Faculty Committee Chairperson’s Report
A Summary of the Curriculum & Instruction Committee activities 2007-2008
The Curriculum Committee passed a number of new courses, course deletions, new course descriptions, new course titles, course of study changes, and programs of study. I will review these in that order.
New Courses
Department of Biology
1) BIOL 330 – Methods and Applications of Science
2) EART 201 – Introduction to Earth Science
School of Business
1) BADM 338 – Management and Organizational Behavior
Department of Chemistry
1) CHEM 330 – Methods and Applications of Science
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
1) CIVL 317 – Professional Sustainability Issues
2) CIVL 208 – Geospatial Representation
3) CIVL 238 – Geospatial Representation Laboratory
Department of English
1) ENGL 216 – Literary Theory
2) ENGL 344 – Twentieth Century American Poetry
3) ENGL 345: Twentieth Century American Drama
4) PHIL 401 – Independent Study in Philosophy
Department of Physics
1) PHYS 421—Research Presentation
Course Deletions
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
1) CIVL 207 – Geomatics
2) CIVL 237 – Geomatics Laboratory
New Course Descriptions
School of Business
15 course description changes
School of Education
1 course description change
English Department
Changed all course descriptions from “open to juniors and seniors” to Prerequisite: Completion of core requirements in English”
New Course Titles
School of Business Administration
1 course title change
Course Numbering Change
School of Business
1) BADM 312 to BADM 419
Department of Physics
1) PHYS 419 to PHYS 319
Course of Study Changes
Department of Physics
1) Moved PHYS 320 – Mathematical Physics to fall of junior year from the spring of the junior year
2) Moved History core requirement to the sophomore year from the junior year
New Programs
Department of Biology
1) Creation of a Teaching Specialization Program in Biology and Comprehensive/Broad Field Science
Department of Chemistry
1) Creation of a Teaching Specialization Program in Biology and Comprehensive/Broad Field Science
Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
1) Creation of Teaching Specialization Programs (in French, German, and Spanish)
Overall, the committee has approved the creation of 12 new course offerings, the deletion of 2 course offerings, the changing of 46 course descriptions and one course title, two course numbering changes, and three new programs of study.
Respectfully Submitted,
DuBose Kapeluck
Chair
Curriculum & Instruction Committee
2007-2008