ARTS AND SCIENCES CURRICULUM
COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT, 2007-2008
Meetings
The A&SCC met
eight times during the academic year: 9/25/07, 10/15/07, 11/13/07, 12/11/07,
2/12/08, 3/18/08, 4/08/08, and 4/29/08.
Committee
Membership
The members of the
committee were (with number of meetings attended in parentheses): Steven Bayne
(Chair) (8), Assoc. Dean Beth Boquet (ex officio) (1), Sara Brill (8),
Ron Davidson (6), Jessica Davis (8), Freddy Maldonado (Spring '08) (4), Shannon
Harding (8), Olivia Harriott (6), Danke Li (6), Laura McSweeney (8), Dean Ray
Poincelot (ex officio) (6), Jim Shanahan (Spring '08) (4), Joan Weiss
(8), and Maggie Wills (Fall '07) (4).
New Course
Proposals:
This year the
A&SCC considered and approved forty-two new course proposals.
New Program
Proposals:
This year the
A&SCC approved two new graduate programs—an MFA in Creative Writing
and an on campus MA in Communication as well as one new undergraduate
program—a BS in Biochemistry.
Program Revisions:
In the fall we
approved a major revision of the International Studies curriculum and in spring
we approved a proposal for the revision of the Program in Environmental
Studies—as part of this proposal we approved the elimination of the
Program in Environmental Science and the Program in Marine Science.
Five Year Reviews:
As a result of the
five year review of the Independently Designed Major we recommended permanent
approval of the Independently Designed Major.
Graduate Courses in
the College of Arts and Sciences:
We worked with the
Program in Graduate American Studies and the Department of Mathematics to make
sure that graduate courses offered in the college are brought into compliance
with the Journal of Record's routing procedure for the approval of new courses.
Graduate courses in Mathematics and American Studies had not followed the JoR's
routing procedure in the past. The Math Department has now completed the
process of submitting new course proposals and all of these were approved by
the A&SCC. Graduate American Studies completed their review of their
courses and submitted their report to the chair of A&SCC, but the report
was submitted too late for consideration this year—it will be on the
agenda for the first meeting next year.
Graduate routing
procedure in the JoR:
The A&SCC made a
recommendation to the Academic Council for correcting a problem with the
Journal of Record's routing procedure for new graduate programs (the
recommendation was approved by the AC).
Teaching
Compensation for Faculty Supervision of Independent Studies and Internships:
The A&SCC
formed a subcommittee on Teaching Compensation for Faculty Supervision of
Independent Studies and Internships. The charge of the subcommittee is to
formulate a proposal for a college wide plan on how Arts and Sciences faculty
should be compensated for the supervision of independent studies and
internships and present this plan to the full A&SCC. The A&SCC will
discuss the subcommittee's proposal and will subsequently make a recommendation
to the Dean for a college wide policy.
The
subcommittee is composed of Associate Dean Beth Boquet, Diane Brousseau, Linda
Henkel, Steven Bayne, and David Sapp.
The subcommittee's
proposal is to be presented to the full A&SCC no later than October 14,
2008.
Items Pending
before the Committee:
Due Sept, 2008:
Consideration of report from Graduate American Studies concerning
Grand-fathered Master's courses.
Due October 14,
2008: Report from Subcommittee on Teaching Compensation for Faculty Supervision
of Independent Studies and Internships.
Due by May
2008: Certificate in Financial Mathematics new program proposal.
Due Fall 2009:
Major in New Media Film, Television, and Radio five year review.
Due May 2011:
Irish Studies five year review.
Due May 2011:
Catholic Studies five year review.
Due May 2011:
Master of Arts in Communication Corporate Cohort Program five year review.
Due May 2013:
MFA in Creative Writing five year review.
Due May 2013:
BS in Biochemistry five year review.
Due May 2013:
On campus MA in Communication five year review.
4/4 student,
3/2 teaching load (tabled September 2005; no due date).
Report of the
subcommittee on cross-listing.
Respectfully by,
Steven M. Bayne
Chair, 2007-2008