Report of the Committee on Educational Policy and the Curriculum
Approved at the October 22, 2007 meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
(Information is from the April 10, 2007 CEPC meeting)
Recommendations for approval by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Committee recommends adoption of the following proposals. The text of each
proposal is given in bold face print.
The full text of syllabi, program descriptions, Undergraduate Record and Graduate
Record entries, as well as other documentation for these recommendations, are available
prior to the FAS meeting in the office of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences,
419 Cabell Hall. Changes approved by the FAS will appear and become effective in the
Fall 2007-2008 Undergraduate and/or Graduate Records, unless otherwise noted.
Course Changes
ART-HISTORY DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
ARTH 336Z Renaissance and Baroque Rome
ARTH 316Z Art and Archaeology of Ancient Rome
EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES DEPARTMENT
To change the course title and course description in the Undergraduate and
Graduate Records
JPTR 322/522 The Modern Japanese Canon TO
JPTR 322/522 Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature: The Canon and
Beyond
BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
To change the course title and prerequisite in the Undergraduate Record
BIOL 203 Introduction to Biology Laboratory TO Introduction to Biology:
Cell Biology and Genetics Laboratory
BIOL 204 Introduction to Biology Laboratory TO Introduction to Biology:
Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Laboratory
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To change the credit hours in the Undergraduate Record from 3 to 4 hours
BIOL 301 Genetics and Molecular Biology
To change the course title, prerequisite and course description in the Undergraduate
Record
BIOL 318 Introductory Biology TO Introduction to Plant Biology
To change the course prerequisite in the Undergraduate Record
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BIOL 400 Laboratory in Molecular Biology
BIOL 413 Population Ecology and Conservation Biology
BIOL 411 Genetics Laboratory
BIOL 402 Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics
BIOL 407 Developmental Biology Laboratory
BIOL 404 Laboratory in Cell Biology
BIOL 426 Cellular Mechanisms
To add to the Undergraduate Record
BIOL 431 Sensory Biology
BIOL 416 Functional Genomics
BIOL 507 Practical Aspects of Light Microscopy in the Biological Sciences
To add to the Graduate Record
BIOL 731 Sensory Biology
BIOL 716 Functional Genomics
BIOL 507 Practical Aspects of Light Microscopy in the Biological Sciences
BIOL 941 Research in Yeast Morphogenesis
BIOL 957 Research in Behavioral Genetics
To change the course description in the Graduate Record
BIOL 991 Rotation Research
BIOL 992 Rotation Research
BIOL 996 Research
To change the credit hours from 1-3 variable hours to 3 hours, prerequisite and
course description
BIOL 497 Independent Research
BIOL 498 Independent Research
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
ENEC 340 Eighteenth-Century British Theater
ENCR 350 The Empire in Literature
ENVIRONMENTAL THOUGHT AND PRACTICE PROGRAM
To add to the Undergraduate Record
ETP 481 Class, Race and the Environment (cross-listed with PLAP 481)
ETP 386 The Business of Saving Nature (cross-listed with COMM 386)
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
EVSC 176 Water: Understanding Our Essential Natural Resource
EVSC 375Z Tropical Ecology and Conservation in Belize
EVSC 223 Conservation Ecology Laboratory
EVSC 381 Earth Processes as Natural Hazards
EVSC 483 Water-Rock Interactions Seminar
EVSC 459 Air Pollution
To add to the Graduate Record
EVGE 783 Water-Rock Interactions Seminar
GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
YIDD 105 Elementary Yiddish Language and Culture
YIDD 106 Elementary Yiddish Language and Culture
HUMAN BIOLOGY PROGRAM
To change the credit hours in the Undergraduate Record
HBIO 481 Capstone Seminar in Human Biology from 3 to 2 hours
HBIO 482 Seminar and Thesis in Human Biology from 3 to 2 hours
HBIO 496 Independent Research for Human Biology from 3 to 1 hour
HBIO 495 Independent Research for Human Biology from 3 to 1 hour
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HBIO 497 Thesis Research in Human Biology from 3 to 1 hour
HBIO 498 Thesis Research in Human Biology from 3 to 1 hour
MIDDLE EASTERN AND SOUTH ASIAN DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
KOR 101, 102 Elementary Korean
KOR 201, 202 Intermediate Korean
KOR 301, 302 Advanced Korean
HISTORY DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
HIST 529 US Intelligence in the 20th Century
HIST 589 South Atlantic History
To add to the Graduate Record
HIEU 741 Topics in European Economic History
PATHOLOGY PROGRAM
To change the course mnemonic and course description in the Graduate Record
BIMS to PATH 807 Rotation in Pathology
BIMS to PATH 857 Topics in Medical Pathology
BIMS to PATH 858 Topics in Medical Pathology
BIMS 862 Advanced Topics and Technologies in Cell Signaling
BIMS 864 Clinical Oncology for Basic and Translational Scientists
To change the course mnemonic, course title and course description in the Graduate
Record
BIMS to PATH 845 Pathology Seminars
BIMS to PATH 846 Pathology Seminars
To change the course mnemonic and course title in the Graduate Record
BIMS to PATH 849 Pathology Research and Progress Report
BIMS to PATH 850 Pathology Research and Progress Report
To change the course mnemonic in the Graduate Record
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BIMS to PATH 829 Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology
BIMS to PATH 848 Research Correlation in Medical Pathology
BIMS to PATH 847 Research Correlation in Medical Pathology
BIMS to PATH 844 Pathology Projects
BIMS to PATH 843 Pathology Projects
To add to the Graduate Record
PATH 995 Research
PHYSICS DEPARTMENT
To change the course number in the Undergraduate Record
PHYS 725 to PHYS 525 Mathematical Methods of Physics I
POLITICS DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
PLAP 481 Class, Race, and the Environment (cross-listed with ETP 481)
PLCP 436 Post-Soviet Political Challenges
SLAVIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES DEPARTMENT
To change the Russian and East European Studies Major and Minor requirements
Submitted by,
Leonard Schoppa
Chair, CEPC
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