MINUTES OF THE COLLEGE CURRICULUM REVIEW COMMITTEE

�� MINUTES OF THE ARTS & SCIENCES CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

20 October, 2006

Present: �� J. Ayers, R. Darling (chair), J. McNamara, J. O�Callaghan (ex-officio), J. Swartwood.

Absent:�� M. McGuire, D. Neal. ____________________________________________________________________________________

to:� �� Dr. Mark Prus, Dean, School of Arts and Sciences.

cc: �� H. Haines, Chair, Sociology and Anthropology Department

�� M. King, Chair, Psychology Department.

�� G. Douglas, Coordinator, Computer Applications Minor

�� S. Asumah, Chair, African American Studies Department.

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PROPOSALS APPROVED

Alterations to programs:

Alteration to Anthropology majors with concentrations in Applied Archeology (ANT/APPL); Americas Archeology (ANT/ARCH); World Archeology (ANT/WARC); and Ethnic Studies (ANT/ETHS).

�� Approved.

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PROPOSALS TABLED� (Please contact Bob Darling [x2923] if you have any questions).

New Courses:

�� PSY 235 � Cultural Psychology

1) the committee would like to have the Sociology / Anthropology Department provide comment on this course.� This can come from the Dept. Chair and can be in electronic form.

2) a minor change, but the Office of Disability Services is located in B-1 rather than B-40 Van Hoesen (p.2 of the syllabus).

3) the committee would like further clarification on which GE categories the course is intended to satisfy.� The proposal states that the course is �a survey course of cultural psychology and is intended to satisfy both GE3 and SUNY GE3 categories.�� Because PSY 101 is now listed in the �old� SUNY GE3 (on p. 41 of the 2006-2007 catalog), and PSY 101 is a prerequisite for the course, we wonder why students would take the course because they will already have GE3 credit.� The �new� GE program (listed on pp. 42-43 of the same catalog) again, shows PSY 101 in GE3.� The committee wonders if the intent is to propose this as a GE 6 course in the �new� GE program.� Again, the committee would just like some further clarification.�

�� AAS 468 � African-American Sport History

1) Is it the intention of the instructor to cross-list this course with EXS 468?�� The syllabus indicates a cross-list but it�s not reflected in the catalog description.� The �no� answer to the question about courses with similar overlap (question 7) seemed incorrect as EXS 468 is an identical course.� If the goal is to cross-list, then the syllabus for AAS 468 needs to include an �Also listed as EXS 468.� statement, and EXS 468 must be altered to include an� �Also listed as AAS 468.� statement.

2) prior to the �Also listed as EXS 468.� statement, the catalog description needs the following statement: �Open only to juniors and seniors.�� This should appear in the revised catalog description for EXS 468, as well.

3) a minor change, but the Office of Disability Services is located in B-1 rather than B-40 Van Hoesen (p.1 of the syllabus).

4) please replace "(3 credit hours)" with "(3 cr. hr.)" at the end of the catalog description.

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5) although we recognize that EXS 468 is already listed in the catalog, the committee feels the catalog description could be shortened by deleting the first 4 words of line 1 and the first 6 words of line 2.

Alterations to programs:

�� Alteration to CAP minor

1) The committee has concerns about deleting PSY 201 from Group 4.� This is because its equivalent courses (COM 230, MAT 201, ECO 221) remain in the minor.� Because they are all the same �course,� either they should all be included or none should be included.

The committee recommends placing PSY403/CAP403 in Group 5 of the CAP minor.� After all, it is a more advanced course than PSY 201.� PSY 201 could then be left in Group 4 and students who actually complete PSY 201 could then enroll in PSY 403/CAP 403.

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OTHER

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