Chem for Engineers
Approved
Change
Approved
Change
ENV 4330C
Hazardous Waste
Remediation
Approved
Change
ENV 4612
Sustainability in
Engineering
ENV 4891C Envir
Engr Senior Design
Approved
Change
Approved
Change
EGN 3641C
Engineering
Entrepreneurship
CWR 4504C Water
Resources Design
Approved
Change
Add
B.S. Software
Engineering
Major Revision
Approved
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CDA 4150 Computer
Architecture
Approved
Change
Approved
Change
CEN 4935 Senior
Software Engr
Project
Approved
Change
CEN 4065 Software
Architecture &
Design
Approved
Change
CNT 4104 Software
Proj Comp
Networks
CEN 3073 Software
Specifications
Approved
Change
Approved
Delete
COP 2550
Programming
Systems
B.S.
Bioengineering Course Changes
Approved
BME 3100C
Introduction to
Biomaterials
Approved
Change
BME 4332C Cellular
& Tissue
Engineering
Approved
Change
BME 4504C
Bioelectricity
Approved
Change
BME 4884
Bioengineering
Senior Design I
Approved
Change
College of Arts
and Sciences
B.S. Legal Studies
Major Revision
Approved
Approved
Change
PLA 3205
Courtroom
Techniques
Approved
Change
PLA 3240
Alternative Dispute
Resolution
Change
PLA 3277 Torts
Approved
Change
PLA 3428 Contracts
Approved
Approved
Change
PLA 3436 Business
3
Organizations
PLA 3703
Professional Ethics
Approved
Change
PLA 3764 Law Office
Management
Approved
Change
PLA 3806 Family
Law Issues
Approved
Change
Approved
Change
PLA 4116 (3116)
Legal Research &
Writing
Change
PLA 4530 Elder Law
Approved
Approved
Change
PLA 4570
Globalization & the
Rule of Law
PLA 4605 Wills,
Trusts, and Estates
Approved
Change
PLA 4616 Real
Estate Transactions
Approved
Change
Approved
Change
PLA 4850 Am.
Jurisprudence
Capstone
Approved
Change
PLA 4913
Independent
Research
PLA 4933 Special
Topics Legal Studies
Approved
Change
Change
PLA 4940 Internship
Approved
B.A. English Major
Revision
Approved
AML 3154 Poetry of
U.S. Lit & Culture
Approved
Add
AML 3175 Drama of
U.S. Lit & Culture
Approved
Add
ENL 3154 Poetry of
Brit Lit & Culture
Approved
Add
ENL 3184 Drama of
Brit Lit & Culture
Approved
Add
LIT 4404
Interdisciplinary
Literature
Approved
Delete
Approved
Delete
LIT 4663 Magical
4
Realism
Delete
LIT 4931 The Exile in
Literature
Earth & Space
Science Minor
Revision
Approved
Approved
Approved
Add
AST 3722C
Observational
Astronomy
Approved
Add
GLY 3202C
Mineralogy &
Petrology
Medieval and
Early Modern
Studies Minor
Revision
Approved
Spanish Minor
Revision
Approved
SPN 1121C
Beginning Spanish 2
Approved
Change
Approved
Change
SPN 2220C
Intermediate
Spanish 1
Approved
Change
SPN 2221C
Intermediate
Spanish 2
SPN 3300 Spanish
Advanced Writing
Approved
Change
Digital Media
Design Minor
Revision
Approved
Critical Theory
Minor Revision
Approved
Gender Studies
Minor Revision –
pending final
approval
Tabled
Adjourned: Meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m.
Notes: Sherrie Amundsen
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