College of Natural and Health Sciences
Curriculum Committee Minutes
December 6, 2006
Present: Rick Adams, Sue Kent, Carol Roehrs, Richard Schwenz, Missy Parker, Igor Szczyrba,
and Jenny Weber
The meeting was called to order by Jenny Weber.
MINUTES
Jenny Weber/Richard Schwenz moved to approve the minutes as submitted.
ELECTRONIC PROPOSALS FOR REVIEW
GERO
Gerontology Graduate Certificate Program (Non-Degree)
Remove GERO 620 from certificate elective credits. Content from course was combined
with GERO 625.
Committee recommended approval by consensus.
HRS 692
Clinical Internship in Rehabilitation
Adding “consent of instructor” to course.
Committee recommended approval by consensus.
FND 370
Nutrition Education and Application Strategies
Add FND 252 as a prerequisite to FND 370; this will allow nutrition education to be
applied to all stages of the life span.
Committee recommended approval by consensus.
FND 420
FND 520
Maternal and Child Nutrition
Maternal and Child Nutrition
Add FND 252 as a prerequisite for FND 420/520; this allows these courses to be taught at
an appropriate in-depth level.
Committee recommended approval by consensus.
FND 430
Nutrition Assessment and Intervention
Add FND 210 as a prerequisite to FND 430; allows students to apply medical terminology
to clinical applications in nutrition.
Committee recommended approval by consensus.
PROPOSALS FOR REVIEW
BS
Nursing
Program revisions to provide continuity to the program.
Igor Szczyrba /Jenny Weber moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
NURS 374
Episodic Alterations in Adult Health Practicum
New course due to the program change in the BS.
Igor Szczyrba /Jenny Weber moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
NURS 375
Episodic Alterations in Adult Health Theory I
New course due to the program change in the BS.
Igor Szczyrba /Jenny Weber moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
NURS 376
Episodic Alterations in Adult Health Theory II
New course due to the program change in the BS.
Igor Szczyrba /Jenny Weber moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
NURS 424
Maternal, Newborn & Pediatric Practicum
New course due to the program change in the BS.
Igor Szczyrba /Jenny Weber moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
NURS 425
Childbearing Families Theory
Change of course number from 365 to 425 to fit the sequence of courses due to the
program changes in the BS.
Igor Szczyrba /Jenny Weber moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
NURS 426
Pediatric Nursing Theory
New course due to the program change in the BS.
Igor Szczyrba /Jenny Weber moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
MS
Nursing – Education Emphasis
Removing the NURS 612 course from the requirements for this program.
Missy Parker/Rick Adams moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
Doctoral
Minor – Nursing Education
Deleting this program since there is now a Doctoral program in Nursing.
Igor Szczyrba/Richard Schwenz moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
BS
Audiology and Speech Language Sciences
Adding LIB 150 and ENG 227 to the program to enhance research and writing.
Carol Roehrs/Igor Szczyrba moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
ASLS 343
Fundamentals of Physiological and Biological Acoustics
Renumbering of course from ASLS 265 to ASLS 343 to more appropriately reflect the
course content.
Carol Roehrs/Igor Szczyrba moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
ASLS 370
Basic Audiology
Increasing the credit hours from 3 to 4 due to additional course content and removal of
prerequisites.
Carol Roehrs/Igor Szczyrba moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
ASLS 386
Basic Clinical Strategies in SLP/Audiology
Delete this course since the course content is included in ASLS 469. This course will
be offered Fall 2007 and deleted from the catalog 2008-2009.
Carol Roehrs/Igor Szczyrba moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
ASLS 467
Diagnostic Methods and Observation
Delete this course since the course content is included in ASLS 469. This course will
be offered Fall 2007 and deleted from the catalog 2008-2009.
Carol Roehrs/Igor Szczyrba moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
ASLS 469
Clinical Processes in SLP
New course that incorporates what was taught in ASLS 386 and ASLS 467. This course
will be offered in Spring 2008.
Carol Roehrs/Igor Szczyrba moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
ASLS 483
Entry/Primary SLP Practicum
Prerequisite change for ASLS 483 since ASLS 386 is being deleted.
Carol Roehrs/Igor Szczyrba moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
ASLS 508
Multicultural Issues in SLP
New variable titled course to be taught in Summer 2007.
Missy Parker/Richard Schwenz moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
ASLS 594
Practicum and Advanced Topics in Audiology
Prerequisite change to clean up how it is listed in Banner.
Richard Schwenz/Rick Adams moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
ASLS 792
Externship in Audiology
Name change to reflect the more nationally accepted term for the final year of clinical
practicum in the Au.D. program.
Rick Adams/Missy Parker moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
AuD
Audiology
A change in the core requirement for the Au.D. program.
Carol Roehrs/Igor Szczyrba moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
BIO 581
Neurobiology
A new course to address the gap in the biology curriculum in the area of neuroscience.
This course is a course that ASLS and SES students would be interested in for there
graduate programs.
Rick Adams/Carol Roehrs moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
BIO 485
Topics in Field Biology
Deleting course since it has not been offered recently.
Richard Schwenz/Jenny Weber moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
BIO 572
Species and Speciation
New course to enhance the course offerings for graduate level training. This course was
tabled for corrections/questions on 11/22/06. These corrections/questions have been
answered.
Rick Adams/Missy Parker moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
SES 508/585 Introduction to Sports Injuries for Coaches
Changing the course number to a permanent course number.
Richard Schwenz/Rick Adams moved to table this course proposal for changes in
syllabus and catalog copy and then send out electronically for approval.
SES 232
Leadership in Outdoor Education and Recreation
Eliminate the cross listing with REC 232 and modify the title of this course by removing
and Recreation.
Rick Adams/Richard Schwenz moved to approve the course proposal. Committee
recommended approval by consensus.
MATH 131
Calculus I
A change in prerequisite language to clarify to students what courses they need before they
take this one.
Carol Roehrs/Richard Schwenz moved to approve the course proposal with a change
in the first sentence of the prerequisite statement. Committee recommended
approval by consensus.
REC 298
Principles and Planning of Interpretation
This course will be offered as a test course in Fall 2007 due to the change in the program.
This course is tabled until the next meeting due to time constraints.
STREAMLINED COURSES (Extended Studies) – the following course was approved:
HHS 455/555
International Perspectives on Health & Human Services Across the Life Span
CHEM 509
Advanced Placement Chemistry
MATH 125
Plane Trigonometry
ENST 225
Energy & the Environment
BIO 509
Advanced Placement Biology
BIO 513
Advanced Placement Biology Curriculum Development
Other Items
The next meeting will be Wednesday, December 13th at 8 a.m. in Ross 2480B (Biology Conference
Room).
The meeting adjourned at 9 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sandy Pope
Recording Secretary