MINUTES OF THE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEETING

July 30, 2003

 

PRESENT: Davis (ECE), DiSabationo (ODOS), Guzdial (COC), Hughes (ECE), Lynch (ME), McIver (REG), McMath (Provost), Sankar (AE), Schneider (DCOM), Tone (IAC), Wills (ECE)

 

VISITORS: Goldblum (ODOS), Vito (COE), Weyant (COE)

 

 

1.       The SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY and the SCHOOL OF MODERN LANGUAGES requested the approval of the following cross listed courses.  A motion was made to approve the request.  The motion was seconded and approved.  Unanimous.

 

New Courses

PSYC/LING 2760     Human Language Processing   (3-0-3)

Note:  These courses CANNOT be used as Humanities or Social Science credit.

 

2.       The SCHOOL OF HISTORY, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY requested the approval of the following courses.  A motion was made to approve the request.  The motion was seconded and approved.  Unanimous.

 

New Courses

HTS 3008  Class, Power and Social Inequality    (3-0-3)

HTS 3068  Social Movements                              (3-0-3)

Note:  Courses can be used as Social Science credit.

 

3.       The College of Computing requested the approval of the following course.  A motion was made to approve the request.  The motion was seconded and approved.  Unanimous.

 

New Course

CS 1371 Computing for Engineers  (3-0-3)

This course satisfies both the programming and computer literacy general education requitements.

 

Additionally, the prerequisites for CS 1322 were changed to “CS 1321 or CS 1371”

 

4.       McMath discussed General Education requirements and the need for assessment. Wills said that a sub-committee of the IUCC would be established to deal with this issue.  Also, the need for a sub-committee to handle program review was also discussed. 

 

5.       The Committee heard 3 personal appeals and reviewed 5 petitions, covering 9 actions. All were approve except noted:

 

2-appeals to change grades to “Ws” past deadline (2denied)

1-appeal to have academic standing changed to probation (1 denied)

1-appeal to graduate with a low gpa

3-to substitute course(s) for other course(s)

1-to return fall 2003 after withdrawing summer 2003

1-to be concurrently enrolled fall 2003

 

Adjourned,

 

 

 

M. Jo McIver

Registrar

 

 

 

MJM:am

Addendum attached