Council on Undergraduate Education
Year-End Report
CUE: Proposals Approved by the Senate in AY 2013/2014
November 2013
Curriculum Proposals for Senate Action
BUS
Add catalog language describing the Pre-MBA program. Like the Pre-Law program
and Pre-Med program, this is not a degree program (not a major or minor), but
consists of advising, recommended courses, and other opportunities that support
students who want to go on to do graduate level work in business.
WLC
Drop many courses, predominantly in Italian, Latin, and German. These courses
have not been offered in many years and the department lacks the resources to
offer them in the foreseeable future.
CUE Curriculum Action Reported to Senate
SWK
Change course descriptions for SWK 484 and 486 (Social Work Practicum I and II),
reducing the number of hours spent at the practicum site from 250 to 225 for each
course. This change corrects a long-standing error in the course descriptions: they
state that students will spend 16 hours per week at their practicum sites, which,
multiplied by 14 or 15 weeks, does not add up to 250 hours. Thus, the change
makes the course descriptions self-consistent. 225 hours is still well above the 150
hours required for a 4 credit course.
December 2013
Curriculum Proposals for Senate Action
LIN
Add a new course, LIN 537 Iconicity and Depiction, and change the list of Linguistics
minor electives to include LIN 537 and LIN 595. Change minor requirements:
students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 in their Linguistics coursework.
THE
Add a new course, THE 250 Dance and Fundamental Movement Activities, and
change the Dance minor and Theatre major to include this course. Although
technically new, THE 250 really represents the transfer of some dance related
activities from the PER department to the THE program, following the migration of
the Dance minor from PER to THE last year. Some sections that were previously
offered under PER 224 Activities will now be offered as THE 250.
February 2014
Curriculum Proposal for Senate Action
GOV
Add a new course, GOV 355 Mock Trial Experience, including it as an elective for the
Government major. Change pre-major requirements for Government major and
minor from “GOV 101 and 102, or GOV 110” to simply GOV 110. [GOV 101 and 102
were eliminated from the catalog last year in favor of the combined course, GOV
110, but the old option was left in the major/minor requirements for the benefit of
students who had already taken these courses; as these students have moved
through the program, it is no longer needed.] Adjust the number of pre-major and
free elective credit hours to accommodate this change.
March 2014
Curriculum Proposals for Senate Action
STM
Revise three Biology courses (BIO 201, 321, and 202). The first of these courses will
change from “Research Methods in Biology” (3) to “Research Methods in the
Sciences” (4), a course designed to satisfy science majors’ GSR 230 requirement.
Change the Biology major to require an internship (BIO 202) and a capstone (BIO
403), and to clarify the fact that MAT 130 counts as GSR 104. Make small changes
to the CHE and MAT majors to reflect the change in credit hours for BIO 201, which
serves these majors as well as the BIO major.
HIS
Add a new course, HIS 492 Senior Seminar I, and change HIS 493 to Senior
Seminar II, so that together they form a year-long senior capstone sequence. Drop
the prerequisites from HIS 102 and HIS 112 to permit more flexibility in students’
course scheduling.
CUE Curriculum Actions Reported to Senate
ART
Change ART 236 from Digital Media Production  Robotics and Interactivity. Make
minor revisions to the Art and Media Design major and Digital Media minor, to
accommodate this course change.
SOC
Change SOC 320 Field Experience (3)  SOC 450 Internship Seminar with Field
Experience (4), adding a classroom component in order to integrate knowledge from
readings and internship placement work.
April 2014
Curriculum Proposals for Senate Action
ASL
Add ASL 410 Foundations and Practices in ASL Analysis and Criticism, and divide ASL
314 American Sign Language Literature into two courses, ASL 314 and ASL 315,
which focus on Narratives and Poetry, respectively. Drop ASL 410 Practicum. Change
ASL 304 and 305 from skill-specific courses on fingerspelling and non-manual signs
to ASL Data Analysis and Applications I and II. Revise the ASL major to incorporate
the added courses and course changes above, and to take advantage of coursework
offered by the Linguistics department.
BUS
Add two new courses, BUS 321 Advertising & Branding and BUS 422 Marketing
Strategy. Make minor changes to ACC 202 and 331. Reduce required GPA from 2.75
to 2.70 for Business Administration and Accounting majors and revise the Business
Administration major – in particular, the Marketing concentration, to incorporate the
two new Marketing courses. Drop minors in Economics and Finance and revise the
minor in Business Administration so that it includes concentrations, including
Economics and Finance.
DST
Add DST 101 Introduction to Deaf Studies, making it a pre-major requirement.
Change DST 205, 301, and 498 – the latter two changes create a two semester
Senior Thesis sequence. Revise the DST major to incorporate the changes, above,
change some DST courses from “elective” to “required”, and add more options for
required related courses. Revise the ADP-DST online program, including changes
that parallel those to the regular DST major, and add catalog language about ADP to
the DST program description.
ENG
Add six writing courses: ENG 250, 260, 345, 360, 365, and 370. Drop several
courses (not offered in many years/related to the old general studies program): ENG
103S, 120, 121, 203S, 204S, 205H, 206H, 381, 396, and 397. Change 16 courses –
mostly editorial changes and standardizing prerequisite language, but also revising
ENG 323 and 324 so that they can more easily be cross-listed with GSR. Make ENG
250 Introduction to Public and Professional Writing a pre-major/minor course for the
English major, English minor, and Writing minor. Adjust the electives list for the
English major to accommodate the changes, above, and to eliminate elective
distribution requirements.
GSR
Change GSR 110 Career Development from (0) credit to (1) credit, expanding it
from 3 weeks to 15 and expanding the course description and content. Revise the
GSR program description, including the total number of credits for GSR.
ITS/PHY
Replace ITS 351 with ITS 252 Introduction to Web Technologies; drop ITS 432.
Revise IT major, adding MAT 142 as a required related course and giving a clear
alternative for students who do not satisfy the ACT/SAT requirement for admission
to the major. Change PHY 121 Earth Systems and Processes (3), which is currently
offered in tandem with a 1-credit lab; the courses will be combined into one 4-credit
course, in order to facilitate cross-listing with GSR 230.
MAT
Add two courses: MAT 142 Introductory Probability and Statistics for Science and
Information Technology, and MAT 403 Senior Capstone in Mathematics. Revise the
Mathematics major (to require MAT 403) and adjust the total number of credits
accordingly.
WLC
Add SPA 439 Mexican Civilization and revise SPA 406 Contemporary Spanish and
Latin American Literature, adding a course description and changing prerequisites.
Restructure the SPA major and minor, requiring a set of four core Spanish courses
and adding coursework in another foreign language.