Minutes
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Curriculum Committee Meeting
Committee Members:
Meifang Xiang, Stuart Glosser (Chairperson), Rashiqa Kamal,
Robert Leitheiser, Rimi Zakaria, Robert Boostrom, Jan Olson (Ad
Hoc), Quinton Baker (Student Representative)
Committee Alternates:
Alka Arora, James Bronson & Steve Guo, Jim Molloy, Paul
Ambrose, Marilyn Lavin
Meeting Time, Date, and Place: 3:40 p.m., February 11, 2013, Hyland Hall 4301
Meeting called to order by Glosser at 3:42 pm.
1. Approval of the December 5, 2012, meeting minutes. Boostrom moved approval. Seconded
by Xiang. Minutes were approved unanimously.
2. Proposals:
A. Finance and Business Law: Change in major; add FNBSLW 472 to electives list for both
the finance and finance-honors majors.
 Kamal moved approval of the proposed change. Seconded by Boostrom. Approved
unanimously.
B. Information Technology/Supply Chain Management: New Course: ITSCM 315
Accessibility in High Tech… (Note: we acted on this proposal in December, but it was
returned for corrections to the prerequisites.)
 Boostrom moved approval of the proposed changes. Leitheiser seconded. The
proposal sent to the COBE Curriculum Committee required that students take at least
2 of the 3 core courses in the Disabilities Studies program. According to Glosser, the
proposal’s author requested that the course prerequisites be modified so that students
need only take at least one of the 3 core courses in the Disabilities Studies program.
The modification would enable more students in the program to take the proposed
course.Boostrom proposed an amendment, in line with the new information, to
change the required prerequisites to one course instead of two. Leitheiser seconded
the amendment. The amendment was approved unanimously. The main motion was
approved unanimously.

Discuss mapping of curricular coverage of the Mission statement goals of critical thinking,
entrepreneurial leadership, ethical behavior and appreciation of diversity. (Grid attached.)

Jan passed out a spreadsheet that summarizes contribution of majors to the three COBE
mission objectives: critical thinking; entrepreneurial leadership; ethical behavior; and
appreciation of diversity. The committee was concerned that only four of the eleven majors
covered (in either elective or required courses) entrepreneurial leadership. It was decided that
the seeming lack of coverage may be because it is not clear what the objective of
entrepreneurial leadership is supposed to mean. Further discussion revealed that the same
lack of clarity applied to the other 3 objectives. It was decided that the committee will seek
clarification on the mission’s objectives definitions and resume discussion of the topic.

Other business
No other business
Boostrom moved and Xiang seconded a motion to adjourn. The motion was unanimous
approved. Adjourned at 4:17 pm.
Bob Leitheiser