Fort Lewis College
Curriculum Committee Minutes
2008-2009 Academic Year
Meeting 13
December 10, 2008
3:35 – 4:30 pm
Present: Arbeeny, Pam; Baranski, John; Barnes, Sherry; Burkhart, Olivia; Chew, Beverly; Crawford;
Gerald; Fine-Dare, Kathy; Hartsfield, Larry; McGurr, Paul; Moss, Susan; Trujillo, Jennifer
Absent: Gadbois, John; Kendall, Kathy
1. Larry Hartsfield brought the meeting to order. The minutes for the December 3, 2008 meeting
were approved.
2. John Baranski spoke to the changes in the History options. In each of the options an additional
elective course is being added to provide more depth to the specific area of the option. This
increases the number of credit hours in the option but the overall required hours is still in line
with peer institutions.
a. History major – U.S. option — Addition of course to required electives – was approved
b. History major – World option — Addition of course to required electives – was
approved
c. History major – European option — Addition of course to required electives – was
approved
3. Kathy Fine spoke for Peter McCormick to the Native American and Indigenous Studies
proposals. The Southwest Studies Department is expanding the American Indian Studies
offerings to include Indigenous Studies. In connection with this expansion, the American Indian
Studies major and minor are being renamed Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS).
Also, the courses formerly designated Southwest Studies (SW) that deal with Native American
and Indigenous Studies are being renumbered with the designation (NAIS)
a. The following proposals are for new courses in Native American and Indigenous Studies
(NAIS) or for previous Southwest Studies (SW) courses that are having course
description changes along with a prefix change from SW to NAIS
i. NAIS 110 – Intro American Indian Studies – new course, 3 credit hours, formerly
SW 110 – description change from previous SW course – was approved
ii. NAIS 301 – Writing in Native Am Studies – new course, 3 credit hours, split off
from SW 301 – similar course to SW 301 but focus specifically on NAIS – was
approved
iii. NAIS 3xx – Intl Indigenous Issues – new course, 4 credit hours, – was approved
(7 in favor; 2 opposed).
iv. NAIS 491 – Practicum – new course, 3 credit hours, split off from SW 491 –
similar course to SW 491 but focus specifically on NAIS – was approved
v. NAIS 493 – Internship in NAIS – new course, 1-6 credit hours, split off from SW
493 – similar course to SW 493 but focus specifically on NAIS – was approved
vi. NAIS 496 – Senior Seminar – new course, 3 credit hours, split off from SW 496 –
similar course to SW 496 but focus specifically on NAIS – was approved with
suggestion that description include more detail of nature of course.
vii. NAIS 499 – Independent Study – new course, 1-6 credit hours, split off from SW
499 – similar course to SW 499 but focus specifically on NAIS – was approved
viii. NAIS 299 – Independent Study – new course, 1-6 credit hours, split off from SW
299 – similar course to SW 299 but focus specifically on NAIS – was approved
ix. NAIS 4xxa – Topics in Indigenous Studies – new course, 3 credit hours, – was
tabled. Sent back to Peter McCormick to answer questions on maximum hours
to which the course is repeatable, to address how the single course will address
the multiple distribution areas of the major, and how the course will be staffed.
b. The following courses had no description changes and are former SW courses with the
new NAIS designation. These new courses were approved en masse:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
ix.
x.
xi.
xii.
xiii.
xiv.
xv.
xvi.
NAIS 100 - Fund Navajo Language 1
NAIS 101 - Fund Navajo Language 2
NAIS 115 - Native American Newsletter
NAIS 123 - American Indian History
NAIS 280 - Native American in Mod World
NAIS 315 - Native American News Writing
NAIS 317 - Histry of Amer Indians in Film
NAIS 322 - American Indian Philosophies
NAIS 323 - Southwest Indian History
NAIS 327 - American Indians & Mass Media
NAIS 344 - Native American Oral Tradition
NAIS 355 - Dev of US Indian Policy
NAIS 360 - Meso American Art History
NAIS 368 - Native N. American Art History
NAIS 380 - Natve Amer Lit: Topics
NAIS 450 - Tribal Preservation
c. Related to “a.” and “b.” above the proposal titled re-numbering of SW/NAIS courses
was reviewed. This proposal deletes the following SW designated courses that were
approved as new NAIS courses above. These course deletions were approved:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
ix.
x.
xi.
xii.
xiii.
xiv.
xv.
xvi.
xvii.
SW100 - Fund Navajo Language 1
SW101 - Fund Navajo Language 2
SW110 – Intro American Indian Studies
SW115 - Native American Newsletter
SW123 - American Indian History
SW280 - Native American in Mod World
SW315 - Native American News Writing
SW317 - Histry of Amer Indians in Film
SW322 - American Indian Philosophies
SW323 - Southwest Indian History
SW327 - American Indians & Mass Media
SW344 - Native American Oral Tradition
SW355 - Dev of US Indian Policy
SW360 - Meso American Art History
SW368 - Native N. American Art History
SW380 - Natve Amer Lit: Topics
SW450 - Tribal Preservation
d. New Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) major was reviewed. The major is
primarily the old American Indian Studies major with the addition of courses in
indigenous studies and a wider selection of electives. Was tabled due to an
inconsistency in the number of hours required for the major (proposal states 45 on the
top but only 39 on the bottom), failure to respond adequately to the impact study, and
clarification of the handling of NAIS 4xxa in the distribution areas.
e. New Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) minor was reviewed. The minor is
primarily the old American Indian Studies minor with the addition of courses in
indigenous studies and a wider selection of electives. Was tabled due to an
inconsistency in the number of hours required for the minor (proposal states 15-19 but
required lower division classes (7) plus minimum of 9 upper division classes add to at
least 16 hours), failure to respond adequately to the impact study, and clarification of
the handling of NAIS 4xxa in the distribution areas.
f.
Revised Southwest Studies major was reviewed. Changes were made to take into
account prefix changes as noted above, to add new electives, and to switch the
distribution areas of certain electives – was approved.
Respectfully submitted
Paul McGurr