�������� MINUTES OF THE ARTS & SCIENCES CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

21 February, 2008

Present: ���� R. Darling (chair), A. Fitz-Gibbon, E. McDowell-Loudan, M. McGuire, J. McNamara,

����������������� J. O�Callaghan (ex-officio). B. Smith.

Absent:������ none.

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

cc: ������������ P. van der Veur, Chair, Communication Studies Department.

����������������� R. Ponterio, Chair, International Communications & Culture Department.

����������������� S. Steadman, Coordinator, International Studies Program.

����������������� R. Kendrick, Chair, Sociology / Anthropology Department.

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PROPOSALS APPROVED

COM 497 � Communication Studies Teaching Assistant (�passed� 7-0-0)

����� ICC 301� � International Student Seminar� (�passed� 7-0-0)

����� ICC 302� � Introduction to Academic Language and University Practices� (�passed� 7-0-0)

����� ICC 303� � Academic Vocabulary and Grammar� (�passed� 7-0-0)

����� ICC 304� � Academic Listening and Speaking� (�passed� 7-0-0)

����������� The committee considered the request to re-insert the repeatability statements into ICC 302, 303, and 304.�� Five committee members voted against allowing repeatability, no committee members voted in favor of allowing repeatability; two committee members abstained from voting.� The committee suggested that if a student felt a repeat of the course would assist them, then they could always audit the course in subsequent semesters.

����������� IST 101 � Global Connections Mentor (�passed� 7-0-0)

����������� IST 110 � Global Connections Teaching Assistant (�passed� 7-0-0)

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PROPOSALS TABLED [please contact Bob Darling (x2923 or [email protected])]

����������� SOC 370 � Sociology of Consumer Society (�tabled� 7-0-0)

Under the catalog description of the course:

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1) please delete �SOC 370�� on line 1 immediately following �Course Description� and in it�s place, please include �(B)� �the frequency code.

2) the committee feels the catalog description, as written, is too long and also lacks a statement on concurrent enrollment (as illustrated by example G on p. 21 of the 2007 Curriculum Change Guide).� The committee recommends:

(B) Historical roots of consumer society; mechanisms and modes of persuasion; social theories of consumption; social problems of mass consumer society.� Prerequisite: SOC 150 or 100 or ANT 102.� May be taken concurrently with SOC 150 or 100 or ANT 102.� (3 cr, hr.)� Category B.

3) first line under �Justification of Course Level� is unclear.

4) Please remove �Presentation Skills Course� from under the course title at the top of p. 1 on the attached syllabus.

5) Please cut and paste the revised catalog description into the attached syllabus (please break up �COURSE DECRIPTION and OBJECTIVES� on p.1 of the attached syllabus; the list that follows appears to be course objectives only).

6) Because this course will be used to satisfy a program requirement, this proposal must accompanied by a �Program Alteration Proposal � FORM 5� for each program affected.

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