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

 

14 March, 2008

 

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

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

Absent:������ A. Fitz-Gibbon.

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

 

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

����������������� T. Phillips, Chair, Economics Department.

����������������� T. Pasquarello, Chair, Political Science Department.

����������������� S. Azumah, Chair, Africana Studies Department.

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PROPOSALS APPROVED

 

����� Alteration to Major in Sociology (�passed� 6-0-0)

 

ECO 345 � Contemporary Public Policy Issues (�passed� 6-0-0)

����� MGT 254 � Principles of Accounting I� (�passed� 6-0-0)

����� MGT 255 � Principles of Accounting II� (�passed� 6-0-0)

����� AAS 404 � Civil Liberties� (�passed� 6-0-0)

����� POL 404 � Civil Liberties� (�passed� 6-0-0)

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

 

����������� MGT 456 � Co-op Education / Internship in Management (�tabled� 6-0-0)

1) On p. 2 of the proposal, in the listing of the new catalog description, please insert the word �academic� between �good� and �standing� in the 4th line of the description.

 

2) in the justification of the change, the committee would like to more of an explanation as to why both the 1) credit hour option and 2) the GPA standard is being reduced.

 

3) please attach a course outline or a learning contract.

 

����� SCI 300 � Science and its Social Context� (�tabled� 6-0-0).

 

1) The committee would like commentary from the four science departments (Biology, Chemistry, Geology, and Physics).� In addition to any curricular concerns, we would like to have the science chairs indicate if there is any interest in teaching the course among existing (or future) faculty.

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OTHER

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