UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE(1994-95)
Information Provider: Elizabeth W. Carter (CARTERE), LIBR, 953-6844
To : BG R. Clifton Poole, Vice-President for Academic
Affairs
From : LTC Woodrow L. Holbein, Chair of Curriculum Committee
Subject : Summary of Recommendations of the Curriculum
Committee
1. Department of History
Proposal for new course
1. HIST 452 National Mexico
2. Department of Political Science
Proposal for new courses
1. PSCI 370 Police Systems and Practices
2. PSCI 372 Critical Issues in Law Enforcement
3. PSCI 375 Criminal Justice Agency Administration
4. PSCI 380 Corrections
5. PSCI 381 Organized Crime
Deletion of Courses
1. SOCI 305 Small Groups
2. SOCI 306 Population
3. ANTH 305 Native North American
3. Department of Psychology
Proposal for Course Adjustment
1. PSYC 301 Experimental Psychology I: Methodology and programming
Four Credit Hours Lecture: Three hours Lab: Two Hours(New)
2. PSCI 302 Experimental Psychology II: Physiology and Experimentation
Four Credit Hours Lecture: Three Hours Lab: Two Hours(New)
Proposal for new course
1. PSYC 402 Cognitive Psychology
Proposed title change
1. PSYC 410 Advanced Psychological Study (formerly titled
Contemporary Psychological Studies)
4. Department of Health and Physical Education
Proposal for new courses
1. RPED 117 CPR for the Professional Rescuer
2. RPED 118 Community First Aid and Safety Instructor(ARC)
3. RPED 119 Advanced Lifeguarding
4. RPED 120 Advanced Lifeguarding Instructor
5. RPED 127 Skin and SCUBA Diving I
6. RPED 128 Skin and SCUBA Diving II
7. RPED 137 Beginning Kayaking
8. RPED 148 Beginning Yoga
Proposed course adjustment
1. PHED 419 Physiology of Exercise
Four Credit Hours Lecture: Three hours(formerly two) Lab: Two hours
5. Department of Chemistry
Proposed title change
1. CHEM 308 Chemical Information (formerly Chemical Literature)
Proposed course changes
1. CHEM 309 Current Topics in Chemistry
(Currently titled Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry)
2. CHEM 403 Special Topics in Chemistry
(Currently titled Special Topics in Organic Chemistry)
3. CHEM 404 Advanced Topics in Chemistry
(Currently titled Advanced Topics in Organic Chemistry)
6. Department of Modern Languages
Deletion of Courses
1. RUSS 101-102 Elementary Russian
2. RUSS 201-202 Intermediate Russian
3. SPAN 422 The Golden Age of Fiction
Proposed Title/Description Changes
1. SPAN 421 The Golden Age of Spanish Literature
(Currently titled The Golden Age of Drama and Poetry)
2. SPAN 423 Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century Literature of Spain
(Currently titled Nineteenth Century Literature of Spain)
3. SPAN 424 Twentieth Century Literature of Spain
(A change in course description)
Proposal for new course
1. SPAN 305 Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literature
7. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Deletion of Courses
1. MATH 318 Numerical Analysis
2. MATH 414 Topology
Proposed Title/Description Changes
1. CSCI 365 Object Oriented Programming Using C++
(Currently titled Programming in C and C++)
2. Change prerequisite for MATH 234 to MATH 132
MATH 234 Applied Engineering Mathematics I
Prerequisite MATH 132 Proposed
Curriculum Change
1. Replace Required PHYS 211/261 by a choice of PHYS 211/261 or
PHYS 212/261 in both the B. S. Mathematics and B. S. in Computer
Science degree requirements
Proposal for new courses
1. MATH 492 Senior Seminar in Mathematics
One Credit Hour
2. CSCI 492 Senior Seminar in Computer Science
One Credit Hour
3. CSCI 217 Internet Services and Information Resources
Proposed change in Management Information Science minor
1. The primary change is a choice of CSCI 217 or STAT 416 (See Section E
of Department of Mathematics and Computer Science)
Proposed change in the way MATH 119 is credited. (See Section F
of Department of Mathematics and Computer Science)
8. Honors Program
Proposal for new courses
1. HONR 211 Personal and Professional Development I
One Credit Hour
2. HONR 311 Personal and Professional Development II
One Credit Hour
3. HONR 411 Personal and Professional Development III
One Credit Hour
SEE SECTION 8
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To : BG R. Clifton Poole, Vice-President for Academic Affairs
From : LTC Woodrow L. Holbein, Chair of Curriculum Committee
Date : March 20, 1995
Subject : Recommendations of the Curriculum Committee for Academic
Board Approval
1. Department of History
A. Proposal for new course
HIST 452 National Mexico Three Credit Hours
A survey of Mexico from 1810 to the present. Topics include Father
Hidalgo and the Wars of Independence, caudillos such as Antonio
Lopez de Santa Anna , the Liberal Reform of Benito Juarez,
General Pancho Villa and the Revolution of 1910, and the
Zapatista Rebellion of 1994.
2. Department of Political Science
A. Proposal for new courses
PSCI 370 Police Systems and Practices Three Credit Hours
An introduction to law enforcement in the United States,
including a brief history of policing, contemporary trends in
criminality, and current issues facing police administrators.
Attention will also be given to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth
Amendments to the U. S. Constitution and their implications for
law enforcement.
PSCI 372 Critical Issues in Law Enforcement Three Credit Hours
A critical analysis of contemporary issues the law enforcement
community, including the following: police stress; use of deadly
force; police brutality; corruption; unionization; substance
abuse by police officers; and other issues currently confronting
law enforcement administrators and policymakers.
PSCI 375 Criminal Justice Agency Administration
Three Credit Hours
An introduction to criminal justice agency administration,
including the following: the nature of criminal justice
organizations, criminal personnel, group behavior in criminal
justice organizations, and processes in criminal justice
organizations.
PSCI 380 Corrections Three Credit Hours
An introduction to corrections, correctional theory, and
correction policy through the in-depth study of key areas in
corrections, including correctional history, systems, policy,
treatment programs, prison life, community-based corrections,
probation and parole, and juvenile corrections.
PSCI 381 Organized Crime Three Credit Hours
An examination and analysis of organized crime, of controversies
surrounding the phenomenon, and of efforts aimed at its control.
Attention will be given to defining organized crime, to its
developmental history, to the two models that describe its
structure, and to various theories that seek to explain its
existence. Other topics include the activities that constitute
the "business" of organized crime, the relationship between
organized crime and corruption of governmental officials, the
techniques used to control it, and the policy implications
inherent in responses to organized crime.
As presented by the Department, these courses have been offered as
PSCI 463 Special Topics. The Department, over the last three years with
the addition of Professors Rounds and Britz, has strengthened the
Criminal Justice subfield. The addition of these courses reflects the
growth and development in the Criminal Justice subfield.
B. Deletion of Courses
1. SOCI 305 Small Groups
2. SOCI 306 Population
3. ANTH 305 Native North American
The deletions reflect the changes in program emphasis and in personnel.
3. Department of Psychology
A. Proposal for Course Adjustment
1. PSYC 301 Experimental Psychology I: Methodology and
Programming Four Credit Hours
Lecture: three hours Laboratory: two hours
Prerequisites: PSYC 203
This course is designed to teach research methods didactically
(lectures) and statistical programming experientially(lab).
2. PSCI 302 Experimental Psychology II: Physiology and
Experimentation Four Credit Hours
Lecture: three hours Laboratory: two hours
Prerequisite: PSYC 301
This course is designed to teach physiological foundations of
behavior(lecture) and experimental skills experientially)lab).
The changes in the two courses, especially with the addition of
the laboratory work, reflect the growth and change in the
Department.
B. Proposal for New Course
PSYC 402 Cognitive Psychology Three Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PSYC 201
This required course is designed to provide advanced treatment of
models of memory, information processing, decision making, and
emotional regulation.
This course has been offered as a special topic. With PSYC 402 the
Department will be offering it and PSYC 404 Industrial/Organizational
Psychology to fulfill one 400 level requirement. It would provide a
broader choice for the student without increasing the total curriculum
requirements.
C. Proposed Title Change
PSYC 410 Advanced Psychological Study Three Credit Hours
(formerly titled Contemporary Psychological Studies)
This course is designed to provide advanced treatment of major
topics in the science of psychology.
The Department considers PSYC 410 to be the capstone course in the
psychology curriculum.
4. Department of Health and Physical Education
A. Proposed New Courses in RPED 100 Courses
1. RPED 117 CPR for the Professional Rescuer
A certification course of the American Red Cross for lifeguard,
firemen, policemen, and others with a duty to provide care.
Includes adult, child, infant, two-person, and bag valve mask CPR.
2. RPED 118 Community First Aid and Safety Instructor(ARC)
Prerequisite: RPED 113 or current ARC Community First Aid and
Safety certification
An instructor's course which may result in ARC certification for
teaching Standard First Aid, Adult CPR, Infant and Child CPR, or
Community First Aid and Safety.
3. RPED 119 Advanced Lifeguarding
Prerequisite: RPED 114 or a current ARC Lifeguarding certificate
A certification course designed to increase a lifeguard's
expertise. Completion of this course may result in certification
as a Head Lifeguard, Waterfront Lifeguard, and a Waterpark
Lifeguard.
4. RPED 120 Advanced Lifeguarding Instructor
Prerequisite: RPED 116 or a current ARC Lifeguarding Instructor
certificate
An instructor's course which may result in ARC instructor
certification for Head Lifeguard, Waterfront Lifeguard, and
Waterpark Lifeguard courses.
5. RPED 127 Skin and SCUBA Diving I
Prerequisite: Swimming proficiency
Basic techniques of using mask, snorkel, fins, and SCUBA
equipment are taught. Material is presented to provide the student
with information related to underwater physics and physiology.
This course will prepare the student for confined water SCUBA
work. This is not a certification course, but a prerequisite
that may lead to eventual PADI certification.
6. RPED 128 Skin and SCUBA Diving II
Prerequisite: RPED 127 or completion of PADI's five academic
modules and approval of the instructor.
Confined water practice using SCUBA equipment. Completion of
this course may result in a PADI Referral certificate for the
open water certification dives.
7. RPED 137 Beginning Kayaking
A course designed to teach the basics of flat water kayaking
for lakes and oceans.
8. RPED 148 Beginning Yoga
A course presenting the basic philosophy, positions, and
breathing, techniques of yoga. Emphasis is also placed on
meditation and positive thinking as a means to reduce stress and
to increase concentration.
B. Proposed Course Adjustment
1. PHED 419 Physiology of Exercise Four Credit Hours
Lecture: three hours(formerly two) Laboratory: two hours
An in-depth study of the effects of exercise upon the components
of physical fitness, including, but not limited to, strength,
muscular endurance, flexibility, and cardiovascular-respiratory
endurance.
5. Department of Chemistry
A. Proposed Title Change
1. CHEM 308 Chemical Information
(Currently titled Chemical Literature)
The Department feels that the new title better describes the course
with the increase in computer technology.
B. Proposed Course Changes
1. CHEM 309 Current Topics in Chemistry Three Credit Hours
(Currently titled Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry)
Prerequisite: CHEM 104(with approval of department head)
or CHEM 152
General elective for all majors including Chemistry. This course
does not apply as a Chemistry elective for the B. S. or B. A.
Chemistry degree or as a course in the Chemistry Minor program.
Interesting current topics will be presented at a level
appropriate for students with a General Chemistry background. The
topics will determined by student interest and faculty
availability.
2. CHEM 403 Special Topics in Chemistry Three Credit Hours
(Currently titled Special Topics in Organic Chemistry)
Prerequisites: CHEM 208 and CHEM 218, or permission of the
department head
Required of B. S. Chemistry majors; electives to others
An in-depth study of a selected topic in chemistry that requires
a thorough understanding of organic chemistry. Topics vary
depending on student interest and instructor availability.
3. CHEM 404 Advanced Topics in Chemistry Three Credit Hours
(Currently titled Advanced Topics in Organic Chemistry)
Prerequisites: CHEM 300, CHEM 305, and CHEM 315 (may be
co-requisites with permission of the department head)
A detailed study of a selected contemporary topic will be
presented at a level that requires comprehension of the subject
matter covered in the physical chemistry and quantitative analysis
courses.
The course changes and adjustments provide the Department with
flexibility to pursue topics not specifically covered by required
courses the curriculum.
6. Department of Modern Languages
A. Deletion of Courses
1. RUSS 101-102 Elementary Russian
2. RUSS 201-202 Intermediate Russian
Since the retirement of the faculty member who taught the course, no
one in the Department has the expertise to teach the courses. The
Department has no plans to employ someone in the near future.
3. SPAN 422 The Golden Age: Fiction
The content will be combined with SPAN 421.
B. Proposed Title/Description Changes
1. SPAN 421 The Golden Age of Spanish Literature
Three Credit Hours
(Currently titled The Golden Age: Drama and Poetry)
A study of the theatre, poetry, novel of the age of Lope de Vega
Calderon de la Barca, and Miguel de Cervantes, including
consideration of the Mystics and the auto sacramental.
2. SPAN 423 Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century Literature of Spain
(Currently titled Nineteenth Century Literature of Spain)
Three Credit Hours
A survey of major literary trends from Neoclassicism to The
Generation of 98 with consideration of authors such as Moratin,
El Duque de Rivas, Becquer, Larra, Bazan, Galdos, and Unamuno.
Corresponding Spanish history will be presented as part of textual
interpretation.
3. SPAN 424 Twentieth Century Literature of Spain
Literary trends and authors since the turn of the century. A
survey of the avant-garde movements and post civil war writers
with consideration of such authors as Ortega y Gasset, Larrea,
Lorca, Aleixandre, Celaya, Laforet, and Cela.
(Change in course description and not the title)
C. Proposal for a New Course
1. SPAN 305 Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literature
Three Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Spanish 202, 204, or permission of the instructor
Required of all Spanish majors and minors.
A preparatory course for students intending to pursue studies in
Hispanic literature. Selected readings will provide the basis for
stylistic and textual analysis and understanding of the structure
of literary works. The historical development of genres and the
echnical vocabulary necessary for critical analysis will be
included.
With the approval of SPAN 305 the minor in Spanish will be as
follows:
Required Course : a. SPAN 301, 302, 305
b. at least one 400-level course
Elective course : One advanced course, i. e., a course
numbered 300 and above (excluding LING
300 and MLNG 410 and MLNG 420)
7. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
A. Deletion of Courses
1. MATH 318 Numerical Analysis
2. MATH 414 Topology
Neither course has been offered in recent years .
B. Proposed Changes in Catalogue Title/Description
1. CSCI 365 Object Oriented Programming Using C++
(Currently titled Programming in C and C++)
The new title is a better description of course.
2. Change prerequisite for MATH 234 to MATH 132
MATH 234 Applied Engineering Mathematics I
Prerequisite: MATH 132
C. Proposed Curriculum Change
Replace Required PHYS 211/261 by a choice of PHYS 211/261 or
PHYS 212/261 in both the B. S. Mathematics and the B. S. in
Computer Science degree programs
D. Proposal for New Courses
1. MATH 492 Senior Seminar in Mathematics One Credit Hour
Required of all mathematics majors. Open only to seniors.
Important topics in mathematics will be studied and the results
presented.
The seminar will provide mathematics majors the opportunity to
research a topic and present the findings. It may be considered
a capstone course for the mathematics student.
2. CSCI 492 Senior Seminar in Computer Science
One Credit Hour
Required of all computer science majors. Open only to seniors
Important topics in computer science will be studied and the
results presented.
The seminar will provide the computer science majors the
opportunity to research a topic and present the findings. It
may be considered a capstone course.
3. CSCI 217 Internet Services and Information Resources
Three Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CSCI 110 or Approval of Instructor
This course introduces the student to the Internet, its services
and the basic utilities for finding, retrieving, sending, storing,
requesting, and generating network information. Topics include
electronic mail, telnet, ftp, listservs, newsgroups, bulletin
boards, libraries, and how to use tools like Archie, Veronica,
Gopher, WAIS, and the World Wide Web to locate resources.
This course provides the student with an understanding of how
Internet works, what it can do, and how to use the tools
available.
E. Proposed Change in Management Information Science minor
With the new course CSCI 217 the student would have the option to
gain experience either using techniques of statistical analysis
using Internet tools. The student would now have an option of
choosing CSCI 217 or STAT 416.
With the proposed change the requirements for the minor would be:
Required courses (9 credit hours) (currently 12 credit hours)
CSCI 208 COBOL
CSCI 216 Management Information Systems
CSCI 386 Applied Operations Research
Electives (6 credit hours) (currently 3 credit hours)
Choose one from each group
CSCI 217 or STAT 461
BADM 325 or BADM 411
Total Credit Hours Required 15 (no change)
F. Proposed change in the way MATH 119 is credited.
Current Sentence
Any student who has completed MATH 119 and changes to a
non-science major must complete MATH 106 to satisfy
graduation requirements.
Suggested Language:
Credit hours earned in MATH 119 may not be applied towards
meeting the graduation requirement in mathematics. MATH 119
may satisfy general elective credit if credit has not been
received previously in a higher numbered mathematics course.
The change would clarify the credit situation regarding MATH 119 and
emphasize that it is not a substitute for a core mathematic
requirement. The change also brings the awarding of credit for this
course into line the way other colleges award credit in the course.
8. Honors Program
The Director of the Honors Program, LTC. Jack W. Rhodes, submitted
a request to develop a new sequence of 1-hour courses entitled
HONR 211, 311, and 411 (Personal and Professional Development I,
II, and III).This sequence , to be required of all Honors Program
students, will be an outgrowth of an essay assignment from HONR
102 Honor English II in which students are asked to discuss their
professional goals, identifying the kind of contribution they
would like to make to their chosen profession, the ways in which
they are suited to make that kind of contribution, and the
specific plans by which they will prepare themselves to do so.
A. HONR 211 Personal and Professional Development I
One Credit Hour
Students will revise their freshman-year essay (from Honor's
English II) by augmenting their own ideas with those found in
books and articles dealing with their chosen profession in a
broad theoretical or philosophical way. In this year, students
will read works which deal with the goals of the individual
professions at their highest or most ideal levels--what the
profession should be, what attitudes and characteristics its
practitioners should have, how it should strive to serve the
goals of society at large. Some of the books under consideration
are Aubrey Brooks' A Southern Lawyer: Fifty Years at the Bar,
Robert Coope's The Quiet Art: A Doctor's Anthology, and Samuel
Florman's The Civilized Engineer.
B. HONR 311 Personal and Professional Development II
One Credit Hour
Students will write a research paper on the current state of
the profession. This work will be much more particular and
detailed than the sophomore year. Students will be asked to
determine what direction their profession is going at the
present time, what crossroads it faces , what issues are most
important, what forces are acting upon it, and what the future
may hold.
C. HONR 411 Personal and Professional Development III
One Credit Hour
Students will re-think their vision of their contribution to
the profession which they established un the freshman and
sophomore years, adding to it the specifics about the
profession they learned the junior year, and produce a more
comprehensive consideration of why they want to enter their
chosen field profession, what kind of contribution they would
like to make to it, what course(s) they have taken in
preparing for it, and what they would like to do in the future
to better qualify themselves.
With this sequence, the student will be better prepared to seek
entrance into graduate school or the world of work. The three-year
process of tutorial discussions will give students confidence, as
well as specific ideas and information, when they go for
interviews.
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CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
30 JANUARY 1995
Attending: Professors Holbein (chair), Zuraw, Brown, Haldane, Baker, Zahid,
Epple, Murdaugh, Saylor, Gurganus, Rhodes, Carter, Briggs, and Templeton.
Prof. Holbein recapped the work of the LD subcommittee. Profs. Epple, Saylor,
and Holbein all said they had received letters, since implementation of the
revised LD policy, that a student or students were LD. Prof. Holbein said
copies of the letters were not sent to the Dean, and there was no indication of
appropriate testing. Prof. Saylor said this seemed to be part of the flawed
system the subcommittee tried to rectify, and suggested the professors involved
talk with students individually. Prof. Holbein will meet with the Dean to try
to straighten this out. The situation should be resolved when the new position
is filled.
At the first meeting of the committee, Prof. Holbein said he would write to
BGEN Poole about the changes in the college calendar. In the meantime, BGEN
Poole addressed the changes in a memo to the faculty.
Departmental course proposals:
Honors Program - Prof. Rhodes presented a proposal for a new course
HONR 301, 302, 303 - Personal and Professional Development. This is an
outgrowth of his work in preparing top students for post-graduate scholarships
and fellowships. Prof. Briggs suggested numbering the course following the 2,
3,4 sequence (i.e. 211, 311, 411). Prof. Saylor made a motion to vote on the
proposal. Prof. Baker seconded. Motion carried.
Math and Computer Science - Prof. Comer presented catalog and curriculum
changes.
* Catalog changes - Proposals to change the prerequisite for MATH 234
to MATH 132; drop catalog entries for MATH 318 and MATH 414; and name
change for CSCI 365 all carried.
* Curriculum changes -
1. Replace required PHYS 211/261 by a choice of PHYS 211/261 or PHYS
212/262. Prof. Murdaugh made a motion to vote on the proposal.
Prof. Zahid seconded. Motion carried.
2. A proposal for two new seminar courses, MATH 492 and CSCI 492,
carried.
Political Science - Prof. Baker presented a proposal to add five courses
to the permanent catalog and drop three others unlikely to be offered in the
future.
* The department proposed to make permanent five courses (PSCI 370,
PCSI 372, PSCI 375, PSCI 380, PSCI 381) in Criminal Justice
previously offered as special topics (PSCI 463). This addition will
not add to course loads, and the special topics course will continue
to be offered. Prof. Brown made a motion to vote on the proposal.
Prof. Murdaugh seconded. Motion carried.
* The department proposed to delete SOCI 305, SOCI 306, and ANTH 305
from the catalog due to changes in program emphasis and in personnel.
Prof Murdaugh made a motion to vote on the proposal. Prof. Gurganus
seconded. Motion carried.
History - Prof. Haldane presented a proposal to add HIST 452 to the
catalog. The department plans to permanently add the course to the curriculum.
Prof. Murdaugh made a motion to vote on the proposal. Prof. Saylor seconded.
Motion carried.