*You can click links below to launch proposals: some are in CourseLeaf, and some in the traditional pdf format.
As an alternative for accessing the CourseLeaf proposals, you can go to the CourseLeaf Administrative Console available at https://uww-next.courseleaf.com/courseleaf/; under “Administration” click “Approve Pages,” under
“Your Role:” select “Faculty Senate Chair.” You’ll see a list of all CourseLeaf proposals that are currently at the
Faculty Senate level of workflow (and are therefore on this transmittal). You can click on each proposal to view it. With the Admin Console, you’ll need to log in only once to CourseLeaf.
George Ferencz, Marshall Anderson, Teri Frame, Richard Cummings, Rashiqa Kamal, Robert Leitheiser for
Matthew Winden, Jenni Petersen, John Zbikowski, Lynn Gilbertson, Zach Oster, Angela Harlan, Paul House,
Liz Hachten, Carol Elsen, Jodi Hare-Paynter, Rowand Robinson, Jillian Smith, Tracy Arneson-Baker, Jan
Olson, Becky Pfeifer and Greg Cook (Chair). Guests: Anne Stinson, Melanie Agnew, and Sharon Kolb.
I. Approval of Minutes from the December 4 meeting. Marshall Anderson and Angela Harlan moved approval of minutes—approved unanimously.
II. Announcements
III.
Information Only Items (To be Received and Recorded).
A. Special Courses approved since the most recent UCC meeting : George Ferencz and Marshall
Anderson moved approval of area III. A.: motion passed unanimously.
Course No. Title
Interuniversity Internship 093 Career Ready Internship
Comm. Special Study 496 Event Planning for PR
CIGENRL Workshop 490
English Special Study 296
Identity Dev for SAs
Intensive First Year English
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Term
Spring 2016
Fall 2016
Fall 2016
Spring 2016
Approved
12/4/15
12/1/15
12/1/15
11/25/15

IV. Action Items
A. Curricular Actions from the College of Arts and Communication
1. Action from the Department of Communication
Zach Oster and Richard Cummings moved approval of area IV. A.1.1. Angela Harlan kindly brought to the committee attention that the 25 character abbreviation should be changed to
“Interactive Communication” and shouldn’t be “flash development” and this clearly shows more than a 50% change in the class and should have current and revised updated syllabus.
After further discussion and a hand vote of 6 Yes and 6 No, this proposal was not approved and was rolled back for the following changes: 25-character abbreviation should be changed from
“Flash Development” to “Interactive Communication,” and since this revision is considered 50% or more of the course content a previous version of a syllabus and revised version of a syllabus showing the changes to be included in this proposal before it can be brought back to the next meeting.
Course Revision – CL – Title, Prerequisite, and Course Description Changes – MAGD 271 :
Interactive Communication Proposal not approved.
2. Actions from the Department of Music
Marshall Anderson and Angela Harlan moved approval of area IV. A.2.1-3: motion passed unanimously.
Jodi Hare Paynter will follow-up with Robert Gehrenbeck to seek a change of the Prerequisite from “Open to all University Students by Audition” to “Open to all University Students by request only.”
George Ferencz kindly brought to the committee attention that an email was sent to Becky Pfeifer requesting changes to the “Maximum times taken” and “for maximum of credit” for degrees and majors from 99 to 15 in MUSC 172, 277, 278 and it was not done. The committee kindly amended that Greg Cook could make this change in all three courses—these edits were made in all three courses during the UCC meeting.
2.1. New Course – CL – MUSC 172 : Chamber Singers
2.2. New Course – CL – MUSC 278 : Gospel Choir
2.3. Course Revision – CL – Title, Grade Basis, General Elective Requirement, and Credit
Limit Changes – MUSC 277 : Vocal Jazz Ensemble
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B. Curricular Actions from the College of Business and Economics
1. Actions from the Department of Management
Richard Cummings and Rashiqa Kamal moved approval of area IV. B.1.1-3: motion passed unanimously.
1.1. New Emphasis – CL – General Management with Managing Sports Programs BBA
1.2. Course Revision – CL – Title and Course Description Change – Management 485 :
Professional Services Entrepreneurship
1.3. Course Revision – CL – Deletion of Cross-listing, Prerequisite and Course Catalog
Description Change – Management 487 : Entrepreneurship: New Ventures
2. Actions from the Department of Marketing
Bob Leitheiser and Rashiqa Kamal moved approval of area IV. B.2.1-3: motion passed unanimously.
2.1. Change in Major – CL – Marketing BBA
2.2. New Minor – CL – Marketing: Digital Marketing
Angela Harlan kindly brought to the committee attention that minors do not have a “Primary
Degree Type” and the degree type should be removed, and there is a typographical error in the
Program Description under the Course List. The committee amended asking that Greg Cook make these corrections in the proposal during the UCC meeting.
2.3. Change in Minor – CL – Marketing: Integrated Marketing Communication
3. Action from the Department of Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health
Zach Oster and Marshall Anderson moved approval of area IV. B.3.1: motion passed unanimously.
3.1. Course Revision – CL - Prerequisite, Grade Basis, and Course Description Changes-
SAFETY 481 : Analysis and Design for Safety in Industrial Operations
C. Curricular Actions from the College of Education and Professional Studies
1. Actions from the Department of Curriculum & Instruction
John Zbikowski and Bob Leitheiser moved approval of area IV. C.1.1-4: motion passed unanimously.
Melanie Agnew explained the reason for the new major and building other practicums once UW
System approves this major. Angela Harlan kindly brought to the committee attention that there were no prerequisites for these courses and asked if the courses were intended to include
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freshmen. Melanie Agnew agreed that the prerequisites might need to be reconsidered in the future once the new major is up and running.
1.1. New Course – CL – CIGENRL 241 : Globalization and Education
Greg Cook asked if this course would satisfy learning outcomes for other majors, minors or degrees. Liz Hachten brought up that CIGENRL 342 and 343 seem to be broader when it comes to educational outcomes and maybe too broad and also brought up that there are others teaching these topics within other courses/departments across campus. She feels that there is plenty of room within curriculum for these topics but she questions how some of these address global education and that the education theme needs to be stated more explicitly. Liz suggested that the titles be changed so students understand what they are enrolling in.
1.2. New Course – CL – CIGENRL 341 : Global Perspectives in Teaching and Learning
1.3. New Course – CL – CIGENRL 342 : Identity, Culture, and Social Justice in Global
Education
1.4. New Course – CL – CIGENRL 343 : Migration, Peace, and Conflict in Education
2. Actions from the Department of Special Education
Bob Leitheiser and Zach Oster moved approval of area IV. C.2.1-2: motion passed unanimously.
2.1. Change in Minor – CL – Special Education Minor for Non-Education Majors
Liz Hachten asked what happens when someone changes from a non-licensure to licensure degree: do the core courses change? Rowand Robinson responded saying they would not change whether they were licensure or non-licensure student. The committee kindly brought attention that the degree type should be NA not BSE since this is not allowed in minors.
The committee amended asking that Greg Cook could make this correction in the proposal during the UCC meeting.
2.2. Change in Minor – CL – Special Education – Adaptive Education Licensure Minor
Zach Oster kindly brought to the committee attention if SPECFLD 410 should be changed to a unique requirement. This will allow these courses to be taken in the major as well as being required for students in the minor. The committee amended asking Greg Cook make the change that SPECFLD 410 or CIFLD 402 can be changed to a unique requirement—this was noted in the comments area of the proposal and will need to be implemented when the proposal arrives at the
Registrar’s Office.
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D. Curricular Actions from the College of Letters and Sciences
1. Action from the College of Letters and Sciences
Angela Harlan and Marshall Anderson moved approval of area IV. D1.1: motion passed unanimously.
1.1. New Course – PUBHLTH 350 : Topics in Global Health
Liz Hachten explained that this will be a revolving topics course and the learning objectives in the proposal are the general objectives for all topics. This is being administered as an interdisciplinary course and all four colleges have had input.
Zach Oster kindly brought to the committee’s attention that “vulnerable pops” should be changed to “vulnerable populations” in the catalog description. The committee amended asking Greg Cook make this correction in the proposal during the UCC meeting.
2. Actions from the Department of Biological Sciences
Zach Oster and Angela Harlan moved approval of area IV. D.2.1-3: motion passed unanimously.
2.1. Course Revision – CL – Credit Hour Change, Course Description, and Dual-listing changes – BIOLOGY 351 : The Plant Kingdom
2.2. Credit Hour Change – CL – Biology 353 : Plant Taxonomy
2.3. Course Revision – CL – Credit Hour Change and Course Description Changes – Biology
375 : Invertebrate Zoology
3. Actions from the Department of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science
Angela Harlan and Rashiqa Kamal moved approval of area IV. D.3.1-7: motion passed unanimously.
3.1. Change in Emphasis – CL – Geography Environmental/Physical BS
3.2. Change in Emphasis – CL – Geography General (BA/BS)
3.3. Change in Emphasis – CL – Geography Geology Emphasis (BA/BS)
3.4. Change in Emphasis – CL – Geography Cultural (BA/BS)
3.5. Change in Emphasis – CL – Geography – Quantitative/Technique Emphasis (BA/BS)
3.6. Change in Emphasis – CL – Geography – Urban Emphasis (BA/BS)
3.7. Change in Minor – CL – ENVIRNSTDY : Environmental Studies Minor
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Liz Hachten said they discussed the situation with the above departments and received no disapprovals. Greg Cook asked that a note be placed or email uploaded confirming approval if the consultation form is not being used.
Jillian Smith brought up that there is a licensure for Environmental Studies and Sciences. Liz
Hachten suggested that this be indicated in the catalog. Jillian said any substantial requirement changes should be told to DPI.
Bob Leitheiser kindly brought to the committee attention that adding “Select one course from the following list” under the Writing Requirements to all these Change in Emphasis so each one is similar to the other within the group. The committee amended asking that Becky Pfeifer or
Melissa Thoma complete this task.
Zach Oster and Marshall Anderson moved approval of area IV. D.3.8-10: motion passed unanimously.
3.8. Course Revision – CL - Prerequisite Added and Change in Grade Basis – ENVSCI 200 :
3.9. Course Revision – CL - Course Number and Prerequisite Change, Add General Education
Elective and Course Catalog Revision – GEOGRPY 232 : Geography of Race and
Ethnicity in the United States (DV)
3.10. Prerequisite Change – CL – GEOGRPY 332 : Political Geography
4. Actions from the Department of Languages & Literatures
Bob Leitheiser and Marshall Anderson moved approval of area IV. D.4.1-4. Liz Hachten explained that she requested the revised syllabus for each course below (due to the proposed changes in number of credits) but the syllabi had not made it to Becky Pfeifer to be loaded into
CourseLeaf. She explained that these courses have already been taught for several years as 2credit courses. She had asked that Becky Pfeifer update the Course Catalog Description to remove the “Repeatable two times for” and leave it “maximum of 6 credits in major/degree.”
As the committee went through thoroughly discussing these proposals, Zach Oster and Bob
Leitheiser asked that these be voted for approval and the above changes made. Richard
Cummings and George Ferencz disagreed that others have had proposals rolled back due to lack of consultations, syllabi and additional changes. They both felt changes need to be made and discussed with their curriculum committee and should be rolled back. The committee took a hand vote to approve the motion, and the vote was 6 Yes – 6 No – so the motion did not pass and the proposals were not approved.
4.1. Course Revision – CL – Title and Number of Credits Changes – FRENCH 340:
Contemporary French Civilization Proposal not approved.
4.2. Course Revision – CL – Credit, Repeatability, Course Catalog Description Changes –
FRENCH 390: French Conversation Proposal not approved.
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4.3. Course Revision – CL – Credit, Repeatability, Course Catalog Description Changes –
GERMAN 390: German Conversation Proposal not approved.
4.4. Course Revision – CL – Credit, Repeatability, Course Catalog Description Changes –
SPANISH 390: Spanish Conversation Proposal not approved.
5. Actions from the Department of Mathematics
Angela Harlan and Zach Oster moved approval of area IV. D.5.1-2: motion passed unanimously.
5.1. New Emphasis – CL – Mathematics – Actuarial Science BA/BS
5.2. Change in Emphasis – CL – Mathematics – Statistics Emphasis BA/BS
Angela Harlan and Zach Oster suggested that area IV. D.5.3 be withdrawn (no motion to approve). Angela and Liz Hachten asked that the proposal be rolled back directly to Angela, for revision.
5.3. New Course-CL- Math 147 : Mathematics in Early Childhood. Proposal not approved.
Angela Harlan did go through and update the course title so it was the same as the syllabus.
Angela said that Learning outcomes are new due to the new assessment information now being asked of and explained that the title was supposed to be the Mathematics in Early Childhood
Education. This is credit that goes towards the Early Childhood degree. The General Education
Committee said that the previous title was too specific and felt that is was not designed for general students. In order to receive the GE accreditation they need to stay with this title. Greg
Cook and Bob Leitheiser asked that the catalog description and the topic list in the syllabus be changed so they reflect the title. Angela Harlan said she would be more than happy to revise these. Angela Harlan told the committee she would be okay withdrawing this proposal to bring back to a later date since it will not be offered in Fall 2016.
6. Action from the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Marshall Anderson and Bob Leitheiser moved approval of area IV. D.6.1: motion passed unanimously.
6.1. New Course – RELIGST 371 : Modern Religious Movements
7. Actions from the Department of Political Science
Zach Oster and Terri Frame moved approval of area IV. D.7.1-3: motion passed unanimously.
7 .1. Change in Major – CL – Political Science Education BSE
7.2. Change in Minor – CL – Political Science Education
7.3. Change in Major – CL – Public Policy and Administration BS
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8. Actions from the Department of Sociology, Criminology, and Anthropology
Angela Harlan and Jenni Peterson moved approval of area IV. D.8.1-2: motion passed unanimously.
8.1. Change in Major – CL – Japanese Studies (BA)
8.2. Change in Minor – CL – JAPANSTDY : Japanese Studies Minor
Zach Oster and Terri Frame moved approval of area IV. D.8.3-4: motion passed unanimously.
8.3. Change in Minor – CL – CRIMINOLGY : Criminology Minor
Angela Harlan and Jenni Peterson moved approval of area IV. D.8.4: motion passed unanimously.
8.4. Course Description Change – CL – SOCIOLGY 285 : Asian Americans (GA)
Zach Oster said the RACEETH 285 (cross listing) should not have been removed and should be added back. The committee amended asking Greg Cook to add back the RACEETH 285 cross listing to the proposal.
Angela Harlan and Marshall Anderson moved approval of area IV. D.8.5-6: motion passed unanimously.
8.5. Prerequisite Change – CL – SOCIOLGY 473 : Social Theory: Classical and
Contemporary Perspectives
Bob Leitheiser brought to the committee attention that the prerequisite needs to be updated to read correctly. The committee amended asking that Greg Cook update the prerequisite to read as follows – “(Sociology 240 or Sociology 276 or Sociology 301) and 3 additional units of
Sociology, or consent of instructor.”
8.6. Prerequisite Change – CL – SOCIOLGY 476 : Methods of Social Research
9. Action from the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
Terri Frame and Zach Oster moved approval of area IV. D.9.1: motion passed unanimously.
9.1. New Course – CL – WOMENST 410 : Diversity Leadership Certificate Seminar
E. Curricular Actions from the Registrar’s Office
Bob Leitheiser and Marshall Anderson moved approval of area IV. E.1.1-3: motion passed unanimously.
1.1.
1.2.
Miscellaneous Request – CL – 12.
Miscellaneous Request – CL – 24.
General Business BBA
Liberal Studies Minor
1.3. Miscellaneous Request – CL – 15. Special Education Minor for Non-Education Majors
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V. Adjourned at 4:00 p.m.
Respectfully,
Becky Pfeifer
University Curriculum Committee Secretary
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