Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee
Meeting of February 12, 2008
Minutes
Present: Steve Bayne (Chair), Sara Brill, Jessica Davis, Shannon
Harding, Olivia
Harriott, Danke Li, Laura McSweeney, F. Cesar Muldorado, Jim Shanahan,
Ray
Poincelot, Joan Weiss
Meeting called to order at 3:35 PM
Bayne announced that
the next ASCC
meeting is scheduled for March 18th 2008 at 3:30 PM in CNS
100 and
that the committee may need to meet after finals in May.
Bayne announced that
the American
Studies course approvals were going well but that he hadn't
heard from Ben Fine
about the Mathematics course approvals.
Weiss informed the committee that Matt Coleman was working on
them. Weiss and McSweeney suggested that
Bayne contact Matt Coleman for an update.
Motion:
The
routing procedure for graduate program proposals be the same as the undergraduate routing
procedure except that the UCC would not play a
role in the grad approval routing procedure.
The motion was made by McSweeney
and seconded by Li. The motion was
unanimously approved.
4.
Policy/guidelines for teaching
credit/compensation for mentoring students through independent study
and
research (documents previously distributed)
Bayne had discussions with interim CAS
Dean
Poincelot and incoming Dean Robbin Crabtree who expressed their support
for the
ASCC forming a subcommittee in order to develop a proposal
for a college wide plan that would subsequently be discussed
and endorsed by the entire ASCC.
The plan would be sent to the Dean and then the AVP. They felt that the ASCC is the best
place to discuss these issues.
Poincelot recommended that Beth Boquet serve on the subcommittee.
The
following motion was made by
Harding
and seconded by McSweeney:
Motion:
For
the purpose of recommending a college wide plan on how faculty should be compensated for the supervision of
independent studies and internships to the
Dean of Arts and Sciences, the ASCC form a subcommittee with the following specific charge and
composition:
Charge
of the subcommittee: 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 ASCC.
Composition
of the subcommittee:
a.
The Dean (or an Associate Dean appointed by
the Dean)
of the College of Arts and Sciences.
b.
Four members of the faculty of the College
of Arts and
Sciences – in this regard the chair of ASCC is directed to solicit
nominations from the faculty of the college before the next meeting of
the
A&SCC (March 18, 2008), at which time the ASCC will elect four
members from
the nominations received.
If
the committee approves the formation of this subcommittee, then in preparation
for the subcommittee's work the A&SCC would have permission
to 1) post, under the ASCC's section of the College Secretary's website,
the previous subcommittee's survey on current departmental practices
concerning independent studies and internships, the summary of the
data collected from the survey, and plans proposed by departments
(e.g. Psychology
proposal) and 2) to invite College of Arts and Sciences faculty to
comment on and
possibly add to the documents posted on the website
Bayne
made a friendly amendment to include a deadline of the October meeting
and the motion passed unanimously..
5. Distribution of ASCC
materials/course proposals.
The following motion was
made by McSweeney and seconded by Brill:
Motion:
The
ASCC requests submission of multiple hard copies of all proposals and
materials
in addition to the electronic copy and single hard copy currently
requested.
Harding
made a friendly amendment to request that
copies be double-sided.
The
motion passed unanimously.
6. New Course Proposals. Course proposals,
letters of support and meeting minutes were distributed via email.
CH
007: Introduction to Forensic
Science
McSweeney
moved to approve and
Harding seconded. Bayne asked if
the course would require the hiring
of adjuncts. Davis reported that
the course would not be offered
until spring 2009 and the chemistry department would hire adjuncts. Poincelot
clarified that the course is in line with strategic goal one and would
be supported
by the Dean's office. Davis added
that the course will also be supported by
the CAE NSF-CCLI grant. The course
was approved unanimously.
CO
130: Mass Media & Society
Brill moved to approve
and Li seconded. Brill requested
clarification of course requirements. Shanahan clarified that CO 130 and CO
231 take the place of CO230
and that all students would take CO130.
Harding asked if there was enough
demand for CO231. Davis asked
about faculty resources because one course
is being split into two courses.
Shanahan responded that they would determine
the need for faculty coverage based on actual enrollment.
Shanahan continued that
the plan is to have those
courses taught by full time faculty. Bayne noted that catalog descriptions
would need to be changed.
McSweeney noted that if approved,
the course would have to go to UCC for core approval. The course was approved unanimously.
CO
231: Media Institutions
McSweeney
moved to approve and Harding seconded.
The course was approved unanimously.
CO
346: Communication and
Spirituality
Brill
moved to approve and Poincelot seconded.
McSweeney
noted that the final examination policy was not in line with the JR. Bayne added
that according to the JR the final exam should be approximately one third of the final grade for the course and should be cumulative.
McSweeney
recommended that the Chair send the instructor the final exam requirements based on the JR. Shanahan
added that CO346 was a topics
course that is in line
with the University mission and is well
received by students. The course was
approved unanimously.
EN
276: Life and Print Culture in
Eighteenth-Century London.
McSweeney
moved to approve and
Davis seconded.
McSweeney expressed
concern about final exam
information being clearly stated on
the syllabus. Bayne added that the
catalog description for the course was
too long and needed shortening.
Bayne stated that he would notify the instructor
about the issues raised. The
course was approved unanimously.
EN/W
339: Grant and Proposal Writing
McSweeney moved to
approve and Brill seconded.
Harding
asked whom the course would be open to.
Poincelot added that as a writing
course, EN/W 339 couldn't count for core credit. Shanahan
responded
that communication students could take the course as part of
their major
as a related course. Davis noted
that there were 16 weeks of classes indicated
instead of the typical 14-week semester.
Poincelot inquired about resources
to pay the co-instructor. Davis
reported on documentation showing CAS
Dean approval. The course was
approved unanimously.
PH
247: Philosophical Daoism and Zen
Buddhism
Brill
moved to approve and Li seconded.
Bayne
noted that the syllabus was based on 15 weeks. Weiss
noted that she couldn't
find the due date for the final paper.
Bayne noted that he would forward comments
to the instructor. The course was
approved unanimously.
PH
288: Critical Race Theory
Brill
moved to approve and
Shanahan seconded.
Harding
noted that the final
couldn't be given on the last day of class.
The
course was approved unanimously.
TA
93: Physical Performance Lab
Weiss
moved to approve and
McSweeney seconded.
The
course was approved unanimously.
TA
210: Theatre in Production
Shanahan
moved to approve and Li
seconded
McSweeney
noted that the final exam is a project, which needs Dean's approval.
Harding
inquired if a letter was needed from Irish Studies or other programs
for interdisciplinary cross
listing. Poincelot responded that
letters were not required for cross
listing. The course was approved
unanimously.
SA
134: Digital Photography
McSweeney
moved to approve and
Harding seconded
Bayne
noted he would notify the
instructor about the final exam policy regarding use
of a project instead of a final exam.
The course was approved unanimously.
SP360: Dictatorships and
Revolutionary
Movements in Contemporary Latin America
Shanahan moved to approve
and Muldorado
seconded. Bayne informed the committee
that Latin & Caribbean studies provided a letter of support.
Poincelot
was concerned about course enrollment.
Weiss added that the course would
be offered to Spanish majors.
McSweeney thought the instructor should be made
aware of the
final exam policy. Bayne noticed
that the catalogue description
was too long. Li said that it
should be clear to students that the course is
taught in Spanish. Weiss noted
that that syllabus is incorrectly based on 30 classes
and 15 weeks
and that the course does not yet have diversity approval.
Bayne
noted that he would forward comments to the instructor.
The course was approved unanimously.
AH209: The
Metropolitan Museum of Art Cast Collection at Fairfield
McSweeney
moved to approve and
Weiss seconded. Weiss commented
that AH209
was a good course and the proposal was well prepared.
The course was approved
unanimously.
AN151: New Chinese Cinema
Li
moved to approve and Muldorado seconded.
Harding
asked if the course overlapped AN150, but noted that the issue
was addressed
in the department minutes.
McSweeney suggested that the instructor contact
VPA to see if the course could be cross-listed. The
course was approved unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 4:48 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Olivia Harriott